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Poll: Worst name Trends: pick 3 (28 member(s) have cast votes)

Which 3 of the 7 trends listed in the article (plus my own personal pet peeve, number 8), annoy you the most? I've listed examples.

  1. Mc, Mack, Mak, or Mac names for girls - McKayla, Makayla, McKenna, Maklynnzey (6 votes [9.52%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.52%

  2. Surname names - Tanner, Taylor, Parker, Gage, Jackson (3 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  3. Aiden replacements - Brayden, Xaden, Jaeden, Kayden, Caden (5 votes [7.94%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.94%

  4. Ella names - Ella, Isabella, Stella, Arabella, Eleanor, Anabelle, Elliot (4 votes [6.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.35%

  5. K instead of C - Karla, Karlee, Karlie, Kasey, Katelyn, Konner, Kaleb (7 votes [11.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.11%

  6. Y substitution - Shayley, Jayla, Braylin, Rylie, Myleah (15 votes [23.81%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.81%

  7. Geographic names - Abilene, Alabama, America, Aspen, Chelsea, Holland, Hudson, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kingston (9 votes [14.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.29%

  8. Masculine names on girls - Kyle, Logan, Tyler, Bryce, Dylan, Ryan* (14 votes [22.22%])

    Percentage of vote: 22.22%

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#1 Mishada

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Posted 02 September 2010 - 05:25 PM

Please vote for three of the options above!

I love this article: http://youcantcallit...-deadly-trends/, so I decided to ask a question about it on here and on Y!A.

* Note: I don't include names that have been used on girls for quite some time like Ashley or Leslie. These new gender hopping names just bother me. They don't even sound remotely feminine. I can understand why Ashley, Leslie, and Kelly became mostly girls names, but Logan? Seriously?
* Note2: I also dislike misspelled names and many object/thing names (River, Rain, Winter), but they are more ambiguous trends so I'll leave those out for now.

I'll post your answers in poll form on my blog. :)
Feel free to elaborate your answer in the comments if you like.

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Posted 03 September 2010 - 10:08 AM

Out of your list, I must say the Y substitution bothers me the most. It just looks... silly when you do it! No offense, but when a name is spelled with multiple Y's, sometimes even just one, it makes the name look childish.

When it come's to the androgynous names, where Y's seem to be abundant, the Y's may make a name look girly, but the name sounds exactly the same therefor making the name still just as masculine.

It's silly to try and make a name look different, or as some say it, "unique". The name is not more unique because it is spelled awkwardly. A name is more unique when you put an effort into it! Your name is unique if you decide to use a name that is not in the top 500 list. A name is unique when you use a family name that means a lot to you. A name is unique when you get to tell your child about it's meaning to you and how much you love it. And that makes a child feel special. Your child more and likely will not appreciate if you tried so hard to make their name impossible to spell to everyone else in the world.

The K instead of C thing was my second vote. Again, I think it looks silly to use a K instead of C. Too trendy to me, personally. There are many beautiful names that begin with a K, and if you feel inclined to use all K names, there is a great selection!

But, if you have a few kids with K names and you find a C name you really like, but it doesn't fit in with your pattern, then you either need to find another name (and not look in the C name section), or you use a C name. I'm sure your child wont "feel left out" or anything, because most kids usually care less if their family has a naming pattern or not. Most prefer to have their own unique name that you chose especially for them. Not just a name you chose to fit in a pattern.

The thing that really bothers me about naming, most of all, is when a parent is selfish about naming their child. When a parent is chosing a name for their child, they shouldn't just be thinking about what they think is cool. What they like for names. Because though the parents liking the name does matter, you also need to consider the wellbeing of the child.

This seems to be a problematic naming trend in today's society. So many parents look at a name and say it will make their child better in some form of way, though in all actuality, their just looking for attention upon themselves. If a parent likes an "odd" name (to put it nicely) so much, they might as well change their own name!

When a child is little, for the most part, all they want is to fit in. When your young, you just want to have friends. If you name your sweet little boy "Gay", he will more and likely be teased on the playground. You will be the one with a sad little child running home with a bloody nose because someone beat him up.

As the child ages, they may want to stand out. But they will still have love interests. What boy would want to ask "Adym-Flora Rose" to the dance with him? She may be the prettiest girl in the school, but it doesn't stop her from being the center of teasing.

Then what about when they turn twenty two? They go for their job interview, and the boss tries to stutter out "Jaeydylynne" to let her know he's ready for the interview?

