Too young?

QueenBee320 · November 2010

So I know a lot of people worry about a name sounding too old for a LO but what about a name sounding too young for when LO is grown. What names do you think sound babyish or just unfitting for an adult?

angelynn8411 · November 2010

most names ending in -ie or -y

Molly, Sophie, etc. I can see as someone in their 20s but not much past that

kellyloveszach · November 2010

I personally don't like when people use just the nickname and not the full name. Like Andy instead of Andrew. Or Billy instead of William. I figure give the kid the full name and then call him by his nickname but he still will be able to use his full name later on in life.

QueenBee320 · November 2010

kellyloveszach:
I personally don't like when people use just the nickname and not the full name. Like Andy instead of Andrew. Or Billy instead of William. I figure give the kid the full name and then call him by his nickname but he still will be able to use his full name later on in life.

This is what my mom did! I was Ginny as a little girl and now that I'm "grown-up" I go by Virginia.

citychicks · November 2010

Teddy.

A girl I went to high school with named her son Teddy. Yes, that is what is written on his birth certificate. IMHO, it's a nickname, not a real name.

If you are worried about it, try imagining your child being called to the Supreme Court with that name. If it doesn't work then the name is probably too young.

evaazalea · November 2010

I really don't understand your boy list MJ, but to each their own. I liked Kinsley but it does sound very immature, eternal 5 year old. Hopefully Holly is a name that will age well, but obviously we all view names in a different light and it seems some names give people vastly different images.

citychicks · November 2010

mj.reilly:

Half the names posted on this board, it seems.

IMO:

Kylie (+ variants), Miley, Emmie, Ellie, Alexis, Lexie, Brianna (pretty much all Bri- names), Emery, Kenzie, Mackenzie, Mckenna, Brooklyn, London, Callie, Micheala (or however you spell it), Zoe, Kaylin, Malia, Madison, Riley, Hailey, Isabella, Peyton, Madeline, Brynn, Adalyn ....

Jacob, Logan, Rylan, Bennet, Jaden (+ variants), Caleb, Landon, Carter, Cameron, Wyatt, Brady, Parker, Wesley, Weston, Easton ....

Though I agree with most of girl names, I think you're way off with these boys names. Cameron is an old Scottish man. And Bennett and Weston also scream old man to me.

starlight8323 · November 2010

QueenBee320:
So I know a lot of people worry about a name sounding too old for a LO but what about a name sounding too young for when LO is grown. What names do you think sound babyish or just unfitting for an adult?

I don't know anyone that worries about this.

Yes, there are names that are out of fashion (a.k.a. "old lady"), but I don't worry about names sounding "too adult" when my LOs are little. After all, they are only under 5 for (roughly) 5 years, compared to being an adult for up to 90 years.

KateLouise · November 2010

Caleb and Jacob are old old names.

Nicknames I swing both ways because I think some nick names stand alone as names in their own right and sound grown up.

Billy? No

Chip? No

But Kate, Beth, Lily? Yes

But then I was christened Kate, not Catherine.

I also don't think the -ie/-y ending rule always applies. I know plenty of old Maggies, Barrys, Henrys, Gary, Annies that all seem like perfectly respectable names for grown-ups.

Hell our first female Prime Minister was called Jenny.

Allie30 · November 2010

i don't get her boy list either. jacob is a bible name...

LMS05 · November 2010

Allie30:
i don't get her boy list either. jacob is a bible name...

Right....it's my great-grandpa's name and DH's grandfather's name so I definitely don't see it as a "too young" name.

AJBMD915 · November 2010

citychicks:
Teddy.

A girl I went to high school with named her son Teddy. Yes, that is what is written on his birth certificate. IMHO, it's a nickname, not a real name.

If you are worried about it, try imagining your child being called to the Supreme Court with that name. If it doesn't work then the name is probably too young.

Teddy Roosevelt? While I agree with you on all points, Teddy probably isn't the best example.

brookelynpaisley · November 2010

Kylie, Kaylie, Briley, and Lily are examples of names I don't think "grow well." Mostly the cutesy --ey or -ee names. Audrey is an exception. I also like more timeless names, so names like Madison, Isabelle, and Harper - that are super popular in their generations - aren't my style. I don't want anyone to have perceptions of my childrens' age based on their name.

luckyluvr · November 2010

AJBMD915:
citychicks:

Teddy.

A girl I went to high school with named her son Teddy. Yes, that is what is written on his birth certificate. IMHO, it's a nickname, not a real name.

If you are worried about it, try imagining your child being called to the Supreme Court with that name. If it doesn't work then the name is probably too young.

Teddy Roosevelt? While I agree with you on all points, Teddy probably isn't the best example.

His name was Theodore Roosevelt.

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