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Classic/Old Fashioned
Charlotte
George
Henry
Charles
Thomas

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Surname Names
Mason
Garrett
Madison

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Gender Neutral Names
Alexis
Cameron
Taylor

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Flower Names
Rose
Poppy
Iris
Azalea
Jasmine
Lily

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Occupation Names
Hunter
Parker
Taylor

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Variant Spellings
Kailie
Jordyn

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-lynn Names
Jaylyn

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-aden Names
Aidan
Jayden

Like the old-fashioned/classic and flower trends, (in general, though there are individual names in each that I dislike), dislike all the other trends.

I never like to see my favourite names become overly popular, regardless of the reason. Still, people have to name their kids something!

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I generally approve of using classic/old fashioned names, but I'm frustrated that so many names that used to be extremely uncommon (eg Charlotte, Aidan, Josiah) are now super popular.

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I do not in general have a problem with surnames becoming first names. Some seem to work better than others, that's how it always goes with anything. I see occupation names as a subset of this.

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I am very much in favour of the idea of gender neutral names, but many names feel very specifically masculine or feminine to me.

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I have no problem with flower names; that's sort of an idea that's been around forever, and both Tolkien and Rowling have used it in their works. It helps that most of the names are just really pretty and reasonably simple to pronounce & spell. :)

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In general I hate variant spellings because they just confuse the hell out of me. I've always been terrible at spelling anyway, so that's probably the main factor for me.

This message was edited 6/30/2015, 12:13 PM

I like surnames and occupations for boys. The Hailey, Kayliegh, Kylie trend drives me insane though.

Classic/Old fashioned - to me there are several different categories of these, according to how dated (ex. Edith vs. Zoe vs. Susan), how languagey (ex. Charlotte is French, Ophelia's Greek), and other differences in style (Margaret vs. Veronica, Alistair vs. Douglas).
I like: Edith, Victoria, Charlotte, Thomas, Charles.
Vera does not seem classic to me although I guess technically it is - it's just not of the usual "classic" origin and long use by English speakers. Ethel is classic but the datedness of it sort of overwhelms that impression.
George and Henry and Edward are too "classy" for my taste; if I were to use one I might feel a little pretentious. But they're fine names, I don't dislike them.
I like Valentina but not Clementine, Elva but not Clara, Raymond but not Theodore, Georgia but not Elizabeth, Adrian but not Hadrian, Jasper but not Jacob, Anthony but not William, Caroline but not Genevieve, Sophia but not Amelia ... it's just little taste-differences I guess, that make me prefer certain classic names over others.

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This message was edited 6/29/2015, 2:28 PM

Classic/Old fashioned - I like seeing classic/old fashioned names, even it's not a personal favourite of mine. This is because these names will most likely have been heard before by most people, probably more than once but are no longer over popular, and therefore I usually imagine that the parent chose the name because the have a happy association with it, like a relative, character or historical figure. I like Matilda and Arthur

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Surname names - Some I like (Lloyd, Campbell, Hart), it's nice to hear something familiar used in a different way, although I can't think of any I like on a girl.

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Gender neutral names - not a fan. I think it's the ambiguity I don't like. I do like Avery on a boy but not enough to ever consider using it.

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Flower names - I love flower names. There's something for everyone from safer, classic names like Rose or Lily to something more daring like Camellia or Zinnia, something more old fashioned like Lavender, Iris or Violet, something cute like Poppy,Posey or Tansy or something spunky like Heather or Clover.

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Occupation names - really depends on the name. I like Carter.

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Variant spellings - I don't mind common variants, like Catherine/Katherine or Stephen/Steven but I wouldn't want to use a variant spelling myself if it was just for the sake of trying to be more unique. I would rather just choose a more unique name to begin with.

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-Lynn names - they seem a little dated to me.

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-aden names - the only none I like is Aidan (I seem to like a lot of Irish names). There's nothing wrong with the others, just not my taste.

I love certain older sounding classic names. I don't really like any that you mentioned though. These are the more classic sounding names or at least older more oyt of style names I like. They might not all be considered classic names. Jasper, Roland, Henry, James, Jeremiah, Calvin, Isaiah, Elijah, and Kimberly (girl last one.)
I also love pretty trendy names. I don't think of them as trendy. To me they sound just as beautiful and timeless as all of my other names. I love Caden on a boy and Ryan, Mason, and Briar on a girl. I don't know. I'm. A little weird.

I like the classic/old-fashioned names, from that list I like Edith, Vera, George, Henry, Edward and Thomas. I also like Iris, Jasmine and Rose from the Flower names.