Opinions on Brody

alpineevents · August 2015

I think DH and I have finally come to common ground with the name Brody for our son. I just am looking for some opinions on the name.

Is it considered Trendy right now?
Hadley & Brody as a sib-set?

TIA!!

saham07 · August 2015

I really don't like Brody

Gingermom15 · August 2015

I've only ever met dogs named Brody. I don't like it.

crf4 · August 2015

Biased because my oldest's name is Brody. We've never met another kid named Brody (and we've lived in both the Midwest and South Florida). It's absolutely trendy in the thought that it has seen a big spike in recent years instead of a timeless name that has been popular forever. I'll second the dog thing though, after having him we've met like 3 dogs named Brody lol

ecwk · August 2015

I really don't like it.

SmrBrd2012 · August 2015

Not a fan

mb0112 · August 2015

I've only heard it on Brody Jenner. Don't really like it, but it's definitely not the worst.

bbiutmcph · August 2015

In all honesty if I heard the name on someone my age it would give me an impression of a douchebag. It just doesn't seem solid at all.

parenthood4 · August 2015

I like Brady better than Brody, but Brady and Hadley are a little matchy I think.

breezycat · August 2015

I don't love it but I don't think it's horrible. It does sound a little trendy but I think the bigger issue is that it's too matchy with Hadley.

wassuphoes · August 2015

Do not like. Trendy, and makes me think of brooding.

wassuphoes · August 2015

alpineevents said:
I asked for some opinions on the name Brody over on the baby name board and all I got was really negative response's. I did ask for opinions so negative ones are fine but to say it makes people immediately think the person is a duechbag (sp?) just seems a little harsh. It's the one name DH and I have been able to agree on that we both like, so I guess I'm just looking for some opinions? Is it really a terrible names and should we keep looking? Am I the only one who likes it? Haha Thanks ladies!

So, when you wanted opinions, you meant pat my head and tell me it's nice?

alpineevents · August 2015

wassuphoes said:
alpineevents said:
I asked for some opinions on the name Brody over on the baby name board and all I got was really negative response's. I did ask for opinions so negative ones are fine but to say it makes people immediately think the person is a duechbag (sp?) just seems a little harsh. It's the one name DH and I have been able to agree on that we both like, so I guess I'm just looking for some opinions? Is it really a terrible names and should we keep looking? Am I the only one who likes it? Haha Thanks ladies!

So, when you wanted opinions, you meant pat my head and tell me it's nice?

Haha seriously what is your problem? I clearly stated that I asked for opinions so negative ones are fine but I think some were a little harsh and I was looking for more opinions on the name? There is absolutely need to go copy and paste my thread from a different board to this one.

bbiutmcph · August 2015

alpineevents said:

alpineevents said:
I asked for some opinions on the name Brody over on the baby name board and all I got was really negative response's. I did ask for opinions so negative ones are fine but to say it makes people immediately think the person is a duechbag (sp?) just seems a little harsh. It's the one name DH and I have been able to agree on that we both like, so I guess I'm just looking for some opinions? Is it really a terrible names and should we keep looking? Am I the only one who likes it? Haha Thanks ladies!

So, when you wanted opinions, you meant pat my head and tell me it's nice?
Haha seriously what is your problem? I clearly stated that I asked for opinions so negative ones are fine but I think some were a little harsh and I was looking for more opinions on the name? There is absolutely need to go copy and paste my thread from a different board to this one.

But complaining about an entire board to another about opinions you asked for it totes ok. Got it.

alpineevents · August 2015

I was looking for real genuine opinions on the name. I'm sorry if I posted about it in another board and you are unhappy about that. Naming your child is a big deal and I wanted opinions. This thread had all negative responses so I took to another board for more opinions. If that makes me a bad person then whatever. I didn't do anything wrong?

wassuphoes · August 2015

alpineevents said:

I was looking for real genuine opinions on the name. I'm sorry if I posted about it in another board and you are unhappy about that. Naming your child is a big deal and I wanted opinions. This thread had all negative responses so I took to another board for more opinions. If that makes me a bad person then whatever. I didn't do anything wrong?

I really don't care that you wanted more (positive) opinions on another board, what I care about is that you are complaining you only got negative responses and that they were harsh. They weren't, one of the posters even said that they named their son Brody. You were given real, genuine opinions.

Almost everyone on this board lurks or participates on the BMB's. Complaining about another board is generally considered poor form.

alpineevents · August 2015

wassuphoes said:

alpineevents said:

I was looking for real genuine opinions on the name. I'm sorry if I posted about it in another board and you are unhappy about that. Naming your child is a big deal and I wanted opinions. This thread had all negative responses so I took to another board for more opinions. If that makes me a bad person then whatever. I didn't do anything wrong?

I really don't care that you wanted more (positive) opinions on another board, what I care about is that you are complaining you only got negative responses and that they were harsh. They weren't, one of the posters even said that they named their son Brody. You were given real, genuine opinions.

Almost everyone on this board lurks or participates on the BMB's. Complaining about another board is generally considered poor form.

Well I apologize for having poor form. But I think it is even poorer form and simply rude to copy and paste something from a different board just to start drama.

99% of the responses on this thread had negative things to say about the name so I got a second opinion from another board. That doesn't make me a bad person. Associating an innocent child with the word duechebag is pretty harsh to me. I understand people have certain associations with names and that's fine. I'm naming a child and that's a big deal to me.

bbiutmcph · August 2015

Good lord I said if I met an adult Brody I would get the impression of a douchebag. It sounds like a surfer/beachbum as well to me not someone I would expect to see in a business setting or a professional adult. I think the same of an adult Maverick. Your innocent CHILD will spend most of his time on earth as an adult not a child. You are overreacting.

jwagne12 · August 2015

My dog is named Brody, so that is my connection with it. But my DS is named Max (Maxwell, but Max) and that is a really popular dog name. So I say, if you like it then use it!

