hey guys! this video has been reuploaded as in the first version a picture was overlayed whilst i discussed the Prophet Muhammad, some of you guys informed me that this is offensive and for that i apologise profusely! this was due to my own ignorance and i will absolutely do better next time, thank you to everybody who let me know, and i hope you guys enjoy this video xx
Totally don't think you made the wrong decision by removing the image, but there's a huge and complicated history behind this. Images of the Prophet and figural images are not banned in the Qu'ran, as many claim. But I definitely think if people don't like it removing the image is the best idea.
Not against “unique” baby names, as rich ppl often tend to be more self-focused like preferring uniqueness over conformity, but Slim Easy is certainly a…choice
Fun baby name story: my older sister was originally going to be named Norah, but Norah Jones was a really popular singer at the time, and my mom didn't want people to think she named her after a famous singer... so she named her Adele 😂
My family has a similar fun story like that! My aunt wanted to name her daughter Rosa but my mother told them to not name their kid a foreign name because it would cause the child some problems. 1 year later I’m born and she names me after Tyra Banks of all people hahaha. Mind you we in a non-English speaking country
Germany, in the mid eighties, friends of my mother's are trying to find a name for their son that's not too common or popular but still a proper, normal name. As long as there won't be a classmate of the same name, it'd be okay. The child eventually is called Boris. Just a couple of months later, Boris Becker has his breakthrough as a tennis superstar. Well, little Boris wouldn't be the only one of his name in his class. Or his football team.
Here's an random thing I learned recently - in South Korea it's actually pretty common for people to change their names as adults. It's to the extent that there's even data on which names people changed their names to the most in each year. It's like trendy baby names but it's adults!
That's interesting. I only knew about those who move to English-speaking countries using English-sounding names like Dan, Eugene, Stella, etc. But didn't know that about people living in SK changing their names too.
I think it’s more that inventing names is more obvious than choosing a name that is just in the dictionary somewhere. Falashaday for example feels very made up and crazy, while other names have an origin point or definition easily directed to. The difference is “that sounds cool” VS “that is meaningful”. I wouldn’t chop it down to race though, because plenty of non white children have traditional names. It’s more a case of class, or education. For example families that didn’t get a chance to attend school full time might miss-spell or invent a name, rather than research actual names with meaning. Farm families, or families from undeveloped countries, etcetera…
@@desyxd4400I don’t think you understand their argument. They aren’t saying that BIPOC don’t use traditional names, they’re saying that we would be looked down upon for using unique names compared to their wealthier and/or whiter counterparts.
It's always trashy Sober edit: if you're black and descended from slavery then I get it if you want to define your kids' identity by not using names from the culture that enslaved/erased your own. For everyone else though... trashy
my sister is an OBGYN so delivers babies sometimes, some of the worst i've heard of: zoohey, kyal, auscar, shanayed, taelah.. i don't mind a unique name but Australians have a way of taking a "normal" name and making the spelling SO HORRENDOUS and you just have to wonder why they want to make their child's life so hard.
I don't think that's unique, I'm Brazilian and we have the same thing with names, there are very creative crazy names like "Paullynelly", for example, there is lots of unnecessary letters , and lots of adding suffisex from other languages, like "Richarlison".
Hi, writing from Turkey here. At university I had 3 friends, Ebru, Esra and Esin. We were all born within the same 5-6 year period. So Ebru had a sister whose name was Esra, Esra had a sister whose name was Ebru. And Esin had two sisters, named Ebru and Esra. The same 2 names were used exhaustively. My name is an old Turkish word, and so is my husband's. We named our children with similar, well-known but not very common names. So they are usually the only person with that name in their classrooms but they don't have to repeat or spell their names to people they meet for the first time.
Fun fact: in Iceland, we actually have a committee which dictates which names are allowed and which aren't - a.k.a. you most definitely cannot name your child whatever here. You can actually access a list of their rulings - whether they have allowed or denied a certain name, INCLUDING the names - and the list can be very entertaining at times lmaoo Edit: I've fallen down the rabbit hole of reading through their list of rulings and while it can be very funny (the things people come up with omg) and I sometimes find myself disagreeing with their rulings, I have seen a wonderful amount of gender-neutral names being added to the list (as our language is very gendered, most of our names tend to be very distinctly male or female). I just thought that's really cool :)
Same in Hungary. If you come up with a new name, you have to get if officially approved by the committee first, and every year they publish the list of newly available names.
in czech republic we have an official list of approved names that gets updated. don't know if i can access the rulings, but here, the insane names that didn't get through usually end up as subjects of news articles, so there's gotta be a way. so, i'm on a mission right now :D
@@christinetobiasz We have special rules for immigrants and people of foreign descent, if that's what you mean. Those who move here may of course keep their names and are also allowed to take up an Icelandic first and/or middle name. Children who are born here and have at least one parent that is/has been a citizen elsewhere should have at least one Icelandic first name but may also have names from their native roots, regardless of whether they fit our naming rules or not :) If you mean how we feel about others using Icelandic names - go for it! (if you can pronounce them lol)
A few years ago I read the book “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” by Austin Channing Brown for a class. I still remember how the author, a Black woman, talked about how her parents purposefully gave her a masculine, typically white name because they were thinking of how it would be perceived on things like job applications.
Yep, my sister and I (also a woman) in the early/mid 90s were both given unisex (but male leaning) names with the reasoning of job applications etc. There are a few studies out there showing that an identical resume with a masculine name vs a feminine name will get more hits with the masculine name.
@@DevonElmore wow, same here! my mom gave me (a black woman) a very white male name in the early 90s. Nowadays in an era of defaulting to "they" or just using first names when unsure of someone's gender, I still get mail, email, and phone calls addressed with "Mr."
@whispersweetnothingsuwu I'm sorry you hate it! The only Tyler I've ever known is a black woman (my cousin) that i love, so to me it's always been the name for a beautiful black girl
My name is Maja and, been brazilian, it's very unique here. I've never met nobody named the same in my 29 years. It was quite amusing knowing how common it is in other countries. The difference is in the pronunciation, since in portuguese the "j" sounds more similar to the one in "Jammal" or the french "Je" or "bonjour". 😊
in brazil, families living in slums name their kids very unique names because, if the police is looking for a criminal with the same name, more often than not they'll get the first roberto to cross their path than to actually look further.
@@afiaohemeng8627No, they're saying those families want their kids to have a unique name so that they won't be mistakenly/lazily arrested just because they share a common first name with the wanted person. So, using a unique name to give their kids an added layer of protection.
In the Philippines many jobs require a police clearance and if you have a common name, you’ll have a harder time getting one. It’s a stupid system because they don’t take middle names (mum’s maiden surname) into account
Just going by how they sound though a lot of infections would make nice names. I bet in some parallel universe there's a dope set of twins named Chlamydia and Listeria
I think another reason is that we are way more comfortable being on a first name basis with people than in the past. Back then anyone who wasn’t a close friend or family member was Mr. or Mrs. their surname. My sociology professor explained it like this: a hundred years ago it didn’t matter if every man on the street was called John because you would have known them as Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, etc. We are essentially only known by our first names now so there is more desire for that name to be individual
That’s a good point! People used to know each other by last name, meanwhile I don’t think I’ve ever called someone “Mr/Mrs Last Name” except for teachers at school.
I wonder why they started going by first names now. Nowadays you don’t refer to anyone as Mr/Mrs unless it’s very professional, like your boss at work or a teacher at school.
I think you can select something like "show unavailable videos" in the burger menu of your watch later playlist if you have videos in there that aren't visible. You can't watch it of course, but at least you'll have peace of mind about what it was :D
The culture/history angle is on point. In Eastern Germany people didn’t have a lot of access to other cultures, so after the wall fell they started to give their children well-known English or French names which were oftentimes pronounced wrong due to the lack of western language education. That combined with Eastern Germany having lower pay and being cheaper to live there cliché English or French names (e.g. Samantha, Cedrick, Jerome) have become associated with lower income and an Eastern German background.
I think it's not just east german, like that family from the meme "Silvana, loredana, estefania, calantha, jeremy-pascal" was from the Ruhrgebiet I think. Some names are strictly eastern though, like Doreen (whereas Dorothea is the version used in the West)
You did not even mention Kevin....never met so many Kevins as in Eastern Germany. Coincidentally I have a few Eastern Germans staying with me right now and none of them have a traditional German name. And yes, of course there is also a Kevin 😂
It’s funny how pop culture because when you mention the name Jemima, I immediately thought of pancake brand and I was like oh she was named after pancakes?😂😂😂
2001 baby named Comfort here! This is such an interesting conversation (mainly because I look at what a lot of celebrities name their children, fully forgetting that my own name is quite different). I was born in Nigeria where giving your child an English name was/is very common. For reference, my grandma decided my name, and I am named after somebody that was very important to her. Also, Nigerian (and some African) parents use the naming custom of naming your child positive things, think of it as a proclamation on that child, and what you wish for them to be in life. Growing up in a predominantly white country (Australia) with a unique name like that makes for very interesting experiences, more so because it’s very commonplace for names to be shortened. As you can imagine, nicknames like comfy were super common, and it’s something that I can’t escape even in my adult life now 😂. I also do get assholes that call me things like comfortable, uncomfortable, discomfort, the list goes on. As a child, I used to hate my unique name because I hated how much attention I got for it, but as an adult, I love it, mainly because I don’t think I’ve stumbled across another Comfort, and because it’s a very memorable name, I am easier to remember (which has its benefits with things like job interviews). Interestingly enough, when other Africans try to guess where I am from based on my name, a lot seem to think that I am from Zimbabwe, and it’s mainly because it’s common knowledge that Zims love to name their children very unique and interesting names. So it’s very fascinating to see and experience how someone’s name could be used to correctly (and incorrectly) place their origins/background.
I went to school with a number of people who had come over from West or East Africa. One girl from Ghana was named Solace and another girl (I don’t remember where she was from) was named Endurance. Neither of them went by nicknames and no one batted an eye over their names here in the DC area
My name is Riley and I'm 27. I'm a pre Inside Out Riley by a long shot and always liked my name, but did always consider my name to be a boys name. I would always squeal excitedly when I met another girl Riley and it's becoming more and more common an occurance. But I'll never forget working at a cafe when I was 23 and a regular customer asked for my name and said in response, "Ohhhh you're a Riley before it became cool!" and it streamlined seratonin into my little egotistical rat brain so fast, I don't think I'll ever forget a hit like that
In middle school, there was a girl a grade above me, named Riley and she was considered one of the “popular” girls. We weren’t friends but I always really liked her. She was very pretty and sweet and likable. I don’t think I heard of a “male” Riley until I was a bit older.
I had a fairly similar situation, I'm Polish (live in the UK though), and my mum wanted my sister and I to have names that everyone could pronounce and were normal, but not too common. I'm Laura, and growing up I only knew one girl (also Polish) who was called that. Fast forward to now, famous footballer Lewandowski named his daughter Laura, and when I visit Poland every other toddler/little girl the parents are calling is called that. My family laughs that I was named that before it was popular.
