Do you dislike your first name, or do you regret the name you chose for your child?

[Anonymous]

Another Karen here who's never liked her name, and who likes it even less now that it's a synonym for an entitled (or even racist) white woman.

It's funny, though, because almost every Karen I know is the opposite of that stereotype.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like my first name. It is unisex (think along the lines of Jordan or Taylor). I always wished I had a girlier name. My DD has a beautiful feminine name.

Watch her grow up and hate how "frilly" her name is and give her daughter a tougher name.

Totally possible! Although I don’t think her name is “frilly” per se. It’s a traditional girl name that I think is pretty (think along the lines of Ella).

[Anonymous]

I love my kids names more than any other names I've ever heard. Luckily DH and I always agreed exactly on the names and they were decided early on. My kids also get compliments on their names all the time- they are unique but not weird or trendy.

I don't like my first name, but many people do. It's simple and is relatively common all over the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dislike my name. It was the number one most popular girls name for a portion of the 80s. It was important to me my child not have a name in the top 20 most popular. I hated having the same name as so many other people and even now at work I get misdirected emails for others with the same first name pretty often.

Jessica --

Thank you for forwarding my emails. Here is a batch of yours for you.

Sincerely
Jess

Jess, I knew you would understand!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another Karen here who's never liked her name, and who likes it even less now that it's a synonym for an entitled (or even racist) white woman.

It's funny, though, because almost every Karen I know is the opposite of that stereotype.

I had Karen on my list of girl names 13 years ago. I still love the name but wow, I kinda dodged a bullet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dislike my name. It was the number one most popular girls name for a portion of the 80s. It was important to me my child not have a name in the top 20 most popular. I hated having the same name as so many other people and even now at work I get misdirected emails for others with the same first name pretty often.

Jessica --

Thank you for forwarding my emails. Here is a batch of yours for you.

Sincerely
Jess

Jess, I knew you would understand!

What's funny is I think Jess and Jessica and Jessie are all great names. I met a 7 yr old Jessie recently and was so delighted. I have GREAT associations with the name.

Now Rachel was a real mixed bag and the Stephanies were more bad than good unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

I definitely think today’s Jaxons and Everleighs will regret their names. If they don’t already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dislike my name. It was the number one most popular girls name for a portion of the 80s. It was important to me my child not have a name in the top 20 most popular. I hated having the same name as so many other people and even now at work I get misdirected emails for others with the same first name pretty often.

Jessica --

Thank you for forwarding my emails. Here is a batch of yours for you.

Sincerely
Jess

Jess, I knew you would understand!

What's funny is I think Jess and Jessica and Jessie are all great names. I met a 7 yr old Jessie recently and was so delighted. I have GREAT associations with the name.

Now Rachel was a real mixed bag and the Stephanies were more bad than good unfortunately.

I will say that even though I hate having the same name as so many of my peers, it is a nice name. And in general people don’t seem to have many negative connotations with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dislike my name. It was the number one most popular girls name for a portion of the 80s. It was important to me my child not have a name in the top 20 most popular. I hated having the same name as so many other people and even now at work I get misdirected emails for others with the same first name pretty often.

Jessica --

Thank you for forwarding my emails. Here is a batch of yours for you.

Sincerely
Jess

Jess, I knew you would understand!

What's funny is I think Jess and Jessica and Jessie are all great names. I met a 7 yr old Jessie recently and was so delighted. I have GREAT associations with the name.

Now Rachel was a real mixed bag and the Stephanies were more bad than good unfortunately.

+1 that Jessica is a solid name.