Naming disaster: Henry, Nathaniel, Eliza, Lydia and say what?!

General Name Discussion
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Okay, I need to vent for a minute. My neighbor has four gorgeous and very well named kids in my opinion:
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Locke[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Blair[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]

and then yesterday she posts the name of her newest addition which was a baby girl and my mouth dropped open.

Drumroll…
[name]Aidan[/name] [name]Grace[/name]

Not only does the name totally go against her naming style completely but she picks the trendiest name “[name]Aidan[/name]” and it’s for a girl! I’m speechless.

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I love the four oldest kids’ names. I don’t really object to [name]Aidan[/name] on a girl, and [name]Aidan[/name] [name]Grace[/name] is pretty. But it does go against the other names, and it is very popular…

3

Wow, that’s sad. I see the need to vent.

4

Ditto. Very unfortunate

5

That’s a great shame.

6

It was such a nice sibset… Maybe [name]Aiden[/name] was to honor someone, but it goes against the rest of the set… It’s a real head scratcher.

  • [name]Athena[/name]
7

Boooo :frowning:

[name]Aidan[/name] is a nice name, for a boy, before it and all it’s rhymes became so overplayed.
The other children’s names are positively lovely! Maybe one of the older kids was given the naming job this time?

8

Well that is unfortunate. I do love the siblings names. I think [name]Grace[/name] does balance it out though.

9

Not sure if there was significance to [name]Aidan[/name] but it is so sad

10

I don’t like [name]Aidan[/name] either. I don’t like that spelling or even on a boy :(. Lol.

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my friend ( a girl, her name is [name]Ayden[/name]) it suits her, but her sibling’s names are also trendy, so they match. [name]One[/name] of my girls names is [name]Alexia[/name] [name]Grace[/name]. I prefer over [name]Aidan[/name] for a girl.

12

Wow that’s unexpected and not a good direction :frowning:

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Fingers crossed she will be known as [name]Grace[/name].
[name]Imagine[/name] being a girl called [name]Aidan[/name]? [name]Every[/name] time people would meet you they would double take that you’re actually not a guy.

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I am going to play devil’s advocate and say that I kind of like it. That is, I love the sound of it. I know [name]Aiden[/name] is epidemic and it really clashes with the sib set" but if this name existed in a vacuum, I would be on board.

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Is it weird that it bothers me more than [name]Nathaniel[/name] is the only kid without a 5-letter name?

I’ve met a girl named [name]Aidan[/name], at first I was a little surprised but I got used to it. [name]Aidan[/name] [name]Grace[/name] is very trendy considering her other kids’ names though, I admit.

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It doesnt go with the others, but it is not horrible or anything. Brytnee or something would have made me gasp but even if its a very popular boys name, not awful.

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My daughter’s name is [name]Aidan[/name]. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. Looking at your sigs it looks like your kids have some weird goofy names.

18

Wow…that is confusing

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Um… wow.

[name]Aiden[/name]/[name]Aidan[/name] by itself isn’t an awful name, but it is SO popular and [name]WAY[/name] too boyish for a girl.

But what makes it AWFUL is that the other kids have beautiful, classic names and then the last one is a trendy pick that will be dated in a few years.

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[name]Aidan[/name] on a girl is awful imo. I’d be so unhappy as an [name]Aidan[/name] with older sisters [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Eliza[/name]. At least they have feminine names. I’d always feel like my parents wanted a boy. I’d definitely go by [name]Grace[/name].