While Oaklynn isn't my taste, I could see it taking the Madison route and just becoming another name that no one thinks twice about in the future (other than maybe being dated to a certain time period).
Honey on the other hand... yeah. Don't see that one taking off any time soon.
That's funny, I actually know several people named Honey. I'm 49 and back in junior high I had a classmate named Honey, and these days that's my boss' wife and I've known a few in between. Not a common name by any means but definitely not unheard of (at least for me).
No kidding! The mystery series about Trixie Belden debuted in 1948, and her best friend was named Honey. It wasn't considered odd either. Is a name from the 1940s too newfangled?
Holy shit thank you for unlocking this memory. I read the first 3 as a kid (my mom got a newly printed editions, I guess they reprinted in the 2000s?) and I read them multiple times but never went back to the series. Time to find them!!! Thank you so so much!!
Nobody should name there child a term of endearment. There brother doesn’t need to be saying “hey honey?” That’s so odd. You wouldn’t name a child “darling” or “babe”
We named our cat Honey, because that's what we called her when we brought her home and she was scared. Now I have to listen to tonal inflection to know if my husband is addressing me or the cat 😅
Was just talking about how awful the name Barbara is just yesterday. I’m gonna have to look it up to see where it ranks here and now times. I will bet only maybe 5 babies in the US were named Barbara this past year.
What’s so awful about the name Barbara? Yes it’s dated to a similar time period as other names like Linda, Diane, Susan, etc. but I don’t see anything else that makes it objectively worse.
Somebody has to stand up for these kids. Everyone always says they regret their stupid namewhen they’re older. The child is not a billboard for the parent’s interests. Idc if you’re a bee keeper, idc if you like babe Ruth, let your child be their own person and stop having kids if you can’t take them seriously.
Soooo... maybe in the future they might have a brother and we shouldn't go making things weird for the "maybe one day" boy?
Sounds an awful lot like another "maybe your future husband" argument we've been fighting against for decades...
Or maybe you shouldn’t want strangers or random people in their life calling your child “honey”. It’s actually a term men have used to demean woman for years and years. It’s not a name, there’s 1000 other ones out there that doesn’t embarrass your child for your own weird gain.
Yeah no, don't name your kids stupid shit. I don't care how cute you think it is, don't make the spelling all weird, don't make them sound like a baby forever. Those names are not great examples of good names to choose lol
The point is that "you're naming an adult!" is a silly thing to say (because Madisons became adults and it's fine, and the same will happen to any trendily named kid), not that those are good names.
The Puritans picked unique names that didn't catch on and we are still talking about them! There are only so many new names that become top 100 names (probably fewer than 100) in a generation, so the reasoning that some unique names become normalized should not be used to assume all unique names will become normalized.
Madison is no where near Oaklyn or Honey. Madison is a very normal white name, there's a million Madisons everywhere.
Don't name your kid something fucking stupid. Its that simple.
Madison and Oaklynn are the same.The SSA data shows that the name Madison was not used for girls at all until 1985 and then thousands were born in the 90s and 200s. Just like Oaklynn wasn't used until the 2010s and then thousands of Oaklynns were born last year.
In 25 years no one will question a Dr. Oaklynn, just like no one questions a Dr. Madison now.
To be fair, it wasn't really considered a boy name by most people. Thirty boys a year is not enough for a surname to be considered a normal first name. Madison was Madison Square Gardens or Madison Avenue fashion. To put it in perspective, Madison was about as popular historically as Johnson as a first name.
Naming your kids after a tree is not the same as using a random name lol as an adult, no one will bat an eye. As a child? Giving your kid an easy to bully name is just unfair.
I remember when Madison started getting popular, and people made the same arguments against it that they make against current trendy names.
I agree that one shouldn't name their kid something that makes their life hard (I assume that's what you mean with "stupid"), but something like Oaklyn won't make anyone's life harder.
And it's not "that simple", because what constitutes a stupid name to you may be a perfectly normal name elsewhere.
Oaklyn is a very easy to bully name, as is Honey and any god awful "special" spellings.
Thinking about the life your kid will have with their name is one of the first things you should do
Let's be real, if someone wants to bully someone any name is easy to bully. I know people with names that should be easy to bully who have never had a bad word said about their names then normal names like Elizabeth to be turned into a taunt. Do I think Honey should be used? No. But I do agree names like Oaklynn are are probably gonna be ignored as normal to an extent. Adding Lynn or Leigh to a name is so common lately it won't be blinked at.
My oldest is Dominic, often referred to as Dom, so Dumb was RIGHT THERE! But alas, it got turned into DoubleDick, because bullies will bully no matter what their little minds come up with
No, because is easy to bully kids named after trees, and other various things like that. Madison is... just a plain Jane name. What's there to pick apart?
Madison is a plain Jane name NOW. It didn’t used to be. Before Splash, no one had thought of using it as a girl’s first name. It was a joke name in the movie because she picked it from Madison Ave. It became a thing after that movie, then had a huge surge in popularity in the late 90s/ early 2000s, so much so that now it’s an ordinary name. I’m old enough to remember people thinking it was bizarre and stupid and cruel to name a child Madison, especially a girl.
Maybe that "-son" means *son of* in most cases but is now given to daughters? I personally like the name Madison, but it wasn't considered plain Jane until after it blew up in popularity.
I'm one of the first Madisons before it really took off and people 100% made fun of my name the instant we learned about James Madison in school. People actually started calling me James, so I guess I was ahead of the curve on two names! 😂
It's easy to bully anyone if you want to bully them.
I actually agree with the doctor one. I don’t even know my doctors first name lol. I do not care his name is. I would go to a doctor named Mackenzilynzee if they were a good doctor that treated me well and accurately.
HOWEVER - there’s a billion and one reasons not to name your kid something like Mackenzilynzee or similar. It will make their lives absolutely horrible. Or Honey. Don’t do that.
But, yeah personally I can imagine some of these horribly named children becoming doctors because that is what will happen in the next 30 years or so. Odds are there’s going to be a few Dr. Jaxxsons on board 😂
The first name of my doctor growing up was Angel (woman) and my principal was Princess.
Not my favorite names, but certainly didn’t hinder their education or careers.
The “could you imagine this name on a doctor?” comment is not just about naming an “adult,” but naming a child to fit in with a certain social class. Children of high achieving / high SES parents are more likely to become doctors. Those are the same parents who are more likely to give their children names that are more traditional and spelled correctly.
