GP: In 2013, Katie Hopkins appeared on British TV show “This Morning” and got into a bit of a tussle over children’s names, but now, a decade later, she has been proven, at least somewhat, right.
First, she said baby names are getting crazier. True.
Second, she said rude children are often named Tyler. Also true. But one thing she did get wrong (at least in 2024) is assuming that Tyler is a boy.
Gender-neutral baby names are projected to be all the rage in 2024 for American girls while boy names will favor gender-neutral surnames, the New York Post reported.
“I’m seeing a lot of whimsical, gender-neutral surnames being given as first names,” Steph Coffield, a Minnesota-based baby consultant, told Yahoo Life. “We’re seeing girls’ names becoming more masculine and boys’ names becoming softer, too.”
“The way things are going, with more acceptance of non-binary people, parents aren’t afraid to give boys softer more feminine names. We’re already there with girls being more masculine, and that will continue,” she added.
“Some parents will come to me asking for one that works for a boy and a girl ahead of time, then they can stick with it, whatever the gender.” more
Some girls names from our local paper–HS sports with group pics: Ryan, Karsyn, Zariah, Ryleigh. I do see surnames for first male names Connor, Hunter, Jackson, Terrel, Camden. I particularly dislike the non-feminine names for the girls. I used to work as a sub and last year I had a girl whose name was Amira and her new name was Sebastian. And she wore a hoodie all the time like someone had given her a bad haircut. 3rd grade–Sickening! Didn’t spend much time with her as teacher took some of them to a science quiz bowl thing. I’m not going back there and pretty much retired anyway.
Just as long as “Mohammed” isn’t the #1 boys name…
Sometimes homeschool looks pretty good these days! or Christian schools
Heatsync I read supposedly is # 1 in UK
there are of course various spellings
We had tylers and nahtans 20 years ago. They were all faggots.
Their Dads were faggots, their mothers were faggots.
I live in south central MO – stupid names are pretty much de rigueur – and have been for about forever.
Apparently they imagine that stupid names distinguish their little nose-picking mouth-breathers.
Don’t get me wrong – they are (for the most part) wonderful people; just addicted to stupid names that aren’t pronounced the way they’re spelled.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
Had a friend named Thor who worked in shipping and receiving at a local paper mill. The truck drivers would check in at the gate, be sent to shipping/receiving and told to contact Thor. He enjoyed messing with them so when new drivers showed they would enter and ask if he was Thor?
He would reply “a little bit when I pee, are you a doctor”?
What happened to ‘Bruce”?
@Heatsync:
It would be interesting to see the reaction to somebody naming their baby girl Mohammad.
On a girl Mohammed would become Mohammaude.
So, the wanna be faggot here at a local store, thinks he’s special. I told him he wasn’t special, that he looked like all the other people his age. He didn’t like that. 🙂 I asked him what his name was and he said “Quartz.” That’s his real name (I checked). He’s got it going on except the dress or skirt part, but I’m sure that’s coming. For now, my nickname for him is Pebbles.
@Goldenfoxx — Or, you could call him Pintz.
A name can determine your personality and affect your life good or bad forever. My name caused lots of pain.
I used to work with a guy named Rex Rambo. That’s his given name. No one ever accused him of being a girlie man. If you give a guy a girlie name don’t be surprised if he becomes a girlie boy. And vice versa.
“My birth name was Rock Savage, but I wanted something more manly – so I picked Tom Hanks.”
(Tom Hanks)