Favorite Gen X name?

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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 pronouncedl 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]

Does Alex short for Alexandra ring a bell?

[Anonymous]

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

Even Carrie Fisher says her name like Kerri. I have never heard this alternate pronunciation of this "completely" different name. Other examples of same pronunciation:
Carrie Bradshaw (SATC character)
Carrie Ann Inaba (DWTS)
Carrie Underwood (singer)

[Anonymous]

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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 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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

[Anonymous]

Oh man, the Carrie/Carey/Keri/Kerri pronunciation debate. I also know people who pronounce all these names differently and as someone who does not have a good ear for that kind of thing, it is very stressful for me. A "Ca-ah-ree" will get mad if you call her "Cay-ree" but my brain struggles.

Similar problem with Laura/Lauren, another popular Gen X name. There are the Loh-rens and the Law-rens and that one is really subtle for me and I always mess it up.

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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 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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

Don't even start. Mary/Marry/Merry all the same. Same for Erin/Aaron. Where do people live that these are totally different? I've lived in the South/Midwest/West so I presume this is a regional North/North East thing?

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Anonymous wrote:

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 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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

Aren’t New Yorkers the only people who pronounce Erin and Aaron differently?

[Anonymous]

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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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

Aren’t New Yorkers the only people who pronounce Erin and Aaron differently?

Yes the majority of people pronounce them the same. It's the North East that are the hold outs.

https://www.businessinsider.com/merry-marry-mary-pronunciation-dialect-2018-12

[Anonymous]

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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 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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

Don't even start. Mary/Marry/Merry all the same. Same for Erin/Aaron. Where do people live that these are totally different? I've lived in the South/Midwest/West so I presume this is a regional North/North East thing?

I'm the pp that said Kerry is an Irish name a few posts above.
Yes Mary Marry and Merry are all different, same with Erin/Aaron.
I live in Northern VA now, but grew up in Massachusetts till I was a teen, then moved to California till I was in my 30s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

Don't even start. Mary/Marry/Merry all the same. Same for Erin/Aaron. Where do people live that these are totally different? I've lived in the South/Midwest/West so I presume this is a regional North/North East thing?

I'm the pp that said Kerry is an Irish name a few posts above.
Yes Mary Marry and Merry are all different, same with Erin/Aaron.
I live in Northern VA now, but grew up in Massachusetts till I was a teen, then moved to California till I was in my 30s.

Growing up in Mass is the problem. People in CA aren't pronouncing these all differently. It's a regional accent, most people don't pronounce them differently.

[Anonymous]

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

Correct,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

Don't even start. Mary/Marry/Merry all the same. Same for Erin/Aaron. Where do people live that these are totally different? I've lived in the South/Midwest/West so I presume this is a regional North/North East thing?

I'm the pp that said Kerry is an Irish name a few posts above.
Yes Mary Marry and Merry are all different, same with Erin/Aaron.
I live in Northern VA now, but grew up in Massachusetts till I was a teen, then moved to California till I was in my 30s.

Growing up in Mass is the problem. People in CA aren't pronouncing these all differently. It's a regional accent, most people don't pronounce them differently.

"Most people" are wrong! Nothing worse than "Erin" pronounced like "Aaron."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know why Jennifer became almost absurdly popular?

Apparently from the movie "Love Story" released in 1970

[Anonymous]

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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.

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well.

Don't even start. Mary/Marry/Merry all the same. Same for Erin/Aaron. Where do people live that these are totally different? I've lived in the South/Midwest/West so I presume this is a regional North/North East thing?

I'm the pp that said Kerry is an Irish name a few posts above.
Yes Mary Marry and Merry are all different, same with Erin/Aaron.
I live in Northern VA now, but grew up in Massachusetts till I was a teen, then moved to California till I was in my 30s.

Growing up in Mass is the problem. People in CA aren't pronouncing these all differently. It's a regional accent, most people don't pronounce them differently.

"Most people" are wrong! Nothing worse than "Erin" pronounced like "Aaron."

+1 from NY. Though I actually find Aaron pronounced like Aerin worse. Like nails on a chalkboard.

[Anonymous]

I'm a gen Xer who doesn't like any of the most popular gen X names. My favorites of the genre:

Kathleen, Leslie, Dana

Aaron, Nathan, Dennis, Marcus, Derek