Madison used to be a perfectly respectable name for a man. Then there was that movie "Splash," in which they gave the mermaid the name as a joke (seeing as it was wildly inappropriate), and now it's a common girl's name. Go figure. |
| whatever your name is, it's trashy. |
It's alright to make fun of their names behind their back so as long as they don't read DCUM? You are a horrid human being. Go drink your cocktail honey and take your pills. |
| I had to laugh. My 9 year old met boy named Bob at camp and thought it was the funniest name, is Bob that unusual now? LOL, |
A 9 yo Bob? I would find that kind of funny too. Sounds like an old man. I think Rob, Robbie or Bobby are common/popular nick names for Robert these days. |
| Of the more common names, I personally just don't like Emma, Audrey, Maggie or Jacob. And although I love William, I'm over it given the sheer number of Wills I've heard of in the past 8-10 years. |
No, you mean Schuyler. God I hate that name. And I have to add my vote to the "bella" crowd. Eek! |
| Certain city/state/location names, such as Madison, Brooklyn, Montana. |
Do you dislike the names, or do you think they are overused, and therefore wouldn't choose them for your own children? I think the latter, as these three names are all completely different, no unifying factor. Unlike the people who hate all the -ayden names, or all the 1980 popstar names, or all the male names for girls, or whatever. And if you wouldn't use them because they have become so common, well, I agree with you. But in and of themselves, all three are lovely. |
sure, as long as you don't over-pronouce: JAC-q-LEEN. I worked with attorney that pronouced her name this way. Obnoxious! |
| I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test? |
O gato mia
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What is the "stripper test?" And Sabine is a made up name. Sorry. |
Sabine is not a made up name. It was the name of a pre-Roman tribe in the area around the site of modern Rome. Another uneducated DC know it all. Supposedly the founders of Rome captured the women of the Sabine tribe and took them for thier wives (The Rape of the Sabine Women (rape meaning kidnapping not what we think of it as)) And the stripper test has to do with the stage name of a stripper, think Houston, Madison, Skye, ect. |
| Never date a woman named after a state, city, season, or weather pattern. It will not end well. |