Baby Name Pet Peeves

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Registered: 09-16-2005
Baby Name Pet Peeves
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Fri, 09-16-2005 - 11:45pm

Hey all! I'm new here and not expecting anytime soon but always have been fascinated with baby names.

Thought it would be interestiing to see what everyone's biggest pet peeve(s) for baby names are!

Mine:

Girls with boys names...I just can't jump on the whole 'Ryan' 'Cameron' 'Riley" thing.

Close second to common names with crazy spellings (ie: Erica spelled Erykah) and siblings (especially twins) with too similar names-my husband has twin cousins who are 'Trevor' and 'Travis'

Love to see your thoughts!

 

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Registered: 09-03-2003
Wed, 09-21-2005 - 2:20pm
I totally agree with the celebrity bandwagon names. Names that celebrities used for their babies that you hear from the press (Rowan, Apple, Maddox) or names of celebrities that catch on for babies (Ashton after Ashton Kucher). I swear when I hear names like that, it sounds like the parents are trying to be cutesy and make a fashion statement rather than name their child.
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Registered: 07-07-2004
Wed, 09-21-2005 - 8:49pm
My pet peeve is when people use names that aren't really names like "Apple" for example or "Banjo". what's next "Table"? how about "toyota"? LOL I know somepeople like to be different but those names just don't do it for me.
My other pet name peeve is when someone steals your name! Sometimes it seems like they must have read your mind. Even if you don't tell them they still somehow wind up with it.
Lauren
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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sat, 09-24-2005 - 1:14am
Funny thing is I named my DS Ashton & I had never even *heard* of Ashton Kutcher at the time!
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Registered: 12-16-2004
Sat, 09-24-2005 - 10:14am

My pet peeve is that I, who has english as second language learned that there was a difference between a,o,u,y,e when pronouncing in English.


Now there are coming

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Registered: 01-21-2005
Sat, 09-24-2005 - 12:13pm

I can't stand overly femine girl's names. Yuck!! Like Sophia, Arabella and Annabelle (that's a cow's name)etc. They are like fingers on a chalk board to even listen too!

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Registered: 12-16-2004
Sat, 09-24-2005 - 3:33pm

Sophia isn't over feimin names for me, it is old family and so are Ava

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Registered: 09-01-2005
Sat, 09-24-2005 - 4:46pm

My biggest pet peeve has already been spoken...Girls with boy names. It's kinda ironic since my name is Jodi, but oh well. I think it is getting harder and harder to choose a boys name because you never know when people will start naming their daughters that name. When I think of Bailey (really wanted to name my DS that, DH nixed it b/c afraid of him being confused with a girl), Taylor, Jordan, Avery, Morgan (there is even a girl Tyler in DS class) and so on, I think boy.

I don't mind creative spellings if they aren't too creative. But as someone pointed out, Katelyn is Caitlin no matter how you spell it.

One more thing...my daughters name is Jayda, she's 12. When we named her no one heard her name before. Now, it's growing more and more popular. So I guess my final pet peeve is when you think you picked a different name and ten years later it's all of a sudden trendy.
Oh well :)

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Registered: 09-24-2005
Sun, 09-25-2005 - 7:53am

"I don't like when extra letters are added (Carlee, Britnee, Ashlee, etc) or substituted (Jordyn, Abygail, Mackenzye, etc)."

I'm guilty of this with my youngest, but for a reason. Her name is pronounced Amelia, but spelled Amylia....but that's because both her father and grandfather have the middle name of Amyl, and I wanted to name her after them.

Teresa

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Registered: 09-24-2005
Sun, 09-25-2005 - 8:02am

"The purposeful misspelling of names drives me crazy too. Adding "y" all over the place, making up spellings. The kids are going to have to spell their names their entire lives."

That happens a lot, even WITHOUT creative spellings. I've had to spell my name for people my entire life, and it's a fairly common name and spelling.

Teresa

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Registered: 07-18-2005
Sun, 09-25-2005 - 4:24pm
I just can't stand girls having boy names.I think Jordan is a boy name.So is Ryan ,Riley,and Cameron.
I am sick of Ava,Ella,MacKenzie,MaKayla,Jayden,too.
Every time some movie star names a kid some name then everyone jumps on it.I guess Apple will be next but I hope not.
Coco makes me think of Cocoa Puffs or that monkey that learned sign language.
If your family has a tie to Madison then use it but if not then don't.
I don't like Trixiebelle or made up names.
I don't like D'Aun ,Krystyna,Me'chell,or things like that.
I am tired of Jacks,Jakes,Hannahs,Briannas,too.