has your child's name caused problems in their life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think my own name is going to be the next Karen in a few years .

I became sure of this when the entitled and insufferable millennial or Gen Z title character of a popular Netflix series appeared. The negative stereotype for white women of my generation will mirror the criticism of that title character in a few years. As an expat, I already have people mentioning that character when they learn my name, as if that's the quintessential American women now. Maybe I'll have to go by my middle name in 10 years.

Kaitlyn?

NP but I bet it's Emily from Emily in Paris

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child’s name starts with a silent W and the kindergarten teacher tried to get them to go by their middle name at school because she thought the silent W would confuse the other children about the sound W makes when they were learning to read.

My kid’s name messed up the teacher’s lessons about the sound each child’s name started with. 🙄

What name starts with a silent W? I am so curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d just like to nominate as the worst name ever, Governor Hogg’s daughter, Ima.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

This sounds like an urban legand but I guess it's not!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I gave my daughter a name that’s in the top 200 in the US and UK, so it’s familiar, but not overly popular. Felt really good about it.

Then we moved abroad when she was a toddler and the name is both unfamiliar to most people and pronounced differently here. She’s just adapted to listening for her name two different ways (her teachers and other locals say it differently than we do). But as this is a long-term move, I’m sure I’ll be hearing about this one when she’s older.

We have this too-- I like it for my kid. Different identities.

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Anonymous wrote:I let my ex pick our third child's name and I hate it and wish I hadn't. It's Isabella. She's one of like, 400 Isabella's in her class. Plus, I don't even like the name.

I worked with someone who named her daughter Elizabeth Isabella!

I read a thread on here years ago about someone who named one kid Elizabeth and the other Isabelle, not realizing they were essentially the same name. I think about that sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child’s name starts with a silent W and the kindergarten teacher tried to get them to go by their middle name at school because she thought the silent W would confuse the other children about the sound W makes when they were learning to read.

My kid’s name messed up the teacher’s lessons about the sound each child’s name started with. 🙄

What name starts with a silent W? I am so curious.

Wren (or god forgive you, Wrenlee)
Wright

[Anonymous]

It's hard to predict. My friend had a name similar to Monica Lewinsky and life was difficult for her for a few months in high school. But who saw that coming? It's a perfectly reasonable name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think my own name is going to be the next Karen in a few years .

I became sure of this when the entitled and insufferable millennial or Gen Z title character of a popular Netflix series appeared. The negative stereotype for white women of my generation will mirror the criticism of that title character in a few years. As an expat, I already have people mentioning that character when they learn my name, as if that's the quintessential American women now. Maybe I'll have to go by my middle name in 10 years.

Kaitlyn?

NP but I bet it's Emily from Emily in Paris

I agree that’s the name PP must be referring to, but I think she’s wrong. Emily is way too common a name to get that connotation. I’m guessing the PP is an expat in France and gets a ton of “Emily in Paris? Like that stupid show?” Comments from French people. Because she’s literally an Emily in France. I am sure that’s annoying but I don’t think it’s a sign the name will go the way if Karen. It’s too ubiquitous.

A major reason Karen got its current rep is that it’s a name associated with specifically white American women over the age of 40. It’s considered dates but in an uncool 70s/80s way, not in a vintage way. Whereas Emily is actually still quite popular (and Emma even more so).

Also, that show is pretty dumb but the character isn’t offensive the way a Karen is. She’s naive and people made fun of her fir not speaking French. But she’s not an a$$hole. It’s a different thing.

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Anonymous wrote:She was the teacher, not the parent. You need to read better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had a kid in my kindergarten class named Axel. At pick up time - there were older kids there (pick up rooms were organized by family). The older kid asked Axel - what's your name.

Axel

What?!? Your name is A$$hole?? (this was shouted)

I jumped up to intervene. There were other parents coming in -- then I apologized to Axel's mom who said:

Oh that's OK -- my mom said people would think his name is A$$hole.

OK then....

This is my son's name and never ever in 12 years has he had this problem.

You also need to parent better.

Regardless. Axel is a Scandinavian/Germanic name that doesn’t sound at all like the word the PP was referring to. Honestly…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to predict. My friend had a name similar to Monica Lewinsky and life was difficult for her for a few months in high school. But who saw that coming? It's a perfectly reasonable name.

We know three tween girls named Elsa. Would they have reconsidered if they knew Frozen would be a megahit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child’s name starts with a silent W and the kindergarten teacher tried to get them to go by their middle name at school because she thought the silent W would confuse the other children about the sound W makes when they were learning to read.

My kid’s name messed up the teacher’s lessons about the sound each child’s name started with. 🙄

What name starts with a silent W? I am so curious.

Wren (or god forgive you, Wrenlee)
Wright

Ugh. My grandfather was named Wralph. No kidding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to predict. My friend had a name similar to Monica Lewinsky and life was difficult for her for a few months in high school. But who saw that coming? It's a perfectly reasonable name.

Worked with a Scott Peterson. Of course he couldn't see that coming but how unfortunate. I've also worked with a Bruce Willis and a Steven Tyler

[Anonymous]

Registrar here.

I do wonder about children given names containing “s h i t” for example, Ashita. There are several other names containing this letter combination.

Saw a girl’s name: Swastika. Indian surname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child’s name starts with a silent W and the kindergarten teacher tried to get them to go by their middle name at school because she thought the silent W would confuse the other children about the sound W makes when they were learning to read.

My kid’s name messed up the teacher’s lessons about the sound each child’s name started with. 🙄

What name starts with a silent W? I am so curious.

Wren?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think my own name is going to be the next Karen in a few years .

I became sure of this when the entitled and insufferable millennial or Gen Z title character of a popular Netflix series appeared. The negative stereotype for white women of my generation will mirror the criticism of that title character in a few years. As an expat, I already have people mentioning that character when they learn my name, as if that's the quintessential American women now. Maybe I'll have to go by my middle name in 10 years.

Kaitlyn?

NP but I bet it's Emily from Emily in Paris

I agree that’s the name PP must be referring to, but I think she’s wrong. Emily is way too common a name to get that connotation. I’m guessing the PP is an expat in France and gets a ton of “Emily in Paris? Like that stupid show?” Comments from French people. Because she’s literally an Emily in France. I am sure that’s annoying but I don’t think it’s a sign the name will go the way if Karen. It’s too ubiquitous.

A major reason Karen got its current rep is that it’s a name associated with specifically white American women over the age of 40. It’s considered dates but in an uncool 70s/80s way, not in a vintage way. Whereas Emily is actually still quite popular (and Emma even more so).

Also, that show is pretty dumb but the character isn’t offensive the way a Karen is. She’s naive and people made fun of her fir not speaking French. But she’s not an a$$hole. It’s a different thing.

Dp. Different than Karen, I agree, but she was an a$$hole imo.