Secular children names

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Has anyone noticed how names that seem great for a dog are being chosen for children? Coco, Rider, Dusty, Beau. What names have you come across?
The other side of the coin, pets being named ‘people’ names. I’ve met many dogs named Penny, which is my name. I don’t mind of course. 😃

For those who aren’t cradle Catholics, there was a time when parents were careful to select a name of a saint and that child would mark the feast of that saint when it came around on the calendar. A nice tradition. I have my baptism day marked on the calendar.
 
I have noticed much more that a dog’s owner is often referred to as the animal’s “mom” or “dad”, on the evening news of all places. Now, how is it that it is insulting to be referred to as a female dog, but it is OK to be referred to as a dog’s mother? Does this mean that if a couple with a dog have a child, the child ought to see the dog as a sibling?

Apparently if you don’t refer to yoursef as if you’ve joined the species, it is taken to mean that you see the animal as inanimate chattel. It makes me glad I’m not a dog owner.

I guess in that kind of a social atmosphere, it doesn’t matter if your kid gets a dog name or your dog gets a Christian name. All in the family, all the same…🤷
 
Most of the names that are en vogue today are absolutely horrible.

Mason, Jayden, Braden, Aiden, Madison, Addison, and the absolute worst offender: REAGAN. In all its forms. Reagan was a great president but an absolutely horrendous first name and not feminine in any way.

I guess my kids names stand out but in retro ways and in very Catholic ways. I think I’ve hit the mark.
 
That’s his name; Junior! Henry Jones, Junior.

…I thought his name was Indiana?

The dog’s name was Indiana.

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The_Bucket said:
Most of the names that are en vogue today are absolutely horrible.

Mason, Jayden, Braden, Aiden, Madison, Addison, and the absolute worst offender: REAGAN. In all its forms. Reagan was a great president but an absolutely horrendous first name and not feminine in any way.

I guess my kids names stand out but in retro ways and in very Catholic ways. I think I’ve hit the mark.
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Funny you should say that. I’ve only met two Reagans, both male.

And yes, all of those names are terrible.
 
I’m not a “every kid should have saint’s name” guy even though the kids I have thus far have saint names, but the modern stuff is really, really poor.
 
The_Bucket said:
Most of the names that are en vogue today are absolutely horrible.

Mason, Jayden, Braden, Aiden, Madison, Addison, and the absolute worst offender: REAGAN. In all its forms. Reagan was a great president but an absolutely horrendous first name and not feminine in any way.

I guess my kids names stand out but in retro ways and in very Catholic ways. I think I’ve hit the mark.
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Absolute agreement. How did this happen? Multiculturalism in reverse? One of the ladies in our office says those names are after Hollywood actors or characters. Ugh.

I named my daughter after my grandfather Stephen (Stephanie) and her grandmother (Rose).

I named my son after his father and great grandfather (Nicholas Constantine III).
 
Yeah, give me those old fashioned, good Catholic names like Polycarp, and Theophilus!😃
 
The_Bucket said:
Most of the names that are en vogue today are absolutely horrible.

Mason, Jayden, Braden, Aiden, Madison, Addison, and the absolute worst offender: REAGAN. In all its forms. Reagan was a great president but an absolutely horrendous first name and not feminine in any way.

I guess my kids names stand out but in retro ways and in very Catholic ways. I think I’ve hit the mark.
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Good grief!
Those are names now!?
 
Aidan* may be trendy, but it is definitely not a new name… (Ayden, Aiden, etc. may be though.)
 
The_Bucket said:
Most of the names that are en vogue today are absolutely horrible.

Mason, Jayden, Braden, Aiden, Madison, Addison, and the absolute worst offender: REAGAN. In all its forms. Reagan was a great president but an absolutely horrendous first name and not feminine in any way.

I guess my kids names stand out but in retro ways and in very Catholic ways. I think I’ve hit the mark.
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Bl. John Mason, St. Aidan and St. Aiden might differ with you on the suitability of their names.
 
I attended a baptism recently and the priest praised the parents for giving the children good, sensible names (Claudia and Helena) and said that he once had a mother come to him wanting her daughter Pagan :eek: to be baptised - she said she was named after the perfume her boyfriend had given her!
 
Don_Jackson said:
Yeah, give me those old fashioned, good Catholic names like Polycarp, and Theophilus!😃
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Believe it or not, I do know a Polycarp. But he goes by Paul.

I had a Great Aunt name Theophillie, and she went by Phillie (FEE lee) for short (Greek name, not the Philadelphia version).
 
ora_pro_nobis said:
I attended a baptism recently and the priest praised the parents for giving the children good, sensible names (Claudia and Helena) and said that he once had a mother come to him wanting her daughter Pagan :eek: to be baptised - she said she was named after the perfume her boyfriend had given her!
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That reminds me of Ladasha (pronunciation) La-a (spelling) which is either vaguely truthful or more likely an urban legend.🤷
 
How about all the kids being named after places? Cheyenne, Brooklyn, Bronx, Dakota…

And all the names of guests on Maury? I keep a list, of them as some of them are so… creative. Ladarious, Latarian, and Kentravion for male names and Antenice, Ladawna, and Roshinaria for female.

At least those are creative. I don’t at all like old names with new spellings. Emily. Emmalee, Emmaleigh, Emilee.
 
Sometimes I wish I had a saints name (I know Benjamin is a biblical name, but my middle name is Deryle, which was my grandfathers name, and not a saint to my knowledge). I think a child should at least have the middle name of the saint if not a first name of one (or a biblical name, nothing like names like Levi or Zebulon or Obadiah, seriously)
 
PennyinCanada said:
Has anyone noticed how names that seem great for a dog are being chosen for children? Coco, Rider, Dusty, Beau. What names have you come across?
The other side of the coin, pets being named ‘people’ names. I’ve met many dogs named Penny, which is my name. I don’t mind of course. 😃

For those who aren’t cradle Catholics, there was a time when parents were careful to select a name of a saint and that child would mark the feast of that saint when it came around on the calendar. A nice tradition. I have my baptism day marked on the calendar.
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You know, that’s one of the things that really began to puzzle me ever since I started living here in Japan: the whole Western fascination for really ‘odd’ names, given how many Japanese names are really ‘conventional’ in essence. (And actually I was thinking last night about the fact that there are people named “Clay,” “Pebbles,” “Sandy” or “Rock(y).” I wondered whether there are people who are named “Dirt” or “Silt” or “Gravel” or worse, “Humus.”) 😊 😃

Perhaps one of the things I couldn’t understand the most is naming people after places. “Paris,” for example. 🤷 What next? “New York”? “Naples”? “Tokyo”? “Beijing”? 😉
 
The_Bucket said:
Mason, Jayden, Braden, Aiden, Madison, Addison, and the absolute worst offender: REAGAN. In all its forms. Reagan was a great president but an absolutely horrendous first name and not feminine in any way.
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Well, there is at least one well known female Regan (alternate spelling) from Catholic movie lore:

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PennyinCanada said:
For those who aren’t cradle Catholics, there was a time when parents were careful to select a name of a saint and that child would mark the feast of that saint when it came around on the calendar. A nice tradition.
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Yes, a nice tradition in its day, but sometimes you ended up getting beaten up on the playground for your parents’ choice!

I still know a few people of married with children age who followed that tradition, but for selection of middle names.
 
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