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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sophie is overused.[/quote] So is charlotte. [/quote]

Why don't people say this about boys names? Everyone I Greg up with was named Matt or Ryan. Who cares. [/quote]

I care.  The Ryan-explosion was ridiculous about 20 years ago especially in my Jewish school.

Personally, I do an internal eye roll when someone tells me their child’s name and it’s ridiculously popular.  [/quote]

You need to take a hard look at why you care so much about what other people name their kids. Seriously, what a nasty way to go though life. Find some inner happiness and you might not be such a negative hag. [/quote]

This. I had some inkling that people like PP existed before I started reading DCUM because I had encountered the occasional person who seemed to have something negative to say about every baby name. But once I started coming on this site, where they can unleash anonymously with zero social consequences? Whew. A lot of just intense and unnecessary judgment and insecurity. And it's very telling that their ire is directed at parents (almost always women) with new babies. These same people don't walk around talking about how dumb other adults' names are, for instance. I have a "ridiculously popular" name and it has never once caused a problem for me as an adult (it was annoying when I was a kid). People like PP don't go to dinner parties and say "Can you believe my new coworker is named AMANDA? Are you kidding! That was a top ten name the year she was born! What were her parents thinking?[b] And she wants to go by "Mandy". Ugh, what a dumb nickname, I hate it." [/b]Can you imagine???

Nope it's just baby names they want to harsh on all the time. I think it has to do with competitive jealousy around having kids and a desire to position themselves as a superior parent because they chose the correct name for their kid. It's extremely weird. And I didn't even give my kid a popular name! But it's bizarre to see people acting like naming your kid Ryan or Charlotte is some kind of social crime. Get a grip. There is nothing wrong with giving your kid a common name, human beings have been doing it since the beginning of time.[/quote]

Mandy is a dumb nickname. So is Vicky. I’ve disliked every person I ever met with those names. Strangely those who went by Amanda and Victoria were just fine.[/quote]

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