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HelpRe: Why does Everybody Like Such Weird Names Lately?
in reply to a message by SamBelden
My name is very popular for my age group. So growing up, I was surrounded by a lot of other girls with my name. There was this certain girl, and she was really mean. All the adults loved her though, and she got to go by just her first name, while I had to attach the initial of my last name. I was very little when that started with this girl, and from a early age, I associated my name with another person, and not myself. I don't want that for my children.
And not that "normal" names are bad, I adore a lot of common names. And normal is such a relative term. What's normal to you might not be normal to me, and vice versa. The same with so called "weird" names. I don't think the name Persephone is weird, but a lot of people probably do. The word weird is normally used in a negative sense. And it bothers me a lot when people refer to something (names and other things) as weird because they haven't heard of it, it isn't popular, or they personally just don't like it.
There was an incident where someone asked me what I wanted to name two daughters, and I replied with Artemis June and Sonnet Eloise. They began to say how much they hated them, and how horrible they were. It crushed me, because I adored these names, and just because it wasn't this person's cup of tea, they felt as if they were really stupid names.
And what's so wrong about liking and using names that aren't Matthew and Mary? If we all had the same taste, we'd all name our kids the same things.
I personally think that more people are close minded about names, and use common ones, than there are people who prefer unpopular ones. You can't get an actual view on the reality of naming trends here, as a lot of people here are name nerds.
Oh, and all of the names you listed are in the top 1000, so they are being used still. Some of them still quite popular.
And not that "normal" names are bad, I adore a lot of common names. And normal is such a relative term. What's normal to you might not be normal to me, and vice versa. The same with so called "weird" names. I don't think the name Persephone is weird, but a lot of people probably do. The word weird is normally used in a negative sense. And it bothers me a lot when people refer to something (names and other things) as weird because they haven't heard of it, it isn't popular, or they personally just don't like it.
There was an incident where someone asked me what I wanted to name two daughters, and I replied with Artemis June and Sonnet Eloise. They began to say how much they hated them, and how horrible they were. It crushed me, because I adored these names, and just because it wasn't this person's cup of tea, they felt as if they were really stupid names.
And what's so wrong about liking and using names that aren't Matthew and Mary? If we all had the same taste, we'd all name our kids the same things.
I personally think that more people are close minded about names, and use common ones, than there are people who prefer unpopular ones. You can't get an actual view on the reality of naming trends here, as a lot of people here are name nerds.
Oh, and all of the names you listed are in the top 1000, so they are being used still. Some of them still quite popular.
This message was edited 6/17/2011, 11:04 PM
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