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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For context, a teacher in HS was completely against the name Lisa. She told us it was trashy. There were three girls named Lisa in our class (it was the late 80s). She refused to call any of the girls Lisa. She called all of them Elizabeth, even the girl whose name was not a derivative of Elizabeth.

She also thought Susan was trashy and completely flew off the rails when a student pointed out the Biblical origins.

There are other girls’ names she thought were trashy (Jamie, Karen), that we don’t blink at today. Trashy is in the eye of the beholder.

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But technically Brooklyn isn't actually a name for a person. The names you mentioned are real names for humans so I really don't think it's comparable. [/quote]

Brooklyn is absolutely a name for a person, as evidenced by the fact that lots of people have the name.  That's how something becomes a name.  Furthermore, using place names for people, and creating names by putting together two other names (e.g. Anne-Marie) have long histories within American culture.  [/quote]

I can name my kid fireplace if I want. Or plate. Or France. It doesn't make it a name for a person. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should.[/quote]

Hon, you don't get to decide what is or isn't "a name for a person".

I'd be curious how many of the people bashing the name Brooklyn have kids (not "dc"... if we're talking about real words etc) with names like Kaiden, Brayden, Jayedeyn etc  :lol: [/quote]

I seriously doubt any. Those “names” are worse than Brooklyn.[/quote]

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