A name you thought you LOVED and now you can't believe you ever liked it

[Anonymous]

I LOVED the name Piper. Loved it. When I was PG with my first DH immediately said no way. Funny now almost 15 years later I hear that name and am like "what the heck was I thinking"? Our neighbor has a Piper and calls her "Pipe" and I just can't hear it without rolling my eyes.

[Anonymous]

My son was almost Parker. I'm so glad I changed my mind because I really don't like that name anymore.

[Anonymous]

Jasmine. My husband said it sounds like a stripper.

Looking back i think he’s right but I still think it’s pretty.

[Anonymous]

For some reason I LOVED Alexis and Kaylee when I was in college. That was late 90s, so right when those names were really getting popular. (Even worse, around that time I met someone who named their kid “Elexis” and thought that was the coolest, most unique thing ever.) Like you, I also wonder 20+ years later what I was thinking! I don’t like those names at ALL anymore.

[Anonymous]

Clementine

[Anonymous]

Anastasia (pre-50 shades). I still like it, but have come to agree with DH that it’s too much on a daily basis. Plus, I hate the nickname Stacey. My DH liked Anna, which I agree is lovely, but a bit simple for me. My personal test was that a name had to work for a 5 year old, a 30 year old both in a boardroom and a ballet studio, and an old lady. Even better if the name has personal meaning, is easily spelled (as someone who has a name similar to Ashlee, I didn’t want my DD to go through life correcting spelling like I did), and isn’t so popular that there’s multiples in each classroom. Naming isn’t easy!

[Anonymous]

Before kids, when I was a kid/dreamed of being a mom:

Mackenzie
Xander

[Anonymous]

I first heard the name Kayla in 1979 and thought it was the most beautiful name I had ever heard. I may have named my baby that in 1987 but i had a boy. Thank god. Waaaay too many incarnations, including all Kaylee's mentioned up thread. I had a girl in 1997 and went with the more traditional Elizabeth to honor my paternal grandmother. I had another boy in 2007 and went with a traditional name.

I think i still like Kayla but only in the 1979 context.

[Anonymous]

Satchel for a boy.

[Anonymous]

Also Noah for a boy. Now it seems so wimpy and cliche.

[Anonymous]

Liam. Weak.

[Anonymous]

Well when I was little I wanted to be either Tina or Sandy. Sandy's okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anastasia (pre-50 shades). I still like it, but have come to agree with DH that it’s too much on a daily basis. Plus, I hate the nickname Stacey. My DH liked Anna, which I agree is lovely, but a bit simple for me. My personal test was that a name had to work for a 5 year old, a 30 year old both in a boardroom and a ballet studio, and an old lady. Even better if the name has personal meaning, is easily spelled (as someone who has a name similar to Ashlee, I didn’t want my DD to go through life correcting spelling like I did), and isn’t so popular that there’s multiples in each classroom. Naming isn’t easy!

Hey, Aimee!

[Anonymous]

I liked the name Haley at some point when we got married. I dropped that one quickly, though.

[Anonymous]

Brenna/Brianna.