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ColoradoAlly
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Biggest Name Pet Peeve
ColoradoAlly
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Hopefully this won't offend too many people, but what is your biggest name pet peeve that you see on this board?
Mine is Colton. I just don't get naming your kid after a. a pony, b. a gun or c. malt liquor.
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Re: Biggest Name Pet Peeve
I dislike how often I see Owen and Oliver, but only because I think they're great names and don't want them to climb the SSA list too much.
I really dislike Harper, Gemma and Stella. Not exactly sure why, except growing up a I knew a girl with the last name Harper and she was not nice at all.
Stella and Sophia seem to be very popular now, its nuts!!
I agree- I named my LO Whitney, and then a few months later there is a show on tv named Whitney, I wasnt happy. Tottally dumb of me, I know!
This might be more UO, but we'll see.
I hate when someone says something like, "Oh, what do you think of Paisley? It's a family name." Really, it's a family name, huh? I feel some posters like the trendy names that most on this board wouldn't and then throw on an "it's a family name" to protect themselves from flames. I know some names are family names. I just don't always believe that super trendy names and/or horribly misspelled names that are normally hated on this board are conveniently "family names."
The "trend" of super old-fashioned names bugs me a little. I am absolutely into timeless, classic names that will grow with a child, but it weirds me out a little to meet a 2 year old named Mildred or Ethel. :-/
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This.
I saw a little girl named Hattie Mae and that disturbed me. I don't like that at all.
This.
I saw a little girl named Hattie Mae and that disturbed me. I don't like that at all.
I would have to be cliche and say I despise Aidan, Brayden, Caden, Jayden, Hayden...Zayden!
Seriously. It might be cute on a child but I just cannot fathom an adult man with a career introducing himself as Caden. Ew!
I also really do not like Grace and Rose as middle names because they are sooooooo overdone. Even if they're cute, they are not special because every little girl born in the last 2 years practically has that middle name.
Totally agree with the bolded part and it is my pet peeve. Names I am sick of seeing are Harper and Piper, mainly because I don't see the appeal.
Same here. And I hate when people change up the spelling of names. Like instead of Aubrey: Aubree or Aubrie or Aubyre.....
My son's name is Aiden. At the time he was born in 2006, it was LARGELY popular. I knew there were going to be at leave five versions of Aiden, Aidan, and Ayden on his Kinder roster. Because of my DH's crazy naming criteria Aiden was the ONLY name he liked at the time, so we went with it. Eventhough I LOVE my son's name, I agree it's overdone. :-)
'nuff said. I believe it... LOL!
Smoosh names
creative spellings- and YES there are correct ways to spell names!!!!!!!!!
last names as first names...i dont care if they are family names or not
family names dont always make it ok
and i'll end it with old lady names...i also have a hard time looking at an adorable little girl and calling her gertrude
Ooh, I know what you mean!
THIS!
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Ughh, but at least you spelled it correctly! Be proud of that! It's a nice name, but I know someone who named her kid Ayden. All I can think of when I see it is a pirate saying "Ay Ay Captain!"
When someone takes 2 names and smoosh them together to make "new" name.
Julie + Lynn = Julynn
I didn't read all the responses so sorry if this has been said already.
I hate purposely misspelling a name, or smashing two names together. I really hate it when someone smashes two names together to try and honor two different people. How is ruining both of the names honoring anyone?
I and I am honestly stunned at how many bad names the ladies on this board can find.
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I know! I have nicknames for both of my kids, but they have nothing to do with what their names are.
This, or people who worry about what they are going to call them, NN-wise before they are even born. I understand thinking of potential NNs to make sure you are ok with them, but picking one before they are born is so weird to me. I think NNs should be organic.
Agree!
When people say this on the baby name board. All. The. Time. I mean, I get it, Cupcake or Bunny would look bad on a resume, but Caden? There are TONS of little Cadens running around right now, and they will all grow up and become teachers, lawyers, accountants, etc. So, no, it won't seem weird to see his name on a resume in 20 years.
And don't get me wrong, I very much prefer traditional names. I just think it's a dumb argument.
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I don't feel it is a dumb argument at all. Which is clearly why I said it. To me, the biggest pet peeve of naming a child is not picking a name that ages well. Will it be the norm to see all these super trendy and feminine male names on resumes? Sure. Does that make it okay to give your child a name that would only sound good on a 5 year old? Not really.
Oh man, there's a lot... I think the one I hate the most is last names as first names.
I actually prefer it when people make names up. When I hear names like Myleisha and Dejarey (both real names of people I have known), at least I can appreciate that someone used their creativity to make something unique. 90% of the time the names suck, but hey, they're trying.
A last name as a first name just seems to me to be the laziest kind of creativity. "Oh, instead of choosing something classic, or honoring my family, or using a first name I love, or making something new, I'm going to use something that isn't a first name and just pound that round peg into the square hole I want it in!" That's going to sit just great with the rest of society!
...Sorry for the rant, but I must say, I really don't like when people try to turn existing surnames into something they're not.
I hate names that are basically just the appropriation of random WASP-y last names. Leighton, Grayson, Harper, Peyton . . . the list is long. For most of the figures that popularized such names they were family names and often not even real first names (Harper Lee's first name was Nelle, for example). Then others just think the name sounds cool and use it even if it lacks any real meaning or family significance, which is missing the point IMO.
Family names are the exception -- if you want to use a family last name go for it.
IMHO, it's ghetto/trashy to name a kid something like that to me - especially when you can't even afford to buy the stuff! Some designer brands have decent names like Chanel (maybe for a MN), but Vuitton?? Gimme a break!
yeah it wasn't chanel.. more on the lines of.... Versace...