🚫 What Are Your Baby Name Dealbreakers? 🚫

You be the judge of these oddly specific scenarios

We bid a bittersweet farewell to our beloved team member Emma Waterhouse at the end of August. Emma has acted as Head Moderator on the forums since 2017 and has transformed it into the wonderful and distinct community it is today.

I’m thrilled to announce that I have taken over the role of Head Moderator (through my forum alias, Kipperbo1). I am so excited to embark on this journey with all of you name nerds and help the Nameberry community continue to flourish and grow.

In my newsletter segments, I will be highlighting the most creative, most helpful, and most entertaining forum happenings.

So without further ado, here’s what you missed on the forums!

Baby Name Dealbreakers

We name nerds have some pretty specific criteria when choosing that perfect name. Avoiding these dealbreakers we set for ourselves can be a fun puzzle — or stressful challenge.

There are plenty of straightforward, no-further-discussion dealbreakers, such as the name of a partner’s ex, or the name of the family cat. But what about some more complex and outlandish scenarios?

Decide for yourself whether these would be dealbreakers or not. But first, a fitting meme from the Nameberry Memes thread:

Ironic meanings

Accidental Namesakes

Just Live With It

A thread on the forums has sparked some interesting conversations and story-sharing.

The experience of living with a given name can truly shape a person’s own naming style and values in a name.

My own name — Brynn — ranked at Number 616 in the US the year I was born. I did not meet another Brynn until I was in my late teens, and to this day know very few — which is reflected today in my own love of unique names.

But having a unique name has its inconveniences too. Substitute teachers and Starbucks baristas almost always pronounced my name “Brian” or “Brine”, or even occasionally “Byron”. When written, the spelling is often guessed as “Brin” or “Bryn”.

What is your experience of living with your own name? Would you recommend your own name to an expecting parent?

Other happenings:

• How Millennial is your name? This is for you, Jessica and Michael.

• What wacky words would actually make nice names? Sunrise? Clarity? Pomegranate??

• This week’s blogs featured two of the hottest name aesthetics today: Cottagecore and Hipster Cowboy.