annoying cutesy names

love4existence · February 2010

not to offend anyone does anyone else find those super cutesy,over used names kinda annoying? like gracie,kaylee,makayla,mackenzie..etc. not that i think these names arent nice but now they are so overused that they are cutesy in an annoying way-you know what i mean?any names that are like that to you? oh-and lets not forget Chloe and the ever popular kylie!

NewMama2010 · February 2010

YES! Names like Kinsley, Kylie, etc. make me cringe.

love4existence · February 2010

Lesley0228 · February 2010

I'm not a fan of cutesy names for girls because one day she will be an adult and if she is a professional, I think it would be harder to get respect. I know that shouldn't be the case, but in the real world, it is. For that reason, I am a big fan of formal names with cutesy nicknames. Because formal names sound weird on little girls and cutesy nicknames are just so well, cute.

melissa721 · February 2010

Not really a cutesy name IMO but I'm starting to really love the name Danica. I'm worried if I ever have a daughter and name her Danica will she hate it? lol I like it because it's not an average name but that might be the exact reason she may hate it!

karaknr · February 2010

I dont think they are that bad. But everyone has their own likes/ dislikes. But it isnt gonna kill someone to be named Kylie. I dont see how it is THAT much different than Mary or Jennifer, or Ashley, or Courtney... Just because it's the "it" name of the year doesnt make it HORRIBLE. In fact, I know many more Mary's and Jennifer's than I know Kylie's.

LMS05 · February 2010

While I wouldn't use them, I don't think they are horrible. DH's cousin has a little girl named Kaylee. I do agree that it won't age well, but it's still a cute name IMO. I like Hayley too and know a lot my age (mid 20s).

robinsokj · February 2010

I'm not a fan, and would never name a child any of those, but there is much, much worse out there

CanonMom · February 2010

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MrsDCruz · February 2010

I don't think they are bad.

sunnyday016 · February 2010

I agree. A name has to be able to "grow up" well for me to even consider it. This is why we named DD Sophia even though we prefer to call her Sophie. I'd like her to have the option to be called Sophia when she's older if she prefers a more "grown up" name.

niki731 · February 2010

My friend's DH wanted the name Kylie and everyone told her that it was child like. However I don't think they are all that bad. I'm personally getting sick of seeing Addison, Sophia/Sophie, Olivia, Isabella, Ava etc....

CutieBean79 · February 2010

I think Chloe is in a different category than the others you mentioned...it sounds like it isn't trying to be cute if that makes sense. But the others are not my style. My DH loves the cutesy girl names...I guess cuz he's all about having a "daddy's little girl"

What about the boy cutesy name Riley?

elyshaswedding · February 2010

melissa721:
Not really a cutesy name IMO but I'm starting to really love the name Danica. I'm worried if I ever have a daughter and name her Danica will she hate it? lol I like it because it's not an average name but that might be the exact reason she may hate it!

My sister is Danica, and she loves her name! Some people tried calling her Dani, but it never stuck. She did call herself Danka for awhile though, because she couldn't pronounce the whole thing! I say go for it - it's a great name!

caeliesmom · February 2010

To each their own. Every generation is full of cutesy names and many people go on to lead professional lives with those names.

love4existence · February 2010

yea there is definitely much worse names out there,and like i said i dont by any means think those names are bad, in fact they are cute. but, any over used name i really start to dislike after a while. its just with names that are too cute that they dont age well and every new baby gets that name its like "what?". but of course i dont think they would really affect the kid badly at all in professional life later on,mainly because they are anglo-saxon names.

love4existence · February 2010

CanonMom:

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please dont get offended because i know your daughters name is kylie. I think its still a cute name i was just expressing the fact that they are really nice names that become somewhat annoying because there are sooo many and it begins to sound cutesy after a while. but nonetheless kylie is a very cute name okay!

lovemytwoboys · February 2010

CutieBean79:
What about the boy cutesy name Riley?

Are you serious?! I don't see how this falls into any cutesy category at all. It is a traditional male Irish name, and just because lots of people have decided to use it for their little girls now doesn't make it cutesy. Here it shows that Riley was popular as a boy name dating back to 1880.

To the OP, I don't agree. I mean there are definitely some names/nicknames that may fall into a "cutesy" category, but I don't think Chloe or Kylie (that have been mentioned in this thread) fall into that category. I can definitely see a doctor or lawyer named Chloe or Kylie.

CanonMom · February 2010

love4existence:
CanonMom:

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please dont get offended because i know your daughters name is kylie. I think its still a cute name i was just expressing the fact that they are really nice names that become somewhat annoying because there are sooo many and it begins to sound cutesy after a while. but nonetheless kylie is a very cute name okay!

Oh Im not offended. I wrote a long post of why and how we chose her name, and that when we chose it( 3 years ago) , it was in the 200's on the SS list for the previous year. We havnt met many other almost 3 year old girls name Kylie. But have come across tons of Kayleigh's or variations. But no KYLIEs. I just didnt want to start a debate. Oh and we tend to call her Ky more often than Kylie. So I can guarentee she will either be the only Kylie or if anything 1 of 2 Kylies in her class, meanwhile have 10 sophias etc. To each their own. But as for the Cute factor. I personally know a successful business woman whose name is Kylie, and no where in her career has her name affected anything! with that said, im not offended just curious as to why "cutesy" names are any worse than names that you hear 100 times a day?

MrsEricH · February 2010

I don't think that so-called "cutesy" names are worse than the seemingly 100s of "WDYT of Addison?" posts that we get on here every week. Ugh. Enough already.

And for the record, I went to college with a Kylie who is beautiful and successful and I never thought her name was too cutesy.

bunnybean · February 2010

MrsEricH:
I don't think that so-called "cutesy" names are worse than the seemingly 100s of "WDYT of Addison?" posts that we get on here every week. Ugh. Enough already.
And for the record, I went to college with a Kylie who is beautiful and successful and I never thought her name was too cutesy.

Eww. Well, Addison sucks just as much as Kylie.

Mrs.Greg · February 2010

Names like Chelsey, Tiffany, Brittany... that's all I can think of right now but these are way too little girl cutsie for me. Could you imagine being some high profile exec with the name Tiffany?!? How could any take you seriously? Just my opinion.

tct1219 · February 2010

cutesy names in general are nms but i can still appreciate the good ones.

names like makayla, mckenna, mackenzie, etc. drive me crazy because they apparently have now become the standard choice for teen moms. i refuse to hold my tongue when someone throws one of those around as a possible name for an actual child.

i also dislike nicknames as formal names like maggie and katie as opposed to margaret/ katherine or whatever. they make me think that the parents didn't put enough thought and research into the name.

wednesday51 · March 2010

bleh. i know exactly what you mean. for me its names like those and also leila/lyla/lila etc., spanish names like marisela, graciela, isabella is starting to get on my nerves too...

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