New babies

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Two people I know have had babies in the last week.

A colleague had a baby boy who they have named Archie. I don't like it. It's very trendy in the UK at the moment to give kids these twee, old-fashioned names. Every bloody child I hear of is called Alfie, Archie, Evie, Millie or something similar. Yuk.

The daughter of some friends of my parents also had a boy the other day. She's named him Jidé. How ugly is that? I believe they're pronouncing it Jih-DAY. Her parents are terribly embarrassed.

WDYT?

Comments

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Jide is horrible.
Archie...is not my style, but I don't hate it. I've never met an actual Archie, so it's a little...different for me (in a good way). However, if that name were used everywhere here...I think it's the type of name I'd really hate.

[scarletladyy.livejournal.com]

Alfie, Archie, Evie and Millie are beautiful names, as is Jide.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

ahahah it rhymes with bidet !!!!!

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

Jidé is just a million different kinds of awful.

I think Evie is really cute for a child, but I would hope that it's just a nn for Evelyn.
I don't like Archie and I'm kind of indifferent towards Millie. oh, and Alfie is my cat's name, so I associate that name with a big orange cat now, lol.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Alfie, Archie, Evie and Millie are beautiful NICKNAMES, Jide is horrific.

I hate the twee awkward nicknamey shit for names.

[scarletladyy.livejournal.com]

That is your opinion.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I think Evie is a really cute nickname too. I've just heard it used so much recently, as a nickname and a full name that I'm getting a little sick of it.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Hahaha I know!

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I agree that they're nice enough as nicknames. I don't like them as full given names, and I'm just sick to death of hearing all of them.

I really, really dislike Jidé.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

It's not so much that Archie is terrible in itself, it's mainly that it's typical of this very trendy naming style that I'm completely sick of. Also, it's very much a nickname to me and I dislike nicknames being used as given names.

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

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