Comments on: THE MILLION-BABY NAME

By: proudmom2b

proudmom2b — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:26:39 +0000

I never understood the crazy spellings either (I am not including Rylee in this statement, I think that is a very pretty variation) What I don’t like is when people take a name that could be spelled in 5 letters and spell it in 7 or more. And I agree with you Jill, those children will have to correct people on the spelling the rest of their lives.

Another thing that bothers me a little though (I have noticed it as a reoccurring theme on this site especially) is why people say they “hate” a name just because its popular. I named my son (who is now 1) Braden because I fell in love with that name about 10 years ago. Did I know it was super popular now? Not at the time. Would I have picked another name for him if I had known it was lumped in with the “over-used” names. Probably not. I love his name. I didn’t pick it to be “trendy” I picked it because I love it. People act like its ridiculous to pick one of the “aden” names because of how popular they are and really I think that attitude is ridiculous. No offense to anyone. I think people need to stop worrying about what other people think and just pick the name they want for their own children. Whether its one of the most popular or something no one has ever heard of.

Just my two cents, I guess.

By: momto2

momto2 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:09:28 +0000

I spelled my daughter RYLEE because my best friends name was Lee I didnt do it to be “yooneek” or different I did it because it had significance and meaning to me and my husband. I didnt do it to be trendy in anyway. Where we live I have yet to meet another Riley, Rylee Ryley, Kylie so this doesnt effect me.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:13:34 +0000

For the life of me, I can’t figure out why trendy/misspelled meganames appeal to anyone. The yooneek spellings are seriously downwardly mobile, and sadly destroy the original, authentic name.

Michaela, for example, was once a lovely name, but for some reason, people thought it wasn’t special enough, and tried to make it more yooneek by butchering the spelling. Do they not understand that intentionally misspelling a name is not unique, and only makes the result look like a giant typo?

The poor children will have to correct people’s spelling for the rest of their lives! The whole misspelling trend seriously baffles me.

By: Emmy Jo

Emmy Jo — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:05:01 +0000

Meganames are tough for teachers. This year, I have a Chloe, Callie, Kayla, Kylie, and Riley. Yep, I get them confused all the time. The teacher next door tends to get the “Aden” cluster — last year it was Jayden and Trayden; this year she has Aiden and Hayden.

By: Jenmb

Jenmb — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:33:51 +0000

I found this out when we were considering Alexa and Gabriella for girls names. Neither of them are ranked exceptionally high, but when you include the variations/alternate spellings, their just too popular for our tastes.

By: Kayt

Kayt — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:49:31 +0000

I would personally include Zaydon and Raiden in the boy cluster, actually. Traditionally, Raiden doesn’t rhyme with the cluster names, but I have a feeling, since it’s appeared in the top thousand for the first time ever last year, it’s been used as a ‘unique’ variant of Aiden and friends. I’ve been preaching the dangers of the Aiden names for years. Thanks for covering this!