Youâre right, and itâs so ridiculous. [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] is my dadâs name so I already giggle a little whenever I see a little girl named this (itâs a quite elegant and masculine name to me), but âEmersynâ is just straight up nonsense. And it seems like itâs âtrendyâ to spell names with as many Ys as possible recently lol.
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I canât agree with you on [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] (I love the name!), but [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] and [name_f]Beth[/name_f] both seem outdated and unappealing to me!
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Yeah, Emerson and Emory are both all boy to me, never got the appeal of giving them to girls.
Then again, this is coming from someone who wants to name a daughter Stellan, so, those who live in glass houses⌠lol 
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I agree with all of that!
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Me too! [name_f]Beth[/name_f] is okay and very sweet, but [name_f]Lizzy[/name_f] will always be in my heart.
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I donât like [name_u]Harper[/name_u] 
It reminds me of the phrase âharping on about somethingâ
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Despite [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Emily[/name_f] being so popular, they donât feel boring to me because they remind me of the Brontes and [name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_m]Dickinson[/name_m]
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This is how I say Emerson anyways, and thatâs why I prefer the Y 
Itâs about how I say it - itâd be weird to me if I name my child Emerson but I pronounce it as âemer-sinâ (itâs my accent, not an intentional mispronunciation).
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this is a really hot take on here but [name_f][/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]
I like[name_f][/name_f] [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]and not because of the heaven backwards thing (iâm not overly religious), I just think it has a really nice sound, similar vein as [name_f]Niamh[/name_f], [name_f]Neva[/name_f], [name_f]Raya[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f], ect. I donât love the way it looks, maybe [name_f]Nevaya[/name_f] or something would be nicer? anyways, I wouldnât give the name to a child but I donât think she deserves the hate she gets 
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That makes so much more sense, and I can actually see the appeal with this spelling!
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I know this isnât much of a hot take here but I still often see it other places - the whole âcan you imagine a doctor/judge/lawyer called insert a less traditional or a non-Western name hereâ thing. And itâs like, yeah, actually - I work with university lecturers who have PhDs and they arenât exclusive called James or Anna. I work with people who have names like Ashleigh, Glory, Kwok, Kerri, Kaylee⌠names wonât stop talented and passionate people from being very successful professionally.
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Me too! I like [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] too but for now keeping it as a gp? Because so many people hate this name and this name might get hated, be teased, exc. (Plus in EuropeâŚ)
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I wish I knew how to pronounce it. I am sure I say it wrong.
It irks me when people voice their concern about a name becoming too popular as âit will be the next Jessicaâ. Hot Take: There will not be a next [name_f]Jessica[/name_f]. Not within our lifetimes.
[name_f][/name_f]The internet makes it too easy to find out what names are popular. Anyone who cares to find out what the top names are, can[name_f][/name_f]. So what would have to change is that people no longer want[name_f][/name_f] to avoid common names, and I just donât see that happening. Sure, not everyone does, but a lot more people seem to do, and the numbers speak for themselves here [name_f][/name_f]- the amount of different names listed each year increasing more than tenfold since the beginning of the records, while the top names went down from 8% of their respective sex to 1%. One in a hundred[name_f][/name_f] girls is named [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], as opposed to one in 12 girls being named [name_f]Mary[/name_f] in 1880. And while the overall number of names has slightly gone down again in the last 20 years, this trend hasnât.
Too maths; didnât read: I donât see most of western culture giving up on considering the freedom of being an individual its most important virtue anytime soon
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(assuming this is in reference to Neveah)
[name_f][/name_f]nuh [name_f][/name_f]- VAY- uh
[name_f][/name_f]First syllable is like [name_f]Natasha[/name_f] or [name_f]Natalia[/name_f] (in my accent, anyway) Second half is similar to [name_f]Linnea[/name_f].
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iâve been on NB for 6 years and iâve always said nev-ay because of the whole thing about it being heaven backwards hahaha
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[name_f][/name_f] well Iâve known one irl [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] and thatâs how she pronounced it, anyway. The sound is fairly similar to [name_f]Linnea[/name_f] but itâs a totally different vibe spelling & style-wise.
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i actually quite like the sound[name_f][/name_f] of cricket, but for me the problem is honestly more the sport than the bug !! itâs like naming your child baseball
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I was going to say this - especially in the U.K., it would be like calling someone Football or Rugby! 
Edit: having said that Iâm pretty sure an ancestor of mine went by Auntie Hockey, but it was very much a nickname!
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No way, another Catholic convert name-nerd from [name_u]New[/name_u] [name_u]Zealand[/name_u]? Thatâs so cool! 
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