I am having a son and the name must be a MANLY MASCULINE NAME to make sure no one mistakes him for, gasp, a GIRL.
We considered Hunter, Zsadist, Phury, Arctic and Archer but decided they were too weaksauce.
Any suggestions?
/uj brought to you by romance novel MMCs. Please god, make it stop.
I live with a very unfortunate last name of Ondick (Ondic which is Slovakian, pronounced un-ditch or un-dik), and my name is Lane Edward. Should I change my name or just live with at this point? I am 40 years old and I have looked into changing my name twice, but for some reason, with credit cards, mortgage, insurance, 401k, work, banking institutions, court orders, it seems like a huge hassle. I mean I am already old, married, have kids, a house, etc. I think changing it would be too much trouble at this point.
Obviously his name is going to end in -axton; we want it to rhyme with all of his classmates' names at school. But what couple of consonants should I put before that? Braxton? Jaxton? Saxton? Or maybe we're gilding the lily, here, and should simply name him Axton?
Two completely normal names until you realize….love that the parents are even wearing themed gear (didn’t feel the need to blur out faces since parents are semi-public figures with public profiles).
Found my second bad name in a day! Barkley Aaliyah is a human baby girl in Utah.
Dear Reddit,
My family is pure white from the North. We recently moved to the new world and want to insure our child’s name does not evoke the lower regions of the globe in this Wild West. We would never saddle our precious offspring with that burden.
We love the name Angel, but have learned people might assume he is Latino. Please advise which of these names avoid that stigma or any other?
Anthony
Sebastian
Miguel
Leonardo da Vinci
Aryan
The lady in front of me had a young boy named Indiana and his baby sister was Romaine (unsure of spelling) like the lettuce
Just thought I’d share with you what kids are getting for names in Roman Catholic baptism in my community these days. I’m amazed they found a priest to pour Holy Water over Sunny Blu. (I love the way it’s just tucked in to the list with all the other fairly normal names.) It sounds like an illegal energy drink, what you’d get if you mixed Sunny D with AdBlue (that stuff they add to diesel).
I named my daughter Trinity because we tried aborting her 3 times & she still made it!! ☺️💜
Please add all you’ve seen in the comments.
*= I have encountered at least one
(?)= I couldnt think of anything that could feasibly be considered a name, so this is what I am coming up with
A- *Aiden, Aidan
B-Brayden
C-Caden
D- Dayden (?)
E- Eiden (?)
F- Fayden (?)
G- Uhhh… I’ll skip this one
H- *Hayden
I- Iayden (?)
J- *Jaydon (I have met many, but the one I went to elementary school with spelled it like this)
K- *Kaiden
L- Layden (?)
M- Maydon (?)
N- Naydon (?)
O- Orayden (?)
P- Payden (?)
Q- Quayden (?)
R- Raiden
S- Sayden (?)
T- Tayden (?)
U- Urayden (?)
V- Vayden (?)
W- Wayden (?)
X- Xayden (?)
Y- Yaden (?)
Z- Zayden (?)
I thought I encountered more than I had lol. I’m sure I’ve seen a Brayden and Raiden, but I can’t remember them.
I work in a school in this south and these names send me over the edge.
Paisley: Gag. The sound of this name said with a southern accent is like nails on a chalkboard.
Tinsley: Your child is not a Christmas accessory. Bad choice.
Collins: First name for a girl? I think of a racist old war general.
Baker: Also a girl's first name in this neck of the woods. Second in command to General Collins.
Not a specific name, but a trend: Using unconventional family surnames as first names. I'm sorry, just because your family is "somebody" around town does not make the surname a "cute and unique" first name. No, it's not better if you hyphenate it with a more conventional name (like Ann-Surname or Surname-Jo).
Any other people who work in education have names they can't stand?
I recently met someone who’s ex wife is a huge Gilmore Girls fan and their kids are Lorelai and Luke. It just seems weird to me, since they were a romantic couple.
i'm fucking pissed, why the fuck are we naming girls james, scottie, and stevie?! Does anyone else hate this trend? I swear to god, if I ever meet a girl named Phillip, i'm crashing out
The word 'nerd' is in the title of the subreddit for gods sake. To me this implies, on some level at least, that people on the sub should be educated on names.
And yet without fail someone will suggest a name that is a little less common, or one that is super popular in another country (but still very known) but not as much in the United States, people will act like it is the most unusual thing to ever exist.
It actually makes me insane.