My name is Abigail, and I honestly think it’s the best name in the whole world. It’s elegant, professional, and cute-all at the same time. I usually go by Abby, and that is just as versatile. It’s a common enough name that my name is almost always spelled correctly at Starbucks, but not so common that I hear it constantly. Honestly couldn’t pick a better name for myself if I tried.
when i hear Abigail i picture a southern american little girl with ginger or blonde pigtails wearing dungarees for some reason, maybe because it’s not that common in the UK- however when i hear Abby i think of a popular girl
My favourite name story is Jujubee from RuPaul’s Drag Rave. Her mother was an immigrant and wants to call her baby something very American. They’d just arrived in America so the baby was called ‘Airline.’ Their name is literally Airline. Also, when I was a kid, I LOVED the name ‘Isis’ and wanted it as a baby name if I ever had a girl when I grew up 💀
@@arthursmarthurthat’s the only thing that came to mind when reading OP’s comment. Then I read yours and was like “What else could it be? What’s wrong with this name?” Then I realized… Even then, it’s just so feminine and very much associated with the goddess in my head. Always will be.
You can change the pronunciation! I've met an Isis before, but she's Mexican so it is pronounced like "eee-sees" (both of the "i's" would be pronounced like the first "e" in eat)
I have always loved the name Vladimir and wanted it for my son. He was born right after Putin invaded Ukraine, so I had to come up with something else 😑
I didn’t like my name, Desireé, until I attended an American school in Korea (on a military base) and everyone had the same names; Esther, Grace, Jennifer, Katie, Hannah, Angela. I was glad no one shared my name until my senior year when a new girl with my name came into the scene haha.
I remember being facinated by celebrity weird baby names. One year, I heard the name Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell on the list, and thought it was the craziest name I'd ever heard
"Pirate" is really the only one I think is super weird here, "Billie" is usually a nickname and "Baird" is usually a surname, but I still think Billie works as a name and historically giving kids a parent's maiden name or other family surname was quite common.
@@Housewarmin can’t say for sure but I think Eilish is an Irish name or a variant on one. I used to know someone with the first name Eilis (who pronounced her name like “ail-ish”)
Something really interesting I’m finding where i’m from (Belfast) is that there’s a boom in reclaiming of the Irish language and therefore people are now trying to find unique Irish names as opposed to anglicised names, as in the past it was seen as hindering a child by giving it an Irish name in Belfast, like how my mother wanted to call me Clíodhna but settled on Megan because of people putting her off an Irish name
I have a very traditional Irish first name (Brigid), though I'm from the US. I used to constantly hear from Irish people, of that was my Granny's name, recently, I've been hearing, that's my niece's name
@@valf156115yes and no its quite a complicated situation more young people are making the effort to learn irish and use it in their everyday lives, especially amongst young people in the northern occupied counties as a sort of protest and reclamation of their roots (irish has now surpassed french and become the most popular 2nd language for gcse students to study in school) however i do think that more needs to be done especially in the republic and especially by the government irish is compulsory in irish schools obviously and you have to take it as a subject until you graduate at 18 however there’s not a huge amount of resources in terms of learning it by yourself or in a fun way so you’re largely relying on your school teachers and that can be very hit or miss as obviously a teacher can make or break a subject for a student and if the teacher isn’t very good or very engaging the language ends up becoming a chore and students dont want to learn it they treat it the same way as french or spanish, get through the exams but ill never need to know how to talk to someone about my holiday or what i do on the weekends in that language very few people speak irish as their first language, there are pockets of what’s called gaeltachts which are the irish speaking areas, one in waterford in the south, one in kerry in the south west, one in connemara/galway in the west and one in donegal in the north west there are no gaeltacht areas in the east of the country they were eradicated because the east was the closest to dublin which was historically the enclave of the british stationed in ireland the problem with these gaeltacht areas is that they have an ageing population, due to the fact that historically the west was poorer and so there are less opportunities for young professionals in these rural areas so they tend to move to galway or limerick or up to dublin and the people left behind are elderly that’s not to say that young kids and families dont exist in these areas but it can make it hard to establish a strong community and extend the area of the gaeltacht and increase speaking irish in the surrounding areas when the majority of your population is elderly another thing thats important to note is that irish can vary greatly depending on the dialect, munster irish is very different to connaught irish which is different again to ulster irish. but the problem is that the irish taught in schools and used formally is not any of those dialects, even if you’re teaching irish in munster you’re teaching leinster/high/formal irish which is then not very useful in every day conversations with someone who is fluent in the munster irish dialect where you are from irish culture and the language and songs are very strong in oral tradition which makes it really hard to write down properly to preserve and teach and therefore its really important to keep the language alive through native speakers, initiatives to increase the fluency of the population, etc etc this was probably super long sorry about that but obviously its very important and interesting to me as an irish person born in london, my dad is fluent in irish because his mother was a schoolteacher and for primary teaching its compulsory to be fluent in irish. however my dad never bothered to teach me because he felt like it wasn’t important for me growing up in london and so i felt like i lost a connection to my heritage a little bit by not being able to speak or understand it irish is such a poetic and expressive language and often many phrases or sentences cant be translated into english directly because there just isn’t a translation or a way to explain it, there are 32 words in irish for field for example depending on the type of field it is, what’s grown there, how rocky it is, what livestock is grazed there and so if we lose the language and its intricacies we lose our connection to the land and our heritage too im trying to learn irish on duolingo but for the reasons i mentioned above its quite hard as its really rudimentary and often the phrases im learning aren’t very helpful anyways so im looking into getting a private tutor but thats also proving quite hard and also expensive
As someone who grew up with one of the most popular girl names around, it was awful. there were five girls on my soccer team that had my name. If people said hi to me in the hallway, I would just ignore them thinking they are probably talking to some other girl with the same name. it made me feel lost in my identity. i’ve now changed my name as an adult and feel much better about myself. i feel more like myself with the new name. i also got to see applying for the same job with the same credentials but just changing my name. i received a response with the new, more unique name (probably since it is more memorable)
I have been named the feminine version of my fathers name. It just happened to be super popular when I was born. I hated when someone called my name, just for me to realise they were calling someone else. Few months ago I was in the hospital. The nurse was surprised as to how many women had the same name and surname as me. I just said: "I met two of them." I am thinking of leaving country. If I do, I will suddenly have a unique name because nobody has probably heard of it there. I won't be surprised if it gets mispronounced.
In Nigeria, naming conventions are split between blessings in our respective native languages (most times containing God like "Oluwa" in Yoruba or "Chi" in Igbo), biblical names, attribute names (as I like to call them like Precious, Gift, Faith, Godspower) and common english names, there are also some intersections with parents name their kids stuff like "Adaeze" which means first daughter in Igbo or like "Esupofo" which means the devil has failed in Yoruba lolol. To me, most Yoruba names have no gender. You could see a Temi or Tolu on list and have no idea if they were male or female until you met them
It's so interesting that "Jordan" is considered a boy name where Jordan is from but where I'm from it's actually one of the most common names for boys and girls.
yea same here, except most of the girl jordan’s i’ve met spelled it with a Y instead of an A because it’s the more feminine spelling. But not all of em
Yeah. I'm the same age as Jordan and have a twin brother with the name, but I definitely know more girls with the moniker here in the US (with the same spelling).
It sounds nice in the English description, but the actual Kirakira names are…something. Like 光宙（read as Pikachu）or 王子様 (equivalent of “Prince charming”) …People end up feeling sorry for the kid having a weird name and tend to think their parents are uneducated or something
Nah it's not that glamorous lol Kirakira name now is a negative word, referring to names that are unique... but dodgy 😂 And that the parents are chavs 😂
my name is pia and i love it! growing up, i was alright with it, but i did prefer other more “normal” names. when i introduced myself to people the response was either “oh that’s pretty i’ve never met anyone with that name” or “oh i know like one other person with that name.” i do think it’s funny that my name was most often met with a reaction to its rarity. nowadays i think pia is becoming more common, at the very least as a nickname to sophias. go pias!! i love thinking about names and naming psychology so this was a fun watch :)
Jordan, never apologize for your quoting!! If anything, I hope more creators were this through with citing information, especially after so many plagiarism scandals
my dad named me alexandra because he was obsessed with alexander the great. i am a sri lankan 😂 it's a very common name but not where i live so i guess i'm lucky???
This is so interesting because in Estonia we have pretty clear laws about naming your baby. There is a whole bunch of grammatical and social restrictions on naming your kid. Mainly these laws are related to our language and preserving it: for example, you cannot name your kid some name that uses foregin and Estonian grammar structure (like “Cätlin” - it has a unique Estonian letter “ä” but also a foregin letter “c”). You also can’t name your kid something that has a “inappropriate” meaning or a name that is a known person’s name. Of course there are exeptions and everything, but I always find it so facinating when I hear some of these American baby names haha.
It's very similar in Hungary. Now i live in Canada, we have Lily, Lili, Lilli, Lilly Lhili, Lilih, Lyly, Lilie, and who knows what else. I think the European idea, one spelling for a name is great.
One fun baby name fact I love is that one of the top girls baby names in 2023 in Australia was “Matilda” in the year where our national women’s football team the “Matilda’s” came fourth in the FWWC
I also feel that all those baby name lists are often very Eurocentric, and if parents want to look for name inspiration that don’t sound “white” they will have to search that up specifically Edit: I think it’s probably important to say that I live in America, since results will likely vary based on where you live.
More like Western European. Slavic or Hungarian names have never become more popular. Apart from some individual Ivans or Vlads, which evoke a clear association with Russia. Very few people are inspired by names such as Bronisław, Wojciech or Kazimiera.
@@gadziegardo7588 I would say Anglo-centric, I do wish Jordan's video had included more mention of names and naming traditions from other cultures around the world (I personally come from a slavic country & love traditional slavic names, but I know that there are many different baby naming traditions in the cultures of indigenous/native people in the Americas, AUS, NZ and Oceania, as well as in the different African and Asian cultures). This video was conceptualized as social commentary informed by her personal experiences and knowledge, but I would be curious to see a part 2 that employs a more global, culturally inclusive view
@@laram5931 Yes. I'm just tired of constantly hearing about Eurocentrism/white culture when people using this term actually mean Anglo-Saxon/Germanic or Mediterranean culture.
My name is Saya and I’ve never met another person with my name. I grew up in a very white area and I was made fun of a lot for my name, especially when we had substitute teachers because they couldn’t pronounce my name however growing up it’s been completely opposite because so many people say, oh I wish I had a unique name like yours. I remember also being so sad that I could never find my name on a keychain lol but I think having a unique name as you get older you appreciate it.
fun fact: saya has the same pronunciation as saia which means skirt in portuguese lmao so if you ever come to brazil people will probably think its a bit weird! its a beautiful name tho :) i really like it
@@laurasita8617wow that is so funny I didn’t know that! I believe in Malaysia “Saya” is “I” in english so they use my name a lot haha but that’s so funny to know thanks for sharing
I was honestly shocked when I found out that Justin and Hailey named their son “Jack”… like WAY more shocked than I would’ve been if they gave him a uNiQuE name lmao
As someone with a wildely common name, I'm extremely bitter about it. I don't even turn around when someone calls my name because I always assume they're talking to someone else which completely defeats the purpose of having a name.
My children have common names (top 20 for decades). I had considered that I had done them a disservice but I wonder if their names will give them a degree of anonymity in the future.
Or parents just liking the name. Or not necessarily preffering a boy. But men are often taken more seriously in written form. Like emails. So there is a chance your daughter will be taken more seriously. Because when she's grown up, and emailing, just signing her name makes especially men, sometimes think she is a man. And thus given more respect. This is kinda negated by LinkedIn and stuff. As someone with a gender neutral name. As a child? I wanted to have a girly name. Now, as an adult? Fuck yeah.
