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[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I love the name Arielle for a girl. I think it sounds pretty and looks pretty. But I was thinking about this name yesterday and tried picturing it on an adult professional woman. Couldn't do it. The name screams cute little girl, and that's it.

So, I tried this with other names I like. Sydney, for example, is a total guilty pleasure girl name for me, and again, sounds ridiculous on an adult. I actually was picturing my mother and giving her these names, heh. Now it bugs the crap out of me when people are listing such childish names for future children... I mean these "kids" are going to be ADULTS for most of their lives, NOT BABIES. While a name may be lyke soooo kewt on a 3-year-old, is it really going to be like that on a grown woman? I doubt it.

And yeah, there's the arguement that, well, in 30 years LOTS of adults will have (stupid) names like Mykaila and Mickinzi and Aydyn... but in 30 years LOTS of adults will also have (nice) names like Isabel, Julia, and Daniel. So is Mickinzi really going to be thought of as an adult with a nice, strong name... or a grown woman with a little kids name?

A few years ago, I worked at a clothing store and I worked with a girl named Makayla. She was like 17 or something and even then, I always thought "God, she has a little girl name..."

I don't know. I'm just kind of thinking that if a name immediately illicts an "OMG THAT'S SOOO CUTE!" from me, it's probably not a name I should use. I just think it's sad that people name their children based on the fact that OMG HARLEY IS SUUUUCH A KEWT NAME FOR A LITTLE GIRL! without thinking about the fact that she's not gonna be a little girl forever, ya know?

Yay classic names!

Comments

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

I agree with you in some cases I think people dont think about what there kid will have to go through when naming.. sometimes I think thats our own human selfishness, I mean who says we get to pick a name that someone has to live with forever but I mean I guess thats just the way it is.

As for sydney apparently people dont agree with you or just alot of people that read this blog know sydneys but I dont think the point of your post was to bash the name sydney or anything but rather to say that people sometimes dont pick names that will do well in the adult world and sometimes in our selfishness we pick names for our kids for all the wrong reason.. BUt I could be misinterpreting the point of your post.

The person that comes to mind is the poor little girl that already has to grow up in the awful hollywood world but she also has a crappy name.. Apple.. i mean seriously

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

I have to disagree with you a bit here. The first time I heard the name Apple I thought, "WTF kind of name is that?!", but now I actually like it. It's different, it's sweet, and from what I understand, it's a name born out of love. And no, I'm not a fan of Coldplay or Gwyneth Paltrow. I just think it's refreshing to hear a name that very few other people have thought of before. Also, I have thing for nature names, and unusual names in general, so that helps. :)

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

again missing the point of the post. Im sure some people like the name apple.. but I dont think everyone does and I know I wouldnt like it if that was my name.

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

I am not, thank you very much, missing the point of the post, although I did find it a bit rude. I was merely expressing my opinion, as did the original poster. Not everyone thinks that only classic names will "age" well. Not that I'm fond of the whole trendy/kre8tiv name thing, either. I just find it particularly uncouth to call certain names "dumb". It's simply unnecessary.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! The point WAS NOT to bash Sydney, I feel like I should edit my original post and clarify... it was just an example. You got my point just as I thought others would. I mean I even said I like the name Sydney! lol. I think that its hard for a lot of people to imagine their baby as, well, older than them. I mean if you're 17 years old and thinking about baby names, you're probably not thinking about 40 years in the future when your "baby" is 40 and you are 57. You're thinking about a cute little kid, maybe a teenager... and that's really all I was getting at. I guess that point was lost in the whole Sydney debacle though :/

[kati-d.livejournal.com]

well this blog tends to get a bit dramatic sometimes.. i mean its mostly women and were all a little dramatic at times

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I didn't really get focussed on the specific details of this post. I just thought that you were trying to say, not that a really "cute" name is necessarily bad... but if people are choosing a cute name simply on the basis that it is cute for a little kid, that is a bit silly... you're naming someone for life, not just their childhood.

I agree with that - you may love a cute adorable name, and pick it for the reason that you simply love it and it's a beautiful name. That's fine. But if you are going "ooh this name is so cute, I can just imagine a sweet little girl in a pink frilly dress with this name" then maybe they need to think a bit more. That's all.

(As a side issue... it's weird how "Makayla" is now this trendy Mackenzie/Madison kind of name. I always used to know Michaela as this normal but slightly unusual name - a feminine form of Michael... and now it seems to have transformed itself into a Mc name with no substance simply because its spelling trend has changed. If that makes sense...)