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I started thinking about the name Lauren this morning (one of my students had written an ethnography about kids at a daycare and the three 3rd grade "popular girls" were named Lauren, Katie, and Mackenzie -- all kind of dated for third graders, but whatev).
Anywho, I was reminded of how much I loved the name Lauren when I was little, and how my mom smothered by love for Lauren by telling me it was "trendy" (my mom is and was a namenerd who just doesn't know it). But I really think the sound is so pretty. I've always loved Laur- names, and the -en ending is just so pleasing. Lauren. Lauren. It's so nice.
What do you think of it?
If I weren't so stupidly affected by trends, I'd probably use it, but ah.
Anywho, I was reminded of how much I loved the name Lauren when I was little, and how my mom smothered by love for Lauren by telling me it was "trendy" (my mom is and was a namenerd who just doesn't know it). But I really think the sound is so pretty. I've always loved Laur- names, and the -en ending is just so pleasing. Lauren. Lauren. It's so nice.
What do you think of it?
If I weren't so stupidly affected by trends, I'd probably use it, but ah.
This message was edited 11/18/2013, 11:03 AM
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Lauren is nice. Maybe seems a little old to me. By old I mean it's so mature and sane sounding, doesn't have a lot of sass. Like Karen. It's funny that it seems to be a boy name that went to the girls, in part because of a celebrity. I think of it as a sturdy-styled name, not trendy but still fashiony - like Amanda or Jessica, the kind of fashion that doesn't become tacky when it drifts out of style.
I prefer Laurel.
I prefer Laurel.
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Lauren might have been trendy in the seventies, but I'd say that now it's a modern classic. I think we have Lauren Bacall to thank for that. I really like Lauren, even more so than Laura; Laura is more "classic" but a bit bland by comparison with Lauren.
Lauren, Katie and Mackenzie are not dated for third-graders. In my daught'er's second-grade class there is a Katelynn who is sometimes called Katie, and a Mckenzie.
Lauren, Katie and Mackenzie are not dated for third-graders. In my daught'er's second-grade class there is a Katelynn who is sometimes called Katie, and a Mckenzie.
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I'm a Lauren. I don't like it. It seems popular and mainstream, the blonde cheerleader, if I were to use a high school stereotype.
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I hate it. It's so blonde bubblegum. I also know quite a few. At one of my jobs, there were five Lauren's all sitting together by happenstance. They took on stupid nicknames like L, Lo, Laureny, True Lauren, and Baby Lauren. I still suspect they came from the same hive ship because they were very nearly clones of one another. Well, one was brunette, but still acted like the others.
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Like you, I loved Lauren before I knew it was trendy and had that though squashed by my grandparents who told me it was a "fad name" and crinkled their noses.
I still like it. I think it's way prettier than Laura and less awkward than Laurel. I know a little girl named Lauren who is about 6 or 7...unfortunately, every time I hear her name, I still kind of do an inward double take because it is so dated and sounds strange on a cute little girl to me.
I still like it. I think it's way prettier than Laura and less awkward than Laurel. I know a little girl named Lauren who is about 6 or 7...unfortunately, every time I hear her name, I still kind of do an inward double take because it is so dated and sounds strange on a cute little girl to me.
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