@@fh9061 my dad tried to do this with me! im the youngest of 3 girls (im not a girl anymore) and he wanted to name a boy brutus. said that even if i "was a girl" hed name me brutus, but that was way over the line for my mom LMFAO
It annoys the most because it’s frowned upon for boys to have girls names. I mean technically you can name your son Elaine, Diane, Helen, etc but you probably wouldn’t. It’s really not fair.
I like sweet spot names, names that are not common but ultimately familiar to others in your community, like Eden, Alicia or Bryson (speaking from the US).
I’m convinced one of the most brutal places on the internet are the baby name communities, especially parents *very* upset that all the good “boy names” are being taken over by girls. we didn’t tell anyone our kid’s name until after they were born - we just weren’t interested in any of the (extreme) opinions people can have
They are free to combat this issue by using girls' names for boys. But oh wait, that would be emasculation, so sadly in this society, we cannot do it...
@@linnearoyale I've seen the people on r/tragedeigh have to constantly remind people that "No, that name's not a tragedeigh, it's just Gaelic" among MANY other languages. Yeah, name taste brings out the WORST, and I know as someone who is judgemental that unless it's someone who doesn't realize the name sounds like "Dinosaur" or wants to name their kid after a Nazi, I shouldn't offer my opinion.
I'm currently pregnant and we're doing the same. The thought process is just not anyone's business really and random people get so heated and entitled over it, I saw it before my niece was born and was so shocked that I thought I'll just keep it to myself until it's set in stone when the time comes. I find that besides absolute extreme cases (positive or negative) I never even think twice about or judge people's names when I'm introduced to someone new. Like that's just their name. As soon as you know somebody, their name seems natural and it's out of question that it could have been anything else, right? How you name a child feels like such a huge decision, but I guess once it's done it's an absolutely mundane thing and rarely a topic of discussion anymore. Edit: I think the extreme opinions and heated discourse come down to perceived personhood (or lack thereof) of babies and children. Some people are having trouble acknowleding that a baby is a whole human and more than just a name/an accessory of their parents whereas in adults their name is just one of many features about a person and one that they never even had control over. Other things are far more interesting and telling.
@@elizabethcassidy8082 lol yes I don’t have an english name and I would say over half of the people I’ve dealt with as an adult either just decide a prononciation and stick with that or call me something entirely different, as a nickname. a lot of people don’t have respect for someone’s name, even if it’s a “tragedeigh” it’s so wild not to honour what someone tells you to call them (🏳️⚧️ included, always 💕)
Also we're in an era of nostalgia, seen with the way Hollywood only does remakes and a lot of our Victorian/Edwardian-esque names here in the UK. So for the past 10 years or so, older 'classic' names from about the 1910s saw a huge resurgence, Florence being a big one that's still in the top 10 in 2024. But we also saw a boom for Edith, Betty, Betsy, Esther, jewel names like Ruby and Pearl, and flower names like Lily, Poppy and Rose.
Living near SLC and a ton of LDS mommy bloggers, there's a huge running joke that every other kid is a "Maghkynnzzleighlynne" or some trash along those lines.
@@devonmunn5728eh, I was raised in that “church” and most had regular names like anyone else. I’ve never been to Utah though. I’ve no interest in going either.
I was surprised. Gave my daughter one of those names 30+ years ago - through 13 years of school, in at least 6 different school districts she didn’t have a classmate with the same name as her.
another factor is that not everyone sticks with their birth name and that is becoming less stigmatized. There’s this taboo around changing your name because we are told that your name is unquestionably who you are (whether you like it or not) and that wanting to change it can’t go beyond a non-legal nickname. I think that if someone feels a disconnect from their name, choosing your own can be incredibly empowering and identity affirming (not even necessarily in the gender sense, sometimes people just want to express themselves). I see so many grown ass adults who talk about how much they hate their name and wish they had another. like. You’re allowed to do that!!!
I go by a different name now that I’m an adult and you’re right, it’s so empowering to choose how people refer to me! I feel it suits me so much more and lots of people agree with me
It's a bit difficult, depending on where you're from or on what basis your name was chosen. I'm from Eastern Europe, and here it is a custom (not everyone follows it) to name your child after your godfather/godmother or their children. My parents named me after one of my cousins, whose parents are my godparents. The name I have is super basic and common. Changing the name in this situation would be perceived almost like a slight against them, you know? So, some people are stuck between a rock and a hard place. 😂 I don't hate my name, but I also don't like it.
I think a part of people not changing their names is that in America you have to pay anywhere from $100 to $500. Even in the uk where it’s free, there is so much paperwork you have to do
Funny cause for most of human history especially in europe people weren't called by their birth names. Back in the day you had to give your kid a Christian name. All 4 of my irish grandparents were called names that weren't their birth names. People were known by nicknames or their middle name.
For the "alexa" drop off, as an "Alexander" derivitave name, they couldnt say my name anymore because it would activate the alexa and it was very weird
I know a Sophia and one of her favorite things to point out is that despite always being at the top of the most popular names, she didn't know very many other Sophias and asked how many I knew. I only knew her and one other who spelled it differently. Now I'm acutely aware of how few sophias I meet lol. She said she liked her name bc it feels unique despite being common because she meets so few Sophia's and most other people are in the same boat. But that raises the question - where are all the Sophia's??
I once was unable to check in on a flight because someone else who was on the flight had the same first, second and last name as me. The computer system could not handle this, and it took the checkin stsff almost 40 minutes to sort that out.
I had a few friends in school who had ‘unique’ names - they were unique in the context of an English secondary school, but actually were very common in Czechia / Türkiye where they were from. The teachers could never pronounce them, and in all honesty my friends gave up correcting them by year 11 and it was actually heart breaking because they just had to accept people calling them an approximation of their name (one of them was literally called Eliška - you pronounce the s liked a ‘sh’ sound and that’s it. Yet so many people would forever ask her to repeat how to pronounce it or just say it like an English ‘s’)
100% had that happen before. I used to get emails that were meant for my coworkers all the time too because there were quite a few of us with the same name.
Yes I had issues with someone with the same name as me (same last name too & no middle name for either of us). I paid my lunch for the week upfront yet when I got to lunch later that day they told me my account was empty cuz they put my money in the other girls account 😑
I grew up with a unisex (masculine leaning) name, and grew up tomboy too. Growing up I always hated that it was not a traditionally girls’ pretty name but as an adult, i’ve come to appreciate its uniqueness! 💖
Interesting... I grew up with a typical girl's name (Cheryl) which I absolutely hated (I'm originally from Kentucky, and I was called "Shirl"). I legally changed my name to Parker when I was 20. It was the best decision -- namewise -- I've ever made.
Germany has a phenomenon that "lower class" people were giving their babies french sounding names to express sophistication and class - but then write them in German. So Chantal became Schantalle. This killed the possibility to give your child a french name for decades now. 😂
I feel like the obsession with unique names is very anglo sphere thing. I talked recently with a friend about nickname culture. I'm from Finland and here it's very common to be called with a nickname at least by close friends and/or relatives. And I know that's the case in Slavic culture and I've heard many other cultures, but it doesn't seem like that's the case in English speaking cultures. I feel like the given name and how unique it is or how much you personally like it, matters much less when it's very common that you'll have multiple nicknames, sometimes every friend group gives you a new nickname and then your parents call you with a different nickname. Like no one ever calls my by my real name. I have multiple nicknames, and all of them are not even necessarily shorter than my given name (though my main nickname is). And so while my given name is very common and I've never particularly liked it, I have never cared about that much because I've always had these more fun and memorable nicknames.
untrue! in japan theres something called kira kira names. in Poland names are much more restricted by law but we went through a huge phase of using americanized names with polish spelling (Dżesika, Brajan, Andżelika).
I’ve never liked my name. It is a little girly, and difficult to pronounce so And made up something when I was a child. Have used that ever since. Nicknames are pretty common in Sourh Africa. In general.
@@devonmunn5728I am not the op, but can give you an example: My legal name is Ksenia (Ксения). My family and closest people call me Kseña (with a soft n, Ксеня). Other common nicknames are also Ksusha (Ксюша), Ksunchik (Ксюнчик), Ksenechka (Ксенечка), but there are many more😅
Omg you’ve never meet another girl name Jordan !?? That’s such a surprise to me because in one school year there were like 2 girls named Jordan and 1 boy so confusing when trying to figure who they are talking about
My name is Sylvie and that's a very common name but for women much older like 60+ years old. Everyone here (Quebec Canada) has an auntie with that name or their mom is named that. But now my name is popular again and is showing up in American media like in The Handmaid's Tale and Loki. And my 23 year old daughter thinks I have a cool name . Times change.
I really like my name!!!- Elsa. I remember a friend telling me that Elsa was a name about to die, I got sooooo sad. Then came frozen and my name has been on the top 10 list in Sweden every year. Also all the elders are always telling me how much they love my name!!!
Elsa is also on the very very top of my baby names! One of my great aunts also was names Elsa, she sadly passed away over twenty years ago. I always loved that name so I now feel like everybody thinks I just came to that conclusion because of Frozen but oh well hahaha
My mother made sure my sister and I had relatively uncommon names (at the time, anyway, I think the name Fiona has gone up in popularity since then LOL) because when she was a kid not only was there another Amy in her class but she had the same last name AND same middle initial and my mom refused to let that happen to us LMAO And re: unisex names, the surname to masculine given name to feminine given name pipeline is so fascinating to me...
eh it happens. im from the UK with an Ethiopian name, went to school thinking im the only one but theres another Ayanna in the year below me lol, couldnt write it
Some of those hyper-masculine names like Titan or Zeus are super popular names for dogs. I wouldn't be surprised if some of those naming trends start in pets where there's much less risk involved to name them something odd. Then the ones with sticking power eventually make their way into children.
"Adeline" and "Amelia" were my top 2 picks for my daughter's name. I liked the sound of Adaline after watching The Age of Adaline. After doing some research, I found that Adeline is a more common way of spelling it, so that was one of my picks. I liked Amelia too (after Amelia (Amy) Pond from Doctor Who). Both names also look so pretty when typed out in cursive fonts - I am a graphic designer, and turns out, I care a lot about how names look in cursive fonts. I went with Adeline. I thought both names weren't going to be too popular when I was choosing them. But I found out that Amelia has been a popular choice for that year because my daughter had several classmates with the name Amelia but we have yet to meet another Adeline that's the same age as her. We were applying a passport for her and the lady at the counter said my daughter's name is so pretty. I've had similar comments like that and it makes me happy! (:
My name is Camille, and I've always loved how it's unique but not unheard of so people usually aren't too confused by it. I've only ever heard of one or two other Camilles in my English-speaking country, and they've always been female like me even though it is a unisex name. But in France it's very popular as a male or female name! I'm glad it's not common like that where I live, it was always nice that I was the only Camille in my school. Great video topic Jordan!
I was always told that I had such a COMMON first+surname combo that the government sent my SSN to the wrong baby who had the same name and was born the same day… not sure if it’s true, but it was partially intentional! My mom had such a unique name that she grew up frustrated that it was always misspelled and “never on the keychains at curb stores, like her friends were” - so each of my siblings have incredibly common first names!
My husband has a super common name, I have a super unique name (despite having one of the most common western last names there are only about 23 people in the world with my first and last name combos). My husband wanted a name more unique than his and I wanted one less unique than mine. Our first child, who is due in 6 days, will be getting a semi unique name. Like, he won't be the only person in his school with the name, but might be the only person in his grade.
