Pretentious Baby Names (1 Viewer)

[CapitalCitySaint]

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

 

[Dago]

Is that something anyone has ever said to a pregnant woman? "Your baby seems cozy in your belly?"

Much less multiple people saying the same odd comment to the same woman?

Noticed she keeps wiping at tears you can't see
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Influencer Liana Jade has shared her emotional response to fellow YouTubers who recently made fun of uncommon baby names.

Jade and her partner, Connor Darlington, have more than two million subscribers on YouTube, where they frequently post videos about their relationship and family. In July, the pair announced the arrival of their son, Koazy, whose name is pronounced like “Cosy”.

In a recent video posted to her TikTok, Jade addressed some of the backlash that she’s faced over he son’s name, and called out YouTubers Matt and Abby for a recent episode of The Unplanned Podcast, where they discussed baby names.

“No hate but you might have seen that the couple Matt and Abby,” she said, with tears in her eyes. “They were talking about people naming their kids new, original names…They were saying how ridiculous some of these new, unique names were.”

While the couple didn’t specifically mention the name Koazy, Abby did claim in their video that some of the baby names “that are out there nowadays” kind of “bug her,” which Matt agreed with. Abby also claimed that giving a child a name that hasn’t been used before “might not be the flex that [people] think it is” and could be “a red flag”.

In her TikTok video, Jade went on tearfully address how her child’s name came to be.

“Basically, our baby is called Koazy, and I know it’s not everybody’s cup of tea,” Jade explained. “But people have kind of pulled our context that we called him Koazy because he was cosy in the womb. No, it was a name we already had.”

The influencer acknowledged that the name felt even more fitting during her pregnancy, explaining: “As I was getting so hefty pregnant, people were saying: ‘Oh he’s cosy in your belly.’ And it kind of confirmed to us that’s what we should name him. Because we already had that name and people were saying it.”

After noting that it felt like her son’s name was “meant to be,” she also acknowledged that she “wasn’t trying to name him anything for a flex”. She then shared that when viewers in the comments of Matt and Abby’s video “ripped at” her baby’s name, it “really upset” her...............

MSN

I really have no sympathy for people who all their personal lives online and then whine about people being mean. It's like do you even internet bro?

 

[Paul]

Frenchie

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Optimus Prime]

Why is it mostly girls/women who do this?

you don’t see many guys named Jeighcynn or Raub or Piiture

 

[Yatman]

ochocinco, metta world peace, and

want you to hold their beers

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Why is it mostly girls/women who do this?

you don’t see many guys named Jeighcynn or Raub or Piiture

bc dads are desperately afraid of their sons being seen as weird

 

[livefromDC]

ochocinco, metta world peace, and

want you to hold their beers

That's different. When you become a fully realized adult and decide to change tour name to something crazy, that's on you. But saddling a child with an unpronouncable or unintelligible name is abuse. Giving all Ashleighs and Bayleighs a pass here. Those don't count since they are fad unique names (it's spelled differently but not really because every pumpkin spice sipping mom is doing the same thing).

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

If I see or hear about another boy named "Chosen" I'm going to break something.

 

[BigOdin504]

Never met a “Chosen” but I’d like to go on a beach trip with that gaggle of Ashley’s up above.

 

[livefromDC]

Never met a “Chosen” but I’d like to go on a beach trip with that gaggle of Ashley’s up above.

I think it's actually called a Karen of Ashleys.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

well, my name is Ian and in school, it may as well been an unpronouncable name. it's a simple 3 letter name that has been pronouncable 100 different ways, usually not the way I pronounce it (N).

 

[Optimus Prime]

Never knew this was a thing
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Taylor Humphrey can find you a baby name that fits your family’s personal brand, but it might cost you $30,000.

That is the top end of what a package with the US-based baby-name consultant costs. Fortunately, she also offers a more accessible option for $350 and, for customers who are willing to share their experience of her service on social media, a $150 discount on any subsequent naming needs. A bargain, really.

