What is a name

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Registered: 02-26-2007
What is a name
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Wed, 03-07-2007 - 10:47am
You would never name your child?
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Registered: 08-26-2006
In reply to: ajw34
Wed, 03-07-2007 - 12:18pm
hmm...that is interesting question. I guess a name that one of my siblings has already used and a trendy, mispelled name.
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Registered: 03-06-2006
In reply to: ajw34
Wed, 03-07-2007 - 12:28pm

There are thousands of names I'd never use for one reason or another. Any name I consider repellant is obviously out, like Adolph or Aryan. Names with unpleasant associations (Reagan/Regan, Stone), aren't my style (Jaiden, Destiny), or I simply dislike (Nathan, Mia) would also never be considered.

There are some names I really love, such as Kermit, Alice, Polly, and Theodore, that I would probably never use because they are too close to names already used by friends or family or because popular culture references would make the name difficult to live with.


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In reply to: ajw34
Wed, 03-07-2007 - 2:43pm
Anything trendy or misspelt, names used by a best friend or sibling, names with overt pop culture associations, names of ppl I really don't like and probably anything in the top 25 or so for my child's generation.

 


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Registered: 03-05-2007
In reply to: ajw34
Thu, 03-08-2007 - 3:42pm
Any ethnic name that the child doesn't take part (Hitomi, Mohammad), a really out of date name (Agnes, Bertha), a name that has negative associations (Adolph, Hannibal), and any name that is top 50 on the charts for the year before (Aidan, Ava).

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Registered: 01-15-2007
In reply to: ajw34
Fri, 03-09-2007 - 1:42am
Katie...I know at least a dozen girls with that name and it just seems like a name thats ok for little ones, but they have to grow out of it eventually.
Same with Kaylie. Also anything with "Ash", "-ianna", or "-ailie" in it. Mackenzie, Madison, Madeline as well.
Any last names, such as Parker, Hunter, Collier, McKenna, Cooper, etc.
As for strictly boys names, I would never name my son Kevin. And Max reminds me of a dog's name. For a good while there the trend of naming boys "Dante" was popular among dads. Dante? I can't picture a six year old red head who eats paste going by Dante. Also Matteo, Mattias, and Kaine. My husband wanted to name our son Kaine. And then I told him to shut up.
Not that I hate everyone else's kids names, I just would never give these names to my kid.
As you can tell my search for a name has been difficult.

Janette!

Mom to Deven (9/16/07) & Archer (4/14/11)

Wife to Vance (3/3/07)



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Registered: 03-01-2007
In reply to: ajw34
Fri, 03-09-2007 - 11:21am
I worked at a daycare for almost 3 years and I swore that I would never name my children... Tyler, Noah, Vincent, Timmy.... those names bring back some bad memories. I think I'm starting to twitch already! haha.
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