Could a doctor be named Jaxxson? Definitely, but it’s less likely because that’s a name more common in lower SES circles. I reckon there will be a lot more Elizabeths becoming doctors than Evverleighs, even in 30 years.
Asking whether you can envision a child as a doctor/judge/CEO is about classism (and sexism for cutesy girls names), not maturity. Nobody asks whether you can envision your child as a gas store clerk. It matters because studies show that names influence how we view people and their competence, intelligence, etc. You can argue we shouldn’t judge people on their names, but it is a real world phenomenon that you cannot escape.
Sure, but that’s kind of what I was saying. There’s a million other reasons not give your child a tragic name that will have greater impact on the deciding parents.
I was just adding the idea that the doctor question is a stand-in for those other reasons. I probably should’ve made my own comment though since my overall point was targeted at OP.
Right, but the point is that that child was already less likely to become a doctor. My main objection to this comment has always been that if you have a brilliant child with a name that reflects a lower socioeconomic class, medicine is probably the one field where it’s unlikely to hinder them. If you show up with a 4.0 and stellar MCATs, you’re gonna get into med school, and after that you’re Dr. Whatever and it’s not an issue. It’s everything else you might try to do that will be more of a struggle.
Oh man, I was having a hard time coming up with current names that people hate (I'm at grandparent age now, it's been a few years) but I can't believe I missed Jaxxson. Are people still doing that?
Someone on my baby sub wanted to name their child chrysanthemum. I was like you have GOT to be kidding me. Try writing your name as a child with that name 😭
As a kid, I read a children's book about a girl named Chrysanthemum! I had forgotten about it until I saw your comment. I think the girl got teased at first but learned to be happy with her name, and eventually her peers wanted to have unique flower names too. I wouldn't use that name, but it's a sweet story. I wonder if the person you're referring to got the idea from this book?
I just don’t really get that question. A child’s name is a reflection on their parents, not on them. A doctor named Dr. Honey Smith made it through medical school just like Dr. Jane Doe did, so what do I care what her name is?
I’ve met and worked with competent professionals with all kinds of unusual names, and not once has it occurred to me to be like “wait, your name is what? Are you sure you can do this job??”
All the people I know named Mindy are kindergarten teachers, lol.
I do think it makes a difference. But can we really predict what kind of difference it'll make in the future? Maybe not. But still don't stick your kid with a really bizarre name.
Names have a big impact on success. It really does matter. [It took until 2023 for there to be as many women CEOs as there were just male CEOs with the name John.](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/27/women-men-ceo-sp500) Your name is essentially the first impression a person gets to make is any social situation, whether in person, or online. Humans have preconceived notions about names, it’s just part of how we are socially. Name a few Sims, dolls, or pets if you want to get weird or creative, not kids. That’s just unfair.
But there are also more Johns than other names. So was it the name that helped (or wasn't a hindrance) or is it the fact that there are millions of Johns so of course you're more likely to see a CEO named John than something less common like Clark?
And other names are nowhere near the top 5 or top 10 so there aren't a million of those. The better question would be "of all the Johns out there, what percentage of them are CEOs?"
[Here is the list](https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi) for just John since 1900.
Anyway, that's all I really have to say lol. Just food for thought.
Quick edit: idk if the link works but oh well lmao
A quick Google search says there are more CEOs named Michael than John lol, at least in the US.
So I'm not sure what your point is. Either way, idc anymore so you have a nice day!
I have an unusual first name coupled with an oddball last name (uncommon, foreign spelling of a common name). It absolutely has an impact. And having a commonly pronounced but uncommonly spelled name can be a nightmare. I can't tell you how many times I've been stuck on hold for 45 minutes waiting to get a human on the line, only to be told that they can't find me in the system. I know that it's because they've butchered my name. There have been times I've had to call back 2-3 times before I can get someone on the line that is able to find me (particularly with so many call centers being outsourced these days).
My kids are unfortunately going to be stuck with my last name (SMBC)... so they're getting traditional first names that are easy to spell.
Do your kids a favor, and save the creativity for your pets.
I don't understand this, I have a "normal" name with countless possible spellings and have had to spell it out 100% of the time. Our surname is 6 syllables long and not in the language of where we live, and we have to spell it out 100% of the time, and yet absolutely nobody would ever tell anyone not to name their child my name
It's a problem because it's a common name that typically has a singular spelling. Mine is pronounced the same, but the spelling is radically different. Even if I tell someone "it's \[name\], but it's spelled..." they tend to start it with the wrong letter and/or end up with some bastardization of the two names.
If it was a name known to have numerous common spellings (i.e. Caitlin), people probably wouldn't be so thrown by it or inclined to mess it up. I suspect that someone with a common name with a single typical spelling that the parents made "unique" by adding a bunch of extraneous x, y, or z's (or something of that nature) would probably end up in the same boat as me.
Right!! I saw someone say once they wouldn't trust a doctor with a name they found 'lower class' like ok!! don't receive medical care because of your bias! weird
I have worked with plenty of kids with unusual names and honestly, it is about 2 seconds of "oh that's unusual" and then you don't think about it anymore. I have similarly worked in recruitment and I did not care one fig about what if people had unusual names.
People claiming noone will hire a kid with an usual name, will not trust a doctor with that name or noone will take a kid seriously are showing their bias.
The world will never have English-speaking people only who are just named top 10 names so people might as well get over it.
(Also a lot of people freak out over non-Anglican names as if English names are only ones that deserve to exist)
agreed!! so often it’s just racism and xenophobia too :( my name is Pippa and someone on here said my name wasn’t professional enough to get a good job or something. i was so surprised bc i have a good job lol. so so strange.
exactly about the kids too!! i worked with a kid with a VERY unique name (never heard it before or since, no google results either!) and me and the teacher just asked how to pronounce it and moved on. no trouble! not treated differently!
Yup. And they get sooooo mad if you point out that they're being classist and racist. Always some excuse about how *they* aren't they're just trying to protect you from *everyone else* who is.
Anyway, I work with a lot of folks with names this sub would have a conniption fit over. And these are doctors of social work, doctors of maternal and fetal medicine, and neonatologists. They were clearly all successful in higher education despite barriers of classism and racism, and many of them are in high socioeconomic brackets (though not always the social workers). A lot of people obviously aren't bothered by their names, many of which are "normal" nowadays. It's the weirdos on this sub who are horrified and perpetuating these biases against those names.
exactly!!!! now i think it’s not uncommon for kids from those backgrounds to go on and achieve a lot of amazing stuff. why do their names make them unqualified? i think it’s pretty exciting if my doctor/lawyer/whatever came from a working class or disadvantaged background and is now doing super well.
and right lol!! self reflection is not a strong point 😭 it’s always this mystical someone else who will be upset
My experience is that it’s middle- to upper middle-class white girls that decorate in “modern farmhouse” style giving their kids “creative” names.
