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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t love my first name because everyone knows I’m a Gen xer. Wish I had a more classic name, but it’s not like I’m changing it or anything. [/quote]

A common Gen-X’s name would be like Valerie, Deborah or even Jackie.[/quote]

The most common Gen-X name is Jennifer.[/quote]

Or how about Meredith or Heather??[/quote]

I loved Meredith and Heather (born in 1977 so those were the names of everyone’s cool older sisters) but DH wouldn’t have it. There was a brief week during my pregnancy when I lobbied hard for Mallory. No luck. I ended up with a Samantha, which was as far as I could push him with 80s and 90s names.[/quote]

Meredith, Mallory and Samantha are all really GREAT names! Heather is okay (I grew up with a lot of Heathers). [/quote]

Recently I was listening to a podcast with a host named Mallory who mentioned in passing that she hated her name and that made me sad because she seems like a good and interesting person and I don't want her to have this negative feeling about something so personal. But I think a lot of people wind up hating their names and I'm not sure what the key is. The majority of names are fine. Obviously when I gave my DD her name I really hoped she would never hate it.

So I just wonder how you avoid a person hating their name. Is it about picking the right name or just avoiding certain types of names or is it really about raising them to love their name through positive reinforcement or something. I think some people wind up hating their names for random reasons you couldn't predict like getting teased for some random reason or developing some negative association with their name for a totally unforeseen reason.[/quote]

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