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Names that you don't like...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Sane, Aug 25, 2004.

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  1. Austin70

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    As a city, Austin is a good name, I just pulled mine out of the air.
     
  2. MR. MEOWGI

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    Tyler
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    My friend is a Kindergarten Teacher. This year she ha a little girl named "Nirvana." If she was a boy her parents were going to name her "Pantera"
     
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    John Forbes
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    Sue (for a boy)
     
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    I also have to agree with people who don't like the names that are really last names as well as any names you would call a pet like "Dakota".

    I just have an idea, not very original but you will see what it is in a minute or two..:D
     
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    Mercedes
    Every Mercedes I have ever met seems to be a dancer
     
  8. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Again, not to offend anyone....

    Not picking names specifically but Name attributes I dont like are:

    1) Names that are spelled wierd or against the norm. Stop trying to be different. I think it looks stupid.

    3) Girls with guy names or girls with girl names but shorten them to guy names. Just not a fan of that at all.

    I dont know, I guess I am a traditionalist. What can I say.
     
  9. moestavern19

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    2Pac's actual name was Tupac

    :p




    Well actually I believe his given name was LeSane Parrish Crooks.
     
  10. synergy

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    I don't like the name Mike Oxbig...

    :cool:
     
  11. mrpaige

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    It's somewhat amazing how the national psyche can work to make a name overused without the parents really realizing it. I mean, when we named our first son Tyler, it wasn't a name we heard very often. As a matter of fact, my son got the name because there's a Tyler street (named after President John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States and President when Texas became a state in 1845) in Amarillo.

    But about the time he gets to school, we suddenly notice there are tons of kids the same age with the name Tyler.

    Same thing happened with my parents. They thought Ryan was a relatively uncommon name in 1971, but apparently a lot of people were thinking the same thing around that time, and there was an explosion of people named Ryan.
     
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    I've seen a lot more "Tylers" than "Ryans".

    Try "Blanket", on your next one. Pretty sure that won't catch on.
     
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    haha what about guys with girl names?? it must be sorry to be a guy named kelly or ashley.
     
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    True that!

    Our daughter's name, Isabella, was a name my wife has loved for years. It was also my grandmother's name...and we didn't know anybody else with it.

    Then i look up the recent Most Popular Name list for girls. There it is in the the top 10!
     
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    Ryan has lost flavor, but there was a time in the early 1970s that Ryan was a relatively popular name. I blame Ryan O'Neal.

    Tyler has caught on for a longer amount of time, so you see more of them overall.

    It's hard coming up with names for kids, in my opinion. And invariably, no matter what you pick, the kid eventually hates it (I disliked my name so much growing up that I changed it when I went into high school. For some reason, everyone went along with it. Even today, I will sometimes run into people who call me by my high school name, which just confuses me at this point since I went back to my real name right after graduation).
     
  17. JuanValdez

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    I use a convention of geograpical names for pets. I wouldn't consider it for human children.

    The Social Security Administration has been keeping records of baby names for decades now. They even have some data going back to the 19th century. Very interesting website. Jennifer (a name I don't much like, as it happens) was the most popular name for girls from 1970 to 1984. You can also see trends in names; how certain ones rise and fall year-over-year. The biggest jump (I've read) was for Maximus (I htink that's what it was) after Gladiator came out.

    Incidentally, according to the SSA, Tyler has been a top-20 name since 1991, climbing as high as #5 in 1994. Ryan has also been top-20 and seems to hold pretty steady every year.
     
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    This is awesome. In my first class today, the row of sorority girls in front of me were making introductions (loudly, I dont listen to other people's conversations usually). There were 3 Jessicas and 2 Ashleys. I sh** you not. :eek:

    "Jessica, this is Ashley and Jessica and Ashley"
    "Ashley, Jessica. Jessica, Ashley. Ashley, Ashley."
    <giggling then something about hair products>
     
  19. mrpaige

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    That is an interesting site. I notice that "Ryan" was 242nd for the 1960s and then jumps to 26th for the 1970s.
     
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    I hate Don Grahamleone, seriously, who does that guy think he is?
     

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