Aidan names

[fatinah-aila.livejournal.com]

Every sunday i read the sunday summary at Appellation Mountain . One of the news can be found here:

http://www.nancy.cc/2010/07/19/how-many-baby-boys-got-ayden-names-in-2009/

Comments

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Of the (at least) 2,095,910 baby boys born last year, (at least) 102,992 were given an -ayden name. That’s over 4.9%–about 1 in 20.

Wow! I can't say I'm really surprised, but I am kind of saddened.

[fangirlism]

I actually like Aidan and Caden. The rest? Not so much

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

Sad. :/ I don't think any of the variants are particularly masculine, either. Sure, Brayden might sound cute on a little boy but I cannot imagine a man with that name...much less Jayden, Kayden, etc. Right now 5 girls I went to HS with are pregnant and they are all choosing some form of the name Brayden for their baby boys.

Aiden is the only name like that I ever liked...but I would never ever EVER use it.

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

I used to love Aiden but could never use it now. :-( I'm so afraid of the names I choose becoming popular!

[dagrubbsta.livejournal.com]

wow. ive never heard of some of these variants! makes me want to make an alphabetical list of ayden names.

Aiden
Braden
Caden
Dayden
E -- doesn't really work...
Faiden
Gainden
Hayden
I -- doesn't really work...
Jayden
Kayden
Laiden
Maiden
Naiden
O -- doesn't really work...
Paiden
Quaiden
Raiden
Saiden
Taiden
U -- doesn't really work...
Vaiden
Waiden
Xaiden
Yaiden
Zaiden

oye.

[dagrubbsta.livejournal.com]

whoops! added an extra n to Gaiden. and dunno why i went with y's for Hayden, Kayden, and Jayden....

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

LOL Maiden :D

[fatinah-aila.livejournal.com]

Don't forget these combinations

Br-/Blaiden
Cr-/Claiden
Draiden
Fr-/Flaiden
Gr-/Glaiden
Kr-/Klaiden
Pr-/Plaiden
Slaiden
Traiden
Vraiden
Wraiden

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

Quaden could be another version of Kayden/Caiden.

[dagrubbsta.livejournal.com]

in that case, i'd spell it Queden :)

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

I have a 7 year old nephew named Hayden, so the only two I like (Hayden & Aidan/Aiden) were never an option. But that's astounding.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Breaden made me lol so hard. SERIOUSLY.. BREADEN?? Dammit people.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Same here. Otherwise I got more and more depressed as I read down the list.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't pronounce that Brayden, I'd pronounce it "bread + N", which sounds like a mispronunciation of Brendan.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Aside from personal taste (I think Aidan or Hayden really aren't bad names at all, but the rest are) names like Jhayden and Zaydynn seriously hurt my eyes. What were those parents thinking? It looks ridiculous!

Thanks for posting this though, very interesting!