The Top 10 Worst Baby Names of 2007

[HeyHomie]

all of my nieces and nephews (except for the "illegitimate" one ) and all of my brothers and sister in laws (except for 2 of the "illegitimate" ones) have "bible names". And seriously there's a lot of them...

My nieces and nephews are:

Bradley (OK)
Brett (meh)
Brittany (meh - too common)
Brandon (meh - too common)

Kalie (bleh, too common)
Tanner (bleh)
Caden (puke - WAY too trendy)

Jordan (too common)
Kady (note the weird spelling - bleh)
Jacob (WAY too common)
Olivia (WAY too trendy - but I still like it )

By the way, since I'm never going to have kids, I'm offering "naming rights" to any pregnant woman that I'm on a first-name basis with. $100 for them to name a boy Aaron Nicholas!

 

[Rembrandtfan]

Braden, Jaden, and Camden, are these days, like Buffy, Muffy, and Biff were in the 80's. They likely will be part of the "in" crowd.

 

[fuzzymel]

Lol those names just sound so American.

 

[fuzzymel]

Speaking of American names, the name Randy always makes me giggle. Over here randy means to be sexually excited.

 

[Rembrandtfan]

Yeah, I first heard that word on "Austin Powers".

 

[snoochface]

I have a nephew named Westry. When he was first born, everyone would be like, "You mean Wesley?" I don't think I've ever seen another Westry.

My other sister's kids are Megan, Kelly, and Brian. And they're not Irish, so..... I don't know what that's about.

 

[Rebekka]

Sem like the English-language Sam (as in Samuel)? Milan as in the city in Italy?

I don't think Sem is from Samuel, as we do have the name Sam as well (and Samuel, although that's rare). Also, generally speaking the Netherlands are VERY secular, and Biblical names are out. So I don't think it's after Sem the son of Noah, either (when I see the name Sem it does make me think of Cham and Japhet, though - don't know the English spelling but these are the Dutch ones). I don't know where they got it. But it's popular.

Milan is not after the Italian city, because that's Milaan in Dutch. It's an eastern European name (cf. Milan Kundera, the author). But it's popular in ethnically Dutch families.

Then there's a personal preference I have, and that's for names longer than 1 syllable. Short names don't do anything for me - in case they're official names. So I would never name a child or a pet a one-syllable name. Those are the most popular right now in the Netherlands, especially for boys (see Sem).

Here's a link in Dutch with the most popular names in 2007:
http://www.svb.nl/internet/nl/regelingen/kinderbijslag/kindernamen/index.jsp

Look at the ridiculous amount of one-syllable names in the boys list (left). Milan is on #7, Sem on #1. Other one-syllable names in the top 20 are Tim, Daan, Thijs, Stijn, Lars, Sven, Bram, Luuk, Max, Niels. There are only two names in the boys top 20 that I think are OK: Thomas and Ruben. Jayden is tacky (most English names are lower class over here - sorry if this offends but it's just a fact).

Girls: apparently Sanne is still the most popular (has been in the top 5 for 10+ years). The most ridiculous name on the list is Noa - that's a boy's name for crying out loud. (Although the correct spelling would be Noach.) Most girls names are fairly short too. I like Anna, Iris, and Roos (despite it being a one-syllable name. Roos means Rose). I hate Fleur, Femke and Anouk. Isa is short for Isabel. I like Isabel but I hate Isa.

 

[JulySheMustFly]

Can I mini rant a minute?

My daughters name is Jayden. It peeves me that so many boys are named Jaden. We did not go with her name to be trendy or anything like that but people are automatically going to think we did. Grrr. . .

As for the Celtic heritage names that bugs me too because we've one of those as well. BUT that is my husband's heritage so we want to celebrate that.

 

[mina]

i hate place names for kids : Cheyenne, Denver, Dakota, Vegas, Nevada, Paris, Genevoa, London. I just think it sounds sort of tacky.

 

[Chan1976]

i hate place names for kids : Cheyenne, Denver, Dakota, Vegas, Nevada, Paris, Genevoa, London. I just think it sounds sort of tacky.

I second that, and I want to add Sydney and Alabama to the list.

 

[invisiblebabe]

I hate stupid names and I hate the way parents can make a normal name kr8tive.

I do know a Liam but his parents are Irish so its pretty normal.

I do wish people would think a little more before naming a child. The poor thing has to have the name for the rest of its life and whats cute for a child may not be so cute for an adult.

Not if she changes it I did! Expensive and a legal hassle, but SO worth it. As Homie quoted...

"A good name is better than great riches." Proverbs 22:1

 

[snoochface]

I just realized that I really dislike last names as first names. Like, McCormick, and McKenzie, and Jones (I worked with a Jones).

 

[fuzzymel]

My last name is a first name. Its not too common as a last name at all. It has French origins and Guernsey used to be part of France but then England got it. DH's family are as Guernsey as can be (MIL has traced the family tree hundreds of years). My family are from mainland UK so I have already infected the bloodline lol. Anyway it seems more and more people are calling me by my last name as if it was my first. Its so annoying. I know some businesses have emails that show last name first but my email is first name then last name. If they looked at my sign off they would see I always put Mel but thats obviously not enough of a hint.Sorry that was a rant. I think I may be in a bad mood without knowing it.

