Hot Takes? 🤭

[new.romantic]

jude on a girl is actually adorable and i think i prefer it to jude on a boy.

[leafygreens]

I adore [name_u]Jude[/name_u] on both, but this is the same situation with [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] for me

[rhodes2nowhere]

@lemonrose

wilma

LOVE !

@new.romantic

jude on a girl

Also LOVE! As a stand-alone but also as a nn for Judith Though I do still slightly prefer it on a boy as it’s been my number 1 boy name for soo long

[ethelmary]

I find it funny that some people describe [name_f]Desiree[/name_f] as a “stripper” name because my first association is Swedish royalty [name_f]Queen[/name_f] and princesses!

[deziguess]

@ethelmary

some people describe Desiree as a “stripper” name

They do?

[ethelmary]

I’ve heard so

[TWD]

I love meeting anyone with a unique or unusual name, regardless of whether I like the name or not.

[leafygreens]

I’m sorry but my baby sis just said that Mckinzlynn is better than [name_u]Mars[/name_u] and I’m very disappointed

Probably doesn’t go in hot takes but it’s here anyway

[ethelmary]

[name_u]Baby[/name_u] sis’ hot take

[eattacosforbreakfast]

I don’t care if sisters are named [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]! It doesn’t bother me in the slightest!

hottest take of all

[Ellory]

branching off of what @eattacosforbreakfast said, why should we even care what people name their kids, anyways? their name doesn’t affect your life. it seems like a lot of berries are like, offended by “modern” names like brynleigh and such, and okay, i get that you don’t like it, i don’t either, but this is a real person with a real name.
berries are not the “ultimate naming bosses”, and not everyone has the same style. you aren’t gonna be changing that kid’s name, no matter how much you think it “sucks”.

to sum this up, my hot take: i don’t know why we criticize other people’s names. it’s honestly pointless.

(and if i end up getting a lot of heat for this…oops. i don’t have the ulterior say here, these are just my thoughts.)

(:

[OpheliaFlora]

I think we can view naming as a parenting choice, and those should be discussed in society because not everyone will be aware of every possible consequence of a choice.
That is not to say you should go up to somebody in the store and criticise them, whether it’s for yelling at their child or naming their little girl Jane-Austen; but I do think in a broader, non-confrontational discussion, it is helpful to look at names and their usability and give advice based on that (just like it would be with other parenting choices).
Personally I find myself to be even more conservative when it comes to names than the average [name_u]Berry[/name_u] because I don’t subscribe to the idea that if parents love a name they should use it; to me, that doesn’t go together with the often very child-orientated parenting advice found on here as well.

[Ellory]

and i do see this side of it as well! i think you bring up a great point of the parenting side of it, which makes complete sense. it also seems that the criticism comes in different ways and forms, and i really like your opinion on that, thank you.

(also, unrelated, but jane-austen would be kinda cute without the actual person in question! )

[OpheliaFlora]

@Ellory

also, unrelated, but jane-austen would be kinda cute without the actual person in question! )

I do think it would be a favourite of quite a few people on here, I also could see it being popular in the US south!

And I definitely agree about criticising the names of real people, there’s no use in doing that!

[rhodes2nowhere]

[name_f]Every[/name_f] time read [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] in my head I read it as Cosmia for some reason… the typo version is so much better

[RileyAddison13]

Is it weird that I kind of agree with your sister?

[leafygreens]

If that’s your style nothin wrong with that! It’s just very much not mine

[readingreverie]

Okay, [name_f]Bambi[/name_f] is cute. Like I really love it. Like, it’s my NOTD.

[Strawberry.Bunny]

I absolutely adore [name_f]Bambi[/name_f], that’s a gp of mine.

[name_f]My[/name_f] hot take: I’m not a fan of [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] as nn for [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] or any other names that ends in ‘lotte’, I much prefer [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] as a nn.

Also [name_m]Benny[/name_m] as a nn for [name_f]Berenice[/name_f], [name_f]Benjamina[/name_f] or [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] is super cute or even by itself

[Namify_2.0]

Me either! How many people know they are variations, and even if they do, they don’t sound the same! Unless they are Izzy and Lizzy or Belle and Beth, I think it is ok.

@Ellory

also, unrelated, but jane-austen would be kinda cute without the actual person in question! )

I’ve known people with the middle Austin and a first of a 1 syllable name starting J, but only guys.