Names you used to like

General Name Discussion
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Anyone remember the first name(s) they ever liked? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you still like them or are you absolutely disgusted?

I remember loving [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] and [name_f]Mia[/name_f] when I was really little (which i would never use now). I also remember the 7 combos that began my “baby name obsession.” For girls it was [name_f]Tessa[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_u]Piper[/name_u] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] & [name_u]Skylar[/name_u] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] (3\4 of thse are still on my longlist) And for boys I liked [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], (always and forever my #1 boy name) [name_u]Mason[/name_u] [name_u]William[/name_u] & [name_u]Logan[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (I still like those 2)

I’d love you hear your take!

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One of the first names I ever loved was Sunny on a girl! I do still absolutely love it. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: I also had a phase where Linda was my favorite name… and I don’t love that one anymore!

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I loved [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] and [name_f]Carlotta[/name_f] for girls. I went off them massively when my taste got much shorter and less conventionally “girly”, but they’re really growing on me again lately — especially the first two.

For boys, I’ve always loved short, punchy names. [name_u]Max[/name_u], [name_u]Rex[/name_u], [name_u]Jack[/name_u], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m] — still love or really like all of these.

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When I was a kid, I loved [name_f]Tallulah[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_f]Phillipa[/name_f], which I still love now! I didn’t like any boys names which seemed pretty prophetic to the fact i struggle with boys names now :grin:

I went through a phase of loving [name_f]Jessica[/name_f], [name_f]Lorilyn[/name_f], [name_u]Logan[/name_u], and [name_u]Mandy[/name_u] too which aren’t my vibe now.

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I used to really love [name_f]Gina[/name_f] and [name_f]Rita[/name_f] when I was younger, I don’t hate either of them but I would not use it! I didn’t really have any favourite boy names, I was far more interested in girl names (thing’s haven’t really changed!)

I also remember liking [name_u]Clemmie[/name_u] as a nn for [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], but someone told me it sounded like ‘clammy’ and I was put off for life!

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I went through a phase of liking more common/trendy names (taylor, emma, madelyn, caitlin). seeing them go in-and-out of love with the general population has steered me toward more vintage-classic names now.

for the boys, the –on ending has always been my style. emerson, lawson, wilson, etc. are still favorites of mine.

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hmm…definitely i’ve liked willa for a long time! and opal. i remember liking lillian, charlotte, and birdie in middle school. not sure on boy names - charles maybe?

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I used to like a lot more boy names on girls. I still like some but I’m a lot less likely to go for this particular style.

My favorite boy name used to be Jack, I still really like it but I’m more likely to go for something a bit softer and uncommon.

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I still like a lot of my past favorites, but they aren’t really special to me anymore. They were much more common compared to my current favorites. Examples are Ethan, Isaac, Lily and Mia.

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when i was little i remember being obsessed with kira, maeve, and quinn for girls!! for boys it was always wyatt and jackson haha

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I really liked [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_f]Violet[/name_f], neither of which I “dislike”, but I don’t love them anymore. I’m kinda neutral

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Some of the first names I liked were [name_f]Rosella[/name_f] and [name_m]Jason[/name_m]. Very contrasting styles! I think [name_f]Rosella[/name_f] started by obsession with rose names, and I still like it. [name_m]Jason[/name_m] isn’t much to my taste anymore.

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[name_f]Isis[/name_f]. It was a childhood favourite but I went off it around 2014, for fairly obvious reasons. I also really liked [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Chloe[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] but those are a bit too popular/common for my taste now.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first ever name I remember loving was [name_f]Trinity[/name_f] which I still like even if I did just move it off my list.

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I used to love [name_u]Maria[/name_u] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f], but not anymore. Same with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f].

I also loved [name_u]Noah[/name_u], which I still like but is too common for me.

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[name_u]Emerson[/name_u], I mean it’s alright, but I don’t love it as much as I did!

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I loved the name [name_f]Phillipa[/name_f] and had I become a mother of a girl between 18-23 that would have been her name for sure. I’m sort of glad that didn’t happen, as it’s lost its charm for me pretty much completely! I still like all the boys names I ever loved, including [name_u]Wesley[/name_u] as my top name from that same age group and it’s still in my top running.

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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there.

I remember a few that I used to like & no longer do. Mostly in middle school/high school. I’m 38 now for reference.

Girls-

Amber-This was my favorite from the ages of about 9-16. I don’t like it much anymore, but I’m not offended by it either.

Brinley-I liked this as a young teenager, & I am offended by it now. :joy:

Caitlin-I used to love this as a teenager too. But only this spelling, so at least I can be proud of my teenager self for that. I still find it really trendy & tired now though.

Julia-I used to super love this one when I was in high school. I’m not sure what happened, but I’m just not into anymore. It’s not even a kind of like name. There’s nothing wrong w/it. Maybe it just got tired.

Madelyn-I like [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] quite a bit still, but find [name_f]Madelyn[/name_f] to look off. I like this a lot when I was a pre-teen.

Nicole-Ugh, I don’t like this one anymore at all. It’s not a bad name…just feels so dated.

Zoe-I used to love this, but I am just so sick of it now. It’s totally lost its sparkle.

Boys-

Austin-I loved this & then went through a long period of finding it too trendy & not liking it. Now I kind of like it again, but don’t love it.

Corey-I thought that this was adorable, but now I just think it’s dated.

Justin-Yeah, same as above.

Kyle-This is my least favorite of the three 90s names that I used to like & now don’t. [name_m]Just[/name_m] kind of meh.

Lucas-I liked that movie in the 80s named this, & found this charming. Now I find it trendy & over done. I still like [name_m]Luc[/name_m] or [name_u]Luca[/name_u].

And then there are those names that I loved as a kid that I still do!

Girls-

Adeline-I was so ahead of the ‘Addie’ trends. :grin:

[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]

[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]

Boys-

Finlay-I was so ahead of the trends here too :laughing: I read it in a baby name book in 1997 & loved it.

[name_u]Henry[/name_u]

[name_u]Julian[/name_u]

[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]

[name_u]William[/name_u]

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[name_m]Colm[/name_m] was my first name love! Still like it but wouldn’t use it due to pronunciation. Interesting to me that my first name love was a boys name since I find it much easier to find girls names I like now.

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I used to absolutely adore Ocean Marie for a little girl. I would never use that now, although Ocean is a lovely name. Indigo Ria and Maple Eloise were also name’s I loved. I like all three of the middle name’s but not the first name’s as much as I did.

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