These are a few girl names I’ve heard recently (most on new babies) that have given me pause:
Paizli (variant spelling of Paisley)
Keldrie
Harlee
Macsin (this reminds me of the clothing brand PacSun, but I’m assuming it’s a smoosh of Mackenzie and Madison?)
It’s practically unheard of.
So unique, in fact, that if the mother were to Google her child’s name, she would likely only come up with this thread of you bashing it.
You’re being too judgy. Keldrie is fine name and she will be taken seriously when she applies for job.
This 100%. You should be careful of what you post.
Keldrie has a very mythical feel to it, I don’t mind it, it’s close to Keltie, which I have liked for awhile.
Wonder if it’s a smoosh…honoring a [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] & and…audrey? Maybe?
I think that people who choose those names think they’re being unique but all of these names blend together for me in to one type. Maybe she has an awesome middle name to fall back on!
Taking about 5 seconds to google it proved that theory wrong, though it’s apparently more of a popular name than I’d have guessed.
You’re being too judgy. Keldrie is fine name and she will be taken seriously when she applies for job.
I’ve been told to reconsider names like [name_u]Artemis[/name_u], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], and [name_f]Juno[/name_f], which are all established names with hundreds of years of history behind them, because “no one will take her seriously.” So if there are legitimately people on this website who think that [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] can’t be taken seriously, then I don’t see how on earth a Keldrie could be.
Face palm.
You missed the point, which is “[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t make fun of people. And if you do make fun of people, don’t make fun of their children. And if you do make fun of their children, don’t do it on the Internet.”
You have no idea how hard i’m rolling my eyes right now. [name_m]How[/name_m] dare I discuss a name on a name forum?! The nerve of me.
[name_f]Welcome[/name_f] to the internet.
Yep, way too judgy. It’s no different than any other surname used for a girl. You don’t have to like it, but it isn’t like naming your kid Ticklepuff Waterfall or something. I think there are way too many people on this site who bash people’s name considerations with comments like “[name_m]How[/name_m] could anyone ever even think about using this name” or "no one will ever take her seriously,’ or snarky remarks like “[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t do this to your kid” or “No. [name_m]Just[/name_m]. No.” It’s pretty offensive to people who are actually trying to find a name for their child. If you don’t like receiving those kinds of comments for perfectly reasonable names like [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] and [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], don’t dish it out to others.
You’re not discussing a name, you’re making fun of an old high school associate. You just came to the only place you thought you could get away with it. If you want to discuss the name, discuss it. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t attach it to a real child and call it “horrible” and “stupid”.
I think that it’s one thing to wonder why a person named their daughter [name_u]Hayden[/name_u] in 2013, or Paisyn. I think people who judge others based just on their names are snobby.
The name is horrible and stupid to me regardless of who it’s attached to or who gave the name. I haven’t interacted with this girl since high school and just recently heard that she’d had a kid and given her this name. I put it in the context of where I heard it, nothing more, nothing less. If I’d heard the name at the mall, I would’ve called this thread “Heard this name at the mall.” I hold no malice towards her or her child, I’m discussing a name that I think is bad, just like I’ve done in several other threads on this site.
That’s something that you should probably edit into the first post. Honestly, your original post reads like a vindictive attack. There are lots of threads where moms Googled their kid’s name and found where acquaintances made fun of it. Some moms get really hurt by it.
Some people think the Internet gives them anonymity to say whatever they want, but you’re still talking about real people. I don’t know why I decided to police this thread, and I’m sorry. I just think it’s one thing to talk about a name in theory, and it’s another to talk so meanly about a real life mother.
No, I understand that. It was never my intention. I never knew the girl very well, but she was (and I assume still is) very nice and I’d hate for her to think anyone was attacking her or her child. I should probably have included other names I’ve heard lately that I had a “wtf?” reaction to, so it would have seemed less directed at just one person.
My reaction is solely to the name itself, separate from the mother or the child.
Edited my first post, it now reads:
These are a few girl names I’ve heard recently (most on new babies) that have given me pause:
Paizli (variant spelling of Paisley)
Keldrie
Harlee
Macsin (this reminds me of the clothing brand PacSun, but I’m assuming it’s a smoosh of Mackenzie and Madison?)
I think it’s good you edited, and just to clarify the only part that I found unfair was judging the girl who had no choice in her name. We all make statements like you do from time to time but I guess it’s different in writing in public:-)
This, seriously. Yeah, people make fun of others on the Internet. No, it’s not a good thing. A name chosen with love and hope and care shouldn’t be a punch line for people who think that only ‘classic’ names are worth considering. By the by, Keldrie sounds like Keladry, which is the main character of one of my favourite books. I would be so excited to meet a little Keldrie!
Yep, these are terrible choices – and I hope if these mothers do Google them, they come across this thread. Hopefully in time to change their poor kid’s name.
I love the sound of Keldrie.
I think they suck too…so whatever.