Members All My Shadows Posted September 28, 2012 Members Share Posted September 28, 2012 We were discussing this at work a few days ago. Simply put, what are the first names that you like and what are the ones you're not too crazy about. Can be any first names you've ever heard of, from the traditional to the bizarre. For girls/women, for some reason I really like names that were popular in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, like Tammy, Traci, Michelle, Nicole, Christine, Kelly, Karen, and Rachel. They're very feminine names, but they're also very strong-sounding. I really can't deal with today's popular names like Ava, Isabella, Chloe, Emma, etc. Chloe, to me, is the absolute worst (no offense to any Chloes on SON!). It's just so dainty and feeble-sounding, like a tiny little flower that's just waiting to get squashed. My tastes in boys/men's names are kinda similar. Rex, Keith, Blaine, and Levi are favorites. Nice strong, hard names. I'm not too crazy about older-fashioned names like William, Charles, George, Henry, and Ronald. What are your faves/least faves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted September 28, 2012 Members Share Posted September 28, 2012 I guess I should name my two favorites for a girl and a boy: Savannah and Wesley. They are my top picks for each gender. I also love: Harrison Hayden Michael Nathan Alexandra Autumn Gabrielle Grace Sage Mara I'll post more as I think of them. I'll also say this: Now that I'm older, I'm GLAD I was named Mary, because with the exception of maybe two girls who I knew in middle school and high school, I was always the only Mary in my class/age range, which made me feel I had my own identity (ironic, given how many years my name was THE number one girls name in America). Speaking of which, are you guys interested in a thread listing the number boys and girls names through the years (courtesy of the SSA)? I'd be happy to post a thread featuring every number one name from 1880 (when these lists began) to 2011 (when the most recent list came out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Names I cannot stand: Boys Bob Alfredo John Boris Kevin Michael Gary Logan Caleb Garrett Howard Rupert Ethan Skylar Connor (insert letter here)-J Fred Benjamin Burt Devin Cayden Harry Terry Marvin Elliott Girls Megan Macy Doris Piper Kaitlyn Bertha Shelby Genesis Mackenzie Paisley Betty Kylie Kimberly Evangeline Nevaeh Jade Chastity Charity I'm so SORRY to anyone with those names! Names I like Boys Demitri Amir Omar Andrew Miles Lucas Damian Emilio Nicolas Dominic Julian Girls Camille Nicole Olivia Rhonda Giselle Carmen Sydney Dominique Thalia Denise Simone Gabrielle Isis Priscilla Scarlett I would consider any of these names for my future children! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 LOL...OMG. I think Chloe is a pretty looking & sounding name! ;-) Lord knows I love Kendall, but I would never name my daughter after her. LMAO!! I don't like that "dall" is prononunced "dull" (my girl was anything but) and I can't help but put a space between the N and the D sometimes in my head. IDK, I don't hate the name, I just all around find it strange. LOL. I wish I had my own identity in class like that too, and I could've, but my first name is so confusing for people to even say right that I just started (mostly) going by my middle name. LOL. When I was in elementary school there were three Spencer's in class. It was kind of a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AdelaideCate007 Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Names I like: Boys- Seth, Adam, James, Stephen, Pierce, Andrew, Hugh, Scott, Connor, Ezra, Leo, Maxwell, and Evan Girls- Hannah, Ellen, Margaret, Francesca, Jacinta, Freya, Phoebe, Gemma, Melissa, Bonnie, Julia, Jemima, and Caroline Names I dislike (Sorry to anyone with these names!): Boys- any of the names ending in the -ayden sound, Harry, Cooper, Liam, Riley, Callum, and Koby (and any variant spellings) Girls- any misspelling of Caitlin, Sienna, Isla, Madison, Bella, any misspelling of Michaela, Jade, Indiana (so popular here and so ugly), and Lacey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 You DO know that there was a perfume in the 70's called "Chloe". I think they still make it. It stinks like HELL. Now as far as girls names go... I always liked Amanda, Caroline, and my favorite... it's VERY VERY old fashioned (From the 40's) is Althea. People always made fun of my middle name because nobody had it, nor had heard of it. But now that Arlen Specter came along... people are used to hearing it, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delia Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I have never liked the -ers/ors (Tanner, Parker, Connor, Hunter, Cooper). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 You can always tell when certain names become trendy because they show up all over pop culture. In the 80s everybody was named either Dylan or Heather. Now I think we're in the era of Rylie and Tyler, both for boys and girls. I think we've just come off the age of Natalie, Madison, Aiden, Jaden and Taylor. A friend of mine who does book editing said that she's sick to death of the Jessica/Jasmine/Jessalyns that she sees in every manuscript. Apparently they are everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 One of my favorite names is a very rare girl one: Amara. Both it and Mara are pretty, although Mara is obviously more common. I also like the name Clare, without the "i", if only because she is supposedly the patron saint of television, and that's just awesome . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 Favorite male names..... Aaron, Marc, Christopher, Brian, Blake, Casey, Eric, Gregory, Lance, Matt, Nicholas, Ryan, Steven, Steve, Kirk, Trent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted October 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 I LOVE Steven but hate "Steve," and I usually prefer shortened names (Matt over Matthew, Jake over Jacob, Josh over Joshua, Mitch over Mitchell, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 For boys, I like Christopher, Vincent (but not Vinny), Jared, Mitchell, Adam. For girls, I like Jenna, Samantha. I like the letter J for girls' names, so Janet, Julianna, etc. work for me. I'm not crazy about names where the syllables repeat, like Didi, Bibi, Mimi, Gigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 i like Adam and Jared as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 i really only hate someones name when the spelling is just dumb. such as Ahmanduh or Evyan (the y is silent) or Rebeccha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 Steven is a BEAUTIFUL name (so is Stephen, actually), and I agree on not really being crazy about Steve as a nickname as well. I also LOVE the name Evan. Always have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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