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What do you do when the name you picked out ages ago and love has become super popular?
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DH and I picked out the name Jaden about 9 years ago. It was around obviously but not as super popular as it is today. We still love the name and DH is still adamant on naming a boy that (if it is indeed a boy). The reasoning behind it is he likes his family succession of names; his dad is Jay, he is Jason, so he wanted to carry the trend. Fine.
Now, Jaden is something like the top 10 names and it bothers me. I still love the name though. What would you do? Stick with the name you like and say "screw it!" or try to figure something else out (which won't be an easy task trying to convince DH)?
Kind of hoping it's a girl so I don't even have to worry about it, lol
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Re: What do you do when the name you picked out ages ago and love has become super popular?
But "Jaden"? You can do much much better. Jaden is made-up and super trendy.
If the nickname "Jay" is the hangup, you could call any name that started with "J" as "Jay".
I personally wouldn't carry the trend; it's a little cheesy, but I would go with James nn Jay.
Only Jaden I know of is Will Smith's kid.
I don't like it because I don't like boy names ending in en/an/on. Or girl names for that matter.
My naming tastes have changed a lot since I was young and dreaming of what I'd call my kids.
I used to love Sydney, Madison, Ethan and Liam and now I'd never name my kids that just because they're not my style anymore.
Guess it's good I didn't have kids when I was 15.
I think there are a few J names that are similar to Jaden that would work better, problem is convincing your husband, right?
But I will say, that with all the names people are using these days, top 10s aren't as prolific as they were when I was named Jennifer in 1983. I mean there were 10s of thousands my year. Now it's a few thousand Sophias, etc. And I won't say my life sucked because there were other Jens. My two best friends are Jennifers
That said, I'd feel better about its top ten status if it was a classic name but if you love it, I don't think popularity should stop you.
Though I agree with a pp, I love Jameson and could see that on a grownup in a professional setting way more than Jaden.
What's the proper spelling?
I've seen jaden, Jayden, jaydin, jaedin and jaedyn...
If you love the name, use it. It's too trendy for me and NMS to begin with, but my great grandmother was named Lilian and I always thought I'd use it for a girl but it's way too popular now and, honestly? My tastes have changed.
You have to do what feels right to you. If you can't get it out of your head or heart, go for it!
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The "on" ending is not pronounced the same as the above listed spellings. Using your own example, you don't pronounce Radon as Radin.
ON, EN, IN.....one of these things is not like the other.
I didn't love the name Jaden as it seemed made up to me. Then it turns out it's Hebrew!
Happy naming!
I understand the hesitation with very popular names, especially growing up in the 80's and 90's, where there were Amandas, Brittanys, Joshuas, and Justins absolutely everywhere. But it's just not like that anymore!
Good luck either way, and congrats on your pregnancy!