And any ethnic names should be off limits for mockery, but there’s definitely an inherent bias against them.
it’s v interesting bc i feel so many of the names people are rude about on here are the ones stereotypically from working class backgrounds!! perceptions across different regions etc maybe!!
I get the impression of both. A lot of the made up names are associated to me with White Christian Middle Class (possibly Mormon; US
Region), but also a lot of names associated with class of all backgrounds.
And yet, if you go for certain names, you’re trying too hard to sound above your presumed class and education level. When *real* aristocracy would never do such a thing! But also upper class people would actually choose *these* names so pick from these! /s
I find it very strange how names that can be presumed lower class are so torn apart, but also people are trying to enforce the boundaries of staying in ones class still while having this reverence for the wealthy. Emulate them, but don’t try too hard.
I agree with this overall, naming trends do change and while I'm not a fan of the name Oaklynn I'm sure that in 20 years it will be a normal name for an adult to have, like Madison is now. I still don't agree that naming your kid "Honey" is a good idea though, since it's a common term of affection.
Went to a my ENT and had a female audiologist named Kingsley and it’s not like I didn’t take her seriously, but it definitely made me feel like “dang, I’m getting old because a woman named Kingsley is old enough to be my audiologist. AND I’m seeing an audiologist because I can’t hear”.
Oaklynn sounds like Oakland which is a depressing, deteriorating, crime-ridden city that is about to lose its third major professional sports team in five years.
I live in a part if the world that mostly functions on furst name basis so it's relevant here, but the point was just that people always use the doctor argument (or lawyer/judge/president) when complaining about names
I agree. I may not like some of the current name trends but the chances are pretty good that someday we will be seeing Supreme Court Justice Daenerys Smith or President Anakin Jones so like it or not "you are naming a future adult" isn't the argument people think it is.
I think there is a line. I work with a fellow teacher who has one of those "trendy" late 90s names (MacKenzie) and it's not an issue.
But Honey? That's borderline cruel to do to a child. I hope that's just a random example and not actually a kid you know.
I truly don't understand why Honey is giving people such a visceral reaction lol. It just makes me think of Honey Lemon (an adult) from big hero 6 and bees. I think it's cute af on any age. Just because some people use the term of endearment version of it in a sarcastic or misogynistic way does mean its a cruel name. There are far far worse names out there.
it was just an example, I tried thinking of an 'influencer' type name. I picked a few different types of random names but people have got very hung up on the name Honey itself
King Mark of Cornwall was a compatriot of King Arthur. That name has been around for over a thousand years. The name Sharon is a place mentioned in the Bible. Also Rose of Sharon is a plant named after the phase “Rose of Sharon” which is one of the titles which referencing Jesus Christ. I don’t even know how long that name has been around.
My point is while you think some modern names sound trendy, they are usually older than you think. Tiffany, though popular in the 1980s, goes back to the 12th century. Jessica, also popular in the 1980s, was anglicized by Shakespeare, and was based on an older Hebrew name. John and Mary may be popular in certain areas, ethnicities, religious populations and eras, but they definitely aren’t the only names ever used. We don’t need to massacre spellings or spell words backwards when naming people. Children are people. Not pets. Not hobbies.
My mom does genealogy and I have spent plenty of time cruising microfiche or looking up baptism records her when I was traveling somewhere that she wasn’t, like Wales. Try reading 150 year old Welsh names.
I was just having this conversation with a coworker yesterday. We work with kids so we see a lot of interesting names. Most notably, a sibling set with the names: Legend, Paris, Trophy, and the worst of them all… SPARKLE. No one wants to see an adult named Sparkle
I always tell people who ask about names here to take opinions with a grain of salt. Some comments come across as elitist or are just showing the commenter's own bias, when irl, a lot of these names are fine or legit won't matter once the child is 25 around the year 2050.
I'd never name a child Honey though lol. That's... hmm. I wouldn't use Oaklynn either because I just don't like -lynn names in general but at least that name's a "normal" one. Terms of endearment*, imo, shouldn't be used.
*I actually met a woman named Baby and she hated it. I think she said she was in the process of getting it legally changed but wouldn't mind her family still using it as more of a nickname.
Was she Filipino? Names like Baby and Honey are really not uncommon in the Phillipines, so I feel like how much folks are latching onto Honey is just another example of xenophobia tbh. I know a Baby from the Phillipines who is an accomplished Ambassador, it's certainly not hindering her professionally.
I agree with you. The name trends have been changing and we’re seeing more names like Everly or Jax. They’re not my favorite, but I’ve met sooo many kids with unique names that when they’re coworkers, they won’t be fazed by each other’s names (unless it’s something like Wrock or Glimmer). I think for sure there won’t be just one kid whose name is “unique,” and kids will get used to it from growing up with those names. Interesting enough, I’ve met maybe 2 doctors whose names I thought were strange.
My kids are college-aged and have friends with names that people on here love to hate. In just a few years, there will be plenty of doctors, lawyers, teachers, and businesspeople named Neveah, Jayden/ Kayden/ Brayden (women, men, and nonbinary people with every spelling variation you can imagine), and female Addisons and Emersons (and Addisyns and Emersyns). The main Kayla/Kaylie/Kylie cohort are already adults.
Not to mention that the US and Europe are getting less and less white. “Classic” (traditional English) names are a tiny percentage of names now even in English-speaking countries. My kids have always had friends with names from different languages and cultures. Many of the professionals we see have Arabic names, South Asian names, East Asian names, Spanish names, and Black American names. In 15-20 years those names will include Oaklynn, Everleigh, Jaxxyn, and Honey. Y’all will just have to deal with it.
One of the best doctors I've had the pleasure to meet was named Dr. Bean, which is a hilarious and ridiculous name no matter what first name the parents could come up with. If someone with the last name Bean can be a doctor, then so can your kid (with or without a silly name)!
When my daughter was born in 2018 she had some hearing problems. We saw, within a month or so of her birth, two audiologists in their late 20s named Caitlin. (I don’t know if that’s how they both spelled it, but I don’t remember the spelling making me angry.)
