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HelpRe: Names you don't understand the appeal of
in reply to a message by NobodyOfConsequence
In the list of names you gave, I happen to like Gavin (though I prefer similar-sounding Kevin, even if it is dated). And Daryl was at one point in my top 10 boys' names, but only that spelling. I'm not a huge fan of it anymore, but I don't hate it.
While Aidan is a decent name with a lot of history (though I prefer Adrian), I cannot get behind the -ayden name craze. Brayden, Cayden, Jayden... Zayden! do these parents realize what they're doing to a generation of boys? Maybe in other parts of the world this trend isn't so prevalent, but speaking as someone in the Midwestern United States, it's rampant.
For girls... I really don't understand "alcohol as a name." So I have never, ever understood the appeal of Brandy, and I'm even more puzzled by its spelling variants. Also, whenever I hear Bailey, I think of the whiskey product (also... pets).
There's also the whole Kinley / Tinley / Tenley thing... which just baffles me. As do girls' names that end in -son.
Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835 (updated)
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/
While Aidan is a decent name with a lot of history (though I prefer Adrian), I cannot get behind the -ayden name craze. Brayden, Cayden, Jayden... Zayden! do these parents realize what they're doing to a generation of boys? Maybe in other parts of the world this trend isn't so prevalent, but speaking as someone in the Midwestern United States, it's rampant.
For girls... I really don't understand "alcohol as a name." So I have never, ever understood the appeal of Brandy, and I'm even more puzzled by its spelling variants. Also, whenever I hear Bailey, I think of the whiskey product (also... pets).
There's also the whole Kinley / Tinley / Tenley thing... which just baffles me. As do girls' names that end in -son.
Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835 (updated)
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/
This message was edited 2/19/2015, 12:27 PM
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I agree, also with names like Bailey it seems more of a last name and I am not a complete fan of last names as first names.
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Brandy's appeal has faded because the beverage brandy is now associated with a different part of culture and the name is associated with the demographic that used it rather than being new and imagey. A lot of its popularity might be attributed to the 1972 song. Attitudes about alcohol were different in 1970 (far less baggage about addiction, date rape, drunk driving etc) and it was probably seen as a romantic/hippy styled word-name and a color-name, like Amber, Sherry, Dawn, Misty. Also it was a trendier sound (Candy, Mandy, Mindy, Sandy, Brenda etc) that has gone out of style.
This message was edited 2/19/2015, 3:08 PM
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