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When I was about 7 I thought Aaron was the coolest name. That double A in the beginning just blew my mind. I swore I'd name a son Aaron one day.

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Although I've never actually met an Aaron (hard to believe, but I can't think of a single one) it gradually became very boring to me.

When I was younger back in school-age, I swore by Amelia, Octavia, Sarah, and Grace. 15 years later I am scratching my head as to why. Honestly I don't feel much for them nowadays. Especially Grace and Sarah, they became so overused to the point where they sound like nothing in my ears anymore.

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On the boys side, it was Landon, Toby, Andrew, Nathan, and a bunch of other frou-frou kind of boy names that I guess you could describe as preppy, maybe? At least at the time. After a while I questioned myself whether I actually liked these, or if they were just a part of the attractive sound that boy names were going through at the time and whether I just wanted to fit in and convinced myself I liked them. Now they're very filler-like for me, I feel no inspiration towards them.

When I was young I loved Martha, Sylvia, Claudia and Adrienne. Especially Adrienne and Sylvia. I don't hate them, but they aren't favorites anymore. The only thing I dislike about Martha (and Claudia, but less so) is that it seems rather dated. Sylvia also seems dated and it's too soft for my taste now. Claudia has just fallen out of favor. I loved Adrienne because I met a lady with the name and I thought it was beautiful. As soon as I realized Adrian was a name, it tainted my love for Adrienne. It used to be my #1 name, though. I'm sure there are others, but these are the only ones I can think of right now.

I used to be in love with Jasmine, but now I find it meh. Not bad, but definitely not something I'd use. I much prefer Jasper, even on girls.

Lauren. While I still do like the name, I would never use it now.

When I was a kid, I loved Victoria, Charlotte, Elizabeth, and Lana. I don't hate them, but the love has faded. I'm not in love with Ruby, Emilia, Ida, Vivian, Clive, Polymnia, Frida, or Kullervo, but I still like them. In other words, I friendzoned them.

It's actually been the opposite for me. There were names that I did not like that I am now fond of. The names that I used to like, I still feel the same way about them. I've started liking more names or disliking/hating names less. For example, I have always like Ruby, Carlos, Cole and James. I most likely will never use them as I prefer many names over them and they're quite common, but my opinions have not changed.

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However, I used to not like Daphne, Garnet, Persephone, Hermione, or Carl. Now I think they're at least okay.

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I still don't like Melanie, Roderick, Frederick or Huxley, though.

This message was edited 7/15/2024, 10:19 AM

I used to adore Luna, Misty, Cassiopeia. Still think they're pretty but nowhere near the top of my list anymore!

Carrie - I was obsessed with it when I was younger, but now I don’t care for it.
Sebastian - This was on my PNL at one point, but now I think it’s one of the worst names ever.

I used to like the name Vanessa as a kid because I loved High School Musical and Vanessa Hudgens, but it sounds outdated to me now lol.