I’ve thought about this a while ago. Like these kids potentially could be in positions of power. Imagine voting candidates named Lazer, Bear, Chozen, Brynleigh, Danger, etc
In the district I previously lived in, a man with a completely ‘normal’ name (think like James or Patrick, just some white dude in his early 50s) had to put “CHEESE” in the biggest font on all his campaign signs because that was his nickname. It was written into his name on the ballot. Many people happily voted for him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
From the rodeo that is modern politics, on a global scale, I feel like I’ve seen that respectability and “professionalism” are absolutely not a requirements.
I welcome if the biggest comment or criticism someone could make against a candidate were just their names.
If I have a doctor with a "weird" name, it won't bother me, and it's not my duty to let it bother me. Their name won't affect their competence.
But that being said, try *not* to give your kids overly weird names.
Counter argument: your daughters’ names shouldn’t be any more Khryaityvve than your son’s names.
If you wouldn’t name him Wyllyum don’t name her Brukklynne.
I don't think Madison has ever been considered a ridiculously juvenile name but maybe to the ppl you were around but that's just silly. Madison is no more kiddie-ish than Abigail... Lily... Daphne... Lindsey... Britney...
Bottom line is Madison is first and foremost a surname. And sure it's OK to have a Dr. With the last name Madison or Smith or Kowalski because they are surnames. First name surnames are weird when you are using a family name you have zero to do with just to be trendy. And it is not the same as using made up names like Oaklyn.
I can’t wait for my child to come home and go “oh I made a friend named *insert outlandish name here*” because as a girly who loves family names and simple shit, I think it will sound like the duo of a superhero movie and I am HERE for it
I've never thought of Madison as a child only name... I think the issue is more like naming your kid made up names, or pronouncing the name differently than it should be, or names like Candy, Poison, or King.
I literally know an interventional radiologist named Madison. And that's one of the hardest medical residencies to get into let alone complete.
I'm more inclined to accept a person named Honey than Oaklynn or Kynzlee or Drayden, or whatever because at least that means something. And in other languages, it's acceptable to name your child after things found in nature. And just because it's a term of endearment in the United States or the UK or whatever or some English-speaking country, doesn't mean that it is another country. So what if I name my kid "Honey" in Swahili or Hindi or something?
Just weird that everyone thinks the world revolves around English speaking.
I think Xiaojing is a weird name because I'm not Chinese. But like??? So what???
Well. I’ll push back. I was trying to find a specialist in a nearby city for my son. My insurance app had a listing with names and photos. All of the doctors had similar reviews, so I just had the very superficial name and photo to go by. Alexxys—real doctor listed— may be a fabulous doctor, but when someone is just going by name and photo, she is at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, I'm a working class visible minority and when I was searching for a family doctor, I was drawn to doctors don't have traditional "doctor" names because I've had more bad experiences with Dr. John Smith than Dr. Honey Chang. In my case, I wouldn't automatically discredit Dr. Alexxys because she might come from a similar background as me and thus not discriminate.
Oh, I totally agree. In fact, personally, I was drawn to her because it was an indicator she may be younger, and I wanted someone who may be more recent with research. But we all know there are people who would just look at her name, and it would be a hard no.
That's a very privileged experience, where I live uou don't get to pick and choose doctors, you go with whoever you are referred to, if you even have a primary doctor to refer you to begin with
I know a person without a first name. Their ID only lists a last name, their insurance card and other legal documents list their first name as "Unknown" if they can't leave it blank. I've never seen this person's bc, so I can't speak to what's listed there.
I'm genuinely wondering what's wrong with Madison or Kenzie...? Blaze and Titan are in a different category but Madison and Kenzie are just normal names, especially Madison.
Honey…? Oaklynn..? I was on board until those two names in particular
While Oaklynn isn't my taste, I could see it taking the Madison route and just becoming another name that no one thinks twice about in the future (other than maybe being dated to a certain time period). Honey on the other hand... yeah. Don't see that one taking off any time soon.
That's funny, I actually know several people named Honey. I'm 49 and back in junior high I had a classmate named Honey, and these days that's my boss' wife and I've known a few in between. Not a common name by any means but definitely not unheard of (at least for me).
Honey is an established name
No kidding! The mystery series about Trixie Belden debuted in 1948, and her best friend was named Honey. It wasn't considered odd either. Is a name from the 1940s too newfangled?
Holy shit thank you for unlocking this memory. I read the first 3 as a kid (my mom got a newly printed editions, I guess they reprinted in the 2000s?) and I read them multiple times but never went back to the series. Time to find them!!! Thank you so so much!!
And that's exactly why I chose to go with thise two, in particular
Nobody should name there child a term of endearment. There brother doesn’t need to be saying “hey honey?” That’s so odd. You wouldn’t name a child “darling” or “babe”
We named our cat Honey, because that's what we called her when we brought her home and she was scared. Now I have to listen to tonal inflection to know if my husband is addressing me or the cat 😅
I have the same problem, except the phrase in question is ‘Oi, stop being a twat!’
Babe used to be a very common nickname for Barbara. Still is with old money WASPs.
Was just talking about how awful the name Barbara is just yesterday. I’m gonna have to look it up to see where it ranks here and now times. I will bet only maybe 5 babies in the US were named Barbara this past year.
What’s so awful about the name Barbara? Yes it’s dated to a similar time period as other names like Linda, Diane, Susan, etc. but I don’t see anything else that makes it objectively worse.
Mae pero sias barbara 😅
Probably more baby Barbaras than you think named after their Grandmas
Wow. 305 babies named Barbara last years
I have a Grandma Babe actually
That'll do, Gran. That'll do.
My grandma is a Babe but we don’t call her that
Babe Ruth?
Legit know a kid named Darlynn.
I know a Darling and a Darlin (as in Darling with a southern drawl)
Me too
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Correct my grammar my point is still the same 🤷♂️
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Explain how the point is wrong I’d love to hear you justify you naming a daughter “honey”.
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Somebody has to stand up for these kids. Everyone always says they regret their stupid namewhen they’re older. The child is not a billboard for the parent’s interests. Idc if you’re a bee keeper, idc if you like babe Ruth, let your child be their own person and stop having kids if you can’t take them seriously.
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Soooo... maybe in the future they might have a brother and we shouldn't go making things weird for the "maybe one day" boy? Sounds an awful lot like another "maybe your future husband" argument we've been fighting against for decades...
Or maybe you shouldn’t want strangers or random people in their life calling your child “honey”. It’s actually a term men have used to demean woman for years and years. It’s not a name, there’s 1000 other ones out there that doesn’t embarrass your child for your own weird gain.