Or when they reach fifty, sixty, seventy? When they retire? She can introduce herself at her nursing home as "La-ah, you pronounce the dash symbol!"?

Are any of these situations fair unto any person?

So maybe they actually do like their name. Gay can proudly stand up and announce his name unto anyone and be love his mother for the rest of his life for choosing him such a wonderful name that he loves with all his heart. Even though the likelihood is very slim, he may end up liking his unique name. All the girls around him still may make fun of him and never date him. His job interviewers may not take him seriously. The people at the nursing home will still chuckle at his name just as much. And the people around him in society will still laugh at him the same.

You don't even have to like your child to give him or her a respectable name. I know plenty of families with parents who couldn't care less of their kids, yet they gave them decent names.

So there are no excuses to giving a child a horrible name! If you really cannot come up with a name, it's pretty easy to name little John or Jane a classic, simple name then have it over and done with easy and quick. Then, even if the child has negative feelings at you, they can't add on to the list of evil's upon you with a horrible name. They can grow up in life and say "Well, my mom may not have cared about me. But at least she didn't give me a joke for a name".

If you truly feel it is necessary to name your kid Jagger, the middle name slot is a perfect place for your "unique" selection! Your child may not like it, but he can grow up with a normal first name and not be constantly reminded every day that his name is horrible. Middle names are easy to hide :)

Well, that's all I have to say about that! *breaths* I really get overly worked up about this... <3

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Posted 05 September 2010 - 09:58 AM

Epic rant, Hayden Taylor, and well-said.

My vote was for Y substitution - it doesn't make the name look any more "feminine" to me; it just makes it look tryndy and rather childish. (Might be slightly hypocritical of me though, as I like the spelling "Rylee".) Some people I know have put in Ys to either "make the name more feminine" (Dylyn) or "make it more unique/stand her apart from the other Madisons in her class" (Maddiesyn), which doesn't make sense to me as it doesn't change what the name is or how it's said out loud.

^ Same for K instead of C

Second place, I'd have to say masculine names on girls. Some of them don't seem unisex to me at all. I understand how Ashley and Mackenzie made it over to the girls side, I can even see Ryan and Aidan, but some just seem like really masculine names. I've had some people argue that "masculinity is only a concept created by society/girls don't have to be named super-girly names to be feminine" which also doesn't make sense to argue, because it's a double-standard. If masculinity is only society's idea, why isn't feminity? Why can't boys have girl names?

Don't like the Aidan/Braden/Jaden/Caden thing either only because it is THE THING right now. It wouldn't be terrible if it wasn't THE NAME that everyone wanted. The only one I like is Zaden/Xaden, because no one's using it.

^Same for geographic names; it's like THE THING to do right now.

I wouldn't catch surname names unless they're fairly obvious, like Collins or Davis.

And personally I love when someone tells me they named their child an "Mc" or "Mac" name because they wanted an Irish name. It's not Irish - it's Scottish. *annoyed Scot facepalm*

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Posted 05 September 2010 - 11:39 AM

i DO NOT like masculine names on girls at all.
i like some Y substituitons on girls like the names Rylee. Jayda. etc.
i like some surnames as first names like Taylor for a girl and Jackson for a boy.
geographic names i like the names Dallas and some others i cant think of as middle names.
Aiden even though i prefer the spelling Ayden. i used to love Kayden until it became really popular.
i love k names too but some names should just stay with the spelling C like Caleb, Conner etc. but i do like the name Katelyn spelled that way or Caitlyn either way.
Ella i love that name and isabella but those names have became way to popular.
i dont like the Mac, Mc, in front of a name i prefer the spellings like (Mikayla,Makayla,Makenzie, and Makenna).

but the one i don't really like are the Masculine names on girls,

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 08:44 AM

Epic rant, Hayden Taylor, and well-said.


Why, thankie! :)

I sat here steaming at the computer and taking out all my dislike for these issue's, then RJ walks by and laughs at me. She says I should write a blog... :)

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 02:15 PM

I actually don't mind any of these trends. The one trend I can't stand is where parents spell something backwards in order to get a more unique name, and then that name becomes VERY popular. The one I really hate is Nevaeh. Heaven backwards? what has the world come to.

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 11:53 PM

I actually don't mind any of these trends. The one trend I can't stand is where parents spell something backwards in order to get a more unique name, and then that name becomes VERY popular. The one I really hate is Nevaeh. Heaven backwards? what has the world come to.

