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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
its quite simple - they want their child to be special and/or they want their child to make them special
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.
Yeah jiggle is an odd name.
I’m a third of my name in a row
There’s plenty of uncommon names to choose from without misspelling a brand name and sticking that on your kid for life.
There is a difference between addressing why mainstream taste may shift, vs the exact outcomes of that shift.
Fair enough.
i had four teachers per grade at my elementary and every class had at least four stephanies
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.