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Most hated baby names: Is your kid's on the list?
by The_Stir
Tue May 3, 2011
If you already have your heart set on a name for your baby, you may want to stop reading now. If you couldn't care less what anyone else thinks and won't break into tears at the sight of seeing your future child's name on the 10 Most Hated Baby Name list, then proceed. I warn you, however, that it can be brutal to see one's choice sitting there after all the painstaking debate and devotion that go into choosing just the right name.
The list comes from Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby. She conducted an "informal" study and came up with the list. In general she found people hate "gender-bending" names in which a masculine name becomes feminine -- like Addison or Madison.
As well, people despise trendy names ... though obviously not everyone does or they wouldn't be trendy, right? Also on the list of hate are names that are difficult to spell (Kaitlyn) and those that are similar versions of other names (Jayden, Brayden, and Kayden).
Girls
1. Nevaeh ("heaven" spelled backward and one of the most divisive names around, according to Wattenberg)
2. Destiny (people dislike names that confer a virtue onto a child, Wattenberg said -- and many associated this name with exotic dancers)
3. Madison
Boys
1. Jayden
2. Brayden
3. Aiden
Read more and yes the rest of list for boys and girls is included: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/most-hated-baby-names-is-your-kids-on-the-list-2480235
by The_Stir
Tue May 3, 2011
If you already have your heart set on a name for your baby, you may want to stop reading now. If you couldn't care less what anyone else thinks and won't break into tears at the sight of seeing your future child's name on the 10 Most Hated Baby Name list, then proceed. I warn you, however, that it can be brutal to see one's choice sitting there after all the painstaking debate and devotion that go into choosing just the right name.
The list comes from Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby. She conducted an "informal" study and came up with the list. In general she found people hate "gender-bending" names in which a masculine name becomes feminine -- like Addison or Madison.
As well, people despise trendy names ... though obviously not everyone does or they wouldn't be trendy, right? Also on the list of hate are names that are difficult to spell (Kaitlyn) and those that are similar versions of other names (Jayden, Brayden, and Kayden).
Girls
1. Nevaeh ("heaven" spelled backward and one of the most divisive names around, according to Wattenberg)
2. Destiny (people dislike names that confer a virtue onto a child, Wattenberg said -- and many associated this name with exotic dancers)
3. Madison
Boys
1. Jayden
2. Brayden
3. Aiden
Read more and yes the rest of list for boys and girls is included: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/most-hated-baby-names-is-your-kids-on-the-list-2480235