Navaeh is actually the only name like that, atleast that I can think of. When it first came out, I actually thought it was pretty. I don't find that bad at all

As for my vote, I didn't notice that it said to pick three, so I only picked one. And my pet peeve with names is definitely parents giving their daughter's boy names. I don't say masculine names because they are actually boy names. They don't look or sound good on girls, and it's just going to make the child's life harder. Naming a little girl Ryan, Logan, Elliot, Noah, Jagger, Chase, Blake, etc. is not cute, nor is it smart. The parents need to think about the years after the toddler years, when it's "cute" to call a little girl by a boy name. When the kid is older, they will have names that are the same as some boys in the class, especially if the name is a popular boy name like Noah. I don't see a plus side with this trend. It isn't at all unique, because there will be boys all over with that name, so it doesn't make any sense.

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 12:51 AM

Someone I knew had a girl called Enola in her class, which is Alone backwards. I'd hate to have that as my name, even though it seems quite pretty, its not a nice association to have in your name. I don't like Nevaeh either, for one thing I never know how to pronounce it, but that could just be me. I don't really mind any of these trends, but I'll vote anyhow :)

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 11:47 AM

I could never tell how to pronounce Nevaeh either. I know a Ne-vay and a Ne-vay-uh, so i suppose it can be a few different ways.

I love boy names on girls!

My favorites are Elliot(te), Ryan, Noa(h), and Logan.

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 03:00 PM

I don't even know anymore. I don't hate or love a name simply because it does or does not fall into a certain category. That being said, I do tend to dislike K instead of C when it comes to certian names like Caleb and Connor. I also tend to dislike names that use unnecessary 'y's in place of "i". Rylie is a perfect example.

But I can find names I love that fit into each category and I can find names I hate that fit into each category. So, I really hate to generalize.

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 03:10 PM

The 3 ones I voted for were the Ella, geographic and boy names on girls trend.
For some reason I really cannot stand names like Arabella, Annabelle, Isabella, Elliot, Elle, etc. I dont know why they annoy me but they just do. I dont like geographic names either. Give your child an actual name please, not one named after a country or city or whatever! I really dont like boys names on girls either. The common ones like Ryan, Noah, Logan, etc dont even sound remotely feminine to me. I dont understand why some people think those names are cute on girls. In my opinion it doesnt fit at all.

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 07:55 PM

I don't know about you guys but another trend i CANT stand is the -leigh ending it's wayyyyy to popular!

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 11:28 PM

I actually like the name Nevaeh. I have no qualms with the name. When I first saw it, I didn't know it was "Heaven" backwards and it makes me wonder if people wouldn't mind it as much if they didn't know. LOL.



My biggest peeve is boy names for girls. Some, yes, work and now are seen as mostly girl names. Ashley, Mackenzie, Leslie . But names like Ryan (no offense, Ryan!), Kyle, Tyler and even Bentley was considered as a girl's name. I can't stand that. I think the names I like are Skylar, Hayden, Jamie, *Cadence and *Eden.

The Y substitute. Hmm. On the fence. Jayla...I like. I don't find that to be horrible. That's how I first saw that name. And, personally, I like the spelling Alyce instead of Alice. But, when you start getting really wild with the y, lie Dylyn or whatnot. That's when it gets ridiculous.

K instead of C. I generally have no qualms with it. I don't find that to be the worst things for a parent to do to a name is making it a K instead of a C. I actually prefer Kaitlyn to Caitlyn or Katherine to Catherine. Though, I do agree on Konnor and Kaleb.

Surnames. Definitely don't have an issue. Especially with the names listed. Heck. My name is a surname to someone!

Ella names. No issue again.

Mc, Mack, Mak, or Mac names for girls. It really does depend on the name. McKenna and Makayla are not bad. Maklynnzey...what the heck.

Aiden replacements. Again, it depends on the name. Brayden, Kayden. Jayden and Caden are fine by me. I mean, would you count Hayden in that mix?

Geographic names I like Aspen. I even considered the name Aspen Rose if my baby is a girl. Again. it just depends on what name they use.


(So, in a nutshell, I would say it depends on the name. Some of the examples I personally like the names. But, there are going to be times where that trend really is ridiculous.)

HH22---Enola reminds me of Enola Gay, which was the name of the aircraft used to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during WWII. (Sorry if you already know this!) On the upside, it was named after a woman.













* I don't know if these were considered boy names or girl names. When I looked at them on babynamewizard.com, I saw they went both ways.




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