Hot Takes? 🤭

[Kipperbo1]

@anon91011817

names like Ottilie that I can’t think of

[name_f]Ottilia[/name_f]?

[GenEric]

Maybe she means the entire family.

Odette, for example, is distantly related.

[anon91011817]

YES that’s the other one I was thinking of!

[GenEric]

Odette reminds me of the Spanish verb odiar (to hate), so that makes me not so fond of it.

Learning Spanish has also ruined [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] for me. Those first four letters don’t have the best meaning.

[aiksx]

i think [name_f]Karen[/name_f] is a nice name…

[shells15]

@aiksx So do I. I have several in my own family, one of which is amazing. I wish the meme would disappear because it hurts so many people with the name.

[ethelmary]

Nameberry community isn’t open to international names.

There, I said it.

We all will say we love new international names, but many of us will judge them based on how they sound in [name_f]English[/name_f].

Put them in a poll with [name_f]English[/name_f] names, and probably they will get the least votes. [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] and [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] will win over [name_f]Beatriz[/name_f]. [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] will be loved a lot while [name_f]Aditi[/name_f] has a few votes. That’s often the case. Because we are humans, and we just go with what sounds familiar to us.

Cultural appropriation is a thing, but putting another’s culture’s name on our lists won’t hurt anyone. It just shows we like it. We don’t use every name on our lists.

No offence anyone, I include myself too. I’ll try get out of my comfort zone from now.

[ethelmary]

To clarify: Here, “[name_f]English[/name_f] names” refer to names well established in Anglophone areas, not just names of [name_f]English[/name_f] origin. Western Europe in general.

[planetnames]

@ladyforgetful

Not a big fan of Opal!

Me too, but weirdly enough, I quite like [name_f]Opaline[/name_f]

[GoogleChrome]

cannot believe americans are calling their children ‘[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]’ not only does it sound bad, is a word name but all i think of when i hear it is [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] [name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]

[EllieWilbury]

I strongly dislike [name_m]Jaxon[/name_m] and detest [name_m]Jaxxon[/name_m], but I actually really like [name_u]Jackson[/name_u]. If it weren’t so popular it would probably be on my list.

[ladyforgetful]

it’s one of those names where i’m like… of ALL the names out there, you chose this one? the roofing name? the margaret thatcher name? please.

[eattacosforbreakfast]

I like to write something before I type a name on Nameberry so that the name turns a pretty color and has the clickable link to the name page

[eattacosforbreakfast]

@ethelmary

Beatrix and Beatrice will win over Beatriz

It’s funny you mention this now, because I was just thinking today about how I’ve never see [name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] on Nameberry, it does seem to be a [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]/Beatrice dichotomy here

[Theodora_Phoenix]

@ethelmary

Put them in a poll with English names, and probably they will get the least votes. Beatrix and Beatrice will win over Beatriz. Adeline will be loved a lot while Aditi has a few votes. That’s often the case. Because we are humans, and we just go with what sounds familiar to us.

In my opinion…
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] > [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]> [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]

I think [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] is kinda overrated, to be honest.

@EllieWilbury

Hot take: Lucy is cute but Lumi is perfection

I write stories, and I have a character named [name_f]Lumi[/name_f]. I love her name. It’s just too bad that she isn’t very nice…

@leafygreens

Hot take- I’ve never been able to like Nell. I feel like I should like it in theory cause it matches some of my favs, like as a sibset, Mavis and Nell would sound adorable but I just can’t get into it. It kinda makes me sad too cause I see really pretty combos with Nell and I love it in the combo but I never love the name itself

[name_f]Nell[/name_f] is… okay, I guess. But then again, I’m not really a fan of [name_f]Nellie[/name_f] or anything else that it could be short for.

[Kipperbo1]

Nameberry loves international names as long as they fit into Anglican standards of what names should be/follow [name_f]English[/name_f] naming patterns

I get so many comments in the rate my UC thread like “I’ve never heard [name_f]Ilse[/name_f]/Ivalo/Ffion/Zsuzsa before, 3/10” or “I’m not sure how to pronounce that, 2/10”.

If you ask, you might like it!

[ladyforgetful]

it’s frustrating, but there’s only so much we can do when the vast majority of NB’s community is white and AFAB. it doesn’t allow for a diverse set of opinions - you even see it in NB’s databases; there are names highly popular in largely-nonwhite countries that aren’t on NB.

[leafygreens]

@Kipperbo1

Nameberry loves international names as long as they fit into Anglican standards of what names should be/follow English naming patterns

@ladyforgetful

it doesn’t allow for a diverse set of opinions - you even see it in NB’s databases; there are names highly popular in largely-nonwhite countries that aren’t on NB.

I agree so much and it irritates me to no end. I don’t even read the NB descriptions anymore because of the comments they make to international names. As a Hispanic when I see comments about how hard Spanish names are it drives me crazy, yes some of them are hard, but with a little bit of effort it doesn’t take that long to get it. And it applies to so many other cultures, I’m just using Spanish cause I’m most familiar. We shouldn’t have to abandon a name we love just because you can’t pronounce it the first time you ever see it. It just comes down to plain manners, you learn how to say it because that is a real person.

[Kipperbo1]

@leafygreens

you learn how to say it because that is a real person

this ^^^

[MagnoliaE]

I’ve largely given up trying to talk about my Hebrew name options on here recently. It’s always the same few names that work in [name_f]English[/name_f] when it’s really not the point of those combos for me. It really sucks though cause my parents aren’t into names and other specifically Jewish naming communities aren’t really geared towards just collecting names.

Most of my favorites aren’t in the database

I can’t really picture how annoying and discouraging it would be to only be looking for a name from a culture that doesn’t conform to [name_f]English[/name_f] standards. At least I can figure out secular names on here.