My name (Nora) used to be rare when I was born like not in the top 200 and all of a sudden it’s in the top 35. I went from never seeing my name anywhere to now when I introduce myself to someone they know at least two babies that were named Nora in the past year. Now so many book and movie characters are named Nora and it’s soooooo weird. And I kind of hate it ngl. I literally can’t watch past lives bc the main characters name is Nora. And the spelling of my name used to make it unique (it was more commonly spelled with an h) but now my spelling is the standard. It’s crazy
@@devonmunn5728where did you get the “sh” sound from? Jean in french is pronounced with a soft J/G sound, softer than even the english version of the same sound. It’s not a “sh” sound though, it’s still just a soft J/G. And the N is silent. it’s literally two sounds, soft G followed by an open nasally “aw” sound that isn’t used in english. Idk where you got “shuh-hawn” from. That seems a lot closer to shawn/sean
@@livslife187 when she posted it, she overlayed a picture during her mention of the Prophet Muhammad. Which is disrespectful to those who follow Islam. ☺️
here in Denmark Dan is a name and Mark is a name, so Dan-Mark (how it's really spelled here) is a legit possibility. Btw you can also name your child our word for balcony (altan). It's insane. black names are so unique i love it, i remember Shawniece and Jephte from Married at first sight US!
i think these must be like stage names which are used like pet names? i feel like they might have normal actual names but the one released to the public is something wild to be unique.
I feel like everyone who has a unique name has gone through a phase where they hated their name.I'm so glad that my parents gave me a "unique" because I feel special. (Even though my name is technically just an old name that boomed in the early 20th century that no one has used since.)
Very interesting video! My name is Anastasia and it was the most popular name in Ukraine approximately for 30 years up until recently. I was in two schools and the were 5 more Anastasias in each of them and it became so absurd that people would frequently name me not by my first name because of this but by funny nickname derived from my last name just to distinguish between many Anastasias (again, it wasn't even my desire to stand out). I was okay with all of it and didn't think much about that until I was an adult in university and many people were telling me that my school nickname is childish but at the same time that my birth name Anastasia is "for the whores" or "bimbos". And also if I was introducing myself using my full first name (Anastasia), the ADULTS, even doctors during the appointments were saying that I'm too pretentious to not introduce myself by common short name Nastya which I hate. So I can't win either way it seems. In recent years I introduce myself as a short form from Anastasia - Tasia, and it's been annoying as well. People are like "Huh? What is your full name?" and then I tell them my full name ANASTASIA they are like "So why don't you just use NASTYA?" So idk. Anastasia is a beautiful Greek name, common in my country, and in theory I would have no problems with that but I have somehow. When I was a bit younger, I was thinking about changing my name legally but didn't come up with anything particular unfortunately. I have one rare Ukrainian name reserved in my mind for my potential child but as a girl who was bullied in school for nitpicky stuff I'm kinda scared that they will be ostracised by peers because in Ukraine the most popular and "normal" names are Latin and Jewish, not Ukrainian ones.
One of the first things people ask me about my job as a nursery teacher is what are some of the weirdest baby names I’ve ever heard. A boy named Bamber sticks out to me
My mum chose pretty mainstream names for all of her children: my brothers are Marco and Andrea, while I am Francesca. (I should mention that I am Italian) Once, I asked my parents about my name origin, and they told me they got the idea one evening from a film they were watching on TV, in which the main character's name was Francesca. I then asked out of curiosity what was the title of the movie and my dad said "I don't remember, but it was a bad movie anyway" Thank you, dad...
I'm from Mississippi and I don't think Wattenburg is correct in her theory about people in the South using masculine names because of parental age/politics at all......I'd be really interested to see her evidence or reasoning though! It's a longstanding tradition in the Deep South to pass on family names, and this has long taken the form of giving daughters double names that incorporate their father or grandfather's name (usually with Mary or Ann/Anna as the first name). I'm an example of this: Anna-Carson. Anna also happens to be my mother's name, and Carson is my maternal grandfather's middle name. I know a Mary Mason, Mary McLean, Ann Clayton, and plenty more, all with their second name being a male family name. It's also common for women to pass their maiden names on to their children of either gender. My aunt named one of her sons this way, and I know a woman named Strider for this reason. I'm 25 and all of these example are folks within 10 years of my age range - the "trend" has been going on here a long time!
My younger sister (born in 2004) is named Alexa, although my parents almost named her Ashley. For years we were all happy with Alexa because Ashley was so much more common, and then the Amazon Alexa came out…anyways my sister goes by “Alex” now
as a female Peyton - the growing up of being assumed male is too relatable. everytime i moved school, the schools would assume i was a boy until they saw me walk into the room. also i was supposed to be named jessica, but after i was born my mum wanted a more unique name so named me after the one tree hill character on a last minute whime
@@peytonjackson3035 which just shows you how much experiences vary by area and timeframe, because I’ve met more female Payton/Peytons and default to seeing it as a female name!
omg had to comment my first thought when i hear peyton is one tree hill!! when i was a kid i wished so badly i was named peyton bc of oth omg i didnt even know it was a masc name! such a gorgeous name lucky you!!
The author Sarah Dessen has both a male and female character named Peyton (in two different books, which are both worth reading)... it's a great name! But I get that must have been annoying
I misread your name as Phyton and I thought "wow that's a super uncommon name for a girl" haha, tbh I never associated Peyton with being anything other than a girl's name, I didn't know boys could have this name at all! I love when parents name their children after their favourite media character(s) without making it obvious!
the other day i was talking about baby names with my boyfried, i told him if i have a daughter i'd like to name her after a female relative. i didn't like any of our relative's names until i landed on my great-grandma's name and i loved it. imagine my despair when i find out "Olivia" has been one of the most popular baby names in the world for several years in a row lmaoo i've never had an original thought
The celebrity making a name more common thing is so real, I grew up with a not so common name (only new 2 or 3 people with it for yeaaars), but on the early 2000s a singer and a reality tv girl had the same name, now everytime I go out I hear someone calling my name, but it ends up being a parent calling their 6 year old.
I work in kids playland and let me tell you the amount of around 10yo Elsa's that have their birthday parties in our Frozen-themed room... It's always a joy like "oh another Elsa, who would've guessed" 😂
hey guys! this video has been reuploaded as in the first version a picture was overlayed whilst i discussed the Prophet Muhammad, some of you guys informed me that this is offensive and for that i apologise profusely! this was due to my own ignorance and i will absolutely do better next time, thank you to everybody who let me know, and i hope you guys enjoy this video xx
What were some people upset about?
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Thank you for listening and making changes accordingly! ❤️ I didn’t see it the first time so I’m glad to be able to watch it now!
thank you Jordan, respect to you for listening to others and respecting their beliefs xx
Totally don't think you made the wrong decision by removing the image, but there's a huge and complicated history behind this. Images of the Prophet and figural images are not banned in the Qu'ran, as many claim. But I definitely think if people don't like it removing the image is the best idea.
Not against “unique” baby names, as rich ppl often tend to be more self-focused like preferring uniqueness over conformity, but Slim Easy is certainly a…choice
just reminds me of Slim Shady
It’s slim eazy with a z……even worse.
it sounds like it belongs in a condom advert
like G Eazy!
Even though I will never advocate for that kid being mocked that name does make me look twice
I’m all for unique names as long as the spelling is not a “tragedeigh” lol
Fun baby name story: my older sister was originally going to be named Norah, but Norah Jones was a really popular singer at the time, and my mom didn't want people to think she named her after a famous singer... so she named her Adele 😂
Hilarious 😂
My family has a similar fun story like that! My aunt wanted to name her daughter Rosa but my mother told them to not name their kid a foreign name because it would cause the child some problems. 1 year later I’m born and she names me after Tyra Banks of all people hahaha. Mind you we in a non-English speaking country
Germany, in the mid eighties, friends of my mother's are trying to find a name for their son that's not too common or popular but still a proper, normal name. As long as there won't be a classmate of the same name, it'd be okay. The child eventually is called Boris.
Just a couple of months later, Boris Becker has his breakthrough as a tennis superstar.
Well, little Boris wouldn't be the only one of his name in his class. Or his football team.
Incredible 😂
And then it turns out you’re talking about the ADELE haha joking, but wouldn’t that be funny 😆
Here's an random thing I learned recently - in South Korea it's actually pretty common for people to change their names as adults. It's to the extent that there's even data on which names people changed their names to the most in each year. It's like trendy baby names but it's adults!
That's interesting. I only knew about those who move to English-speaking countries using English-sounding names like Dan, Eugene, Stella, etc. But didn't know that about people living in SK changing their names too.
the unique baby names discourse feels like one of those 'classy when you're rich/white but trashy if you're poor/POC' things
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Speaking of that, names that evoke a classic rural community feel I especially love
I think it’s more that inventing names is more obvious than choosing a name that is just in the dictionary somewhere. Falashaday for example feels very made up and crazy, while other names have an origin point or definition easily directed to. The difference is “that sounds cool” VS “that is meaningful”. I wouldn’t chop it down to race though, because plenty of non white children have traditional names. It’s more a case of class, or education. For example families that didn’t get a chance to attend school full time might miss-spell or invent a name, rather than research actual names with meaning. Farm families, or families from undeveloped countries, etcetera…
@@desyxd4400I don’t think you understand their argument. They aren’t saying that BIPOC don’t use traditional names, they’re saying that we would be looked down upon for using unique names compared to their wealthier and/or whiter counterparts.
It's always trashy
Sober edit: if you're black and descended from slavery then I get it if you want to define your kids' identity by not using names from the culture that enslaved/erased your own. For everyone else though... trashy
my sister is an OBGYN so delivers babies sometimes, some of the worst i've heard of: zoohey, kyal, auscar, shanayed, taelah.. i don't mind a unique name but Australians have a way of taking a "normal" name and making the spelling SO HORRENDOUS and you just have to wonder why they want to make their child's life so hard.
these are white australians btw, people try to be different for no good reason here
this is so accurate, like changing a completely normal name like Jackson to Jaxon KILLS me
I don't think that's unique, I'm Brazilian and we have the same thing with names, there are very creative crazy names like "Paullynelly", for example, there is lots of unnecessary letters , and lots of adding suffisex from other languages, like "Richarlison".
Those names are tragedeighs
Have you ever heard of babies there with the name Zaveon? In one Aussie show called Rush there was a teen character with that name
"my name is dove, like the bird! or the soap." is my standard introduction 😂
Or like the chocolate, if that brand still exists.
@@LunaWitcherArti believe the chocolate is by the soap company, as in dove beauty, which is such a random yet well known product for them
Lmaoo my mom’s name is ivory and she can also say “like from elephants or like the soap”
@@lakia-chan they're actually 2 different companies! but a lot of people mistake them for the same brand lol
My aunts name is also Dove 😊
Hi, writing from Turkey here. At university I had 3 friends, Ebru, Esra and Esin. We were all born within the same 5-6 year period. So Ebru had a sister whose name was Esra, Esra had a sister whose name was Ebru. And Esin had two sisters, named Ebru and Esra. The same 2 names were used exhaustively. My name is an old Turkish word, and so is my husband's. We named our children with similar, well-known but not very common names. So they are usually the only person with that name in their classrooms but they don't have to repeat or spell their names to people they meet for the first time.
