[identity profile] politicking.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames

I just realized that Alexis Bledel's character in "Post Grad" is named Ryden.

This is one I can honestly say I've never heard, and wouldn't think of it on a girl.

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Date: 2009-08-17 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schexyschteve.livejournal.com
Wow. Like ridin'?

Date: 2009-08-17 09:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lustdumpster.livejournal.com
it really bothers me for some reason when characters names don't fit with their actual ages. i could see a little girl now named ryden because people have gotten into this weird spell-names-with-y and everything-sounds-a-little-like-aiden thing, but she's supposed to be like 21-22 years old and it's just not believable lol. why couldn't they call her brittany or ashley if they so needed something trendy.

Date: 2009-08-17 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laminy.livejournal.com
I was just going to make that comment. Not all the exact words or anything, lol, but really, that name sounds like a baby born on the release date of the movie, not a 22-year-old character in it.

Date: 2009-08-17 10:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bugwife.livejournal.com
My thoughts exactly.

Date: 2009-08-18 12:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pythianlegume7.livejournal.com
I agree!! WHOSE decision was it to name her Ryden?

Date: 2009-08-17 10:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] penguiny7.livejournal.com
I know someone who has a 9 month old son named Ryden. I don't know where she heard the name. I really dislike it. It's so made-up trendy.

Date: 2009-08-17 11:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quitmyscene.livejournal.com
Hahah.. I asked about that name in my first entry here; I sort of like Ryder, but having an -er last name (the boyfriend does too), it was too much -er so I asked about Ryden. This was a few months ago now.. the result was basically that no one heard of it and it was made up but could only be tolerable due to the -er situation. ANYWAY. That said, I read the character's name yesterday and giggled about that. I still sort of like it, definitely not for a girl, but there are many other names that are more.. real, that I also like more.

Date: 2009-08-17 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bandnerd88.livejournal.com
Ohhhh dear. My mom and I are going to go see that, and now I know I will be cringing the whole movie. :/

Like others said, Ryden is not really believable on a girl who's supposed to be, like, 22. D: And even if it was, I still don't like the name at all.

Date: 2009-08-18 02:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com
I so just saw that tonight and was going to post that
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