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[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I was wondering, how many of you personally know somebody named Aidan/Caidan/Jaydan/etc? My cousin recently had a baby named Caidan. The general reaction has been "Oh, that's so cute! How did you think of that?" Last weekend, my boyfriend's brother and his girlfriend announced that they're expecting a baby. If it's a boy they are going to name him Aidan because they "want something different and not boring." Gah!

So, how many -adans do you guys know?

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[stars-are-fire.livejournal.com]

Aidan is quite popular. If they look up statistics, they'll see just how common the name is right now. I know at least.... 6 boys under the age of 5 named Aiden.

Kayden/Caiden I have heard of, but personally have not known many.

Jayden/Jaden is extremely popular, or at least where I'm at.

:)

[sayga.livejournal.com]

I know a Jaiden (age 4), a Paden (age 3), a Hayden (age 10 months) and an Aiden (age 8 months).

[sayga.livejournal.com]

yeah, my husband's cousins son. maybe it was payden. i can't remember. i've also seen it peyton but don't know anyone personally who spells it like that.

even though peyton ends with "ton" doesn't make is any less an -aden name to me. unless you have a british/australian accent and actually pronounce it as a T instead of a D.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

yeah, that "uh" sound (like in the word uh-oh) is called a "glottal stop" in linguistics. that's how i pronounce payton too.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I do, they are totally different names to me!

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I agree. I know a 18 yr old named Peyton and it's pay-ton- no d sound in there

[sayga.livejournal.com]

oh, and those 4 kids are all boys.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

same for me

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I know a few Aidans who are older, before it became trendy.
I worked in a preschool last year and got to meet Kayden, Jayden, Hayden and Brayden :p

[aymen.livejournal.com]

I've never met a Caidan or Aiden. My Cousin's son is named Jayden (7) and my friend's Dad is Adon, pronounced just like it's spelled. I've NEVER met an Aiden/Caidan, which surprises me when I read that it's so popular. I worked at two Military Base and I met A LOT of people too. Weird.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Lol, i hope you correct then- Aiden is SO trendy!!! I tried to explain to my friends that Aiden/Caden/Jayden etc is super popular- the whole 'if you added all the babies born that had names rhyming with Aiden it would outnumber the top baby name' they thuoght i was being silly lol didnt get it.
I know 1 Aidan & 1 Cadon, but then i dont know many people who have just had babies...

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah I definitely plan on correcting them!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Ps. I love Caden. Unfortuantly.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

None, but I personally know maybe 15 people at most under 5 years old. And most people I do know go for truly original stuff (Ephraim, Salome, Townes, Greta, Marielle -- kids of my friends) and not the trendy names. So my perspective is skewed.

Aidan is the definition of boring. I'd print out the stats page and highlight the Aidan names for them. Or better yet, that post someone made about a month ago demonstrating where -aden names as a whole fall. That post needs to be in this communities memories.

i know 2 braeden's

[solyma.livejournal.com]

braeden (female, 25) and braeden (male, 3).

of course i have known the female braeden a while, and it has always seemed like a feminine name to me because of that.

[namegirl.livejournal.com]

I know someone who has a Kaden and my best friend is going to name her son Aiden when she has a kid.

[special-girl.livejournal.com]

I have only known one Aiden here, I have a nephew called Haydn, and I have known a few Jaydens. No Caidens or Kadens Im not a real fan of either of those names.

[nightskygalaxy.livejournal.com]

I know two boys named Kaiden and Aiden, and a girl named Jadynn.

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

I know one Aiden, age four; one Jadyn, age one; one Hayden, age two; one Kaden, age 21; one Braiden, age eight; one Braden, age 21. Just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

My god that's a lot of -adans! Is Jadyn a girl? The spelling looks so feminine.

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

Yep :)

[shyloh.livejournal.com]

I work at a daycare center and I know an Aidan (10 years), Aidan (6 years), Jayden (2 years), Caidan (6 years) Hayden (5 years) Haydn (9 years) Braeden (2 years) and Graydon (6 years)

Caidan's dad thought he made up the name. He dreamed it one day while mom was pregnant and suggested it to her when he woke up from his dream.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Graydon is a new one for me. It's funny to see all the variations people can come up with. Although, to be fair, the Graydon you know was born before the -adan explosion.

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

My cousin just had a baby, Hayden. Then my cousin's cousin has a little boy named Caden.

The names used to be cute and special, but looking at the local online birth announcements, it's like every other kid is an -aden. It's getting kinda annoying:(

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can definitely see how people thought they were giving their kids a special, unique name when the trend first began. But now it's like, seriously another one?!

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

so many i could pass out from barfing. i am sososososo sick of the -aden trend. it needs to die and take mackenzie and madison and emma with it.

[iwanttobemyself.livejournal.com]

I know at least one of each (Aiden, Caiden, Hayden and Jayden)...they're all younger than 4. so it's kinda crazy but they're adorable! I'm quite fond of their names also. :)

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

I guess those names aren't all that popular in Britan just yet, though am not too in with the under 5 crowd. Only know one Aidan.
That said I know so freaking many via online it's absurd; at least four Aidans [all diffrent spelling variants] in one forum alone.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

I can think of (off the top of my head) 3 little Aidans, 2 Jadens (assorted spellings) and a couple Breydon's. I actually had a discussion w/the mother about Breydon and how yeah, even if it's not spelled 'Braeden' or 'Braydon' or whatever, when you SAY IT OUT LOUD IT'S STILL THE SAME NAME. it sounds exactly like all the other -adens.

it makes me laugh when people say things like that about overused names being 'different' or 'not boring'! like my SS's mother had NO clue how popular Kayla & Logan are/were/have become (between 1997-the year Kayla was born- 2000-the year Logan was born & now)

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

I'm a recent college graduate with practically no regular contact with children I actually know... but of the children I hear called at the supermarket, restaurants, on the street, etc., approximately 1/3 of the boys' names rhyme with -aden. Just look at the charts for last year, anyway. All spellings of just "Aidan" combined achieve #3 - put that with all the Jaden/Braden/Caden/Hayden/Grayden/Slayden/Maiden?? and you've got the most popular phoneme in the country.

[yukonsally]

Just my 15 year old cousin Aden, a 8 year old Tayton, and a 11 year old Peyton. My college roommate is naming her son Braden after his father, Brandon, which is kinda cute. I just don't like either name.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

2 Aidan's, 2 Jaden's, 1 Kaden ..

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I know a Caidan, and I was at a party a couple months ago where there were 3 babies, one was Caidan (diff from the first one) and one was Jayden.

I NEVER meet babies/little kids, so I was shocked.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

oh and a girl on my FL has a baby named Aidan.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I used to babysit a Jayden in highschool. He is 7 now and has a brother named Dalton. At the time I thought it was such a cute name, then the popularity wave hit.

My boyfriend's nephew's name is Ayden (it's not a creative spelling of Aiden, Ayden is a Hebrew name that means something totally different than Aiden). He is 4 years old.

My boyfriend and I really like the singer Hayden, and a few years ago we were considering the name as a nice middle name for future kids. Hahaha I would never let that happen now.

I don't know of any other people with -Ayden themed names IRL but I have heard of TONS and TONS online.

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

My friends knows one Aiden. That's all. But then I do live in England.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

had a classmate with a son named aidan. a family friend used it as a middle name after... michael, I think.

and my husband's best friend has a little nephew jaden.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

in my line of work, i meet a lot of little kids every day. ive met MANY little boys named aidan and jayden. no cadens yet.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

oh, i know a little girl named jayden too.