same!! my favourite names until i joined nameberry / reached the age of fourteen were clara and adelaide - now i don’t like adelaide at all (but i like adelina and adelheid) and i don’t like clara so much anymore
i like klara though (my personality and tastes changed a lot during these years and months, maybe it is just growing up? teenage years? but those old names definitely don’t feel me help i thought i was the only one in this forum who feels like out looking at old combos and favourites, apparently i am not weird, it is a normal thing, i feel reliefed)
The names on my list are no longer necessarily 4 syllable clunky names, where I’m planning out nicknames to be used most of the time in daily life. Think [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] (called [name_u]Mina[/name_u] 95% of the time), [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] (the 4 syllable pronunciation), and [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] (nicknamed [name_f]Hattie[/name_f] – this is the one that remained on my list) all in various combinations with each other. [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] was my top combo for a good while.
According to Behind the Name (which was my source) it is pronounced with four syllables because the -e makes an -uh type sound. It is the same sound that makes it so the name isn’t Ann-lees, with only two syllables. I preferred that pronunciation as it was internally consistent.
Recently I’ve been second guessing my chosen name, [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] - which I still like, but I feel like it’s too close to my mom’s maternal side (my mom and her mother have a bad relationship, even though my mom forgave her - Ik it’s still hurts her every time my grandmother comes up in convos), specifically my great grandfather’s name, [name_m]Ted[/name_m], who was the only one on my mom’s maternal side who loved and treated her kindly. So it’s one of those things where I’d feel like it’s a double edge sword and I should really look again for a new name.
And then there’s me second guessing my gender, again lol. Like part of me know at times I feel like I have no gender, and other times I do. So part of me feel like I should go back to the drawing board and feel like I should pick a name that’s more…fluid? Idek, if that’s the right term for it
Some users keep their pfp consistent. This is very easy to keep track of. I am a visual person, so I am more likely to remember someone based off their pfp as opposed to their username.
Other users change their pfp very regularly. This is something that I get used to, and I can learn to recognize them based on their name, user card, etc.
But some users change their pfp occasionally. Like, they wait until I have just started to associate them with an image, then bam, and I have no idea who they are anymore.
This is also more of a Nameberry thing than just names in general. The Name of the day thread is really cool, but sometimes when I’m scrolling through it, I just get annoyed at the sea of samey emojis. Often the thread looks like this:
Girl name
Boy name
Unisex name
And it just repeats over and over. I don’t get the point of using emojis for vibes when every girl name is just flowers, bows, makeup, and ballet vibes. There is also something to say about gender stereotypes here, but I don’t have the energy to be annoyed at that right now.
There are a few others that I see often, like , but they don’t seem to be so overtly overused and gendered so I didn’t include them above.
Anyway, there are some users who do have super creative emoji choices. Even when I don’t agree with the vibe, I appreciate them for the effort.
I am kind of the opposite! I feel like my girl names are either or and my boy names are or
They don’t really change I guess ?
This is kind of a vibe I never liked myself? I don’t really know why, but, I always preferred girl names that feel more solid and old / particular or obscure, dramatic, operatic, literary names? The pastel pink ballet girl name vibe does not really suit my tastes - never did, tbh.
This is really random but I almost cry and throw up everytime I see [name_u]June[/name_u] getting love. The [name_u]June[/name_u] related to me literally tried to murder my mother before I was born. And I get that not everyone has that association, but it’s annoying seeing a name that caused my mother so much trauma being loved.
I agree with this. I actually don’t really like emojis because I think the name on it’s own should be the one to stand out, but I do use them all the time. For me, it’s because I have a really visual experience when it comes to names, mostly because of Synesthesia. Emojis are a way for me to communicate the feel of a name that makes me love it.
However, I do see the pink ballet flower aesthetic being used a ton for girl names. Some girls name do have this aesthetic for me, like Clara, Felicity, Coppelia, and Rose, but there are many more that don’t. I think one of the reasons we see these emojis alot in that this style of girls name is really popular on Nameberry right now ( I love Felicity but I’ve seen her so many times!)
I think that other types of girls names don’t get nearly enough appreciation! Dated, clunky, international, old, solid girls names are not nearly talked of as much as more frilly, british, cottagecore names. This is not to say that I don’t like names in this aesthetic, some of my favourite names are a ballet vibe (as a side note, I see the ballet shoes emoji as less a princessy feel and more a strong, delicate yet fighter feel.) I’m just saying there is a bit of an imbalance.
Agree! My girls names tend to be this vibe (although you can never really tell because every one of my girls names have a different, eclectic vibe.
Sometimes I wish some names sounded better with my accent we met a little boy named [name_u]Sterling[/name_u] at a Halloween event. I was excited because I have had a long-standing soft spot for it. However, it comes out as “stir-lin’” around my small town. (Yet Stir-ling sounds weird too?)
A similar rant to @namergirl3… I like the idea of certain names but I just can’t say them properly. Like, I love some names ending in a -t sound like [name_m]Art[/name_m] and [name_u]Merit[/name_u], but when I say them out loud I don’t pronounce the -t in my accent, so they just kinda don’t work. This is particularly frustrating when I see the “what would you name a baby today” thread and my heart says “Merit!” and then my head says “Nope, you wouldn’t, because you can’t say it right.”
(my personality and tastes changed a lot during these years and months, maybe it is just growing up? teenage years? but those old names definitely don’t feel me 
, but they don’t seem to be so overtly overused and gendered so I didn’t include them above.
or 
and my boy names are 
we met a little boy named [name_u]Sterling[/name_u] at a Halloween event. I was excited because I have had a long-standing soft spot for it. However, it comes out as “stir-lin’” around my small town. (Yet Stir-ling sounds weird too?)