"Destiny"

[imthelonely-one.livejournal.com]

My best friend is pregnant, and I really want to support her, but she is seriously considering naming her daughter this and I just... It seems awfully trashy to me. Her family and aquaintences like it, but that doesn't surprise me seeing as how she lives in a super white trash housing complex. I really want to convince her that naming her kid something like "Destiny" "Kaighlee" or "Mercedes" etc. will NOT be doing the poor girl any favours. But at the same time, I really don't want to seem pretentious? 

It's not that, I just know that name descrimination is real, and I don't want my best friend's little girl to be held back in life because she thinks it "sounds cute". Should I just butt out? I keep suggesting alternatives but I don't know. Maybe I should just leave it alone.

Oh, and sorry if anyone here happens to love that name, or named their daughter that!

Comments

[nimnod.livejournal.com]

I read a research paper somewhere saying that because classism does exist, there is evidence to suggest that people with names associated with "lower classes" are discriminated against by teachers and in the job market. If those findings are accurate, I guess there is reason to want a kid to have a name that gives them the greatest chances in life.

My neice's friend got pregnant at 16 and liked the name Summer, but wanted it to be quirky, and called her "Summa". I can't tell you how many people hear her name and go "Haha, was your mum a teenage mother by any chance?". It's a bit unpleasant for Summa.