Sounds like the perfect balance for a name
merak ettim isimleri ne
Fun fact: in Iceland, we actually have a committee which dictates which names are allowed and which aren't - a.k.a. you most definitely cannot name your child whatever here. You can actually access a list of their rulings - whether they have allowed or denied a certain name, INCLUDING the names - and the list can be very entertaining at times lmaoo
Edit: I've fallen down the rabbit hole of reading through their list of rulings and while it can be very funny (the things people come up with omg) and I sometimes find myself disagreeing with their rulings, I have seen a wonderful amount of gender-neutral names being added to the list (as our language is very gendered, most of our names tend to be very distinctly male or female). I just thought that's really cool :)
Same in Hungary. If you come up with a new name, you have to get if officially approved by the committee first, and every year they publish the list of newly available names.
in czech republic we have an official list of approved names that gets updated. don't know if i can access the rulings, but here, the insane names that didn't get through usually end up as subjects of news articles, so there's gotta be a way. so, i'm on a mission right now :D
same in Denmark as well
@@christinetobiasz We have special rules for immigrants and people of foreign descent, if that's what you mean. Those who move here may of course keep their names and are also allowed to take up an Icelandic first and/or middle name. Children who are born here and have at least one parent that is/has been a citizen elsewhere should have at least one Icelandic first name but may also have names from their native roots, regardless of whether they fit our naming rules or not :)
If you mean how we feel about others using Icelandic names - go for it! (if you can pronounce them lol)
Same in Portugal. We actually have a list of allowed names. If it is not on the list and you are Portuguese you cannot name your child that.
I remember the show gravity falls had a rich girl character named "Pacifica Northwest" and then the Kardashians actually did it.
A few years ago I read the book “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” by Austin Channing Brown for a class. I still remember how the author, a Black woman, talked about how her parents purposefully gave her a masculine, typically white name because they were thinking of how it would be perceived on things like job applications.
Yep, my sister and I (also a woman) in the early/mid 90s were both given unisex (but male leaning) names with the reasoning of job applications etc. There are a few studies out there showing that an identical resume with a masculine name vs a feminine name will get more hits with the masculine name.
@@DevonElmore wow, same here! my mom gave me (a black woman) a very white male name in the early 90s. Nowadays in an era of defaulting to "they" or just using first names when unsure of someone's gender, I still get mail, email, and phone calls addressed with "Mr."
I love her book!!!
I hate my white man name Tyler smh I get on to my family everytime I can I hate it x . x
@whispersweetnothingsuwu I'm sorry you hate it! The only Tyler I've ever known is a black woman (my cousin) that i love, so to me it's always been the name for a beautiful black girl
31:13 maya is so cute😭 there's a kids show in germany called "Biene Maja" which translates to the bee maja and it's the cutest!!
My name is Maja and, been brazilian, it's very unique here. I've never met nobody named the same in my 29 years. It was quite amusing knowing how common it is in other countries. The difference is in the pronunciation, since in portuguese the "j" sounds more similar to the one in "Jammal" or the french "Je" or "bonjour". 😊
@@majalemos7034that's really interesting, because Maya is really like a top 10 baby name in Germany at the moment
Yes I’m from Germany and watched it as a kid :)
the show exists in flanders too!
We have that show in the Netherlands too! Maya de bij
in brazil, families living in slums name their kids very unique names because, if the police is looking for a criminal with the same name, more often than not they'll get the first roberto to cross their path than to actually look further.
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Wait, do you mean “ do not name” …
@@afiaohemeng8627No, they're saying those families want their kids to have a unique name so that they won't be mistakenly/lazily arrested just because they share a common first name with the wanted person. So, using a unique name to give their kids an added layer of protection.
In the Philippines many jobs require a police clearance and if you have a common name, you’ll have a harder time getting one. It’s a stupid system because they don’t take middle names (mum’s maiden surname) into account
Whaaat? I've never heard of this, I'm shocked 🗣️
10:42 Candida is also a yeast infection.....
That's exactly what I was thinking 😵💫
And a Swiss toothpaste.
Yeah, I cringed every time she said that.
Just going by how they sound though a lot of infections would make nice names. I bet in some parallel universe there's a dope set of twins named Chlamydia and Listeria
@@NaughtWalter I've always thought Syphilis sounds like a distinguished old lady name, so you're not wrong
I think another reason is that we are way more comfortable being on a first name basis with people than in the past. Back then anyone who wasn’t a close friend or family member was Mr. or Mrs. their surname.
My sociology professor explained it like this: a hundred years ago it didn’t matter if every man on the street was called John because you would have known them as Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, etc.
We are essentially only known by our first names now so there is more desire for that name to be individual
That’s a good point! People used to know each other by last name, meanwhile I don’t think I’ve ever called someone “Mr/Mrs Last Name” except for teachers at school.
So interesting
I wonder why they started going by first names now. Nowadays you don’t refer to anyone as Mr/Mrs unless it’s very professional, like your boss at work or a teacher at school.
So this was the video that dissapear on my watch later playlist, I finally have peace
Yesssss, me too!
It was driving me crazy.
i literally thought that i saw it in one of my dreams😂
me too 😭 I have notifications on for jordan and then i clicked on it and ... nothing
I think you can select something like "show unavailable videos" in the burger menu of your watch later playlist if you have videos in there that aren't visible. You can't watch it of course, but at least you'll have peace of mind about what it was :D
The culture/history angle is on point. In Eastern Germany people didn’t have a lot of access to other cultures, so after the wall fell they started to give their children well-known English or French names which were oftentimes pronounced wrong due to the lack of western language education. That combined with Eastern Germany having lower pay and being cheaper to live there cliché English or French names (e.g. Samantha, Cedrick, Jerome) have become associated with lower income and an Eastern German background.
I think it's not just east german, like that family from the meme "Silvana, loredana, estefania, calantha, jeremy-pascal" was from the Ruhrgebiet I think.
Some names are strictly eastern though, like Doreen (whereas Dorothea is the version used in the West)
You did not even mention Kevin....never met so many Kevins as in Eastern Germany. Coincidentally I have a few Eastern Germans staying with me right now and none of them have a traditional German name. And yes, of course there is also a Kevin 😂
It’s funny how pop culture because when you mention the name Jemima, I immediately thought of pancake brand and I was like oh she was named after pancakes?😂😂😂
I was like you got lucky with Jordan instead of JEMIMA 😳
gonna be honest.... i thought of the cat. from the musical cats.
I also 100% thought this and assumed it was her most frequent pregnancy craving
Also immediately thought of Aunt Jemima! I hear it and instantly picture a middle-aged black woman making pancakes for her kids
I thought of the puddle duck
2001 baby named Comfort here! This is such an interesting conversation (mainly because I look at what a lot of celebrities name their children, fully forgetting that my own name is quite different). I was born in Nigeria where giving your child an English name was/is very common. For reference, my grandma decided my name, and I am named after somebody that was very important to her. Also, Nigerian (and some African) parents use the naming custom of naming your child positive things, think of it as a proclamation on that child, and what you wish for them to be in life.
Growing up in a predominantly white country (Australia) with a unique name like that makes for very interesting experiences, more so because it’s very commonplace for names to be shortened. As you can imagine, nicknames like comfy were super common, and it’s something that I can’t escape even in my adult life now 😂. I also do get assholes that call me things like comfortable, uncomfortable, discomfort, the list goes on. As a child, I used to hate my unique name because I hated how much attention I got for it, but as an adult, I love it, mainly because I don’t think I’ve stumbled across another Comfort, and because it’s a very memorable name, I am easier to remember (which has its benefits with things like job interviews).
Interestingly enough, when other Africans try to guess where I am from based on my name, a lot seem to think that I am from Zimbabwe, and it’s mainly because it’s common knowledge that Zims love to name their children very unique and interesting names. So it’s very fascinating to see and experience how someone’s name could be used to correctly (and incorrectly) place their origins/background.
i absolutely love your name! brings along a warm “ comfortable” feeling with it and i think it’s super nice
I went to school with a number of people who had come over from West or East Africa. One girl from Ghana was named Solace and another girl (I don’t remember where she was from) was named Endurance. Neither of them went by nicknames and no one batted an eye over their names here in the DC area
Had a premature preschooler who was named Comfort because they weren’t sure she would survive; the family was West Indian.
My name is Riley and I'm 27. I'm a pre Inside Out Riley by a long shot and always liked my name, but did always consider my name to be a boys name. I would always squeal excitedly when I met another girl Riley and it's becoming more and more common an occurance. But I'll never forget working at a cafe when I was 23 and a regular customer asked for my name and said in response, "Ohhhh you're a Riley before it became cool!" and it streamlined seratonin into my little egotistical rat brain so fast, I don't think I'll ever forget a hit like that
Riley was my baby name in middle school ❤ may still use it 😊
In middle school, there was a girl a grade above me, named Riley and she was considered one of the “popular” girls. We weren’t friends but I always really liked her. She was very pretty and sweet and likable. I don’t think I heard of a “male” Riley until I was a bit older.
I had a fairly similar situation, I'm Polish (live in the UK though), and my mum wanted my sister and I to have names that everyone could pronounce and were normal, but not too common. I'm Laura, and growing up I only knew one girl (also Polish) who was called that. Fast forward to now, famous footballer Lewandowski named his daughter Laura, and when I visit Poland every other toddler/little girl the parents are calling is called that. My family laughs that I was named that before it was popular.
That’s awesome
@@puglove533Laura is a very common name in Argentina! (Not currently, but it’s very common with people on their 40s/50s).
My name is Abigail, and I honestly think it’s the best name in the whole world. It’s elegant, professional, and cute-all at the same time. I usually go by Abby, and that is just as versatile. It’s a common enough name that my name is almost always spelled correctly at Starbucks, but not so common that I hear it constantly. Honestly couldn’t pick a better name for myself if I tried.
when i hear Abigail i picture a southern american little girl with ginger or blonde pigtails wearing dungarees for some reason, maybe because it’s not that common in the UK- however when i hear Abby i think of a popular girl
I love the name Abigail
My favourite name story is Jujubee from RuPaul’s Drag Rave. Her mother was an immigrant and wants to call her baby something very American. They’d just arrived in America so the baby was called ‘Airline.’ Their name is literally Airline.
Also, when I was a kid, I LOVED the name ‘Isis’ and wanted it as a baby name if I ever had a girl when I grew up 💀
It sucks what the name Isis is associated with 😭😭 it’s the name of a goddess ffs
@@arthursmarthurthat’s the only thing that came to mind when reading OP’s comment. Then I read yours and was like “What else could it be? What’s wrong with this name?” Then I realized… Even then, it’s just so feminine and very much associated with the goddess in my head. Always will be.
You can change the pronunciation! I've met an Isis before, but she's Mexican so it is pronounced like "eee-sees" (both of the "i's" would be pronounced like the first "e" in eat)
I have always loved the name Vladimir and wanted it for my son. He was born right after Putin invaded Ukraine, so I had to come up with something else 😑
Ishtar/Inanna is a similar godess from sumeria and the sound is similar to isis
I didn’t like my name, Desireé, until I attended an American school in Korea (on a military base) and everyone had the same names; Esther, Grace, Jennifer, Katie, Hannah, Angela. I was glad no one shared my name until my senior year when a new girl with my name came into the scene haha.
I remember being facinated by celebrity weird baby names. One year, I heard the name Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell on the list, and thought it was the craziest name I'd ever heard
i thought you were doing a bit, i had to look it up and find out that is in fact her real full name
"Pirate" is really the only one I think is super weird here, "Billie" is usually a nickname and "Baird" is usually a surname, but I still think Billie works as a name and historically giving kids a parent's maiden name or other family surname was quite common.
@@timeforlaurynsopinion5138 Eilish???
