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From The Baby Name Wizard's Laura Wattenberg
Ha! Michael, and then Jackson! LOL!
Thankfully, I've not heard it recently, but I HATE the name EGBERT. What is that supposed to be???
@Mrs Sarah McK: Interesting list. I don't *hate* any of these names, but I don't think I'd jump on the "__ayden" bandwagon for boys. There are too many of them running around these days. :)
My least favorite name is anything spelled pretetiously. Something like "Cyndii", or "Kelleye" or "Nycole"
I like Madison, Addison, Kaitlyn (Caitlyn) and Brayden. Ugh, and my new nephew's name is Hunter. I think it is so cute. I don't know why they make these lists. It's all personal and their opinion. I want to say to this author, thanks for letting me know what you don't like but don't diss my baby's name.
I worked with a girl in college named Kellye and I was also so annoyed by that superfluous 'e' tagged on the end.
@woodwindwaker: I seriously LOLed when I read "Egbert". :) Oh boy. Mildred is also a bad one! What about Doyle? Yuck.
I definitely agree with the Neveah, Destiny, Angel, Heavenly, etc. names.. the rest don't bother me too much o that list.. one name I don't see all the hype in is "Gianna", I know about 10 people who have named their daughter that in the past few years and its cute, but not cute enough to be some crazy name invasion.
I don't know if this is an urban legend or not, but I've been hearing Le-a but pronounced "Le-dash-ah".
Oh yeah, total urban legend, like Shithead pronounced "Shuh-theed" and the brothers Orangejello and Lemonjello.
@farmgirl2106: I've heard that too! And another urban legend about a woman not knowing what to name her baby girl until she went to the bathroom just as her labor began. Baby's name? "Rollatisha"
Think about it. It's really heinous. :)
@farmgirl2106: it HAS to be an urban legend, everyone i know has a cousin or friend who has a patient or student or met someone name La-a... come ON, I believe there is one out there, I don't believe that there are THAT many, or that everyone I know, knows this ONE Le-a
Very much agreement, on my part. I like the way all the rhymes with Aiden names sound, but they strike me as very trendy. I'm tired of Madison and Addison and think they sound pretentious, but I actually really love the trend of giving girls boys names... I'm actually really into androgynous names for both girls and boys.
The spellings drive me nuts. It's one thing if there's multiple accepted spellings, but sometimes it's people trying to be creative who end up just giving their kid a headache from trying to correct people.
My husband, sister and I joked when I was pregnant about picking a totally common name and spelling it TOTALLY ridiculously....
like Kelly....spelled Quellie :)
Actually, I had a teacher who actually taught a Shithead so I believe that one when I hear it. :) Somewhere around Hershey Park, PA.
ETA: A sad story, my FIL knows a kid who thinks his name is "Butthead"... He is mentally handicapped and he doesn't have super loving parents, because they always address him as "Butthead". Like I said, really sad actually.
I wanted BADLY to name our daughter Howard, but FI literally laughed in my face. There was simply no way I was going to make that one happen, but I did love it.
You got taken for a RIDE on the SOOPER DOOPER LOOPER at Hersheypark if you believe that!
@ohheavenlyday: My name is Holly and my mom occasionally calls me Howard. I used to SCREAM as a kid when she did it
@ohheavenlyday: Is Howard significant to you? That would have been interesting on a girl.
@ohheavenlyday: Argh! Boys!
Also, to add to my being tired of "trendy" names, it's partly that you get tired of hearing the same names over and over, but I feel like in 50 years, the names of the past ten years (Madison, Isabella, Sophia, Olivia, etc) are going to feel like Gertrude, Mildred, Bertha, Doris, etc do now. Though then again, sometimes I hate a name until I meet someone who has that name... I thought Gretchen was an ugly grandma name until I met someone I really liked named Gretchen. Now I think it's cool and retro.
I could have sworn I had written on the original post that I have a niece named Destiny, a nephew named Caden, and have always loved Jackson.
No, not at all. We did end up using Richards for her middle name, which is a family name. Her first name is Channing, which is also unisex. I liked the idea of strong, non-trendy names that wouldn't exactly give away whether she was a boy or girl right away, if you didn't know her. An aquaintance told us after she was born that her name was 'dramatic' which I liked because it meant, to me, that she could grow into it as a woman and not be embarrassed by it. I feel for the poor boys with names like Rylee who have to grow up and introduce themselves in the business world as such. "Hi, I'm Bryden!!"
I like Madison, would like to name this baby that if it's a girl, but I HATE Jayden spelled any way. Most little boys I know with that name are SO bad and it's given the name a bad name to me. Plus, it's just ugly.
@farmgirl2106: That's hilarious. I guess Hershey is for shitty names. When I lived there I met a girl named SheTonya, which when you say it sounds a bit too much like shit on ya.
In other news, apparently Elvis is officially out of the top 1000 names.
I really dislike all of the -ayden names out there. I am a teacher and there are at least 2-3 in every class!
I don't like any name that has a weird spelling. Jaxon for Jackson, Kherigan for Kerigan (or Kh for anything starting with a K), Karsyn for Carsen....you get what I mean.
@Mrs Sarah McK: I read that too. The guy in the article was actually semi-sad about that, LOL
@ohheavenlyday: HAHAHAA! That's so true about adult introductions! :) You did pick a nice name for your girl. She can be strong and dynamic in the work place, and her resume won't get tossed because of something ultra feminine like "Bambi" :)
@ohheavenlyday: Channing is becoming pretty popular I think. I know 2 people who have named their babies that already this year.
Exactly! How are you going to be a grown woman in a competitive field and be like, "Tee hee I'm Kaylee Jayde!!"
It's moving up a little bit because of freaking Channing Tatum, but it still hasn't cracked any top 100s and as far as I know, it never has, so I'm not sweating it yet.
@ohheavenlyday: Now now, one can make copious amounts of money in the exotic dancing industry. 
@JulesSchnooks:/@missyjane77: Reminds me of the scene from LA Story where Sarah Jessica Parker is giving Steve Martin her number, and he says something like "Oh Sandy, what a nice name, not all weird" and she says something like "Big S little A little N Big D little E Big E asterisk" (SanDeE*) Too lazy to look up the actual quote, but that's the gist.
@firsttimemom: its okay if its your name, I think its just people getting sick of these names being over used for todays babies! Ie. Kingy's best friends girlfriend is name Olivia and I LOVE it, but I wouldn't name my kid Olivia because I don't want her to have 6 friends with the same name.
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