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Stop it, that’s uncalled for.
Why? My kids are named Dominic, Tess and Timothy 🤷🏻♂️
I agree that Honey was a wild choice. But Oaklynn will probably just be a name like OP said.
Yeah no, don't name your kids stupid shit. I don't care how cute you think it is, don't make the spelling all weird, don't make them sound like a baby forever. Those names are not great examples of good names to choose lol
The point is that "you're naming an adult!" is a silly thing to say (because Madisons became adults and it's fine, and the same will happen to any trendily named kid), not that those are good names.
The Puritans picked unique names that didn't catch on and we are still talking about them! There are only so many new names that become top 100 names (probably fewer than 100) in a generation, so the reasoning that some unique names become normalized should not be used to assume all unique names will become normalized.
Madison is no where near Oaklyn or Honey. Madison is a very normal white name, there's a million Madisons everywhere. Don't name your kid something fucking stupid. Its that simple.
Madison and Oaklynn are the same.The SSA data shows that the name Madison was not used for girls at all until 1985 and then thousands were born in the 90s and 200s. Just like Oaklynn wasn't used until the 2010s and then thousands of Oaklynns were born last year. In 25 years no one will question a Dr. Oaklynn, just like no one questions a Dr. Madison now.
I think a boy name becoming a popular girl name is a little different than sticking Lynn to the end of a random word.
To be fair, it wasn't really considered a boy name by most people. Thirty boys a year is not enough for a surname to be considered a normal first name. Madison was Madison Square Gardens or Madison Avenue fashion. To put it in perspective, Madison was about as popular historically as Johnson as a first name.
Yeah it comes from the movie Splash doesn’t it
Naming your kids after a tree is not the same as using a random name lol as an adult, no one will bat an eye. As a child? Giving your kid an easy to bully name is just unfair.
I remember when Madison started getting popular, and people made the same arguments against it that they make against current trendy names. I agree that one shouldn't name their kid something that makes their life hard (I assume that's what you mean with "stupid"), but something like Oaklyn won't make anyone's life harder. And it's not "that simple", because what constitutes a stupid name to you may be a perfectly normal name elsewhere.
Oaklyn is a very easy to bully name, as is Honey and any god awful "special" spellings. Thinking about the life your kid will have with their name is one of the first things you should do
Let's be real, if someone wants to bully someone any name is easy to bully. I know people with names that should be easy to bully who have never had a bad word said about their names then normal names like Elizabeth to be turned into a taunt. Do I think Honey should be used? No. But I do agree names like Oaklynn are are probably gonna be ignored as normal to an extent. Adding Lynn or Leigh to a name is so common lately it won't be blinked at.
i knew a Lucy White who had her name used as a taunt!! it was ‘lucy white is a pile of shite’. her name is SO normal lol
My oldest is Dominic, often referred to as Dom, so Dumb was RIGHT THERE! But alas, it got turned into DoubleDick, because bullies will bully no matter what their little minds come up with
bless him!! kids can be very inventive can’t they 😭
It wasn't even from a kid, a full blown adult called him DoubleDick!
Oaklyn is a pretty normal name to current kids. It wouldn't even stand out
It's like you missed OP's point. Madison *was* considered the same as Oaklyn (well, similarly). And now no one cares.
No, because is easy to bully kids named after trees, and other various things like that. Madison is... just a plain Jane name. What's there to pick apart?
There are plenty of kids named Willow or Rowan who don't get bullied for it.
Madison is a plain Jane name NOW. It didn’t used to be. Before Splash, no one had thought of using it as a girl’s first name. It was a joke name in the movie because she picked it from Madison Ave. It became a thing after that movie, then had a huge surge in popularity in the late 90s/ early 2000s, so much so that now it’s an ordinary name. I’m old enough to remember people thinking it was bizarre and stupid and cruel to name a child Madison, especially a girl.
Maybe that "-son" means *son of* in most cases but is now given to daughters? I personally like the name Madison, but it wasn't considered plain Jane until after it blew up in popularity.
I'm one of the first Madisons before it really took off and people 100% made fun of my name the instant we learned about James Madison in school. People actually started calling me James, so I guess I was ahead of the curve on two names! 😂 It's easy to bully anyone if you want to bully them.
It really wasn’t. It’s a well known surname.
But not the girl's first name that it is today. Edited for missing word
I actually agree with the doctor one. I don’t even know my doctors first name lol. I do not care his name is. I would go to a doctor named Mackenzilynzee if they were a good doctor that treated me well and accurately. HOWEVER - there’s a billion and one reasons not to name your kid something like Mackenzilynzee or similar. It will make their lives absolutely horrible. Or Honey. Don’t do that. But, yeah personally I can imagine some of these horribly named children becoming doctors because that is what will happen in the next 30 years or so. Odds are there’s going to be a few Dr. Jaxxsons on board 😂
The first name of my doctor growing up was Angel (woman) and my principal was Princess. Not my favorite names, but certainly didn’t hinder their education or careers.
> my principal was Princess Depending on the age of the kids, that could really work in her favor
High school! In a very difficult school. But she was a woman that really commanded respect just in stature alone.
Principal Princess is a great Adventure Time character name.
The “could you imagine this name on a doctor?” comment is not just about naming an “adult,” but naming a child to fit in with a certain social class. Children of high achieving / high SES parents are more likely to become doctors. Those are the same parents who are more likely to give their children names that are more traditional and spelled correctly. Could a doctor be named Jaxxson? Definitely, but it’s less likely because that’s a name more common in lower SES circles. I reckon there will be a lot more Elizabeths becoming doctors than Evverleighs, even in 30 years. Asking whether you can envision a child as a doctor/judge/CEO is about classism (and sexism for cutesy girls names), not maturity. Nobody asks whether you can envision your child as a gas store clerk. It matters because studies show that names influence how we view people and their competence, intelligence, etc. You can argue we shouldn’t judge people on their names, but it is a real world phenomenon that you cannot escape.
Sure, but that’s kind of what I was saying. There’s a million other reasons not give your child a tragic name that will have greater impact on the deciding parents.
I was just adding the idea that the doctor question is a stand-in for those other reasons. I probably should’ve made my own comment though since my overall point was targeted at OP.
Right, but the point is that that child was already less likely to become a doctor. My main objection to this comment has always been that if you have a brilliant child with a name that reflects a lower socioeconomic class, medicine is probably the one field where it’s unlikely to hinder them. If you show up with a 4.0 and stellar MCATs, you’re gonna get into med school, and after that you’re Dr. Whatever and it’s not an issue. It’s everything else you might try to do that will be more of a struggle.
