Daycare Names

[bewitchedxsoul.livejournal.com]

I recently got a job on campus at a daycare. Here are the names of the kids in my class (ages 3.5 to 5):

Emma
Marc
Trinity
Neariah (Nea)
Matthew
ZuZu (adopted from China)
Jacklyn (Jackie)
Carmen-Sophia
Ben
Benjamin
Dylan
Zane
Carson
Aevri
Ariana
Layla
Ian
Philip
Nathaniel
Jackson

Comments

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

Emma - This has been one of my favorites for years, but due to the fact that my fiance hates and if I were to use it now she'd be Emma LastInitial due to popularity, I won't ever get to utilize it.
Marc - It's okay. Not one of "my names", but I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
Trinity - Despite my love for classic names, I still like this one. I'd never use it.
Neariah (Nea) - Don't like it.
Matthew - Same as Marc - it's okay, but not one of "mine".
ZuZu (adopted from China) - I don't like it, but it sounds as though it may be cultural, in which case, I take no issue with it.
Jacklyn (Jackie) - Meh.
Carmen-Sophia - Carmen's okay. I love Sophia. Hyphenated first names irritate me.
Ben - This is his full name? If that's the case, I don't like it. It's incomplete.
Benjamin - That's better. Again, though, not one of "mine".
Dylan - Is my age made obvious (mid-20s) when I say that this reminds me of 90210? It's okay.
Zane - Don't care for it.
Carson - No
Aevri - Don't like. Is it cultural, though?
Ariana - Don't like. My niece is Adriana, so this sounds odd to me.
Layla - It's okay.
Ian - No.... and another 90210 throw-back.
Philip - Meh
Nathaniel - Love, one of my favorites
Jackson - Love, one of my favorites, recently used by an LJ acquaintance of mine

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

Good point.

If that's the case, then I really, really hate it.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I don't like Neariah and Carmen-Sophia and ZuZu's more of a nickname than a real name to me.

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

Love Benjamin (with Ben as a nickname; Ben by itself is annoying), Philip, Nathaniel; Matthew and Jackson and Layla are okay, but kind of boring and/or overused.

Carson, Zane, Dylan, Trinity, Emma, Jacklyn, Carmen-Sophia (although I like Sophia by itself), and Ariana are all names that should be banned.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

agreed - Avery is my boyfriends little sisters name and... just... Aevri? no.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I think Emma, Marc, Matthew and Ben are quite boring, but I don't hate them.
I do hate Trinity, Aevri and Ian, though.
Benjamin, Jacklyn, Zane and Dylan are fine.
Ariana & Philip are fine too. Better than the above.
Carmen-Sophia is too much.
ZuZu...I can see it on a Chinese kid, but being an adult called ZuZu...
Neariah is strange.
Jackson is awesome.
Layla is pretty.
I've always had a think for Nathaniel.
And I think Carson is kinda cute.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Well, ZuZu is understandable then.

Neariah, though? Aevri? C'mon.

And Carmen-Sophia? Did it really need to be hyphenated?

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Is Zane a boy or girl? I know both. I like Carson, Jackson, Matthew, Benjamin and Philip for the boys, and Ariana and Layla for the girls.

I liked Emma at one point, because of Jane Austen, but it's too dern popular for me now.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Emma - Too trendy.
Marc - I just don't like it.
Trinity - I don't really like word names.
Neariah (Nea) - I actually like it. Normally I wouldn't like a name like that.
Matthew - One of my favorite names.
ZuZu (adopted from China) - Cute, but only for a Chinese girl.
Jacklyn (Jackie) - Love.
Carmen-Sophia - The names are too long to be hyphenated. Carmen-Rae or something else with one syllable would be better.
Ben - Neutral.
Benjamin - Same as above.
Dylan - I like it.
Zane - Too trendy.
Carson - For a girl or boy? I like it for a girl.
Aevri - Like Avery but kr8tiv.
Ariana - No.
Layla - Reminds me of the song. I like the song, so I like the name.
Ian - I don't like it.
Philip - It's a fat name.
Nathaniel - Ew.
Jackson - Okay but too trendyish.