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Help[Opinions] Re: What are your favorite and least favorite decades for girl names, and why?
in reply to a message by Rainya
The 2010s and the 1960s.
The 2010s gave us the immense popularity of atrocities like Cayden, Trayden, Jayden, Zayden, and Okayden. For girls (if people didn’t give their girls -ayden names) we have “ee” sound ending names, such as McKenzie, Paisley, any virtually any invented name ending in the “ee” sound. While these names still persist, their popularity has declined and I like that “old fashioned” names from the late 19th century are coming back. That, and people are starting to point out the ridiculousness of invented names, so for that reason this decade isn’t as bad as the last.
Next is the 1960s. The names of this decade have all the appeal of a week old bowl of cold porridge. The girls names sound distinctly unfeminine. Cheryl? Susan? Karen? Terry? They all sound so nasally and like they shouldn’t be names. Plus I hate the double barreled names from this generation. Betty-Jo and Bobbi-Sue…great name for a stuffed animal. Not an human. The male names are lackluster enough to make one cry. Tad/Todd, Guy, Gordon, and Warren? I just can’t imagine looking my infant in the eyes and saying “Guy.”
The 2010s gave us the immense popularity of atrocities like Cayden, Trayden, Jayden, Zayden, and Okayden. For girls (if people didn’t give their girls -ayden names) we have “ee” sound ending names, such as McKenzie, Paisley, any virtually any invented name ending in the “ee” sound. While these names still persist, their popularity has declined and I like that “old fashioned” names from the late 19th century are coming back. That, and people are starting to point out the ridiculousness of invented names, so for that reason this decade isn’t as bad as the last.
Next is the 1960s. The names of this decade have all the appeal of a week old bowl of cold porridge. The girls names sound distinctly unfeminine. Cheryl? Susan? Karen? Terry? They all sound so nasally and like they shouldn’t be names. Plus I hate the double barreled names from this generation. Betty-Jo and Bobbi-Sue…great name for a stuffed animal. Not an human. The male names are lackluster enough to make one cry. Tad/Todd, Guy, Gordon, and Warren? I just can’t imagine looking my infant in the eyes and saying “Guy.”
This message was edited 2/6/2024, 5:21 PM
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Lol Okayden
I didn't think the 60s were as bad as the 40s/50s, but I have similar criticisms of names back then.