Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 23:59     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Jamie. I never could figure out that name. It is fine for a 2y old - but a 42 year old? Nah.


We have two Jamies at work and they are around 39 or early forties. They are FINE men, they work hard and are very liked in the office!


I like how you put in a good word for them. On an anonymous board. LOL.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 23:56     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
I'm not going to bother with the previous posts but just take this opportunity to ask why on earth anyone would name their daughter Maddie? It sounds so awfully masculine and angry. How did it get so dang popular?
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 23:04     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Jamie. I never could figure out that name. It is fine for a 2y old - but a 42 year old? Nah.


We have two Jamies at work and they are around 39 or early forties. They are FINE men, they work hard and are very liked in the office!


Shocking. I thought that any man named Jamie was automatically pure evil. Glad to hear I'm wrong.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 22:46     Subject: Re:Common baby names you dislike
DH has cousin who is very artsy (and a little judgmental of those of us who are not). Her kids' names have now ended up on the most popular list for the last ten years. She is horrified that their names are so, so, so pedestrian. Sometimes I worry her kids will overhear her or catch wind of her distress. Conversely she patronizes us at how could we have possibly come up with such normal, but not routine, names for own DCs. I wonder if she will ever just accept + move on.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 22:36     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am Russian, have lived in the States for 20 years and I am continuously surprised about the lack of creativity among Russian parents who name their kids either Daniel or Alexandra. If I hear the name Alexandra, rest assured, it's a Russian kid. For Pete's sake, there are plenty of other international-sounding names. Julia, Anna, Kristina...Michael, Andrew, Mark...take your pick



I know an Anastasia that is Russian But she goes by Staci. . .I like Anastasia better.


I knew an Anastasia who went by Sia. Don't know if she was Russian though, but I thought it was a cool nickname.


I know a Greek Anastasia who goes by Tasia.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 21:48     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:Jamie. I never could figure out that name. It is fine for a 2y old - but a 42 year old? Nah.


We have two Jamies at work and they are around 39 or early forties. They are FINE men, they work hard and are very liked in the office!
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 21:44     Subject: Re:Common baby names you dislike
DS had a daycare teacher named Ikea. Not a good baby name.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 21:20     Subject: Re:Common baby names you dislike
There's a Maximus in my son's school, and I could do without that name. There's also a boy in my son's class named "Ikaika." My son (3.5) can't say the name and calls him "Kanka." I find it quite hysterical, but the boy's mother doesn't.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 21:19     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:Speaking of the Beckhams...my trashy cousin named her son Beckham. Ugh.


My girlfriend named her son Beckham, and it's on my list of unliked names. Wonder if your cousin is my friend!
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 20:55     Subject: Re:Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:24 pages and neither of my kids are named! Wahoo!
Seriously though, what is it with Hazel? That name is really unattractive....

What I think is really at play here is the absolutely over-use of names. My sister has a Jackson and a Hannah - jackson is a family name and hannah is her oldest friend...but unfortunately that meaning is lost.

I have a dear friend whose son is Jasper - a family name, again, the meaning is lost.

Another friend whose daughter is MacKenzie - about 13 now - but again, lost importance...

oh well....


how does importance get lost just because a name gets popular? Maybe novelty wears off, but I'm sure those names are still just as meaningful to your friends


I'm the first poster and you're correct, better said than I did....
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 20:53     Subject: Re:Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:24 pages and neither of my kids are named! Wahoo!
Seriously though, what is it with Hazel? That name is really unattractive....

What I think is really at play here is the absolutely over-use of names. My sister has a Jackson and a Hannah - jackson is a family name and hannah is her oldest friend...but unfortunately that meaning is lost.

I have a dear friend whose son is Jasper - a family name, again, the meaning is lost.

Another friend whose daughter is MacKenzie - about 13 now - but again, lost importance...

oh well....


how does importance get lost just because a name gets popular? Maybe novelty wears off, but I'm sure those names are still just as meaningful to your friends
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 20:50     Subject: Re:Common baby names you dislike
24 pages and neither of my kids are named! Wahoo!
Seriously though, what is it with Hazel? That name is really unattractive....

What I think is really at play here is the absolutely over-use of names. My sister has a Jackson and a Hannah - jackson is a family name and hannah is her oldest friend...but unfortunately that meaning is lost.

I have a dear friend whose son is Jasper - a family name, again, the meaning is lost.

Another friend whose daughter is MacKenzie - about 13 now - but again, lost importance...

oh well....
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 20:36     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am Russian, have lived in the States for 20 years and I am continuously surprised about the lack of creativity among Russian parents who name their kids either Daniel or Alexandra. If I hear the name Alexandra, rest assured, it's a Russian kid. For Pete's sake, there are plenty of other international-sounding names. Julia, Anna, Kristina...Michael, Andrew, Mark...take your pick



I know an Anastasia that is Russian But she goes by Staci. . .I like Anastasia better.


I knew an Anastasia who went by Sia. Don't know if she was Russian though, but I thought it was a cool nickname.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 20:34     Subject: Common baby names you dislike
Monique, Dominique, Layla, Desiree, Carson, Steven, William, Graham.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2010 20:31     Subject: Re:Common baby names you dislike
jackson, jackson, jackson & carter -I have 4 friends that named their child jackson. it is so worn out.