We all know that the -ayden names have taken over. A few weeks ago, I heard one of our teachers call back to her line “[name]Cayden[/name] with a C! Where are you supposed to be?” I laughed out loud. Being an [name]Ashley[/name], I’m very familiar with the whole [name]Ashley[/name] R., [name]Ashley[/name] F., [name]Ashley[/name] M., etc. But the “[name]Cayden[/name] with a C” was something new. And I bet a lot of teachers these days are using it, or something similar, to differentiate all the -ayden names.
I’m having to do that [name]Kylie[/name]/[name]Kaylie[/name]/[name]Carley[/name] names. And with [name]Haley[/name]. See I generally try to use middle names so it’s “[name]Carley[/name] [name]Grace[/name], get in line” or “[name]Karlee[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], stop doing that” but the [name]Haley[/name]'s, literally all 5 of them at the daycare, are [name]Hayley[/name] [name]Nicole[/name] and the only [name]Bailey[/name] is [name]Bailey[/name] [name]Nicole[/name] so…we get “Big [name]Haley[/name]”, “baby [name]Haley[/name]”, “Ms. [name]Haley[/name]” etc…
And with the [name]Carley[/name]'s when their middle names don’t work, I do have to say “[name]Karlee[/name] with a K!” Or just yell last names for the Gavins – “Middleton!”
The problem with the -ayden names and the -son names is that to the poor kids, the names all sound the same so when I yell “[name]Caden[/name]!” His brother [name]Mason[/name] looks and so does every other kid with a -son or -ayden name.
my nephew won’t be in school till next year but poor little guy is named [name]Aiden[/name]. I can only imagine how many there will be in his pre-k class.
my niece has a particularly trendy name too, [name]Kaitlynn[/name]. and almost everyone in the free world has named their baby either [name]Caylee[/name] or [name]Isabelle[/name]/[name]Isabella[/name].
[name]Josh[/name], [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Alicia[/name]/[name]Alesha[/name]/Elleisha/[name]Elicia[/name]. My French class- [name]Alicia[/name] with an A and Elleisha with an E.
I was on a softball team once with an [name]Anisa[/name], [name]Marissa[/name], [name]Melissa[/name] and [name]Alyssa[/name]. So [name]Marissa[/name] was MoMo, [name]Melissa[/name] was [name]Mel[/name], [name]Alyssa[/name] was [name]Aly[/name] and [name]Anisa[/name] was [name]Ani[/name].
I also once had a [name]Regan[/name] [name]Smith[/name] and a [name]Reagan[/name] [name]Smith[/name] in my class. I feel pity for all the Madisons- I know sixteen within my grade, and I only know about half my grade. Since the only nickname is [name]Maddy[/name], this means that there are Maddies, Maddys, Madis and Madisons everywhere- and even more if you count the Madelyns. The solution is just to use the last names- but that’s with almost every name in a 1400 kid middle school when you’re talking about someone.
I’m hard of hearing, so I’m really glad I’m not a [name]Kayla[/name] in the see of Kaylees, McKaylas, Kaylins and Kaitlins. I turn whenever someone calls out the name [name]Brady[/name]- since my name is pronounced [name]Rainey[/name]- it sounds pretty much the same to me.
I recall having one classroom with two children name [name]Dakota[/name]; however, they were a boy and a girl. Additionally it just happened that they had surnames that started with the same first letters (Ex. [name]Jones[/name] and Johns). Unfortunately, the other students routinely just referred to them as “Boy [name]Dakota[/name]” and “Girl [name]Dakota[/name]”.
I had this same situation when I first started working at the daycare. We had a boy and girl [name]Dakota[/name] in my group, and another boy [name]Dakota[/name] in a younger group. We ended up with Boy [name]Dakota[/name], Girl [name]Dakota[/name] and [name]Little[/name] [name]Dakota[/name].
I worked as a student at a school (4-5 year olds) and there was 8 [name]Isabella[/name]'s. The teachers were constantly confused and the poor children didn’t have a clue. There was one little boy who began calling every little girl [name]Isabella[/name]!
when i was in primary school there was [name]ONE[/name] boy in the entire school of kids aged 5-10 named [name]Aiden[/name]! it was a unique, masculine lovely sounding name! nowadays… its everywhere!
my friend [name]Olivia[/name] was in a class with another [name]Olivia[/name], both [name]Olivia[/name] S. So they went to the second letter of their last names both were [name]Olivia[/name] SH both had the middle name ‘[name]Anne[/name]’ lol! eventually became blonde [name]Olivia[/name] and wheelchair [name]Olivia[/name] (my friend has muscular dystrophy) was really sad actually for my poor friend but we laugh now at what are the chances of having last names so similar and middle names. you’d think when they assign classes they watch out for bad name clashes?