@@Housewarmin can’t say for sure but I think Eilish is an Irish name or a variant on one. I used to know someone with the first name Eilis (who pronounced her name like “ail-ish”)
@@Housewarminis a common enough name in ireland, where it comes from
Something really interesting I’m finding where i’m from (Belfast) is that there’s a boom in reclaiming of the Irish language and therefore people are now trying to find unique Irish names as opposed to anglicised names, as in the past it was seen as hindering a child by giving it an Irish name in Belfast, like how my mother wanted to call me Clíodhna but settled on Megan because of people putting her off an Irish name
I love to hear that the irish are reclaiming their language. Is it successful and people and relearning?
I have a very traditional Irish first name (Brigid), though I'm from the US. I used to constantly hear from Irish people, of that was my Granny's name, recently, I've been hearing, that's my niece's name
@@valf156115yes and no its quite a complicated situation more young people are making the effort to learn irish and use it in their everyday lives, especially amongst young people in the northern occupied counties as a sort of protest and reclamation of their roots (irish has now surpassed french and become the most popular 2nd language for gcse students to study in school) however i do think that more needs to be done especially in the republic and especially by the government
irish is compulsory in irish schools obviously and you have to take it as a subject until you graduate at 18 however there’s not a huge amount of resources in terms of learning it by yourself or in a fun way so you’re largely relying on your school teachers and that can be very hit or miss as obviously a teacher can make or break a subject for a student and if the teacher isn’t very good or very engaging the language ends up becoming a chore and students dont want to learn it they treat it the same way as french or spanish, get through the exams but ill never need to know how to talk to someone about my holiday or what i do on the weekends in that language
very few people speak irish as their first language, there are pockets of what’s called gaeltachts which are the irish speaking areas, one in waterford in the south, one in kerry in the south west, one in connemara/galway in the west and one in donegal in the north west there are no gaeltacht areas in the east of the country they were eradicated because the east was the closest to dublin which was historically the enclave of the british stationed in ireland
the problem with these gaeltacht areas is that they have an ageing population, due to the fact that historically the west was poorer and so there are less opportunities for young professionals in these rural areas so they tend to move to galway or limerick or up to dublin and the people left behind are elderly
that’s not to say that young kids and families dont exist in these areas but it can make it hard to establish a strong community and extend the area of the gaeltacht and increase speaking irish in the surrounding areas when the majority of your population is elderly
another thing thats important to note is that irish can vary greatly depending on the dialect, munster irish is very different to connaught irish which is different again to ulster irish. but the problem is that the irish taught in schools and used formally is not any of those dialects, even if you’re teaching irish in munster you’re teaching leinster/high/formal irish which is then not very useful in every day conversations with someone who is fluent in the munster irish dialect where you are from
irish culture and the language and songs are very strong in oral tradition which makes it really hard to write down properly to preserve and teach and therefore its really important to keep the language alive through native speakers, initiatives to increase the fluency of the population, etc etc
this was probably super long sorry about that but obviously its very important and interesting to me as an irish person born in london, my dad is fluent in irish because his mother was a schoolteacher and for primary teaching its compulsory to be fluent in irish. however my dad never bothered to teach me because he felt like it wasn’t important for me growing up in london and so i felt like i lost a connection to my heritage a little bit by not being able to speak or understand it
irish is such a poetic and expressive language and often many phrases or sentences cant be translated into english directly because there just isn’t a translation or a way to explain it, there are 32 words in irish for field for example depending on the type of field it is, what’s grown there, how rocky it is, what livestock is grazed there and so if we lose the language and its intricacies we lose our connection to the land and our heritage too
im trying to learn irish on duolingo but for the reasons i mentioned above its quite hard as its really rudimentary and often the phrases im learning aren’t very helpful anyways so im looking into getting a private tutor but thats also proving quite hard and also expensive
As someone who grew up with one of the most popular girl names around, it was awful. there were five girls on my soccer team that had my name. If people said hi to me in the hallway, I would just ignore them thinking they are probably talking to some other girl with the same name. it made me feel lost in my identity. i’ve now changed my name as an adult and feel much better about myself. i feel more like myself with the new name. i also got to see applying for the same job with the same credentials but just changing my name. i received a response with the new, more unique name (probably since it is more memorable)
May I ask what was your name before and the current one I assume from your nick is Sarah no?
I also had a super common name and went though the same thing. I ended up transitioning and changing my name to a niche Devilman reference lol
Assuming Sarah is not your new name since it's one of the most common names ever, even globally.
I have been named the feminine version of my fathers name. It just happened to be super popular when I was born. I hated when someone called my name, just for me to realise they were calling someone else.
Few months ago I was in the hospital. The nurse was surprised as to how many women had the same name and surname as me. I just said: "I met two of them."
I am thinking of leaving country. If I do, I will suddenly have a unique name because nobody has probably heard of it there. I won't be surprised if it gets mispronounced.
I relate to this soo bad.. And I couldn't go by my middle name either because it is just as common 😭🤡
In Nigeria, naming conventions are split between blessings in our respective native languages (most times containing God like "Oluwa" in Yoruba or "Chi" in Igbo), biblical names, attribute names (as I like to call them like Precious, Gift, Faith, Godspower) and common english names, there are also some intersections with parents name their kids stuff like "Adaeze" which means first daughter in Igbo or like "Esupofo" which means the devil has failed in Yoruba lolol.
To me, most Yoruba names have no gender. You could see a Temi or Tolu on list and have no idea if they were male or female until you met them
It's so interesting that "Jordan" is considered a boy name where Jordan is from but where I'm from it's actually one of the most common names for boys and girls.
yea same here, except most of the girl jordan’s i’ve met spelled it with a Y instead of an A because it’s the more feminine spelling. But not all of em
Same. From Canada and every Jordan I've ever known (with every spelling) has been a girl except one.
Yeah. I'm the same age as Jordan and have a twin brother with the name, but I definitely know more girls with the moniker here in the US (with the same spelling).
I knew a girl with dyslexia named ryielaigh (pronounced Rylee) I felt nothing but empathy for her
In Japan there was a phase where people gave their children “キラキラネーム/shiny name”. related to stars, moon, jewels, which is really interesting!
most uncommon names are usually called kira kira name
The worst kirakira name is definitely 泡姫 😂😂😂 and this has nothing to do with stars or jewels
Japanese names in general are very beautiful imo, referring to beautiful things in the world & nature, love that ❤
It sounds nice in the English description, but the actual Kirakira names are…something. Like 光宙（read as Pikachu）or 王子様 (equivalent of “Prince charming”) …People end up feeling sorry for the kid having a weird name and tend to think their parents are uneducated or something
Nah it's not that glamorous lol Kirakira name now is a negative word, referring to names that are unique... but dodgy 😂 And that the parents are chavs 😂
my name is pia and i love it! growing up, i was alright with it, but i did prefer other more “normal” names. when i introduced myself to people the response was either “oh that’s pretty i’ve never met anyone with that name” or “oh i know like one other person with that name.” i do think it’s funny that my name was most often met with a reaction to its rarity. nowadays i think pia is becoming more common, at the very least as a nickname to sophias. go pias!! i love thinking about names and naming psychology so this was a fun watch :)
That's funny, in Denmark Pia is a very common name!
@@karolineCPH omg that's so interesting!!! i am from california for context and i have yet to meet another pia myself :0
pia over here in latin america is fairly common :) i only know one pia, my friend's sister, but it's definetly not strange, it's such a cute name !
Common in Switzerland too.
@@karolineCPHYup, Pia is a normal name in Sweden, too.
Jordan, never apologize for your quoting!! If anything, I hope more creators were this through with citing information, especially after so many plagiarism scandals
Jordan, that's so cool you have Shokz as your sponsor!! I love their products! Congrats!!!
my dad named me alexandra because he was obsessed with alexander the great. i am a sri lankan 😂 it's a very common name but not where i live so i guess i'm lucky???
It‘s a really nice name!
@@duchessedeberne3909 thank you 💗💗
I have a relative who named his son Alexander and his daughter Alexandra
i am also aleksandra!! it was very popular name in poland in early 2000s so alot of girls my age is also named aleksandra hahah
@@speedfroggo2137 It was always popular and still is! At least in top 20 if not top 10 for the last 3-4 centuries ;)
Dying over how she said “ Raleigh”, so cute! I’m from North Carolina. Never thought of how a British person would try to say that word.Huh.
This is so interesting because in Estonia we have pretty clear laws about naming your baby. There is a whole bunch of grammatical and social restrictions on naming your kid.
Mainly these laws are related to our language and preserving it: for example, you cannot name your kid some name that uses foregin and Estonian grammar structure (like “Cätlin” - it has a unique Estonian letter “ä” but also a foregin letter “c”).
You also can’t name your kid something that has a “inappropriate” meaning or a name that is a known person’s name.
Of course there are exeptions and everything, but I always find it so facinating when I hear some of these American baby names haha.
It's very similar in Hungary.
Now i live in Canada, we have Lily, Lili, Lilli, Lilly Lhili, Lilih, Lyly, Lilie, and who knows what else. I think the European idea, one spelling for a name is great.
In the 90s it seemed like every other girl was named Kaisa.
One fun baby name fact I love is that one of the top girls baby names in 2023 in Australia was “Matilda” in the year where our national women’s football team the “Matilda’s” came fourth in the FWWC
I also feel that all those baby name lists are often very Eurocentric, and if parents want to look for name inspiration that don’t sound “white” they will have to search that up specifically
Edit: I think it’s probably important to say that I live in America, since results will likely vary based on where you live.
More like Western European. Slavic or Hungarian names have never become more popular. Apart from some individual Ivans or Vlads, which evoke a clear association with Russia. Very few people are inspired by names such as Bronisław, Wojciech or Kazimiera.
@@gadziegardo7588 it's not weird that Americans may not have wanted their kid to be associated with russia.
@@dutchik5107 So maybe stop repeating the myth of some kind of Eurocentrism when you only think about half of Europe?
@@gadziegardo7588 I would say Anglo-centric, I do wish Jordan's video had included more mention of names and naming traditions from other cultures around the world (I personally come from a slavic country & love traditional slavic names, but I know that there are many different baby naming traditions in the cultures of indigenous/native people in the Americas, AUS, NZ and Oceania, as well as in the different African and Asian cultures). This video was conceptualized as social commentary informed by her personal experiences and knowledge, but I would be curious to see a part 2 that employs a more global, culturally inclusive view
@@laram5931 Yes. I'm just tired of constantly hearing about Eurocentrism/white culture when people using this term actually mean Anglo-Saxon/Germanic or Mediterranean culture.
My middle name is Coraline and it gets misspelled constantly. As Caroline or similar. But I do get complimented on it as well.
Hah getting called Caroline, just like the Coraline in the book!
My name is Cornelia. I get Carolina ALL the time, especially when I was a kid. :)))
My name is Saya and I’ve never met another person with my name. I grew up in a very white area and I was made fun of a lot for my name, especially when we had substitute teachers because they couldn’t pronounce my name however growing up it’s been completely opposite because so many people say, oh I wish I had a unique name like yours. I remember also being so sad that I could never find my name on a keychain lol but I think having a unique name as you get older you appreciate it.