Elsa1984 · August 2015

If you want opinions, you cannot choose whether they are positive or negative. Thats just how it is. With that being said, I used to love the name Brody, until it became so popular. And really, I feel like the name really spiked when people who used to watch the show with Lauren Conrad, started having kids of their own. It was like nobody had heard of Brody, and then BAM......trend city. I don't know any dogs named Brody, but I do know five little boys (under the age of 6) named Brody.

alpineevents · August 2015

I never said I wasn't okay with negative responses. That's just all I got from this thread so I simply asked another board about the name to see if there was a better response over there. If not then I think we'd scrap it and start over. The sharing my post simply to start drama is annoying & high schoolish. And I'm not over reacting about anything, I'm just defending my choices.

neverblushed · August 2015

I have to say, I really dislike Brody, but I generally dislike boy names that start with Br for some reason, so feel free to disregard my opinion.

However, over and above being another Br name, Brody also sounds like a perpetual preschooler. It's just too cutesy.

If you really like Br names, I feel that Brandon or Brendan is a stronger choice. Or even Bennett might work.

ETA: I wrote the above before reading all the responses. OP, don't you want to know NOW, before you choose a name for your child, if it provokes a strong negative reaction? People on your BMB or IRL don't want to hurt your feelings. But people on the name board can be completely honest. And people aren't just being randomly mean or snarky to you. You've gotten a lot of responses that all coalesce around a few things: 1) people think of Brody as a dog name, 2) people don't take the name seriously and can't picture someone named Brody as an adult professional. You got one response that equated an adult named Brody to a douchebag. But you got MANY very reasonable responses that were negative and gave solid reasoning. No one was criticizing you personally, just saying "Hey, this is the reaction I have to the name Brody."

Maybe what you've discovered through all this is that you really like Brody, and the fact that you were defensive about it means you should go with it, despite what people on this board say. After all, people on this board tend to have a pretty homogeneous naming aesthetic. If this whole thread has made you realize how much you like Brody, I recommend you stop asking for opinions and start telling people, "If the baby is a boy, he'll be named Brody." Because I can assure you that people are a lot freer with negative opinions when you're asking them for opinions than they are when you're announcing your child's name. Note that not one person commented on your daughter's name in this entire thread. Making negative comments about a real child's name is genuinely mean, and it really violates the spirit of this board.

Giving an honest opinion that happens to be negative is not the same as being mean.

wassuphoes · August 2015

alpineevents said:

I never said I wasn't okay with negative responses. That's just all I got from this thread so I simply asked another board about the name to see if there was a better response over there. If not then I think we'd scrap it and start over. The sharing my post simply to start drama is annoying & high schoolish. And I'm not over reacting about anything, I'm just defending my choices.

Look, I'm sorry.

I copied your post and brought back over here because I didn't want to start any sort of drama on the month board. (Because guess what, if I had said anything over there, you'd get even more responses of "If you love it you do it! It's your child! Who cares what they think, they're so mean!" and not so much for actual opinions) Yes, we as a board tend to be blunt with our words. We have plenty of people who ask for opinions, get upset call us meanies and go back and complain about how mean and judgey we are. It gets old.

It's your kid, it's your choice, and Brody isn't going to show up on any "Worst name" lists, well ever. But next time you want another boards advice, leave out the original board being negative and harsh. Firstly because that's good forum etiquette, secondly because whether you mean it to or not, it will affect the responses you get.

groovylocks · August 2015

I also don't like it but then I am not offended by it

It's a good name, you know. Just not my personal choice.

emilyray14 · August 2015

Haha FWIW I love it! I just posted about it, too. If you love it use it. It's spelled correctly, isn't made up and you plan to use it for the correct gender. I call that a win in my book.

ashleyandely · August 2015

Not a fan. Reminds me of the word grody.

eliztheforrizz · August 2015

Brody is grody.

CharmBombExplosion · August 2015

Brody just seems like such a silly name to me

janelleashu · August 2015

I like Brody but I actually like Boyd or Bohdi better. I like the nickname Bo and the r in Brody kind of throws that off. I don't think Brody and Hadley are too matchy. I think they sound nice together.

OP I also think it was lame to try and throw shade on you for posting on another board. Who has time for all that? If people get tired of being called mean, perhaps the better approach would be to gather some more tact and/or kindness. That is what all our children are going to need in the workplace, not a particular name.

wassuphoes · August 2015

janelleashu said:

I like Brody but I actually like Boyd or Bohdi better. I like the nickname Bo and the r in Brody kind of throws that off. I don't think Brody and Hadley are too matchy. I think they sound nice together. OP I also think it was lame to try and throw shade on you for posting on another board. Who has time for all that? If people get tired of being called mean, perhaps the better approach would be to gather some more tact and/or kindness. That is what all our children are going to need in the workplace, not a particular name.

Shade implies subtlety. I called her out, that's not subtle, thus it's not shade.

I suggest watching RuPaul's Drag Race and reading Shade Court on Jezebel to brush up on your knowledge of shade. Misuse of the word shade lessens the impact of your words, just like WKing after an apology was issued lessens the impact of WKing a thread that had already run its course.

4N6s · August 2015

It could be worse.

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