When I was in high school I was friends with 2 [name]Sarah[/name]'s and 1 [name]Sara[/name]. the [name]Sarah[/name]'s ended up in a lot of the same classes together and they were both [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Jane[/name] H. They were blonde [name]Sarah[/name] and brown [name]Sarah[/name].
In middle school, I remember having 2 [name]Corey[/name]'s in my class. [name]One[/name] was [name]Corey[/name] and the other [name]Correy[/name], and they shared a last name and both their middle names were [name]Thomas[/name]. They became “[name]Corey[/name] with one R” and “[name]Correy[/name] with two R’s.” It was really confusing to me because I could never remember who was which!
I also had about a million [name]Katelynn[/name]'s and [name]Katie[/name]'s, a few [name]Madison[/name]'s, [name]Madeline[/name]'s, and [name]Maddie[/name]'s, and three [name]Nathan[/name]'s, a [name]Nathaniel[/name], and a [name]Nate[/name]. There were also a lot of [name]Haley[/name]'s and [name]Hannah[/name]'s in my high school. And a lot of [name]Logan[/name]'s.
We have a ton of Caitlins/[name]Kaitlyn[/name]/[name]Katelyn[/name]/Caitlyns in my grade so we use last names a lot or refer to them by someone else they know. My younger sister is often [name]Katlyn[/name] with the weird spelling or [name]Robbie[/name]'s [name]Katlyn[/name] (everyone knows her boyfriend [name]Robbie[/name] because he’s always pulling some kind of prank). We had two Erics who went exclusively by their last names.
At the start of the year I did a few weeks work experience in a reception class (in the US, I think it’s the equivalent to ‘pre-kindergarten’? I don’t know. They where all 4 turning 5) and there was a:
[name]Sophie[/name] M.
[name]Sophie[/name] L.
[name]Sofi[/name] with the F (her surname also began with L)
[name]Sophia[/name] with the PH
[name]Sofia[/name] with the F
It was madness.
I also think it’s a bit sad that at that age they’re only just beginning to understand the concept of spelling, never mind knowing the individual letters of their own name in capitals (they do the whole ‘sssssss’ ‘mmmmmm’ ‘ohhhh’ thing at that age) so it must seem very alien to them being ‘[name]Sophia[/name] with the PH’ at school. I remember being about 5 and thinking ‘[name]Katie[/name] C’ was referred to as that because she liked the sea or something haha!
In my maths class there are 3 [name]Jessica[/name]'s two of them have last names that start with Pi so my math teacher just says [name]Jessica[/name] and points to the one she wants.
In my PE class there are 3 Katies and 1 [name]Katy[/name]. 2 of the Katies have the same last initial so it is always “[name]Katy[/name] with a y” “[name]Katie[/name] D” and the other 2 have to go by their whole names
when I was in high school, there were a lot of doubles. We had 2 Michaels (one [name]Mikael[/name]). There was also a Mikale. We had 2 girls named [name]Megan[/name], both with the same last name, 2 Nates with the same last name, and 2 Alicias.
It ended up becoming pronounciation changes - [name]Michael[/name] the normal spelling, My-[name]Kale[/name], and McKale; MEHgan and [name]MAYgan[/name], [name]Nate[/name] and [name]Nat[/name], and [name]Alisha[/name] and [name]Ali[/name]-c-ah.
on top of that, in my grade there was another blonde with glasses, and we had similar names - first and last. We would frequently be called to each other’s classes, meetings, and other programs.
it was really confusing in my high school, basically.
I met a real-life [name]Apple[/name] this week! Not to say that [name]Gwyneth[/name] Paltrow’s [name]Apple[/name] is not a real person, I just never thought I’d encounter this name on anyone other than a celebrity’s child.
The [name]Apple[/name] I met is about 18 months old and adorable. I must admit though it was very though to call her [name]Apple[/name]. It just doesn’t feel like a name to me. Almost like saying, “Hey, Sandwich! [name]How[/name] are you today?”
That said, I don’t think I would be surprised to meet a little [name]Clementine[/name]. Maybe because in my mind, clementines are fruits that were given a person’s name whereas [name]Apple[/name] is a little girl that was given a fruit’s name.
Anyway, hopefully I’ll get used to it soon!
