Favorite Gen X name?

[Anonymous]

Born in 1972. I knew many girls named Jennifer, Julie, Heather, Melissa, Michelle, Amy, Dawn, Erin and April. (Actually all of DHs sisters have one of these names and my sister does too!)

I grew up in a hick town so we had Billie-Jo and Bobbi-Jo type names, too. My name is very 1970s America, but has never been popular.

Of these, I might have considered Amy for my own kid. It sounds less dated. (Instead, DD got the most popular name of the late 90s -oops)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Born in 1972. I knew many girls named Jennifer, Julie, Heather, Melissa, Michelle, Amy, Dawn, Erin and April. (Actually all of DHs sisters have one of these names and my sister does too!)

I grew up in a hick town so we had Billie-Jo and Bobbi-Jo type names, too. My name is very 1970s America, but has never been popular.

Of these, I might have considered Amy for my own kid. It sounds less dated. (Instead, DD got the most popular name of the late 90s -oops)

Madison?!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see what makes them Gen X names other than being classic white people names.

In the 50s, the most popular girl names were: Mary, Patricia, Linda, Susan, Deborah and Karen. Also classic white people names.

What else are white people supposed to name their kids? I thought staying in your lane and not culturally appropriating was the thing to do. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

It’s not an insult just an observation. Millennials and Gen Z are demographically more diverse, that is a fact, so names of older generations are going to sound more white.

The “basic” white people names of younger generations are more the deliberately misspelled Kaylynn, Ashleigh or Ashlee, Braedyn, Megyn.

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Anonymous wrote:Born in 1972. I knew many girls named Jennifer, Julie, Heather, Melissa, Michelle, Amy, Dawn, Erin and April. (Actually all of DHs sisters have one of these names and my sister does too!)

I grew up in a hick town so we had Billie-Jo and Bobbi-Jo type names, too. My name is very 1970s America, but has never been popular.

Of these, I might have considered Amy for my own kid. It sounds less dated. (Instead, DD got the most popular name of the late 90s -oops)

Madison?!

Mackenzie, Makayla, Hannah, Brittany, Taylor, Morgan, or Lauren? Those are the first that came to mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heather and Jessica

And their pal Meredith.

[Anonymous]

I was born in 1970 and I always wanted a K name: Kelli, Kim, Katie, Kristen. To me, they were the pretty, popular girl names. (Though there were lots of others.) And re: someone else's mention of Kerri, I liked that, too!

Instead, I had an ethnic name that I hated then but appreciate now.

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Anonymous wrote:Rachel
Jill
Kerri (prefer it to Carey)
Amy
Danielle
Katie

I don't like:

Stephanie
Jennifer
Courtney

Those are both weird spellings. The traditional way is Carrie.

Two different names- or is that a regional pronunciation thing? Kerri and Carrie, to me, are pronounced completely differently

That must be regional. I grew up in the PNW and we pronounced those two names the same way.

Completely different names. Pronounced different. Carrie is usually short for Carlott, Caroline, etc. Kerri (Kerry) is an Irish name.

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I'm Gen X and I HATE all of these names.

[Anonymous]

My fave Gen-X name is Jackie.

Others from my high school class (1989) that I've always liked

Nicole
Lauren/Laurie
Vanessa
Tamara
Amy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Heather and Jessica

And their pal Meredith.

OMG, Meredith!! She was such a know it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rachel
Jill
Kerri (prefer it to Carey)
Amy
Danielle
Katie

I don't like:

Stephanie
Jennifer
Courtney

Those are both weird spellings. The traditional way is Carrie.

Two different names- or is that a regional pronunciation thing? Kerri and Carrie, to me, are pronounced completely differently

That must be regional. I grew up in the PNW and we pronounced those two names the same way.

Completely different names. Pronounced different. Carrie is usually short for Carlott, Caroline, etc. Kerri (Kerry) is an Irish name.

Most Americans pronounce them the same. Dawn and Don are also two different names and most pronounce them the same.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rachel
Jill
Kerri (prefer it to Carey)
Amy
Danielle
Katie

I don't like:

Stephanie
Jennifer
Courtney

Those are both weird spellings. The traditional way is Carrie.

Two different names- or is that a regional pronunciation thing? Kerri and Carrie, to me, are pronounced completely differently

That must be regional. I grew up in the PNW and we pronounced those two names the same way.

Completely different names. Pronounced different. Carrie is usually short for Carlott, Caroline, etc. Kerri (Kerry) is an Irish name.

How do you say it? I have always said Carrie same as Kerri/Keri. I have heard Cari pronounced like Car-ee. But that's it. Every Carrie I've known has also said their name like Kerry/Kerri.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually love Jennifer and Heather. Sure, there were too many of them, but they are both lovely names with nice histories.

What is their history??

Michelle
Lori / Laurie

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Anonymous wrote:Heather and Jessica

And their pal Meredith.

OMG, Meredith!! She was such a know it all.

NP. The one I knew was too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rachel
Jill
Kerri (prefer it to Carey)
Amy
Danielle
Katie

I don't like:

Stephanie
Jennifer
Courtney

Those are both weird spellings. The traditional way is Carrie.

Two different names- or is that a regional pronunciation thing? Kerri and Carrie, to me, are pronounced completely differently

That must be regional. I grew up in the PNW and we pronounced those two names the same way.

Completely different names. Pronounced different. Carrie is usually short for Carlott, Caroline, etc. Kerri (Kerry) is an Irish name.

How do you pronounce them differently? CARE-ee is how I'd pronounce both Carrie and Kerri.