I like Dakota, I think it's cute. My own personal hangup would be that they're so common, though - at least in the United States. Maybe elsewhere they're not? I'm not sure!
I am sorry I just hate all of those names, especially Madison. But not because there not 'unique' just the name themselves. Infact I love some popular names as well.
I think they're pretty terrible. They could be worse, but they're pretty blah and will be very dated in 20 or 40 years.
I would venture to guess that 97% of people who name their children Dakota have never been to the Dakotas, and if they had, they wouldn't use it as a name. The other two I've never really condsidered girls names either. Not just "oh, that's traditionally a boys name" because I really don't care about that. Madison is a last name with the word "son" in it. In scandanavian countries, "-son" means "son of." In Scotland, "Mac" means "son of" as well. (In Ireland the same thing would be "Mc.")
I TOTALLY DISLIKE MAKENZIE & DAKOTA!! not because they are "popular" (here in europe no one names their kids dakota/mackenzie) but because; 1 Mackenzie is like a last name 2 Dakota ARE PEOPLE. I'm sorry, but i just dislike those names because IMO they are ridiculous
Rebecca. Which I LOVE, but hate the nicknames for.. She's named after her daddy. They have the same initials.
I figure Madison is cute for when she's little, and if she hates it when she gets older, then she's got a great first name to fall back on! hehe I know.. we're weird! ;)
I agree with you. I'm from North Dakota and actually the first time I heard of people using that name, I was like WTFFF?! It's the same as Phoenix, now I live in Arizona (like 2 minutes outside of Phoenix) and I think it's weird people would name their children that.
That seems really odd for me because I would never settle on a first name i didnt 100% love in every way, nicknames included. That's just me though, i'm a name obsessive!
I don't like any of them. They're super, super trendy, which I see as being different from popular. Popular is not bad. Trendy just has some negative connotations to me with regards to names.
Mackenzie is a last name. And, as has been mentioned, the prefix Mac-/Mc- means "son of", so as much as I dislike it for a boy's first name, I hate it for a girl's first name.
Dakota and Madison just sound silly and not "first-namey" to me.
I don't like any of them...although I did like all of them years ago, before they were so popular. I do have to say though...that if you want to use one of those names, please use the correct spellings and not throw in a few "y"s just for creativity!
:) Sometimes life is a compromise. :) The compromise was that we'd use hubby's initials RMM. sooooo while I wanted names that had an Irish/English sound he wanted only Spanish names, most of which I don't like and the ones that I liked he HATED :( or are already being used in the family. Blah. So we both kinda got our ways.:)
I really like the idea of using the fathers initials. That's why my number one choice is AJM Amelia Juliet Madison. (madison being the last name in my case!)
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Date: 2006-10-07 08:25 pm (UTC)Personally, I think they're cute.
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Date: 2006-10-07 09:21 pm (UTC)If my name was Dakota, I would pretty much hate my parents forever. I hate it, even for boys.
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Date: 2006-10-07 09:46 pm (UTC)trendy.
hideous.
and ick.
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Date: 2006-10-07 09:50 pm (UTC)I would venture to guess that 97% of people who name their children Dakota have never been to the Dakotas, and if they had, they wouldn't use it as a name. The other two I've never really condsidered girls names either. Not just "oh, that's traditionally a boys name" because I really don't care about that. Madison is a last name with the word "son" in it. In scandanavian countries, "-son" means "son of." In Scotland, "Mac" means "son of" as well. (In Ireland the same thing would be "Mc.")
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Date: 2006-10-07 09:52 pm (UTC)not because they are "popular" (here in europe no one names their kids dakota/mackenzie) but because;
1 Mackenzie is like a last name
2 Dakota ARE PEOPLE.
I'm sorry, but i just dislike those names because IMO they are ridiculous
Madison is very cute and nice.
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Date: 2006-10-07 09:53 pm (UTC)Last name
State/Native American tribe.
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Date: 2006-10-08 01:50 am (UTC)Madison - From a surname which means "son of MAUD"
So you have two "son of" names and a name that describes a group of people. No.
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Date: 2006-10-08 02:36 am (UTC)Dakota - don't like it for a boy or a girl. I just think it's a bad name. again *shrug*
I like the name Madison, I just think it's way too popular these days. Even tho it's my daughters middle name, and what we call her. :)
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Date: 2006-10-08 02:13 pm (UTC)I figure Madison is cute for when she's little, and if she hates it when she gets older, then she's got a great first name to fall back on! hehe I know.. we're weird! ;)
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Date: 2006-10-08 11:06 pm (UTC)I have a friend whose kids are named Madison and McKenna, so there's a Mackenzie variant for you to chew on.
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Date: 2006-10-09 03:51 am (UTC)Mackenzie is a last name. And, as has been mentioned, the prefix Mac-/Mc- means "son of", so as much as I dislike it for a boy's first name, I hate it for a girl's first name.
Dakota and Madison just sound silly and not "first-namey" to me.
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Date: 2006-10-10 04:28 pm (UTC)That's why my number one choice is AJM Amelia Juliet Madison. (madison being the last name in my case!)
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Date: 2006-10-19 08:03 pm (UTC)But I still love the name Madison. I wouldn't use it (see aforementioned trendiness, also just that I have other names I like more), but I love it.