My niece is called Saya it’s beautiful
@@maiaautumne2167 wow that is so cool!! May I ask what nationality is your niece?
fun fact: saya has the same pronunciation as saia which means skirt in portuguese lmao so if you ever come to brazil people will probably think its a bit weird! its a beautiful name tho :) i really like it
@@laurasita8617wow that is so funny I didn’t know that! I believe in Malaysia “Saya” is “I” in english so they use my name a lot haha but that’s so funny to know thanks for sharing
saya is a clothing brand in my country😭
I was honestly shocked when I found out that Justin and Hailey named their son “Jack”… like WAY more shocked than I would’ve been if they gave him a uNiQuE name lmao
As someone with a wildely common name, I'm extremely bitter about it. I don't even turn around when someone calls my name because I always assume they're talking to someone else which completely defeats the purpose of having a name.
i feel that. the only problem an Allison will have is the difference in spelling among other Allisons/Allyson/Alison/Alyson 😂
@@allisonmoon2536yess im another allison and people usually spell my name as alison
Change it and stop whining
@@pagejames8754 girl, not you pretending like you’ve never aired a grievance before lol. thanks for the advice anyway, jimmy.
Exactly
My children have common names (top 20 for decades). I had considered that I had done them a disservice but I wonder if their names will give them a degree of anonymity in the future.
ooh also! in my culture it’s very common to name girls (and obviously boys) with masculine names. i think it’s because of a male child preference 🥺
In many cases when parents want a boy and have a name in mind they go through with the name even if the child is not a boy.
Or parents just liking the name.
Or not necessarily preffering a boy. But men are often taken more seriously in written form. Like emails.
So there is a chance your daughter will be taken more seriously. Because when she's grown up, and emailing, just signing her name makes especially men, sometimes think she is a man. And thus given more respect.
This is kinda negated by LinkedIn and stuff.
As someone with a gender neutral name. As a child? I wanted to have a girly name. Now, as an adult? Fuck yeah.
@@fh9061 my dad tried to do this with me! im the youngest of 3 girls (im not a girl anymore) and he wanted to name a boy brutus. said that even if i "was a girl" hed name me brutus, but that was way over the line for my mom LMFAO
It annoys the most because it’s frowned upon for boys to have girls names. I mean technically you can name your son Elaine, Diane, Helen, etc but you probably wouldn’t. It’s really not fair.
@@scottydog6713 omg I'm glad your mom stopped him
I like sweet spot names, names that are not common but ultimately familiar to others in your community, like Eden, Alicia or Bryson (speaking from the US).
I’m convinced one of the most brutal places on the internet are the baby name communities, especially parents *very* upset that all the good “boy names” are being taken over by girls. we didn’t tell anyone our kid’s name until after they were born - we just weren’t interested in any of the (extreme) opinions people can have
Especially since that tends to happen with girls being given boys names and not boys being given girls names because of Misogyny
They are free to combat this issue by using girls' names for boys. But oh wait, that would be emasculation, so sadly in this society, we cannot do it...
@@linnearoyale I've seen the people on r/tragedeigh have to constantly remind people that "No, that name's not a tragedeigh, it's just Gaelic" among MANY other languages.
Yeah, name taste brings out the WORST, and I know as someone who is judgemental that unless it's someone who doesn't realize the name sounds like "Dinosaur" or wants to name their kid after a Nazi, I shouldn't offer my opinion.
I'm currently pregnant and we're doing the same. The thought process is just not anyone's business really and random people get so heated and entitled over it, I saw it before my niece was born and was so shocked that I thought I'll just keep it to myself until it's set in stone when the time comes.
I find that besides absolute extreme cases (positive or negative) I never even think twice about or judge people's names when I'm introduced to someone new. Like that's just their name. As soon as you know somebody, their name seems natural and it's out of question that it could have been anything else, right?
How you name a child feels like such a huge decision, but I guess once it's done it's an absolutely mundane thing and rarely a topic of discussion anymore.
Edit: I think the extreme opinions and heated discourse come down to perceived personhood (or lack thereof) of babies and children. Some people are having trouble acknowleding that a baby is a whole human and more than just a name/an accessory of their parents whereas in adults their name is just one of many features about a person and one that they never even had control over. Other things are far more interesting and telling.
@@elizabethcassidy8082 lol yes I don’t have an english name and I would say over half of the people I’ve dealt with as an adult either just decide a prononciation and stick with that or call me something entirely different, as a nickname. a lot of people don’t have respect for someone’s name, even if it’s a “tragedeigh” it’s so wild not to honour what someone tells you to call them (🏳️⚧️ included, always 💕)
Also we're in an era of nostalgia, seen with the way Hollywood only does remakes and a lot of our Victorian/Edwardian-esque names here in the UK. So for the past 10 years or so, older 'classic' names from about the 1910s saw a huge resurgence, Florence being a big one that's still in the top 10 in 2024. But we also saw a boom for Edith, Betty, Betsy, Esther, jewel names like Ruby and Pearl, and flower names like Lily, Poppy and Rose.
Living near SLC and a ton of LDS mommy bloggers, there's a huge running joke that every other kid is a "Maghkynnzzleighlynne" or some trash along those lines.
Mormon/LDS names I actually find quite interesting and the variants and unique ones that end up being chosen
Names Montana for some reason people think it’s unique and spell it mohntana,montanna,montaynna it’s just spelt like the state😭
@@devonmunn5728eh, I was raised in that “church” and most had regular names like anyone else. I’ve never been to Utah though. I’ve no interest in going either.
Mormon names are funny in their own way!
The -lyn suffix is very popular in Utah. And the -leigh. And Kenzie / Kynzie has taken off. But this is everywhere.
I can't wait for plain names to make a comeback... Jane, John, Mary, Edward, Jim, Jill
I was surprised. Gave my daughter one of those names 30+ years ago - through 13 years of school, in at least 6 different school districts she didn’t have a classmate with the same name as her.
when i was watching this yesterday, it suddenly said it was not available 😭 im glad it's back up
Fun fact: in medieval France, when the stories regarding Gawain and Lancelot were published, people also named their children after them :)
another factor is that not everyone sticks with their birth name and that is becoming less stigmatized. There’s this taboo around changing your name because we are told that your name is unquestionably who you are (whether you like it or not) and that wanting to change it can’t go beyond a non-legal nickname. I think that if someone feels a disconnect from their name, choosing your own can be incredibly empowering and identity affirming (not even necessarily in the gender sense, sometimes people just want to express themselves).
I see so many grown ass adults who talk about how much they hate their name and wish they had another. like. You’re allowed to do that!!!
I started going by a different name in jr high just because I never liked my legal name lol
I go by a different name now that I’m an adult and you’re right, it’s so empowering to choose how people refer to me! I feel it suits me so much more and lots of people agree with me
It's a bit difficult, depending on where you're from or on what basis your name was chosen.
I'm from Eastern Europe, and here it is a custom (not everyone follows it) to name your child after your godfather/godmother or their children. My parents named me after one of my cousins, whose parents are my godparents. The name I have is super basic and common.
Changing the name in this situation would be perceived almost like a slight against them, you know? So, some people are stuck between a rock and a hard place. 😂 I don't hate my name, but I also don't like it.
I think a part of people not changing their names is that in America you have to pay anywhere from $100 to $500. Even in the uk where it’s free, there is so much paperwork you have to do
Funny cause for most of human history especially in europe people weren't called by their birth names. Back in the day you had to give your kid a Christian name. All 4 of my irish grandparents were called names that weren't their birth names. People were known by nicknames or their middle name.
For the "alexa" drop off, as an "Alexander" derivitave name, they couldnt say my name anymore because it would activate the alexa and it was very weird
I know a Sophia and one of her favorite things to point out is that despite always being at the top of the most popular names, she didn't know very many other Sophias and asked how many I knew. I only knew her and one other who spelled it differently. Now I'm acutely aware of how few sophias I meet lol. She said she liked her name bc it feels unique despite being common because she meets so few Sophia's and most other people are in the same boat. But that raises the question - where are all the Sophia's??
I once was unable to check in on a flight because someone else who was on the flight had the same first, second and last name as me. The computer system could not handle this, and it took the checkin stsff almost 40 minutes to sort that out.
That's wild
I had two classmates with the exact same name, first and last. They had to go by number..... 😶
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I had a few friends in school who had ‘unique’ names - they were unique in the context of an English secondary school, but actually were very common in Czechia / Türkiye where they were from. The teachers could never pronounce them, and in all honesty my friends gave up correcting them by year 11 and it was actually heart breaking because they just had to accept people calling them an approximation of their name (one of them was literally called Eliška - you pronounce the s liked a ‘sh’ sound and that’s it. Yet so many people would forever ask her to repeat how to pronounce it or just say it like an English ‘s’)
My name is so common and I hate that. I’ve even gotten mixed up at work and someone else with my name got credit for something I did.
100% had that happen before. I used to get emails that were meant for my coworkers all the time too because there were quite a few of us with the same name.
Yes I had issues with someone with the same name as me (same last name too & no middle name for either of us). I paid my lunch for the week upfront yet when I got to lunch later that day they told me my account was empty cuz they put my money in the other girls account 😑
rumble honey sounds like an anthropomorphic bee wrestler
I grew up with a unisex (masculine leaning) name, and grew up tomboy too. Growing up I always hated that it was not a traditionally girls’ pretty name but as an adult, i’ve come to appreciate its uniqueness! 💖
I always wanted to be named Danielle or Samantha so I could be Dani or Sami or some variation of Jo
Interesting... I grew up with a typical girl's name (Cheryl) which I absolutely hated (I'm originally from Kentucky, and I was called "Shirl"). I legally changed my name to Parker when I was 20. It was the best decision -- namewise -- I've ever made.
Germany has a phenomenon that "lower class" people were giving their babies french sounding names to express sophistication and class - but then write them in German. So Chantal became Schantalle. This killed the possibility to give your child a french name for decades now. 😂
Same with Cécilia and the German Cäcilia 😂
I feel like the obsession with unique names is very anglo sphere thing. I talked recently with a friend about nickname culture. I'm from Finland and here it's very common to be called with a nickname at least by close friends and/or relatives. And I know that's the case in Slavic culture and I've heard many other cultures, but it doesn't seem like that's the case in English speaking cultures. I feel like the given name and how unique it is or how much you personally like it, matters much less when it's very common that you'll have multiple nicknames, sometimes every friend group gives you a new nickname and then your parents call you with a different nickname. Like no one ever calls my by my real name. I have multiple nicknames, and all of them are not even necessarily shorter than my given name (though my main nickname is). And so while my given name is very common and I've never particularly liked it, I have never cared about that much because I've always had these more fun and memorable nicknames.
untrue! in japan theres something called kira kira names. in Poland names are much more restricted by law but we went through a huge phase of using americanized names with polish spelling (Dżesika, Brajan, Andżelika).
@@vivanescaas a fellow polish person faza na Dżesiki brajanki i Andżelę to okres który do dziś mnie nawiedza w koszmarach hahahaha
I’ve never liked my name. It is a little girly, and difficult to pronounce so And made up something when I was a child. Have used that ever since. Nicknames are pretty common in Sourh Africa. In general.
What are some examples of a nickname you would be called where you live?
@@devonmunn5728I am not the op, but can give you an example:
My legal name is Ksenia (Ксения). My family and closest people call me Kseña (with a soft n, Ксеня). Other common nicknames are also Ksusha (Ксюша), Ksunchik (Ксюнчик), Ksenechka (Ксенечка), but there are many more😅
wish this had a section discussing names like McKaighlyeeigh and the phenomenon of inventing new names by adding a ton of letters to an existing name
Omg you’ve never meet another girl name Jordan !?? That’s such a surprise to me because in one school year there were like 2 girls named Jordan and 1 boy so confusing when trying to figure who they are talking about
My name is Sylvie and that's a very common name but for women much older like 60+ years old. Everyone here (Quebec Canada) has an auntie with that name or their mom is named that.
But now my name is popular again and is showing up in American media like in The Handmaid's Tale and Loki. And my 23 year old daughter thinks I have a cool name . Times change.
