Do you prefer classic names or "trendy"and/or made-up names? Why?

Question

What classic names do you like the most and least?

What "trendy" and/or made-up names do you like the most and least?

Believe me, I know the whole "jennifer" phenomenom! That's why I'll NEVER have an Emily. I was in eleventh grade before I was the only Jenny, IN ONE OF MY CLASSES!!

I have two neices (not sisters), one has an unusual name (as does her brother) and the other has a regular name, spelled weird. I keep their birth announcements handy so I know how to spell their names correctly!

chrissy, I like that "sounds like a name instead of an object".

There is one name that drives me crazy with the spelling...Mikayla (or however). It used to be be spelled "Michaela".

This is just a topic for "discussion", not for help with names.

I think "trendy" could also be described as overly popular.

We used to love the name Emily. If we ever had a girl, I didn't want her going through what I did. You can only shorten Emily to Em or Emma (any other way?), since Emma has become another overly popular name.

Answer 1

I like both classic and made-up names. Trendy names are sometimes cool. But for goodness' sake, please don't name your child Ashley, Jessica, or Shawn. I've been in classes where there were at least 3 of any one of those names. And for your child's sake, don't use anything too strange (like celebrities are infamous for). Classics are the safer way to go (there are a lot of great classic names for guys), but that doesn't mean that you have to stick to tradition. I know girls with names like Keara, Jayden and Kylie - interesting and unique, but not embarrassing or stereotyped. Classic names like Rebecca, Dorothy or Judith can also be nice - a bit old-fashioned, but also versatile. Rebecca can be changed (upon the whim of the owner) to Becky, or Judith to Judy. Same with guys' names like David, Robert, and William.

Avoid anything that will be hard to pronounce - I went to school with a girl named Tizia (pronounced Tee-zha), and every time someone tried to read her name, they would say it wrong. Gets tiring after a while.

Anyway, hope that can be of some use.

Answer 2

I prefer classic names, spelled the way they're normally spelled. I think if you take a beautiful name and jack up the spelling of it, it sort of cheapens the name, and in most cases, looks almost trashy.

What do you mean by trendy..."normal" names that are just very popular right now? If so, I guess I like them...my boys are Jacob and Aidan. :D

I hate made up names. Your name is what defines you for the rest of your life, and to name your child...oh, I don't know...Dejakayla...is just wrong. "What does your name mean?" "Nothing." It's just wrong.

AND I'll have you know, *I* am an Emily! :P

I definitely prefer classical names, mainly because they are very old, usually have a deep meaning to them, and will be popular forever. Sure, they might go out of "fashion" for a while, but they always come back. Trendy names are just that...trendy.

Answer 3

I prefer normal, classic names that are not spelled weird. I get irritated especially with people who make up names for their children, spell them a certain way, and then pronounce them a different way. I am also tired of people naming their girls after dead U. S. presidents. In general, I think it is hard on a child to have a name that is totally new, especially long, or has an unusual or difficult spelling.

Answer 4

I like uncommon but not unheard of names. Mine ranks somewhere like 1000-1200 on the popularity list (per the Social Security Administration, who keeps track of such things) so it's certainly not common, yet everyone has heard it before. I went to school with so many Jennifers and Lisas and Heathers and kindergartens are probably full now of Madisons and Emilys. I don't want my child to know a million other kids with her name, but I don't like the outrageous made-up names or bizarre spellings of common names, either. I just stumbled across Kamaria for a girl (it's Swahili and it means "like the moon") and I really like that even though it might fall into the previously unheard of category.

Answer 5

I like the classic names Olivia and Juliana (the names of my daughters). Most classic names are nice because they never really go out of style.

I'm not crazy about trendy names because look at how many Jennifers (sorry!!) there are in their 20's and 30's because that was the huge name at that time. Now there are like a zillion Madisons.

Made-up names are difficult. Yes, sometimes they are cute or interesting, but when you name your kid Destiny or Audio-Science, you're setting them up for a hard life.

Answer 6

Classic Names: I really like the names Barbara and Robert.
Made up names: I like Mayha and Gatsby. Least Apple and Racecar
I prefer made up names but I have a limit

Answer 7

Classic ~ with a classic name, no one knows by reading the child's paperwork what ethnicity s/he belongs to and, therefore, cannot pre-judge the child. I think this is vitally important to American children.

Classic faves: Elizabeth and William
Least liked Classics: Gertrude and Robert

Trendy faves: Willow and Cannon
Least liked Trendy: Shaniqua and any boy's name with two
or more accent marks in it

Answer 8

I like it some where in the middle. My daughter's name is Kaitlyn Miranda...Katie, Kate...both very classic I think. Cole Greg is my son, Cole not so classic but Greg is. I like simplicity and these names and other classic names are simple but beautiful and you can SPELL them, a friend of my daughter, her name is Galadriel...I think :) that's how it's spelled she's 6 and she tells her dad that she wishes it wasn't her name because no one gets it right. My daughter's cousins name are Charlee, and Jorja. I like the names...when they are spelled correctly. Trendy names are usually strangely spelled and hard to pronounce, yet the parents of these children get irritated when you cannon say or spell their child's name. I just wanna scream at them! This poor child has to go the rest of his life not only spelling his last name but his first as well...the last name is bad enough ! I know my maiden name is Schnelle...yea...that's an easy one compaired to Jorja...

Answer 9

I perfer traditional names, and try to do the biblical origin thing to make my grandparents happy. My son's name is Jayden, not to common, but still sounds like a name instead of an object. I made it somewhat different and original by spelling it that way, instead of the traditional J-A-D-O-N

Answer 10

CLASSIC

BEST: Violet, Lilah
WORST: Barbara.

TRENDY

BEST: Jamieson (for a girl), Michaela, Cassidy
WORST: Ashley, Ashleigh, Ashlee, Ashleeigh, Ashleeeyighyigh... you get my drift.

MADE UP/ UNUSUAL:

BEST: Gatsby, Tiger (Tyger), Loredana,

WORST: Moon-Unit, Peaches, Pixie... etc...


I've always loves unusual or made up names... as long as they are sensible and still useable in everyday life.

My mum adores long, extremely unusual names names. My full name is Ruriko Chiyo Manami *Insert my last name* and my sister ended up as Jordannah Zalika Jamila *Last name.* My namesake is of Japanese descent while my sisters is African,however mum is Irish. Go figure.