Common baby names you dislike

[Anonymous]

I am abnormally perturbed by names with too many s's - Alyssa, Vanessa, Caressa, Melissa, etc.

Agree re: Brayden/Caden/Caiden/Jayden, etc. Ugh.

Never liked the named Tanya, either.

[Anonymous]

Goodness. Let's bring back Dick and Jane!

[Anonymous]

Boy's name + a = girl's name. I know this is traditional, but whenever I hear "We will use Michael if it's a boy and Michaela if it's a girl," I cringe.

[Anonymous]

Benjamin, Jacob, Max, Jack

Emma, Isabella, Sophia, Olivia

[Anonymous]

I don't like Ethan or Owen for boys and Michaela (is that how you spell it?) for a girl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just "Jack."

We have a ton of "John" grandparents, great grandparents, uncles on both sides. Our son's given name is "John" to honor them--but his nickname is "Jack". This is common in Northeast/Irish communities-- ala JFK, JackNicholoson, etc.

He's 5 and I have been surprised that in every daycare, preschool we've been at...he's been the only "jack" in the class....not even a "jackson' which I despise by the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care for Amelia (reminds me of amonia), though everyone on the Expecting board seems to love it.
Also don't care for names that scream "my parents tried so hard to be different they saddled me with an awful name"

This - combined with parents who choose 500 year old ancient Gaelic spellings that are almost unpronounceable in the English language. (And they're always mad when people can't pronounce their children's names!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm missing what's mean about this thread. I don't care if anyone dislikes the name I choose for my kid.

It's a mean thread because it's just pointless criticism that serve no purpose other than to make people feel bad. Just because you and I are too strong to care what other people think about our kids' names doesn't make the thread less mean -- it just means we're immune to this particular brand of nastiness. As an analogy, if I start calling random posters "bitch", that's a mean thing to do. The fact that I don't know them, and they don't care what I think, doesn't make it any less mean of me to call people names.

I'm not trying to argue with you. And I agree it's silly to get worked up about what some idiot thinks about my child's name. But I still think those people are being mean.

[Anonymous]

lol my poor DH's name keeps getting mentioned (it's one of the 'aiden' names). People always complimented him on his name, but it's definitely worn out for little kids these days. I guess his mom was just 35 years ahead of the curve!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm missing what's mean about this thread. I don't care if anyone dislikes the name I choose for my kid.

It's a mean thread because it's just pointless criticism that serve no purpose other than to make people feel bad. Just because you and I are too strong to care what other people think about our kids' names doesn't make the thread less mean -- it just means we're immune to this particular brand of nastiness. As an analogy, if I start calling random posters "bitch", that's a mean thing to do. The fact that I don't know them, and they don't care what I think, doesn't make it any less mean of me to call people names.

I'm not trying to argue with you. And I agree it's silly to get worked up about what some idiot thinks about my child's name. But I still think those people are being mean.

I 100% agree! It is a personal preference thing. I like traditional names so I am never going to like modern, made-up, etc. names. I know there are friends that probably loathe the names we have chosen for our children. There are names friends of ours have chosen that would not be something I'd ever consider for my own kids. I don't judge them based on this. Unfortunately, society does judge names....something along the lines of 'name your kids somethign that will look good on a business card'..this was my traditional-loving mother said. Of course, not every child aspires to a traditional job. Lady Gaga, Madonna, etc...they can change it when they're older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm missing what's mean about this thread. I don't care if anyone dislikes the name I choose for my kid.

It's a mean thread because it's just pointless criticism that serve no purpose other than to make people feel bad. Just because you and I are too strong to care what other people think about our kids' names doesn't make the thread less mean -- it just means we're immune to this particular brand of nastiness. As an analogy, if I start calling random posters "bitch", that's a mean thing to do. The fact that I don't know them, and they don't care what I think, doesn't make it any less mean of me to call people names.

I'm not trying to argue with you. And I agree it's silly to get worked up about what some idiot thinks about my child's name. But I still think those people are being mean.

I 100% agree! It is a personal preference thing. I like traditional names so I am never going to like modern, made-up, etc. names. I know there are friends that probably loathe the names we have chosen for our children. There are names friends of ours have chosen that would not be something I'd ever consider for my own kids. I don't judge them based on this. Unfortunately, society does judge names....something along the lines of 'name your kids somethign that will look good on a business card'..this was my traditional-loving mother said. Of course, not every child aspires to a traditional job. Lady Gaga, Madonna, etc...they can change it when they're older.

wow- that doesn't sound like I wanted it to...yikes...sound like a sn**ty b*tch. What I meant to say is "I also hope they aren't judging my kids by their boring names.

[Anonymous]

Full disclosure: Mom of 4yo Liam responding, and I can't decide whether to be totally irked that OP would start a thread of which the only intention seems to be to be hurtful/snarky OR if I should laugh at the ridiculousness of parents who seem to believe that the name for their child is a status symbol of how hip or unique they are?

How is naming a child Liam "faux-Irish?" As far as I can tell from this link (http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/births_d_m/current/babynames.pdf), Liam was has ranked between 15-30 of the top 100 Irish boys names in the last 6 years. What would constitute an "authentic" Irish name for you? One of the ones that dates back to the Druids, or one of the Saint's names popularized by the Catholic invaders?

We're of Irish descent, so wanted something vaguely Irish, but this somehow offends the OP. What, OP, should we have named him Guido? Sven? Raoul? We also didn't want him to be William III, so we picked a variant of his father's name.

FWIW, our object in naming our child was not to give him a name that had never been heard by human ears before. In fact, we wanted one that was common enough not to be weird. We never imagined he'd be the only Liam we ever met. I didn't think it would get quite so popular (darn that Tori Spelling!), but it's not the end of the world. As I commented on a recent thread on Expectant Moms, my husband has never been traumatized by meeting another Bill.

So, OP, what are your kids names that are so wonderful that none of us would ever dislike them?

Ugh, now I'm annoyed w/ myself that I let some random comment get me riled up.

[Anonymous]

Are the posters who feel this thread is mean just as offended when threads about "most ghetto name you've ever heard" are started?

Those names are people's names, too.

[Anonymous]

14:24 here...actually, I'm a social worker doing therapy w/ inner city kids, so yup, I find those ghetto name posts offensive, too.

[Anonymous]

People aren't allowed to dislike a name? Or people aren't allowed to talk about names they dislike, because some parents assumed that everyone in the world loved their kids' name? That seems like a problem with the assumption. And no one's saying that kids with names that someone dislikes will grow up to be serial killers or are trashing you or your kid personally. It's a NAME, not the kid.