Name disappointment

[juliet.a]

I've learned not to get to excited about baby names in my family. I've got somewhere around 20 nieces and nephews and gads of young cousins (Who's counting? Ain't nobody got time for that!)

LOL sweet brown!

[missusaytch]

I like Josiah Walker and Elizabeth Emerald. Classic, but with a twist

Thank you. :-) My husband likes classic and traditional. I'm a little more adventurous. These are our compromises, and I like them so much they don't feel like compromises.

[jazz1509]

I'm not disappointed when my friends use popular names, it's their choice, but I do get disappointed when we have "double ups" in our family and close friends we have:
2 Liams
Eva Grace, Ella Grace, Grace Ella
3 Hunters
2 Jacobs
2 Noahs
2 Mackenzies
2 Brooklyns
3 Sophies
An Alex (B) and an Alexis (G)
2 Jades


It get's really confusing when my kids have a birthday party!

Some names I did get excited about though were, Mya, Katrina, Lucy-Jane, Aria and Lincoln

[reubsmum77]

I agree, double ups are disappointing. In my mothers group we had a Benjamin and a Ben in a matter of months :/
I was pleased with the Ezekiel who would have been Lucinda if he was a girl.
I wish people would be a bit more adventurous

[ali_absolutely]

I was disappointed to see a girl I went to school with name her daughter Kinsley. Yuck! Also disappointed when my cousin named her daughter Lauryn.

[meetcute]

This happens to me everytime I hear Jackson, Mason, and Jadyn for boys. For girls it's Isabella, Madeline, Madison, Addison, Hannah, Olivia, Ava, Micayla, Kaitlyn...etc. The only super common names that don't disappoint me are biblical names like Jacob, Matthew, Joshua.

[mill1020]

I feel like it's kinder to give your kid a bland, popular, "accepted" name than an insufferable hipster name. My SIL has picked some doozies, and it's pretty annoying and sad. My only consolation is that her silly names have been a source of irritation for my evil mother-in-law.

[anajo]

I've also been trying not to expect too much from my friends and family. I'm sure that they pick a name that they love. But my friend just had her second boy and with the first one being Landon (trendy I know but still interesting) I did catch myself wondering what she'd name the next one. Well he's born and his name is David, which is a solid name but not at all what I was expecting. And yes, I was honestly disappointed. Though on the same note, I'm sure there are plenty of people in my circle who are not fans of my naming style either.

[rin]

So far there are only 3 other couples amongst my group of friends that have had babies, not an Ava or Jayden in sight!

We have:
Natalie
Ajax
Mara

[renrose]

Someone on my Facebook was making dummy clips (chunky beads on long ribbons with letter beads in the middle spelling names) for some of her friends who also have babies. Her son is Patrick which I like as it's not something you hear often nowadays but the names spelt out on the dummy clips were SO predictable:

Tyler, Gracie, Evie and Amelia.