Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 13:11     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Anything Irish, unless you are of Irish descent.


Yes one thousand times over. Maeve, Declan, Mairead, Declan, Aidan, Eamon. Cut it out wanna be Irish Americans!


I find this very weird too. As an Irish-American from both sides, our family is literally riddled (cousins on both sides) with all sorts of Irish names. So I am used to this in my own family, but then if I meet someone who has like 1% drop of Irish blood and they have names such as the above, I am kind of like, "Huh?" I mean, of course it's their choice, but I admit to finding it just a little weird. I guess I feel it would be equally weird if I named my kids names such as "Carlos," "Jose," and "Juanita." A totally different ethnicity than my own!


PS I guess people just love us Irish so much they want to imitate us! "Imitation is the best form of flattery."


true.

FWIW, My parents gave me an irish name to honor that part of my heritage - even though it was only 25% of my heritage or something? I'm a European mutt. I could also easily have been named Danica to honor the Slavic side of my heritage.

My poor kid is even more muddled - we added German and Czech to the already mixed together heritage. I just say she's all american


So no biblical names unless you are Jewish? No "Americanized" names for first generation Americans? If you like a name, you like a name. Why do you feel the need to place boundaries?
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 13:06     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
To the adopted PP, I am half Irish/half English. We named our adopted AA daughter with an Irish name, fairly common. She will probably be the only AA child with this name though.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 12:28     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anything Irish, unless you are of Irish descent.


Yes one thousand times over. Maeve, Declan, Mairead, Declan, Aidan, Eamon. Cut it out wanna be Irish Americans!


I find this very weird too. As an Irish-American from both sides, our family is literally riddled (cousins on both sides) with all sorts of Irish names. So I am used to this in my own family, but then if I meet someone who has like 1% drop of Irish blood and they have names such as the above, I am kind of like, "Huh?" I mean, of course it's their choice, but I admit to finding it just a little weird. I guess I feel it would be equally weird if I named my kids names such as "Carlos," "Jose," and "Juanita." A totally different ethnicity than my own!


PS I guess people just love us Irish so much they want to imitate us! "Imitation is the best form of flattery."


true.

FWIW, My parents gave me an irish name to honor that part of my heritage - even though it was only 25% of my heritage or something? I'm a European mutt. I could also easily have been named Danica to honor the Slavic side of my heritage.

My poor kid is even more muddled - we added German and Czech to the already mixed together heritage. I just say she's all american


For some reason my mother is really big on all things celtic, so I I've grown up with an Irish name that I never liked. I'm adopted and recently found my firstmom and ironically I'm 100% French. Oh well, too late to change it now...
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 12:13     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
Sean
Dawn
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 12:11     Subject: Names you HATE
Patricia
Jessica
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 11:04     Subject: Names you HATE
Judith! Bleh.
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 07:53     Subject: Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aaron
Max
Jacob
Ezikiel
Abraham
Moses
Esther
Sarah
Ruth
Miriam


Really trying hard names.


?? Aaron and Sarah have got to be the least offensive names out there.

+1 trying too hard Biblical names, except for Sarah, which is very common now.
All of these names are biblical and so NOT "out there" (IMO.) Agree w/ PP---especially Aaron (bro's name) and Sarah (my middle name.) Along w/ Jacob, etc. I guess the original poster is probably not a fan of biblical names. I happen to love many of them...
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 04:44     Subject: Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aaron
Max
Jacob
Ezikiel
Abraham
Moses
Esther
Sarah
Ruth
Miriam


Really trying hard names.


?? Aaron and Sarah have got to be the least offensive names out there.


All of these names are biblical and so NOT "out there" (IMO.) Agree w/ PP---especially Aaron (bro's name) and Sarah (my middle name.) Along w/ Jacob, etc. I guess the original poster is probably not a fan of biblical names. I happen to love many of them...
Anonymous
Post 07/03/2013 04:41     Subject: Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aaron
Max
Jacob
Ezikiel
Abraham
Moses
Esther
Sarah
Ruth
Miriam


Really trying hard names.


?? Aaron and Sarah have got to be the least offensive names out there.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2013 21:54     Subject: Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aaron
Max
Jacob
Ezikiel
Abraham
Moses
Esther
Sarah
Ruth
Miriam


Really trying hard names.


?? Aaron and Sarah have got to be the least offensive names out there.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2013 21:15     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
i hate pretty much every celebrity kid name. North, Lincoln (esp for a girl), Ace, Apple, Blue, the list goes on.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2013 13:46     Subject: Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else have names they hate...and cringe when they hear a child being called this?

Mine are:
Brittany, Jaden (boy or girl)


Absolutely same! I hate Jayden, Aiden, and Hayden (yuck!!!!!!!). Trying so hard to sound preppy/attractive, but probably unattractive and mildly white trash.



Not mildly. VERY.


What if you know AA kids named Jayden? Can the parents be both black and white trash? Kind of a gray trash?



White trash isn't about race... its a state of being. I am black, but if I put a hot tub in my front yard, I'm white trash.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 20:33     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:Weird spellings of ordinary names in an attempt to be unique.
Pretensious "family" names.
Soap opera names.
Numbers, Fruits, and Symbols for names.



I kid you not, my friend's kids are

Shayden
Raisyn (like the food)
Mellison
Lillimarie
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 15:44     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:Candy, Brandy, and Brittany


Brandy here, 70s baby, and I hate my name, too
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2013 15:37     Subject: Re:Names you HATE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anything Irish, unless you are of Irish descent.


Yes one thousand times over. Maeve, Declan, Mairead, Declan, Aidan, Eamon. Cut it out wanna be Irish Americans!


I find this very weird too. As an Irish-American from both sides, our family is literally riddled (cousins on both sides) with all sorts of Irish names. So I am used to this in my own family, but then if I meet someone who has like 1% drop of Irish blood and they have names such as the above, I am kind of like, "Huh?" I mean, of course it's their choice, but I admit to finding it just a little weird. I guess I feel it would be equally weird if I named my kids names such as "Carlos," "Jose," and "Juanita." A totally different ethnicity than my own!


PS I guess people just love us Irish so much they want to imitate us! "Imitation is the best form of flattery."


true.

FWIW, My parents gave me an irish name to honor that part of my heritage - even though it was only 25% of my heritage or something? I'm a European mutt. I could also easily have been named Danica to honor the Slavic side of my heritage.

My poor kid is even more muddled - we added German and Czech to the already mixed together heritage. I just say she's all american