Hot Takes? 🤭

[leafsgirl44]

@choupette

but I don’t pay attention to the Nameberry “opinion” on names. The comments are often way off the mark for me, and very US-centric.

Me neither! A lot of it says the names I like are mum names, dated names, boring names or out of fashion, etc. I just don’t really think I care enough about that to bother paying attention

[choupette]

Yes, those.

[Rosebeth]

In that case I completely agree. I just ignore them, because they’re very US-centric, as you say, and sometimes I think they’re very ignorant.

[josieaitken]

Yeah, my 2 year old cousin is named [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] and it suits her very well!

[lateaugust]

my hot take is that alliteration - especially between first & middle names - is really fun. i love my middle name and use it a lot but i also love the idea of a middle name being like your secret superhero name, using it as a happy secret with family and friends. plus names like Willoughby Wilder or Lucinda Liv would just be the coolest people.

[tbonsanti]

Me too! Some of my favorites are [name_u]Addison[/name_u] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_u]Easton[/name_u] [name_u]Everett[/name_u] & [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]! I also love to double up on vowels in names like [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] & [name_u]Elias[/name_u] [name_u]Avery[/name_u]!

[leafsgirl44]

yes! [name_u]Courtney[/name_u] [name_f]Christina[/name_f] is a gp combo of mine because S/O would never agree to it

[Byan-kuh]

Hm, this is my first time seeing “mom name” used. I’m curious to know what qualifies?

[ethelmary]

Names that were popular when today’s mothers were born. You are more likely to meet a [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] who has a baby than a [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] who is a baby.

[rosepip]

louna is lovelier than luna

[new.romantic]

@rosepip

louna is lovelier than luna

this!! this!! this!!

[eileithyia]

I love the look of [name_f]Louna[/name_f] - it’s gorgeous (although I’ll always adore my Luna) but for some reason I instincitvely pronounce it Low-oo-nah, even though I know that’s not correct!

[firefly305]

I prefer [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] to [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]! [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] is just not to my liking, plus I think of Dame [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_u]Christie[/name_u]

[midnight.melody]

imo Fable should be much more popular and I think I like it better than Mabel.

[Lei_Leo]

[name_f]My[/name_f] current hot take?

• pronouncing names so badly that it almost sounds right is the only way I will ever pronounce names, simply because I cannot Word

[rosepip]

emeline looks prettier than emmeline

[Inlakesh]

I made almost exactly the same post months ago, lol

[firefly305]

I hate posts where we’re supposed to mock or trash real children’s names. It’s just so mean-spirited and usually bigoted. I saw a post like this on Reddit where they were making fun of teen moms and their name choices. It’s truly pathetic, just another form of classism at its finest.

[RileyAddison13]

As a teen, I know many Lauren’s (and a Lauryn) who are my age or younger.

[NameLover2020]

I know three [name_m]Laurens[/name_m] (four if you count a Lauryn) and two Lauras, all teenagers. Although it is definitely more common among adults, for sure. I feel like [name_u]Lauren[/name_u] feels more modern while [name_f]Laura[/name_f] feels more timeless, but that’s probably the association of [name_f]Laura[/name_f] Ingalls [name_u]Wilder[/name_u].