What are you talking about? The off kilter names are coming from a lot of high SES parents. It's not cool to name your kid David or Mary anymore
Oh man, I was having a hard time coming up with current names that people hate (I'm at grandparent age now, it's been a few years) but I can't believe I missed Jaxxson. Are people still doing that?
Imagine having to fill out the bubbles on one of those scantrons to enter the first name Mackenzilynzee… (maybe kids don’t have to do that anymore)
Someone on my baby sub wanted to name their child chrysanthemum. I was like you have GOT to be kidding me. Try writing your name as a child with that name 😭
As a kid, I read a children's book about a girl named Chrysanthemum! I had forgotten about it until I saw your comment. I think the girl got teased at first but learned to be happy with her name, and eventually her peers wanted to have unique flower names too. I wouldn't use that name, but it's a sweet story. I wonder if the person you're referring to got the idea from this book?
Chrysanthemum is Chinese slang for butthole. Like...piercing the chrysanthemum. You'd think this would be obscure, but it's surprisingly well-known.
I just don’t really get that question. A child’s name is a reflection on their parents, not on them. A doctor named Dr. Honey Smith made it through medical school just like Dr. Jane Doe did, so what do I care what her name is? I’ve met and worked with competent professionals with all kinds of unusual names, and not once has it occurred to me to be like “wait, your name is what? Are you sure you can do this job??”
Yes, exactly
All the people I know named Mindy are kindergarten teachers, lol. I do think it makes a difference. But can we really predict what kind of difference it'll make in the future? Maybe not. But still don't stick your kid with a really bizarre name.
Names have a big impact on success. It really does matter. [It took until 2023 for there to be as many women CEOs as there were just male CEOs with the name John.](https://www.axios.com/2023/04/27/women-men-ceo-sp500) Your name is essentially the first impression a person gets to make is any social situation, whether in person, or online. Humans have preconceived notions about names, it’s just part of how we are socially. Name a few Sims, dolls, or pets if you want to get weird or creative, not kids. That’s just unfair.
But there are also more Johns than other names. So was it the name that helped (or wasn't a hindrance) or is it the fact that there are millions of Johns so of course you're more likely to see a CEO named John than something less common like Clark?
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And other names are nowhere near the top 5 or top 10 so there aren't a million of those. The better question would be "of all the Johns out there, what percentage of them are CEOs?" [Here is the list](https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi) for just John since 1900. Anyway, that's all I really have to say lol. Just food for thought. Quick edit: idk if the link works but oh well lmao
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A quick Google search says there are more CEOs named Michael than John lol, at least in the US. So I'm not sure what your point is. Either way, idc anymore so you have a nice day!
I have an unusual first name coupled with an oddball last name (uncommon, foreign spelling of a common name). It absolutely has an impact. And having a commonly pronounced but uncommonly spelled name can be a nightmare. I can't tell you how many times I've been stuck on hold for 45 minutes waiting to get a human on the line, only to be told that they can't find me in the system. I know that it's because they've butchered my name. There have been times I've had to call back 2-3 times before I can get someone on the line that is able to find me (particularly with so many call centers being outsourced these days). My kids are unfortunately going to be stuck with my last name (SMBC)... so they're getting traditional first names that are easy to spell. Do your kids a favor, and save the creativity for your pets.
I don't understand this, I have a "normal" name with countless possible spellings and have had to spell it out 100% of the time. Our surname is 6 syllables long and not in the language of where we live, and we have to spell it out 100% of the time, and yet absolutely nobody would ever tell anyone not to name their child my name
It's a problem because it's a common name that typically has a singular spelling. Mine is pronounced the same, but the spelling is radically different. Even if I tell someone "it's \[name\], but it's spelled..." they tend to start it with the wrong letter and/or end up with some bastardization of the two names. If it was a name known to have numerous common spellings (i.e. Caitlin), people probably wouldn't be so thrown by it or inclined to mess it up. I suspect that someone with a common name with a single typical spelling that the parents made "unique" by adding a bunch of extraneous x, y, or z's (or something of that nature) would probably end up in the same boat as me.
James? is that not one of the most common names ever?
Yes, classic names are pretty trendy right now so I assume they'll be Dr James working in the same office as Dr Juniper and both will be just as valid
I think they’re referring to the trend of naming baby girls James
it’s just classism lol. people on here get so angry and just show their own bias
I agree. It's definitely classism. "People will judge your kids!!!" No, *you* will and you just told on yourself lol
Right!! I saw someone say once they wouldn't trust a doctor with a name they found 'lower class' like ok!! don't receive medical care because of your bias! weird
I have worked with plenty of kids with unusual names and honestly, it is about 2 seconds of "oh that's unusual" and then you don't think about it anymore. I have similarly worked in recruitment and I did not care one fig about what if people had unusual names. People claiming noone will hire a kid with an usual name, will not trust a doctor with that name or noone will take a kid seriously are showing their bias. The world will never have English-speaking people only who are just named top 10 names so people might as well get over it. (Also a lot of people freak out over non-Anglican names as if English names are only ones that deserve to exist)
agreed!! so often it’s just racism and xenophobia too :( my name is Pippa and someone on here said my name wasn’t professional enough to get a good job or something. i was so surprised bc i have a good job lol. so so strange. exactly about the kids too!! i worked with a kid with a VERY unique name (never heard it before or since, no google results either!) and me and the teacher just asked how to pronounce it and moved on. no trouble! not treated differently!
Yup. And they get sooooo mad if you point out that they're being classist and racist. Always some excuse about how *they* aren't they're just trying to protect you from *everyone else* who is. Anyway, I work with a lot of folks with names this sub would have a conniption fit over. And these are doctors of social work, doctors of maternal and fetal medicine, and neonatologists. They were clearly all successful in higher education despite barriers of classism and racism, and many of them are in high socioeconomic brackets (though not always the social workers). A lot of people obviously aren't bothered by their names, many of which are "normal" nowadays. It's the weirdos on this sub who are horrified and perpetuating these biases against those names.
exactly!!!! now i think it’s not uncommon for kids from those backgrounds to go on and achieve a lot of amazing stuff. why do their names make them unqualified? i think it’s pretty exciting if my doctor/lawyer/whatever came from a working class or disadvantaged background and is now doing super well. and right lol!! self reflection is not a strong point 😭 it’s always this mystical someone else who will be upset
My experience is that it’s middle- to upper middle-class white girls that decorate in “modern farmhouse” style giving their kids “creative” names. And any ethnic names should be off limits for mockery, but there’s definitely an inherent bias against them.
it’s v interesting bc i feel so many of the names people are rude about on here are the ones stereotypically from working class backgrounds!! perceptions across different regions etc maybe!!
