Would you name your child a name that was too popular? (getting married, medicine)
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My second son is Aiden, so maybe he will always be thought of as some years younger than he really is. When we chose it (we learned it from an elderly Irish couple we knew) it was in the 600+ range of name popularity. I didn't look it up then or anything, just after the fact to see when the popularity grew.
I'm pretty much the ANTI-epitome of trendy, though, so I can't imagine anyone would think I was eager to follow that one -- if they think my son is younger.
We named our two girls after their great-grandmothers. Luckily people had more sense back in the day in regard to naming children. We, or should I say our daughters, lucked out!
My second son is Aiden, so maybe he will always be thought of as some years younger than he really is. When we chose it (we learned it from an elderly Irish couple we knew) it was in the 600+ range of name popularity. I didn't look it up then or anything, just after the fact to see when the popularity grew.
I'm pretty much the ANTI-epitome of trendy, though, so I can't imagine anyone would think I was eager to follow that one -- if they think my son is younger.
I love the name Aiden! It isn't faddish at all. In fact, it is the name of a 7th century bishop in Ireland, well known for his kindness and loving nature.
Here are some names that irk me, mostly because they sound cheesy.
Heaven / Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backwards) WHY? If you want a spiritual, Christian name for your daughter, their are so many lovely names to choose from.
The backwards version reminds me of a hand lotion that one of my grandmothers used.
Destiny, Destini, Destinee etc. It just does not sound very upscale. If it the "physician or stripper" test, I'm going to guess that Destiny is a stripper.
Brandi - Brandy - see above.
Names for boys that I do not like include - Tracker, Tripper, Gunner (I know it's a real name, but in English, it sounds like a person who is involved with a mass shooting incident) Trigger, Axel, (sounds like a car part to me), Rod, Brick, Dirk, Jet, Barron, King, Duke or Earl.
I do not like names in the top 25, but, you never know when a real but relatively uncommon name is going to become overly popular.
I love the name Aiden! It isn't faddish at all. In fact, it is the name of a 7th century bishop in Ireland, well known for his kindness and loving nature.
Well...just because a name has an ancient origin doesn't mean it can't be faddish 14 centuries later. You would be hard-pressed to find a US-born Aidan/Aiden before the 1980s. In the early 2010s, if you add those two spellings together, it was a top 10 name. That kind of burst actually does make it extremely faddish/trendy.
Yes, who wouldn't want to name their baby such classics as Amminadab, Jehoshaphat, Habakkuk, Ish-Bosheth, Hashabiah, or Maher-shalal-hash-baz?
For the record I know several Jehosphats, a Habbakuk, too many Ishmaels, Gideon’s, very many Amina’s and Elijah’s and and Esther’s etc...
None of whom are Jewish.
So to answer your question (Who wouldn’t want to name their baby.....) is it depends on where they are, and how much they read/ put stock in the good book.
My first name is very feminine and very traditional...in northern Europe. In the United States, very few people have heard of it so it routinely gets butchered. I don't especially like my name but I'm used to it and there was never a name that I heard and said "yeah, that's what I should have been named!"
For the record I know several Jehosphats, a Habbakuk, too many Ishmaels, Gideon’s, very many Amina’s and Elijah’s and and Esther’s etc...
None of whom are Jewish.
So to answer your question (Who wouldn’t want to name their baby.....) is it depends on where they are, and how much they read/ put stock in the good book.
Ishmael, Gideon, Esther, and Elijah are all pretty mainstream names, or were at some point. Elijah in particular is common, but the others aren't outlandish in the English speaking world, as they've been popularized by media other than the OT as well, and they have reasonably phonetic spellings.
Where is Amina in the Bible? Isn't it an Arabic name?
I am surprised you know a Habbakuk. Poor guy.
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