Never date a woman named after a state, city, season, or weather pattern. It will not end well.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

What is the "stripper test?" And Sabine is a made up name. Sorry.

Sabine is not a made up name. It was the name of a pre-Roman tribe in the area around the site of modern Rome. Another uneducated DC know it all.
Supposedly the founders of Rome captured the women of the Sabine tribe and took them for thier wives (The Rape of the Sabine Women (rape meaning kidnapping not what we think of it as))

And the stripper test has to do with the stage name of a stripper, think Houston, Madison, Skye, ect.

Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

What is the "stripper test?" And Sabine is a made up name. Sorry.

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to name my first born Mia, but in my native language is the sound a cat makes. As in the cat "mia".

That being said I hate names like Walker, Hunter, Turner... It annoys me a lot.

O gato mia

I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

Anonymous wrote:Is Jacqueline acceptable? need to make sure from the peanut gallery ....

sure, as long as you don't over-pronouce: JAC-q-LEEN. I worked with attorney that pronouced her name this way. Obnoxious!

Anonymous wrote:Lily, Ava and Grace.

Do you dislike the names, or do you think they are overused, and therefore wouldn't choose them for your own children? I think the latter, as these three names are all completely different, no unifying factor. Unlike the people who hate all the -ayden names, or all the 1980 popstar names, or all the male names for girls, or whatever. And if you wouldn't use them because they have become so common, well, I agree with you. But in and of themselves, all three are lovely.

Certain city/state/location names, such as Madison, Brooklyn, Montana.

Anonymous wrote:Skylar. The freaking worst name EVER.

No, you mean Schuyler. God I hate that name.

And I have to add my vote to the "bella" crowd. Eek!

Of the more common names, I personally just don't like Emma, Audrey, Maggie or Jacob. And although I love William, I'm over it given the sheer number of Wills I've heard of in the past 8-10 years.

Anonymous wrote:I had to laugh. My 9 year old met boy named Bob at camp and thought it was the funniest name, is Bob that unusual now? LOL,

A 9 yo Bob? I would find that kind of funny too. Sounds like an old man. I think Rob, Robbie or Bobby are common/popular nick names for Robert these days.

I had to laugh. My 9 year old met boy named Bob at camp and thought it was the funniest name, is Bob that unusual now? LOL,

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Anonymous wrote:CAN WE OFFICIALLY KILL THIS THREAD? Who the hell cares? People choose their child's name for various reasons. If they choose one you don't like it, STFU and stop making fun of them. These are BABIES and CHILDREN for chrissakes!

Good Lord, have a cocktail, honey. You need to relax. Clearly the children are not reading this thread, nor are they responsible for their own horrid names.

It's alright to make fun of their names behind their back so as long as they don't read DCUM? You are a horrid human being. Go drink your cocktail honey and take your pills.

whatever your name is, it's trashy.

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Anonymous wrote:Nicholas, Alexander, William, Sophia, Isabella, Aidan, Madison, McKenzie, Caitlyn, Nathaniel, Kennedy

This is an odd grouping. Some of these names are made-up (Madison, Kennedy) and others just standard-issue names that have been around for centuries.

How are Madison and Kennedy made up names? Lots of the names mentioned have indeed been used prior to the last 100 years. Take a look at Baby Name Wizard, you can clearly see these names were used in the 1800's.

Madison used to be a perfectly respectable name for a man. Then there was that movie "Splash," in which they gave the mermaid the name as a joke (seeing as it was wildly inappropriate), and now it's a common girl's name. Go figure.