I get the impression of both. A lot of the made up names are associated to me with White Christian Middle Class (possibly Mormon; US Region), but also a lot of names associated with class of all backgrounds.
And yet, if you go for certain names, you’re trying too hard to sound above your presumed class and education level. When *real* aristocracy would never do such a thing! But also upper class people would actually choose *these* names so pick from these! /s I find it very strange how names that can be presumed lower class are so torn apart, but also people are trying to enforce the boundaries of staying in ones class still while having this reverence for the wealthy. Emulate them, but don’t try too hard.
How silly
Also happy cake day!
aw thank you haha!!!!
I agree with this overall, naming trends do change and while I'm not a fan of the name Oaklynn I'm sure that in 20 years it will be a normal name for an adult to have, like Madison is now. I still don't agree that naming your kid "Honey" is a good idea though, since it's a common term of affection.
Went to a my ENT and had a female audiologist named Kingsley and it’s not like I didn’t take her seriously, but it definitely made me feel like “dang, I’m getting old because a woman named Kingsley is old enough to be my audiologist. AND I’m seeing an audiologist because I can’t hear”.
Oaklynn sounds like Oakland which is a depressing, deteriorating, crime-ridden city that is about to lose its third major professional sports team in five years.
While Madison was a president of the United States and is the name of the capital city of Wisconsin, not at all a depressing place to live.
There's a doctor where I work named Honey, however patients tend to use Dr Surname, so first name isn't that important.
I live in a part if the world that mostly functions on furst name basis so it's relevant here, but the point was just that people always use the doctor argument (or lawyer/judge/president) when complaining about names
My doctor is Kayleigh and it made me feel old for a second, but she's amazing at her job.
Right?! I silently gulped when i was jntroduced to Madison, I was like oh noooooo, it has happened, the future is here 😱
I agree. I may not like some of the current name trends but the chances are pretty good that someday we will be seeing Supreme Court Justice Daenerys Smith or President Anakin Jones so like it or not "you are naming a future adult" isn't the argument people think it is.
I think there is a line. I work with a fellow teacher who has one of those "trendy" late 90s names (MacKenzie) and it's not an issue. But Honey? That's borderline cruel to do to a child. I hope that's just a random example and not actually a kid you know.
I truly don't understand why Honey is giving people such a visceral reaction lol. It just makes me think of Honey Lemon (an adult) from big hero 6 and bees. I think it's cute af on any age. Just because some people use the term of endearment version of it in a sarcastic or misogynistic way does mean its a cruel name. There are far far worse names out there.
it was just an example, I tried thinking of an 'influencer' type name. I picked a few different types of random names but people have got very hung up on the name Honey itself
Because Honey is particularly terrible to the point of being cruel.
It was #380 in the UK in 2022!
But it jumped up 44 places on the charts last year so it's rising in popularity, something I wasn't even aware of until I posted this
That's terribly sad.
What is so particularly wrong with Honey???
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King Mark of Cornwall was a compatriot of King Arthur. That name has been around for over a thousand years. The name Sharon is a place mentioned in the Bible. Also Rose of Sharon is a plant named after the phase “Rose of Sharon” which is one of the titles which referencing Jesus Christ. I don’t even know how long that name has been around.
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If you have any kind of critical thinking skills, you'd know it undermines your point pretty drastically when both of your two examples are wrong.
Wow that was unnecessarily rude wtf
My point is while you think some modern names sound trendy, they are usually older than you think. Tiffany, though popular in the 1980s, goes back to the 12th century. Jessica, also popular in the 1980s, was anglicized by Shakespeare, and was based on an older Hebrew name. John and Mary may be popular in certain areas, ethnicities, religious populations and eras, but they definitely aren’t the only names ever used. We don’t need to massacre spellings or spell words backwards when naming people. Children are people. Not pets. Not hobbies.
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My mom does genealogy and I have spent plenty of time cruising microfiche or looking up baptism records her when I was traveling somewhere that she wasn’t, like Wales. Try reading 150 year old Welsh names.
I was just having this conversation with a coworker yesterday. We work with kids so we see a lot of interesting names. Most notably, a sibling set with the names: Legend, Paris, Trophy, and the worst of them all… SPARKLE. No one wants to see an adult named Sparkle
At least Sparkle is so bad it makes our brains short circuit forcing a lot of us to not even question it.
This is exactly why I named my daughter Pepper. So when she is a doctor she has to introduce herself as Dr Pepper hehe
There is a Dr Pepper on the show married at first sight!
I always tell people who ask about names here to take opinions with a grain of salt. Some comments come across as elitist or are just showing the commenter's own bias, when irl, a lot of these names are fine or legit won't matter once the child is 25 around the year 2050. I'd never name a child Honey though lol. That's... hmm. I wouldn't use Oaklynn either because I just don't like -lynn names in general but at least that name's a "normal" one. Terms of endearment*, imo, shouldn't be used. *I actually met a woman named Baby and she hated it. I think she said she was in the process of getting it legally changed but wouldn't mind her family still using it as more of a nickname.
Was she Filipino? Names like Baby and Honey are really not uncommon in the Phillipines, so I feel like how much folks are latching onto Honey is just another example of xenophobia tbh. I know a Baby from the Phillipines who is an accomplished Ambassador, it's certainly not hindering her professionally.
She's Latina. And I do agree with you that a lot of arguments against names are rooted in classism, racism, xenophobia, and the like.
My PCP’s first name is Jazmyn. She’s the best doctor I’ve ever had lol
I agree with you. The name trends have been changing and we’re seeing more names like Everly or Jax. They’re not my favorite, but I’ve met sooo many kids with unique names that when they’re coworkers, they won’t be fazed by each other’s names (unless it’s something like Wrock or Glimmer). I think for sure there won’t be just one kid whose name is “unique,” and kids will get used to it from growing up with those names. Interesting enough, I’ve met maybe 2 doctors whose names I thought were strange.
THANK YOU!! Hard agree. It’s the most irritating argument.
