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Kid Names (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 12 points 11 months ago* (9 children)

I do not understand the "no popular names" rule that some parents seem to live and die by.ust be a recent thing too right, I feel like so many people in the past were named after a relative that the parents admired.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    its quite simple - they want their child to be special and/or they want their child to make them special

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    That, or they grew up in a situation like me where I knew 14 people named Mike, 8 named Peter, 12 Jacobs, and 9 Anthonys.

    I was always glad my parents chose an uncommon name for me.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I was always glad my parents chose an uncommon name for me.

    There's plenty of uncommon names to choose from without misspelling a brand name and sticking that on your kid for life.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Personally for me if it's too popular I would feel cheap using it. Like I can't ever name a cat Loki; it's too obvious. But there's a pretty big ocean of names between John and x_0 to choose from.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    If the name's too common it fails as being a quick identifier. That doesn't mean you need to retrieve a name from an extinct language to make it unique. Just pick a name that 2 to 5 people you know have.

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