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Don’t name your kid something with negative associations.
It’s one thing to name your child Jeffrey. It’s quite another to call him Lucifer.
Don’t name multiple births things you’ll never be able to differentiate.
Lauren and Lydia are fine. Lauren and Laura are pushing it. Lauren and Laureen should be illegal.
Names that are too outdated to work these days.
There was a time it was fine to name your children Ethel, Gertrude, Bart, etc. Those times are now gone.
“Youneek” names.
Ashley is fine. Ashleigh is fine too. Asshally is not.
Anna is fine. Ana is fine too. Ah’naah is not.
Megan is fine. Meghan is fine too. Meehghanne is not.
Word names must be done sparingly.
It’s okay to call a child Faith. Lyric isn’t the most conventional, but it works. Cherry is where it starts to go downhill. Chicken is a problem. And if you name your child Jump-Rope, you just shouldn’t be around children.
The same goes for place names.
Brooklyn, Georgia, etc. work as names. Canada isn’t common, but I don’t hate it. With the current states in those countries, Syria and Somalia aren’t the best names (though am I the only one who does actually kinda like Syria as a name?) And then we have West Virginia, Switzerland, Tokelau, Tajikistan, Salt Lake City, and other things that no child would ever want to be called.
Overly popular names.
Maybe you don’t know an Emma personally, but your Emma will undoubtedly be Emma A. her whole life. Levi will just about always be Levi W. I don’t hate either Emma or Levi as names, but I also don’t want them to be tied to an initial.
No offense meant to anyone with any of these names.
Don’t name your kid something with negative associations.
It’s one thing to name your child Jeffrey. It’s quite another to call him Lucifer.
Don’t name multiple births things you’ll never be able to differentiate.
Lauren and Lydia are fine. Lauren and Laura are pushing it. Lauren and Laureen should be illegal.
Names that are too outdated to work these days.
There was a time it was fine to name your children Ethel, Gertrude, Bart, etc. Those times are now gone.
“Youneek” names.
Ashley is fine. Ashleigh is fine too. Asshally is not.
Anna is fine. Ana is fine too. Ah’naah is not.
Megan is fine. Meghan is fine too. Meehghanne is not.
Word names must be done sparingly.
It’s okay to call a child Faith. Lyric isn’t the most conventional, but it works. Cherry is where it starts to go downhill. Chicken is a problem. And if you name your child Jump-Rope, you just shouldn’t be around children.
The same goes for place names.
Brooklyn, Georgia, etc. work as names. Canada isn’t common, but I don’t hate it. With the current states in those countries, Syria and Somalia aren’t the best names (though am I the only one who does actually kinda like Syria as a name?) And then we have West Virginia, Switzerland, Tokelau, Tajikistan, Salt Lake City, and other things that no child would ever want to be called.
Overly popular names.
Maybe you don’t know an Emma personally, but your Emma will undoubtedly be Emma A. her whole life. Levi will just about always be Levi W. I don’t hate either Emma or Levi as names, but I also don’t want them to be tied to an initial.
No offense meant to anyone with any of these names.