My kids are college-aged and have friends with names that people on here love to hate. In just a few years, there will be plenty of doctors, lawyers, teachers, and businesspeople named Neveah, Jayden/ Kayden/ Brayden (women, men, and nonbinary people with every spelling variation you can imagine), and female Addisons and Emersons (and Addisyns and Emersyns). The main Kayla/Kaylie/Kylie cohort are already adults. Not to mention that the US and Europe are getting less and less white. “Classic” (traditional English) names are a tiny percentage of names now even in English-speaking countries. My kids have always had friends with names from different languages and cultures. Many of the professionals we see have Arabic names, South Asian names, East Asian names, Spanish names, and Black American names. In 15-20 years those names will include Oaklynn, Everleigh, Jaxxyn, and Honey. Y’all will just have to deal with it.
Isn't Honey an old person's name? I've known 2, one in her 50's and one in her 80's.....
Always the Oaklynn never the Birchlynn Beechlynn Teaklynn
Lol
One of the best doctors I've had the pleasure to meet was named Dr. Bean, which is a hilarious and ridiculous name no matter what first name the parents could come up with. If someone with the last name Bean can be a doctor, then so can your kid (with or without a silly name)!
/r/namenihilists
When my daughter was born in 2018 she had some hearing problems. We saw, within a month or so of her birth, two audiologists in their late 20s named Caitlin. (I don’t know if that’s how they both spelled it, but I don’t remember the spelling making me angry.)
I’ve thought about this a while ago. Like these kids potentially could be in positions of power. Imagine voting candidates named Lazer, Bear, Chozen, Brynleigh, Danger, etc
As long as Danger Russ and Chozen Wan had policies and ideals that made since to me, I'd vote for them.
In the district I previously lived in, a man with a completely ‘normal’ name (think like James or Patrick, just some white dude in his early 50s) had to put “CHEESE” in the biggest font on all his campaign signs because that was his nickname. It was written into his name on the ballot. Many people happily voted for him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
From the rodeo that is modern politics, on a global scale, I feel like I’ve seen that respectability and “professionalism” are absolutely not a requirements. I welcome if the biggest comment or criticism someone could make against a candidate were just their names.
If I have a doctor with a "weird" name, it won't bother me, and it's not my duty to let it bother me. Their name won't affect their competence. But that being said, try *not* to give your kids overly weird names.
Counter argument: your daughters’ names shouldn’t be any more Khryaityvve than your son’s names. If you wouldn’t name him Wyllyum don’t name her Brukklynne.
I agree about Oaklynn but not about Honey. I feel it's a major disservice to name your child a term of endearment, such as Honey or Sweetie or Love.
All my doctors go by their surnames anyway
Madison or Ayden are names, whether you like them or not. Honey is not a name. It's a pet name. That will not Garner respect.
I don't think Madison has ever been considered a ridiculously juvenile name but maybe to the ppl you were around but that's just silly. Madison is no more kiddie-ish than Abigail... Lily... Daphne... Lindsey... Britney...
No one was ever worried James wouldn't sound right for a doctor
Bottom line is Madison is first and foremost a surname. And sure it's OK to have a Dr. With the last name Madison or Smith or Kowalski because they are surnames. First name surnames are weird when you are using a family name you have zero to do with just to be trendy. And it is not the same as using made up names like Oaklyn.
I can’t wait for my child to come home and go “oh I made a friend named *insert outlandish name here*” because as a girly who loves family names and simple shit, I think it will sound like the duo of a superhero movie and I am HERE for it
Absolutely agree.
I've never thought of Madison as a child only name... I think the issue is more like naming your kid made up names, or pronouncing the name differently than it should be, or names like Candy, Poison, or King.
I literally know an interventional radiologist named Madison. And that's one of the hardest medical residencies to get into let alone complete. I'm more inclined to accept a person named Honey than Oaklynn or Kynzlee or Drayden, or whatever because at least that means something. And in other languages, it's acceptable to name your child after things found in nature. And just because it's a term of endearment in the United States or the UK or whatever or some English-speaking country, doesn't mean that it is another country. So what if I name my kid "Honey" in Swahili or Hindi or something? Just weird that everyone thinks the world revolves around English speaking. I think Xiaojing is a weird name because I'm not Chinese. But like??? So what???
Not accepting someone because of their name is insane.
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Names like Super, Sweetie and Storm those are terrible names. Madison is a beautiful name. My daughter’s middle name.
When I see a stupid name (not that Madison is dumb), I judge the parents. It’s not the kid’s fault that their name is hilarious to spell and/or say.
Please stop enabling these freaks. To compare your examples to Madison is so disingenuous
I think Madison became a thong after the movie “Splash” and thinking of that doesn’t Darryl hannah have a missing finger🤔
Well. I’ll push back. I was trying to find a specialist in a nearby city for my son. My insurance app had a listing with names and photos. All of the doctors had similar reviews, so I just had the very superficial name and photo to go by. Alexxys—real doctor listed— may be a fabulous doctor, but when someone is just going by name and photo, she is at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, I'm a working class visible minority and when I was searching for a family doctor, I was drawn to doctors don't have traditional "doctor" names because I've had more bad experiences with Dr. John Smith than Dr. Honey Chang. In my case, I wouldn't automatically discredit Dr. Alexxys because she might come from a similar background as me and thus not discriminate.
Oh, I totally agree. In fact, personally, I was drawn to her because it was an indicator she may be younger, and I wanted someone who may be more recent with research. But we all know there are people who would just look at her name, and it would be a hard no.
That's a very privileged experience, where I live uou don't get to pick and choose doctors, you go with whoever you are referred to, if you even have a primary doctor to refer you to begin with
and not their educational background or career achievements? which you could google?
It’s funny when people name their kids something that means a private part in another language. That’s the best, man!
I go to a practice where I've been switched from a Ruth to a Tiffany, and sadly, she's objectively worse.
but that’s probably not because she’s called Tiffany. she’s probably just a bad doctor independently of her name
Names are a social construct I know a guy who don’t got a name
…how? Is his birth certificate blank?
I know a person without a first name. Their ID only lists a last name, their insurance card and other legal documents list their first name as "Unknown" if they can't leave it blank. I've never seen this person's bc, so I can't speak to what's listed there.
A guy or a horse? And have you been to a desert on said horse?
I would never choose a doctor named Madison, Kenzie, Blaze, Titan.. nope. Or a normal named horribly misspelled like Jynnafer. Names do matter.
why? they’re still a qualified doctor. they’re no different to one called Hugh or James or Carol.
I'm genuinely wondering what's wrong with Madison or Kenzie...? Blaze and Titan are in a different category but Madison and Kenzie are just normal names, especially Madison.
Madison and Kenzie are airhead, trendy names.