Anonymous
Post 05/17/2022 09:51     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:I love it, pp. I am 45, grew up with girls named Heather, Jessica, Tiffany, Nicole, Stacey, Rachel, Lauren, Melissa. This generation of names is going to make a comeback. Others include Alison, Tracey, Sarah, Amanda, christy and the like.


Some of those names never went away. Still plenty of Sarahs, Rachels, Laurens.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2022 09:50     Subject: Re:When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
IME, names that are relatively ‘normal’ to American ears get minimal commentary once the baby is actually alive. Names that are funkier might, but most people have enough tact not to comment to people about how their name is ‘dated.’

Heather does have an 80s vibe but no more so than Jessica or Jennifer to me, and people don’t think twice about those names. Maybe it’s like Courtney or Lauren, but again… not odd.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2022 09:41     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:I like Heather. There was a poster here in the past few years with a little Heather. Hopefully she will see this and weigh in! I also like Susan FWIW and think Susie sounds fresh and cute.

Imagine a conversation about the name "Sophia" circa mid-1990s. "Dated sounding Italian grandma name", "Golden Girls", etc. Yet by 2012 it was the #1 girls name and now everyone is all "not another Sophie or Sophia, please". Name trends come and go, so choose what you like.


I have a Susanna (named for my mom Susan) and we call her "Sus"
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 22:37     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:I actually like the names Amber and Jade, which people are constantly making fun of

They seem perfectly normal to me


Me too. Love Amber and Jade.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 22:32     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
I love it, pp. I am 45, grew up with girls named Heather, Jessica, Tiffany, Nicole, Stacey, Rachel, Lauren, Melissa. This generation of names is going to make a comeback. Others include Alison, Tracey, Sarah, Amanda, christy and the like.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 22:20     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:I envision Heather as a lower-middle class girl with frosted hair, cruising the mall for blue eyeshadow and Madonna tapes with her friends Tammy and Amber.


That’s interesting. Genuinely, I envision Heather as girl-next-door pretty with thick straight golden blonde hair wearing a luxurious and beautiful cashmere sweater. Simple pearl studs and a little lip gloss.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 22:12     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Also, Madonna was the coolest in the 80s

I can’t even tell you how many times I watched Who’s That Girl
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 22:09     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
I actually like the names Amber and Jade, which people are constantly making fun of

They seem perfectly normal to me
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 17:22     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:Ignore them and go with the name you love. The silly comments will stop once she is born or shortly after. It is a pretty name that will likely become more popular again given time.


+1 and congratulations!
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 17:21     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:I envision Heather as a lower-middle class girl with frosted hair, cruising the mall for blue eyeshadow and Madonna tapes with her friends Tammy and Amber.


Hmmm. I envision Heather as the coolest girl in the 4th grade, which she was. She got us all started eating chocolate velamints.

I was raised middle class, or maybe a little higher.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 14:36     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:I envision Heather as a lower-middle class girl with frosted hair, cruising the mall for blue eyeshadow and Madonna tapes with her friends Tammy and Amber.


I’m 25 and don’t know any Heathers (and don’t know what frosted hair means) so no association except the magnificent Heather growing on the hills of Scotland when I went to a year abroad at University of Edinburgh.

I would definitely name a baby girl Heather.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 13:03     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
Anonymous wrote:I was given a dated name by my hopelessly uncool parents and hated it so much I changed it as soon as I was old enough. I hated feeling like a weirdo. It is a selfish thing to do to a child.


I'd say this is a vote in favor of Heather - if your daughter really hates it (which she won't, because it's a lovely name) she can change it later.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 12:45     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
I envision Heather as a lower-middle class girl with frosted hair, cruising the mall for blue eyeshadow and Madonna tapes with her friends Tammy and Amber.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 12:07     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
I like Heather. There was a poster here in the past few years with a little Heather. Hopefully she will see this and weigh in! I also like Susan FWIW and think Susie sounds fresh and cute.

Imagine a conversation about the name "Sophia" circa mid-1990s. "Dated sounding Italian grandma name", "Golden Girls", etc. Yet by 2012 it was the #1 girls name and now everyone is all "not another Sophie or Sophia, please". Name trends come and go, so choose what you like.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2022 12:03     Subject: When everyone tells you your forever favorite name is dated.
I was given a dated name by my hopelessly uncool parents and hated it so much I changed it as soon as I was old enough. I hated feeling like a weirdo. It is a selfish thing to do to a child.