Possible Musical Sibling Set
Jun. 23rd, 2013 09:08 pmI was in a store today and heard a mother call out to her two sons.
"Jacks and Jagger, come on let's go!"
I can only assume that Jacks(or Jax?) is short for some form of Jackson.
What do you think?
Personally I dislike both names but actually not because of the musical reference. I can see that being a potential problem with some picking on once the other children realize the connection but if the children are confident in their names then it shouldn't have any more weight than any other name that is the same or similar to a character/personality.
I don't like the style of Jagger, the word itself feels awkward to me and I wouldn't have chosen it as a first name. I just associate it with being a second beat and it does make me think of the alcohol. Overall though I think it's just not my style.
As for Jackson, I use to like it more than I do now. With the variations and growing popularity, I no longer have the same sense of "unique" and "cool" that I used to. Not Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxxon etc just make me think of it being over used and trendy. The more I see it used, the less I like it. I also don't like it in this case because I think it's referencing the musician and that legacy is not something that I would want to leave my child with. It just has too many negative points for me now.
When it comes to the names as a sibset: they're both the last names, they both bring up images of the musicians and both names start with J. You can tell the parents were really going for a theme. Together it's just a little too much for my taste.
Edit: Phone autocorrects Jagger to Jager. Sorry for the confusion.
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Date: 2013-06-24 01:25 pm (UTC)