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HelpRe: 80s/90s names...
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Megan: Always disliked this name. I think it would fit in with the Caitlins and Liams today, except that it got the jump on them and will now seem dated in comparison.
Tiffany: I like this name a lot but there is no denying it very quickly acquired a downmarket image that is now pretty firmly entrenched. I sure wouldn't mind seeing a little Tiffany.
Whitney: This is my youngest SIL's name, she was born in 1989. I think it's very nice. Less dated than Brittany which I also like.
Amy: Blah. This isn't even really what I think of as an eighties name, because I've known or heard of Amys from my daughter's age to probably sixty.
Lindsay: Hate it, it just sounds weak and whiny.
Brooke: Very nice, especially as a middle name. Seems to still be fairly popular.
Danielle: Pretty.
Sabrina: Very pretty and lively.
Monica: Never liked it because it seemed stuck-up and irritable.
Holly: Very nice.
Shannon: My other SIL's name, born in 1984. Another of those names that got popular before Irish was so fashionable.
Angela: It's okay but nothing special about it. I like Angelina better, in fact it's the only angel name I can say I like.
Tanya: Ick. I never did like this one and it's probably the most dated on the list.
Amber: Love this.
and...
Kristin / Kristen / Kirsten / Kiersten / Kristine
Kristen/Kristin is okay but very dated now. Christine is even more mom/grandma and I never liked it much. Kirsten is annoying to me because 1. It looks like a typo of Kristen and 2. It's hard to know how to say it, Keer-stin or Curstin. There's this poor child at my daughter's school whose mother "solved" the question by naming her Kurstyn.
Cory: Not bad but kind of babyish.
Philip: This is more of a classic than anything else. My husband's name is Phillip. I like it.
Shane: Never liked, always reminded me of a sneaky, vandalizing child.
Keith: Total redneck name to me, and very dated.
Chad: Dumb surfer dude who hangs out with his dumb surfer dude friend Lance, and Lance gets all the girls because he has curly blond hair and a big white smile; Chad had problem skin.
Cody: Dammit, I hate this babyish, pouting, simpering name.
Travis: Got a cousin named Travis. He's got the kindest heart but is kind of a big bumbler. It has kind of a cowboy/redneck vibe.
Tyler: The older, mouthier brother of Cody. Still very popular.
Patrick: Another classic. This is very nice, and while it's very Irish, it's assimilated.
Seth: Possibly the ugliest one-syllable name going.
Marcus: It's okay. Prefer Mark. In the US Marcus is now much more popular for black guys.
Joel: I used to kind of like this but now I'm over it. It's not bad, I'm just over it.
Jared: Ugly looks, ugly sound. My husband's got a cousin named Jared who is dumber than a bag of hammers.
Shawn / Sean: About like Shane.
Aaron: It's not a favorite, and in the US it sounds exactly like Erin. But it's not bad and it's still popular.
Ryan: Hate hate hate it. All I can picture is this kid named Ryan who was in my aunt's day-care. He was mentally impaired, had this huge face (by which I mean his face seemed bigger than the back part of his head) and always had his hand in his mouth.
Brian: Much nicer than Ryan, but sadly Ryan is still very popular now and Brian isn't.
Tiffany: I like this name a lot but there is no denying it very quickly acquired a downmarket image that is now pretty firmly entrenched. I sure wouldn't mind seeing a little Tiffany.
Whitney: This is my youngest SIL's name, she was born in 1989. I think it's very nice. Less dated than Brittany which I also like.
Amy: Blah. This isn't even really what I think of as an eighties name, because I've known or heard of Amys from my daughter's age to probably sixty.
Lindsay: Hate it, it just sounds weak and whiny.
Brooke: Very nice, especially as a middle name. Seems to still be fairly popular.
Danielle: Pretty.
Sabrina: Very pretty and lively.
Monica: Never liked it because it seemed stuck-up and irritable.
Holly: Very nice.
Shannon: My other SIL's name, born in 1984. Another of those names that got popular before Irish was so fashionable.
Angela: It's okay but nothing special about it. I like Angelina better, in fact it's the only angel name I can say I like.
Tanya: Ick. I never did like this one and it's probably the most dated on the list.
Amber: Love this.
and...
Kristin / Kristen / Kirsten / Kiersten / Kristine
Kristen/Kristin is okay but very dated now. Christine is even more mom/grandma and I never liked it much. Kirsten is annoying to me because 1. It looks like a typo of Kristen and 2. It's hard to know how to say it, Keer-stin or Curstin. There's this poor child at my daughter's school whose mother "solved" the question by naming her Kurstyn.
Cory: Not bad but kind of babyish.
Philip: This is more of a classic than anything else. My husband's name is Phillip. I like it.
Shane: Never liked, always reminded me of a sneaky, vandalizing child.
Keith: Total redneck name to me, and very dated.
Chad: Dumb surfer dude who hangs out with his dumb surfer dude friend Lance, and Lance gets all the girls because he has curly blond hair and a big white smile; Chad had problem skin.
Cody: Dammit, I hate this babyish, pouting, simpering name.
Travis: Got a cousin named Travis. He's got the kindest heart but is kind of a big bumbler. It has kind of a cowboy/redneck vibe.
Tyler: The older, mouthier brother of Cody. Still very popular.
Patrick: Another classic. This is very nice, and while it's very Irish, it's assimilated.
Seth: Possibly the ugliest one-syllable name going.
Marcus: It's okay. Prefer Mark. In the US Marcus is now much more popular for black guys.
Joel: I used to kind of like this but now I'm over it. It's not bad, I'm just over it.
Jared: Ugly looks, ugly sound. My husband's got a cousin named Jared who is dumber than a bag of hammers.
Shawn / Sean: About like Shane.
Aaron: It's not a favorite, and in the US it sounds exactly like Erin. But it's not bad and it's still popular.
Ryan: Hate hate hate it. All I can picture is this kid named Ryan who was in my aunt's day-care. He was mentally impaired, had this huge face (by which I mean his face seemed bigger than the back part of his head) and always had his hand in his mouth.
Brian: Much nicer than Ryan, but sadly Ryan is still very popular now and Brian isn't.
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They are definitely not the same name with gendered spellings. This site says that Erin is an Anglicized form of Eireann, which comes from Gaelic Eire, meaning "Ireland." Aaron is from the Hebrew name Aharon, which is most likely from unknown Egyptian origin, but may have a Hebrew origin.
I say Erin so the first syllable sounds just like the word "air", and I say Aaron so the vowel in the first syllable is the same as in the word "cat." I don't deny that some Americans pronounce them the same. Some Americans say Ann so that it sounds just like Ian, but that doesn't mean Ann and Ian are the same name with gendered spellings. I'm saying that pronouncing Erin and Aaron the same is not universal among Americans.
I say Erin so the first syllable sounds just like the word "air", and I say Aaron so the vowel in the first syllable is the same as in the word "cat." I don't deny that some Americans pronounce them the same. Some Americans say Ann so that it sounds just like Ian, but that doesn't mean Ann and Ian are the same name with gendered spellings. I'm saying that pronouncing Erin and Aaron the same is not universal among Americans.
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