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StrawberryAlarmClock
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What Names Are You Sick Of?
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What names did you like a couple years ago but now sound like nails on a chalkboard to you? The catch is that you have to have liked it before!
Adeline
Isabel, etc,
Grace
Sophie
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Re: What Names Are You Sick Of?
Not all sound like nails on a chalkboard, but I'm not in love with them anymore:
Clara, Felicity, Gemma, Juliet
Dashiell, Holden, Jude, Leander
BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
Ella
Sophia
Aidan (so sad...I love this great Irish name but it is so overexposed)
Finn (we loved Finlay, but apparently Finn is the new trendy boy name and we didn't want him lumped in with that trend)
Claire
Jackson
Braden
Sophie
Emma
Sophia, Molly, and lucie
Aiden, Morrison, jack
Olivia.
Madeline, Matilda, Madeleine, Madilynn...
Liked but like no more:
Molly, Grace, Mia
Reid* (* sadly, because it's a family name & I liked it for so long but hear it too much now)
"5.01.09"
I live in Los Angeles so every other little girl is named Isabella (or Bella), Sophia, Ava, Eva, Lily, Charlotte, Emily or Emma. I literally know handfuls of each. It's like if you are having a girl here you have to pick from one of those names or they cast you out of the city. Nothing wrong with any of these names but SNORE
Holden
Jude
Mia
Chloe (that damn Kardashian ruined this for me)
? There are so many wonderful Harry Potter names! I just went with the obvious though, DS is Harry
. He's not named for the wizard per se, but I do love HP.
What about Ginny or Luna? Love both of those
And to answer the OPs question, in high school (10 years ago), I loved Hayden for a boy since it was so unique. Not so much anymore!! I can't stand any of the -aiden names now.
BFP #2: 8.31.16 Dx w/ GD @ 28w DD Born @ 36w: 4.21.17
Charlotte and Olivia
Asher, Sawyer, Wyatt
all the last names as first names...i was wishing this one would die.
Sophia, Rochelle, Isabelle, Kendall
Miles, Zachary, Michael, Elliot, Aidan
Even typing them out makes me wince...ugh.
I was dead-set on naming my future daughter Taylor, but I am tired of it. Madison, Abigail, and Grace were other names I loved for girls.
For boys, it was Jacob.
Ella
Sophia
Madelyn/Madison/Addison
Lily
Charlotte
Kinsley/Kinley
I guess its only girl names for me.
Danica 10.22.10 | Milo 12.23.12
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Sophia
Ellie
Charlotte
Jack
Henry
Hmmm, good one.
Grace--SO frickin' overused now. I literally know 11 little girls with the mn of Grace. I loathe it now, because it sounds like their parents just gave up.
Aidan--I didn't like all of the other variations, but I loved the original.
Fiona--Sad about this one. If I had another daughter, this was FOR SURE going to be her name. It was set. Now, it's too overused and when I hear it, it rubs me so wrong.
Miles--I loved this name. In fact 11 years ago, I named my dog this, and he's been awesome. When we decided to have kids, I was actually depressed that I had named my dog this. Now I'm really happy I did. Even though I didn't have a boy, I didn't have a chance to name my boy this because of my little dog-man. :-)
Charlotte--an older name that I was in love with. Apparently everyone felt the same way...ugh.
For me, it's something becoming overused. There are SO many names out there...if I know there are a ton of "Bella's " out there, I'm going to pick something else so as not to perpetuate the trend. That way, no names get overused. My best friend is named Kristie. We had 16 in our class in high school. People still have to refer to her with her last name, because no one knew the difference. She HATED that and I swore I'd never do that to my kid.
Right now:
Addalyn
Maddelyn (and all it's spellings)
Jackson
Emma
Addison
all the aden/ ayden/ aiden names
madeline and all it's incarnations
sophie/ sophia
olivia
isabel/le, isabella
emma/ emily
virtue names
Addison
Madelyn
"Alex" girl names: Alexa, Alexis, Lexi, etc.
Ella, Bella
Peyton, Payton
McWhatever names (all of them)
Avery
Mason
Logan
Caleb
Noah
Jacob (but not Jake)
Jackson (but not Jack)
Wyatt
It's so funny how names can be so popular in some places, and almost non-existent in others!
Yes... My DD is Sophie. I 'know' alot of Internet Sophie/Sophias , but not a single one IRL. I used to work at an Orthodontist for 4 years and saw alot of names, and got a good feel for what's popular and what's not in the area. My mom also worked in the Elementary school system- not a single one. I just find it funny.
And if we have a DS, he will be Miles (my maiden name). Lol. Oh well.
My pet-peeves?
MADISON/ADDISON/MADDY (any variation)
ADIEN/JAYDEN/CADEN/BRAYDEN
KEN-names
LILY I like it, but becoming super popular here
PEYTON/PAYTON
LEIGH-NAMES
KYLIE/KYLAR/KAYLA- OMGEEE can you say every other girl?!
And the one I'm super sad about? AMILIA
I love love love it... But not anymore. Boo
Big sister meeting little brother for the first time-
<a href="http://s326.photobucket.com/albums/k409/YellowMiles/?action=view
I'm tired of Charlotte, Emma, Claire, Lila, William, Ethan, Jacob and Aiden.
I am also sick to death of Grace and Rose as middle names. Seriously, people, enough already!
What about Luna? It's our future girl name and I like it better than Lily.
Henry, Mason
OIivia, Claire, Sophia, Lily, Amelia.
When I see these names come up on this board, I want to scream. Sorry to anyone who likes these names
Jackson/Jack/Jaxon
Emma
Sophia/Sophie
Isabelle
Owen- used to love this and almost named DS#2....phew
Mason
Aiden and variations of course
Henry
Adeline
Madeline
Morgan
Kennedy
This.
I used to like....
Adeline
Ava - But living in the South, I swear every little girl is either Ava or Ava-Something.
Hayden - but it's an Aidan-name now.
Jackson - Becaues of Steel Magnolias, but that was eons and eons ago. I can't stand it now.
Amelia
Evelyn
I never liked....
Carys
Fiona
Grayson
Emily was the name I choose when I was in HS for my future daughter. My DH loved it too. It's WAY too popular now.
Lily
Audrey
Amelia
Charlotte (is a family name, but now it's... everyone's name)
Isabella (yep, gotta agree there)
Liam (seemed like the perfect boy name until we ended up with a Liam 1, Liam 2, Liam 3 etc in our area)
Reese (Dh loves this. I liked it for 10 minutes. Sorry! It just reminds me too much of the celebrity and the peanut butter cup, no matter how much I try)
Kayla - used to looooooove this name. Nope, not anymore.
Michaela - I always loved it with this spelling. But the variations out there and popularity have ruined it for me.
Most of the Irish-Celtic sounding boy names that end in "en." Really loved these, but now it's just... too much.
I think I'd like to see more of these names paired with Irish-sounding last names too as that seems to "fit" better in my brain.
Daughter born at 34 weeks due to PPROM, July 2012
Expecting baby #2, May 8, 2015
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