Humphrey, who set up her company What’s in a Baby Name in 2015, has helped a number of high-profile (albeit top-secret) clients find the perfect baby name.

She’s now taken to TikTok, posting advice, sharing lists and solving baby-name dilemmas for her 70.1k followers. (Sibling for Florence? Tricky, apparently, because the name sits between “high renaissance” and “cutesy vintage”. Humphrey suggests, among others, Daphne for a girl and Arthur for a boy.)

At the upper end of the spectrum, Humphrey caters to celebrities, influencers, professional athletes, politicians and tech executives, among others, who are keen on market research, brand-strategy development, feedback from thinktanks and comprehensive exploration of the family’s values and personal brand to make sure they make the right choice.

At $1,500-$30,000, clients can expect indepth consultations, a video or storybook telling the story of how “Baby X” got their name, doula support and genealogy reports.

For a paltry $350, Humphrey can supply a list of 15 names or feedback on the names you are considering, based on a questionnaire of a client’s preferences, tastes and values.

Humphrey is just one of a number of “baby-name influencers” on the rise across social media. UK-based YouTuber SJ Strum – who offers her consultancy services for free – shares unique baby-name suggestions on both her personal channel and her podcast, Baby Name Envy, while Canada-based Heidi Prunkl, who runs account@babynamesunday, shares weekly name ideas on YouTube and posts carefully curated reels featuring lists on Instagram of names as novel as, well, Novel, all displayed artfully against atmospheric backdrops and set to tinkly muzak. Prunkl also offers bespoke naming services, starting at $60……..

It seems I’m not alone, though, in wanting my child’s name to stand out. Last month, influencer Imogen Horton made up the name Oriavella for her second daughter. In fairness, Horton has previous, here: her first daughter is named Renaelia, another creation. (Incidentally, Imogen’s own name was invented, albeit accidentally, by William Shakespeare when his character Innogen’s name was misspelled as his tragedy Cymbeline was committed to print.)

And, although some of the top baby names in the UK, according to BabyCentre’s annual Top 100 list, seem to be immovable (Oliver and Olivia are stalwarts), when you look further down 2023’s list, a few surprises jump out.

For girls, we have Aurora (30, up 22 places), Violet (37, up 19 places) and Ophelia (90, a new entry). For boys, Sebastian (38, up 24 places), Mateo (63, a new entry) and Axel (76, a new entry) have surged.

Plus, with more names being registered each year, even the most popular names will become less common as they make up a smaller percentage of the total.

So where has this newfound name bravery come from? A desire to stand out on crowded social media platforms, perhaps? Humphrey certainly thinks so.

“In today’s age of social media, uniqueness is paramount,” she tells me. “Your name is your destiny. It’s your identity. It’s your brand. It’s the first impression people will ever have of you. I think parents are finally recognising that name choice can really dictate the course of their children’s lives.”

Choosing a name that might dictate the course of her daughter’s life was certainly on 40-year-old Suzana Barca’s mind when she came to name her now 22-month-old Phoenix Blaze.

That it was unusual, though, was incidental.

“We simply wanted a strong, powerful name to describe someone who will rise stronger when life tries to put them down,” she explains, which suggests that, perhaps, we use unique names to assign our children qualities or traits we admire. (I’m still trying to convince my partner that Lucky would be a great option.)…..

Not everyone, though, is a fan of a made-up moniker. According to Lucy Higginson, 53, whose children are Madeleine, 18, and Alexander, 14, there’s simply no need for invented names, which she deems to be egotistical and “the definition of naff”. There are plenty of great names, she explains, adding that she pities the school teachers who have to spell the names parents have made up.

“It seems like a bleating plea for attention,” she says. “I think it’s a real curse to saddle a child with a name they will have to spell out for the rest of their lives. A name has to fit for life. Lots of people name children because it fits the baby, but that baby will hopefully be a 50-year-old one day, who will want to be taken seriously and treated professionally.”……..

Wacky world of baby names: guess how much mine cost?

Some parents are paying up to $30,000 for a ‘doula’ to create a bespoke moniker for their offspring

www.theguardian.com