My Names..like em?

Question

These are my top.10 favourite baby boy names...Im having a girl..im naming her Esia (eh-see-ah), I made it up!..though if I did have a boy I would name him Sean Emanuel..sean is Irish for John & Emanuel is the Italian form of Jesus.
Heres' the top 10; (other than Sean & Emanuel)

•Jared
•Ivan
•Rayden
•Rio
•Asher
•Regan
•Troy
•Simeon
•Antain
•Rafael

When I suggest these..I usually get thumbs down..whats wrong with them?

Answer 1

•Jared - Not bad
•Ivan - A little weird but not bad
•Rayden - Kind of dumb and rhymes with Gayden
•Rio - Just stupid and once people find out that there's a song that says "Her name is Rio and she dances on the sands" he will get beat up for the rest of his life.
•Asher - I know an Asher, he's a cool guy. I like the name.
•Regan - Just no.
•Troy - It's an alright name.
•Simeon - No, Simian = Primate so a smart kid will be able to make fun of your child.
•Antain - Kind of weird.
•Rafael - Again, kind of weird.

Answer 2

I've noticed you have several Biblical names: Jared, Asher and Simeon. Will Jared be pronounced the Hebrew way, Jay-red? If so, I like it. I like these names the best.

Ivan and Troy are good, too, as is Rafael.

I'd drop Rayden, Rio, Regan and Antain. Is Antain some form of Antoine? I can't place it.

Answer 3

With the name Rafael I picture a dude that looks like Fabio. Same with Rio. Rayden seems like a name for rat poison. Regan seems like a girls name. Im not trying to be mean. You just want to know why you get thumbs down. I do like your girls name. I am all about unique names. But some on the list are just weird.

Answer 4

Well studies show that men will get paid a higher salary and be more successful if you give them a traditional name. Women on the other hand it is the opposite, just keep that in mind, I think those names are lovely but some of them sound a little out there in the business world. For instance Simeon, but if he is an artist, watch out!

Answer 5

You get thumbs down because there are hundreds of names out there that are better than those.

And in the "not terrible, but not great either" category are Troy, Ivan, and Jared.

Answer 6

Heres my thoughts on each..=)
*Jared.....like it
*Ivan.....old fashioned,kinda geeky for a little kid though
*Rayden....sounds too close to radon the chemical,sorry
*Rio....sounds feminine to me
*Asher.....like it as middle name,modern enough
*Regan.....like it,it can be unisex name
*Troy......like it alot
*Simeon......unusual,like it
*Antain.....weird to me
*Rafael......angel comes to mind,but nice
Just my opinions..=)

Answer 7

Jared-love it but kinda common
Rayden-unsual, love it!!
Asher-unsual, love it!!
Ragan-Heard it a couple times, still kinda unsual... Deffinatly a girls name!!
Troy-Very cute and unsual
VERY CUTE NAMES!!!

Ivan- its alrite
Rio- Kinda weird
Simeon- when you say the name its like you just dont know how to pernounce Simon
Antain-what the heck?
Rafael- Noone would be able to pernounce it much less like it!!

stick with the names at the top, they are cute!!

Answer 8

What's wrong with them is that outside of maybe Jared, Troy and Ivan they all sound like made up, soap-opera names.

Answer 9

----->"When I suggest these..I usually get thumbs down..whats wrong with them?"<-----

They sound like names a little girl would pick for when she gets older; they are immature sounding.

I'm not saying this to be mean; I want to answer your question honestly. When we suggest names and are given thumbs down, there's no "reason box". I get TD all the time for my suggestions - eventually you have to just figure it's a matter of taste and let it go.

Answer 10

Troy and Rayden are great names