Anonymous wrote:It did not take long for my daughters name to be mentioned here. I suppose that is a compliment
Anonymous wrote:Patricia
Jessica
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes! both my kids' names are on here! I know I'm doing something right when I made dcumers cringe.
My daughter's name is on here! LOL.
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)
Let's not do this. OK?
+1000. Because if there is anything I HATE more, it's thinking about some adult cringing at the mere mention of a child's name. Grow up.
Anonymous wrote:One of my pals named her daughter "Holyn" Has anyone ever heard of this name? Personally, I don't care for it. I do like Holly though.
Anonymous wrote:Penelope! Also Gladys, Harriet, Agnes - these strike me as very old lady and not in a good way.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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."
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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...
Culturally, you are not French, so no big deal not having a French name.