I really like my name!!!- Elsa. I remember a friend telling me that Elsa was a name about to die, I got sooooo sad. Then came frozen and my name has been on the top 10 list in Sweden every year. Also all the elders are always telling me how much they love my name!!!
Elsa is also on the very very top of my baby names! One of my great aunts also was names Elsa, she sadly passed away over twenty years ago. I always loved that name so I now feel like everybody thinks I just came to that conclusion because of Frozen but oh well hahaha
My mother made sure my sister and I had relatively uncommon names (at the time, anyway, I think the name Fiona has gone up in popularity since then LOL) because when she was a kid not only was there another Amy in her class but she had the same last name AND same middle initial and my mom refused to let that happen to us LMAO
And re: unisex names, the surname to masculine given name to feminine given name pipeline is so fascinating to me...
Working in a school has destroyed a couple of potential names for me which I’m quite sad about 😢
Girl Jordans RISE UP!!!! (I also knew a lot of girl Jordans spelled other ways- Jordin, Jordon, Jordyn.)
really hope there’s nobody still out here calling their daughter Candida because that’s the name of the virus you get from having thrush 💀
Actually, it's somewhat common in Romance languages. Mostly in older people. It means clean
I think it's a nice name. Nowadays if you named your baby Corona or Rona you will be mocked
Candida is actually yeast
Lmao I was going to comment this and say yikes what a bad name now
I have a grandma with this name 😭 now I’ll just always remember this slightly unsettling information anytime I hang around her
A nurse turned up her nose at my mom naming me Sofia....fast forward to going to high school with 6 Sofia's/Sophia's.
eh it happens. im from the UK with an Ethiopian name, went to school thinking im the only one but theres another Ayanna in the year below me lol, couldnt write it
dude the hair goes insane looks sick
Some of those hyper-masculine names like Titan or Zeus are super popular names for dogs. I wouldn't be surprised if some of those naming trends start in pets where there's much less risk involved to name them something odd. Then the ones with sticking power eventually make their way into children.
"Adeline" and "Amelia" were my top 2 picks for my daughter's name. I liked the sound of Adaline after watching The Age of Adaline. After doing some research, I found that Adeline is a more common way of spelling it, so that was one of my picks. I liked Amelia too (after Amelia (Amy) Pond from Doctor Who). Both names also look so pretty when typed out in cursive fonts - I am a graphic designer, and turns out, I care a lot about how names look in cursive fonts. I went with Adeline. I thought both names weren't going to be too popular when I was choosing them. But I found out that Amelia has been a popular choice for that year because my daughter had several classmates with the name Amelia but we have yet to meet another Adeline that's the same age as her. We were applying a passport for her and the lady at the counter said my daughter's name is so pretty. I've had similar comments like that and it makes me happy! (:
My name is Camille, and I've always loved how it's unique but not unheard of so people usually aren't too confused by it. I've only ever heard of one or two other Camilles in my English-speaking country, and they've always been female like me even though it is a unisex name. But in France it's very popular as a male or female name! I'm glad it's not common like that where I live, it was always nice that I was the only Camille in my school. Great video topic Jordan!
A beautiful name
I was always told that I had such a COMMON first+surname combo that the government sent my SSN to the wrong baby who had the same name and was born the same day… not sure if it’s true, but it was partially intentional! My mom had such a unique name that she grew up frustrated that it was always misspelled and “never on the keychains at curb stores, like her friends were” - so each of my siblings have incredibly common first names!
My husband has a super common name, I have a super unique name (despite having one of the most common western last names there are only about 23 people in the world with my first and last name combos). My husband wanted a name more unique than his and I wanted one less unique than mine. Our first child, who is due in 6 days, will be getting a semi unique name. Like, he won't be the only person in his school with the name, but might be the only person in his grade.
My name (Nora) used to be rare when I was born like not in the top 200 and all of a sudden it’s in the top 35. I went from never seeing my name anywhere to now when I introduce myself to someone they know at least two babies that were named Nora in the past year. Now so many book and movie characters are named Nora and it’s soooooo weird. And I kind of hate it ngl. I literally can’t watch past lives bc the main characters name is Nora. And the spelling of my name used to make it unique (it was more commonly spelled with an h) but now my spelling is the standard. It’s crazy
I loved your video!! Another interesting name is Jean. In France it’s primarily used for boys, but in the UK it’s often a girl‘s name☺️
Plus pronunciation differences (SHUH-AWN vs. JUH-EEN)
@@devonmunn5728where did you get the “sh” sound from? Jean in french is pronounced with a soft J/G sound, softer than even the english version of the same sound. It’s not a “sh” sound though, it’s still just a soft J/G. And the N is silent. it’s literally two sounds, soft G followed by an open nasally “aw” sound that isn’t used in english.
Idk where you got “shuh-hawn” from. That seems a lot closer to shawn/sean
16:40 I started giggling when I saw those babies bouncing around
I was watching it when you took it down! 😂😭 (Big ups for being respectful tho)
what happend
@@livslife187 when she posted it, she overlayed a picture during her mention of the Prophet Muhammad. Which is disrespectful to those who follow Islam. ☺️
Did the video become unavailable until she reposted it?@@honestyleila9555
My names Honor and I always thought it was weird but at least classic, hearing celeb child names now I’m grateful 😭😭
Reminds me of the great Honor Blackman
I love the name honor! One of my faves for sure
Jessica alba's daughter is also named honor
Honor sounds like a very classic name. ❤
7:36 hell I’m single and I keep a list of baby names for just in case 😂
I was wondering if I hallucinated you posting this vid yesterday but apparently not lol
What an interesting video concept. Really enjoyed watching!!! you look incredibly stunning, loving this hair colour on you!💕
here in Denmark Dan is a name and Mark is a name, so Dan-Mark (how it's really spelled here) is a legit possibility. Btw you can also name your child our word for balcony (altan). It's insane.
black names are so unique i love it, i remember Shawniece and Jephte from Married at first sight US!
i think these must be like stage names which are used like pet names? i feel like they might have normal actual names but the one released to the public is something wild to be unique.
I feel like everyone who has a unique name has gone through a phase where they hated their name.I'm so glad that my parents gave me a "unique" because I feel special. (Even though my name is technically just an old name that boomed in the early 20th century that no one has used since.)
Very interesting video!
My name is Anastasia and it was the most popular name in Ukraine approximately for 30 years up until recently. I was in two schools and the were 5 more Anastasias in each of them and it became so absurd that people would frequently name me not by my first name because of this but by funny nickname derived from my last name just to distinguish between many Anastasias (again, it wasn't even my desire to stand out). I was okay with all of it and didn't think much about that until I was an adult in university and many people were telling me that my school nickname is childish but at the same time that my birth name Anastasia is "for the whores" or "bimbos". And also if I was introducing myself using my full first name (Anastasia), the ADULTS, even doctors during the appointments were saying that I'm too pretentious to not introduce myself by common short name Nastya which I hate. So I can't win either way it seems. In recent years I introduce myself as a short form from Anastasia - Tasia, and it's been annoying as well. People are like "Huh? What is your full name?" and then I tell them my full name ANASTASIA they are like "So why don't you just use NASTYA?"
So idk. Anastasia is a beautiful Greek name, common in my country, and in theory I would have no problems with that but I have somehow. When I was a bit younger, I was thinking about changing my name legally but didn't come up with anything particular unfortunately. I have one rare Ukrainian name reserved in my mind for my potential child but as a girl who was bullied in school for nitpicky stuff I'm kinda scared that they will be ostracised by peers because in Ukraine the most popular and "normal" names are Latin and Jewish, not Ukrainian ones.
Jordan never apologize for doing excellent research and quoting it!!! love your channel!!
One of the first things people ask me about my job as a nursery teacher is what are some of the weirdest baby names I’ve ever heard. A boy named Bamber sticks out to me
I love how you discussed this topic without being judgy/looking down on anyone!! Also happy bday to your editor lol
My mum chose pretty mainstream names for all of her children: my brothers are Marco and Andrea, while I am Francesca. (I should mention that I am Italian)
Once, I asked my parents about my name origin, and they told me they got the idea one evening from a film they were watching on TV, in which the main character's name was Francesca. I then asked out of curiosity what was the title of the movie and my dad said "I don't remember, but it was a bad movie anyway"
Thank you, dad...
I love those names, and particularly yours! ❤
I'm from Mississippi and I don't think Wattenburg is correct in her theory about people in the South using masculine names because of parental age/politics at all......I'd be really interested to see her evidence or reasoning though! It's a longstanding tradition in the Deep South to pass on family names, and this has long taken the form of giving daughters double names that incorporate their father or grandfather's name (usually with Mary or Ann/Anna as the first name). I'm an example of this: Anna-Carson. Anna also happens to be my mother's name, and Carson is my maternal grandfather's middle name. I know a Mary Mason, Mary McLean, Ann Clayton, and plenty more, all with their second name being a male family name. It's also common for women to pass their maiden names on to their children of either gender. My aunt named one of her sons this way, and I know a woman named Strider for this reason. I'm 25 and all of these example are folks within 10 years of my age range - the "trend" has been going on here a long time!
My younger sister (born in 2004) is named Alexa, although my parents almost named her Ashley. For years we were all happy with Alexa because Ashley was so much more common, and then the Amazon Alexa came out…anyways my sister goes by “Alex” now
as a female Peyton - the growing up of being assumed male is too relatable. everytime i moved school, the schools would assume i was a boy until they saw me walk into the room. also i was supposed to be named jessica, but after i was born my mum wanted a more unique name so named me after the one tree hill character on a last minute whime
@@peytonjackson3035 which just shows you how much experiences vary by area and timeframe, because I’ve met more female Payton/Peytons and default to seeing it as a female name!
omg had to comment my first thought when i hear peyton is one tree hill!! when i was a kid i wished so badly i was named peyton bc of oth omg i didnt even know it was a masc name! such a gorgeous name lucky you!!
In the US I’ve only ever met female Peytons!
The author Sarah Dessen has both a male and female character named Peyton (in two different books, which are both worth reading)... it's a great name! But I get that must have been annoying
I misread your name as Phyton and I thought "wow that's a super uncommon name for a girl" haha, tbh I never associated Peyton with being anything other than a girl's name, I didn't know boys could have this name at all! I love when parents name their children after their favourite media character(s) without making it obvious!
just realised you’re at reading with jack!! so excited to see you 🎉
the other day i was talking about baby names with my boyfried, i told him if i have a daughter i'd like to name her after a female relative. i didn't like any of our relative's names until i landed on my great-grandma's name and i loved it. imagine my despair when i find out "Olivia" has been one of the most popular baby names in the world for several years in a row lmaoo i've never had an original thought
The celebrity making a name more common thing is so real, I grew up with a not so common name (only new 2 or 3 people with it for yeaaars), but on the early 2000s a singer and a reality tv girl had the same name, now everytime I go out I hear someone calling my name, but it ends up being a parent calling their 6 year old.
i feel like Kelly would suit a guy so well
In the TV show Grimm they name a baby boy Kelly!
Maybe I'm making this up but I swear it used to be a male name
My aunt’s friend who’s a guy is named Kelly.
@@elizamartin4263 it has definitely been used as a surname like 'Kelley' i think but never seen it as a first name, maybe it is in the USA though
@@ginack19I have met a few male Kellys in the US
I work in kids playland and let me tell you the amount of around 10yo Elsa's that have their birthday parties in our Frozen-themed room... It's always a joy like "oh another Elsa, who would've guessed" 😂