 

[Amélie Unbound]

 

[Rebekka]

i hate place names for kids : Cheyenne, Denver, Dakota, Vegas, Nevada, Paris, Genevoa, London. I just think it sounds sort of tacky.

There's a Cheyenne in one of the classes I'm assisting in.

In the Netherlands it's against the law to give your child a last name as first or middle name (unless it's a last name that is used as a first name, too, e.g. Thomas. But you can't name your child Jansen as a first name).

If I had a really ugly name I'd change it, too.

I use my maiden name. Officially I have hyphenated it (maiden name-married name; the common use in the Netherlands is married name-maiden name, so some people assume that my maiden name is my married name), but in most situations I noticed that I use my maiden name - e.g. in academics and in school. Only when I meet people through my husband I introduce myself with my married name, to avoid confusion. And I don't object if people call me by my married name, because I use it sometimes too - I write it in all our books. But it doesn't really feel like 'mine', so when I have to introduce myself to strangers and I don't have time to think, I always use my maiden name as that is 'me', unlike my married name which reminds me of my MIL.

 

[progressivegal]

My nieces and nephews are:

Bradley (OK)
Brett (meh)
Brittany (meh - too common)
Brandon (meh - too common)

Kalie (bleh, too common)
Tanner (bleh)
Caden (puke - WAY too trendy)

Jordan (too common)
Kady (note the weird spelling - bleh)
Jacob (WAY too common)
Olivia (WAY too trendy - but I still like it )

By the way, since I'm never going to have kids, I'm offering "naming rights" to any pregnant woman that I'm on a first-name basis with. $100 for them to name a boy Aaron Nicholas!

If my husband's name weren't Aaron I would considering making you an offer (though it's not like you know me or anything) on that $100 name deal. Aaron Nicolas is a very nice name.

I guess since no one knows them here (as far as I know) and they're all pretty well known names I can post my nieces and nephews here....

We have:

Reuben (like the sandwich. and I know a dog named Reuben. And I have a hard time saying R's. And I just don't like the sound. This is my least favorite name. I literally cannot bear to call this kid by his name. Mostly because I can't really say it very well)

Isaac. (Either a black musician or a man with a long white beard)

Faith (it's OK....but it's her aunts name like I said, also it seems a little too "LOOK HOW RELIGIOUS WE ARE" to me, but these people actually are the only in laws that aren't super in your face about their religion so I know they didn't mean it that way. I also love this little girl more than life, so I'm sure I'll grow to love this name)

Josiah (ugh. an "iah" It's trendy AND in your face "LOOK HOW RELIGIOUS WE ARE" at the same time. I refer to him as "jojo" because Beatles songs are cool.
and....
Sabastian. (OK. LOVE this name. It's teh awesome, my favorite. But I've only met this kid once, and I'm technically supposed to be denying his very existence as his father and grandparents and most of my other in laws. The only bad part is that I can never use this name myself if I have kids.

and the little bundle of joy on the way. I pray he's not Zachariah.

 

[invisiblebabe]

My first name used to be okay until it became associated with an infamous, deadly natural disaster. People like to make jokes about it and seem to think they're really clever, as if I haven't already heard the same jokes a million times. I now prefer to be called by a short form of my name that doesn't have any negative connotations, but most people who know me can't get used to the nickname, so I'm kind of stuck with the crappy name.

Anyone who refused to call me by my new name got the Evil Glare of Death from me I wasn't very tolerant of those who said they just couldn't remember to call me the name I wanted. If they tried and slipped up sometimes, I was okay with that.... but the ones who didn't try at all got me very annoyed!

 

[tigercub]

Argh @ trendy names.

One of my nieces is named Kiana...when I heard it, my response was; "Like *insert name*'s German Shepherd?" Seriously, I know about 3 German Shepherds/Rottweilers named Kiana (or some derivative of)

I plan on using an Irish name as either a first or a second name for any future children I might have, but I guess I kind of can since my Grandfather was born there (Ireland)

What's with the artistic licence so many parents are taking when it comes to spelling their babies names? Do they really think it makes them look clever to call their child Jysseka? or Caitlenne? The 'enne' on the end of previously 'normal' names is frustrating.

As for place names, I see so many Logans. I am actually from Logan, which is in Queensland, Australia. Logan is not a...nice area, if you get my drift.

Can't wait to see a bunch of little Inalas, Ipswichs and Mt Druitts running around! Oh, then a Redfern!

 

[mina]

my brothers are crazy and mean, but they gave their kids really good and unique names

Zoe- She was named after one of our great aunts so it's a family name, but i LOVE IT. It's unique but not too weird and it's old fashioned. the only bad thing is it became popular with that dumb show Zoe 101.

Evan- He was adopted at abotu a year old so they really didn't get to name him. But it's a nice name that you don't hear much anymore for somereason.

Pheobe- Unusual but not too much. It's past Friend's fame so that no one will really think of that show. She was just born and i think it's a good fresh name for the world.

 

[progressivegal]

I LOVE the name Pheobe! It's on my "list" (except it's a "bible name" so no can do if we stick to the plan. I also really like Junia, Vashti, Delilah and Bathsheba (I know the last one is weird, it's my favorite Aunts favorite name though, and I like it pronounced Bath-shuh-buh" like the English Actress, not "Bath-She-Buh". That sounds like you're calling your kitty to take a bath, anyway the first two are more feminist bible names which is cool and the last two are more alternative cool ones though. Probably better suited for kittehs though.