Anonymous wrote:I wanted to name my son Albert. I named him Nathan and have always regretted it. I was talked out of Albert (my grandfather's name) by a night nurse who told me it was an old man's name. Which it is! but my (now) Nathan could have pulled it off and I wish I'd stuck with my guns.

Nathan is SO MUCH cooler than Albert. Albert is an awful name. I'm sure your grandfather was a great person, but some names should be retired.

Anonymous wrote:My kids are named very classic, common (and many would say "boring") biblical names--think Thomas, Michael, etc.

Sometimes I wish I had picked something a little less common. I love Reuben and Abraham now.

Michael and Thomas are kind of boring, but at least they're not ugly like Reuben and Abraham.

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Anonymous wrote:My niece is Elsa. She was born six months before Frozen hit the theaters.

My son went to summer camp with an Elsa when he was about four, right around when Frozen came out. He came home the first day marveling about how amazing it would be to have the same name as someone in Frozne, and how all the other kids in the group were so jealous of her!

I have a friend who named her daughter Siri (family name) two months before Apple’s Siri came out.

Same, my friend named her daughter Alexa right before Amazon came out with Alexa.

Anonymous wrote:10 years ago I named my son Jacob. I had loved the name for many years before that and was dead set that it was my favorite boy name.

Now I feel like it was trendy and that it’s too common.

Nothing I can do. Luckily, he seems happy with it.

Anyone else on this boat? Anyone feeling generous enough to me me feel better?

I think Jacob is a nice name!

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Anonymous wrote:My niece is Elsa. She was born six months before Frozen hit the theaters.

My son went to summer camp with an Elsa when he was about four, right around when Frozen came out. He came home the first day marveling about how amazing it would be to have the same name as someone in Frozne, and how all the other kids in the group were so jealous of her!

I have a friend who named her daughter Siri (family name) two months before Apple’s Siri came out.

Anonymous wrote:My niece is Elsa. She was born six months before Frozen hit the theaters.

My son went to summer camp with an Elsa when he was about four, right around when Frozen came out. He came home the first day marveling about how amazing it would be to have the same name as someone in Frozne, and how all the other kids in the group were so jealous of her!

My niece is Elsa. She was born six months before Frozen hit the theaters.

I agreed to give my son a weird name that my husband liked. I wish I'd stuck to my guns and insisted we'd figured out how to keep it as a nickname and go with something a little less oddball for his real name. It doesn't help that it became a pop culture reference in the 13 years since we named him.

DH and DS both like it though, so I don't dwell on it.

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to name my son Albert. I named him Nathan and have always regretted it. I was talked out of Albert (my grandfather's name) by a night nurse who told me it was an old man's name. Which it is! but my (now) Nathan could have pulled it off and I wish I'd stuck with my guns.

Nate the great! (Al is cute too.)

Almost all names from all cultures are wonderful, especially for their many stories. I don't know why people agonize so much over them.

The only name I ever heard where it really gave me pause was Nimrod. It's an ethnic Hungarian name, perfectly fine there but I heard it in the US in college and I felt really bad for the guy. He was generally weird too, and the name didn't help.

I wanted to name my son Albert. I named him Nathan and have always regretted it. I was talked out of Albert (my grandfather's name) by a night nurse who told me it was an old man's name. Which it is! but my (now) Nathan could have pulled it off and I wish I'd stuck with my guns.

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Anonymous wrote:10 years ago I named my son Jacob. I had loved the name for many years before that and was dead set that it was my favorite boy name.

Now I feel like it was trendy and that it’s too common.

Nothing I can do. Luckily, he seems happy with it.

Anyone else on this boat? Anyone feeling generous enough to me me feel better?

Jacob is a GREAT name, not trendy, from the Bible. The thing with boys' names is that the core 10 never really go out of style. Some have little peaks, but they're never really "out," so you hear them over and over again. I feel like James and William are like this ... always popular, but sometimes it seems like every little boy you meet is James or Will. Doesn't mean they're not great names.

Agree, there are core boy's names that will always be popular, classic, and not dated.

Agreed.

OP, fwiw, I really like the name Jacob and the nickname Jake. I associate the name with Jake Ryan (swoon) and a standout guy a couple years ahead of me in high school. And it doesn't seem very common now, certainly not to the levels of Henry or Miles.

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Anonymous wrote:10 years ago I named my son Jacob. I had loved the name for many years before that and was dead set that it was my favorite boy name.

Now I feel like it was trendy and that it’s too common.

Nothing I can do. Luckily, he seems happy with it.

Anyone else on this boat? Anyone feeling generous enough to me me feel better?

Jacob is a GREAT name, not trendy, from the Bible. The thing with boys' names is that the core 10 never really go out of style. Some have little peaks, but they're never really "out," so you hear them over and over again. I feel like James and William are like this ... always popular, but sometimes it seems like every little boy you meet is James or Will. Doesn't mean they're not great names.

Agree, there are core boy's names that will always be popular, classic, and not dated.

Anonymous wrote:10 years ago I named my son Jacob. I had loved the name for many years before that and was dead set that it was my favorite boy name.

Now I feel like it was trendy and that it’s too common.

Nothing I can do. Luckily, he seems happy with it.

Anyone else on this boat? Anyone feeling generous enough to me me feel better?

Jacob is a GREAT name, not trendy, from the Bible. The thing with boys' names is that the core 10 never really go out of style. Some have little peaks, but they're never really "out," so you hear them over and over again. I feel like James and William are like this ... always popular, but sometimes it seems like every little boy you meet is James or Will. Doesn't mean they're not great names.

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Anonymous wrote:I named my son a Henry and regret it. I wish I’d named gin something more cool. It doesn’t really suit him.

Henry is one of my favorite nsmes. It's not very common now now.

I had three Henrys in my class three years ago and again last year. I’ve also had a year where I had three Sophias, all of whom had the same last initial!

You know, My 8yo's name is Henry, and while it's common, I have never regretted it.

I chose "Henry" because his big sister was just enamored with the name and started calling him Henry while he was still in the womb, and I just thought that was so sweet. So I caved and went with a popular name. I did think I might regret it at some point, but again, I didn't, perhaps because it still seems so special with the sibling bond.