I know its extremely popular and lumped together with all the “aden, aiden, aidan etc” sounding names but if you were to take away all that do you actually like the name? Is it doomed to become a very dated name in the not too distant future? Could it ever be considered a good solid name choice?
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It’s just too popular for my liking. I actually prefer [name_m]Braden[/name_m] over [name_u]Brayden[/name_u], partly because I live near a beach called Bradenton, and I have always loved [name_m]Braden[/name_m] from that. Sadly way too popular now. If you love it though then go for it.
I don’t think so, no. [name_u]Brayden[/name_u] is one of my guilty pleasures and it would still be one of my top 10 names if people’s hate for it didn’t make me shove it into the GP list. It feels like a very preppy sort of name, reminds me of [name_u]Logan[/name_u] from [name_m]Gilmore[/name_m] Girls if anyone knows of him (lol).
I do adore it but I couldn’t ever use it because no one else seems to like it. That usually isn’t a tie breaker for me so I don’t know why, but it is what it is.
No, [name_m]Braden[/name_m] is not bad.
I think people like to overreact to names. [name_m]Just[/name_m] view the threads on names least liked or hated (this itself an overreaction), lots of over reactions.
We all have our likes and dislikes. You can never please everyone, nor do you need to.
I work with kids and in the 200+ children I’ve worked with over the past year, there was only one little [name_m]Braden[/name_m] and one little [name_u]Aidan[/name_u], so I think its popularity depends on where you live. I think the name [name_m]Braden[/name_m] is very cute and I think that it is a name that works on a baby as well as on a man when he gets older. It’s similar in sound not only to [name_u]Aiden[/name_u], but also to [name_m]Brandon[/name_m] and [name_m]Brendan[/name_m]. [name_m]Braden[/name_m] has the potential for some cute nicknames too - [name_u]Brady[/name_u], [name_u]Bray[/name_u], or even [name_u]Bran[/name_u].
[name_m]Braden[/name_m] isn’t bad. It just sounds bland to me and I’ve never liked [name_m]Brad[/name_m] or [name_u]Brady[/name_u] so [name_m]Braden[/name_m] doesn’t appeal to me either.