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Aidan, Caden or Hayden

87 replies

Laurajonesy · 03/06/2017 18:55

Which do you prefer??

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Laurajonesy · 03/06/2017 22:35

Both myself and my dp are half Welsh! In fact his last name is probably one of the most commen Welsh surnames you can have! I was asking because we like all 3 and wanted some fresh perspective! All three of these names are common Welsh names however we live in England! So of these comments are shocking tbh not everyone likes the same names surely it's ok to like names others don't???

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coralush · 03/06/2017 22:26

Aidan.

Dontrocktheboat · 03/06/2017 22:10

Aidan is lovely and an old saint's name - shame it has been tarred with the Jayden brush!

Hayden is also an old name around here - was name of dp's grandad who would have been over ninety! I like it but unfortunately it will now be lumped in with brayden/ Jayden etc.

Caden is awful.

CocoLoco87 · 03/06/2017 22:06

Grin At the suggestion of Aiden-Cayden

putdownyourphone · 03/06/2017 22:03

Aidan is by far the least, um.... chavvy

Leeds2 · 03/06/2017 21:59

Wouldn't choose any of them. If I had to, Aiden.

ifcatscouldtalk · 03/06/2017 21:57

Hayden. I do like Aidan but knew a guy called Aidan that said "just call me Aids" kind of put me off.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 03/06/2017 21:56

None.

But if my life depended on it Aiden

Pixie2015 · 03/06/2017 21:55

None

17caterpillars1mouse · 03/06/2017 21:52

Hayden

buttercup54321 · 03/06/2017 21:33

Caden but prefer Jaiden

Rainuntilseptember15 · 03/06/2017 21:30

Caden (without any y) is hard to know how to pronounce. And I've never met one (teacher)

Dumbledoresgirl · 03/06/2017 21:28

The absolute by far and away nicest boy in my son's lovely bunch of friends is a Haydn so I am a bit biased towards that name. It depends who you know, what associations each name has for you. I don't think asking a bunch of strangers is the right way to choose a name.

Littlegreyauditor · 03/06/2017 21:28

Given the choice I would go with Aidan as, to me, it's a proper name but then again I live in Ireland where it's a solid, no nonsense name like I imagine John or James would be in the UK.

Threads like this make me smile. I read one where posters were having convulsions in horror at "Kevin" being the worst of all names. If you look at where the name is actually from it's completely unremarkable, albeit an English spelling of an Irish word, just like Aidan.

Sophronia · 03/06/2017 21:27

Caden, although I prefer the Kayden spelling. None of the 3 are really my style though.

BeepBeepMOVE · 03/06/2017 21:26

Aidan, the others are chavvy.

BikeRunSki · 03/06/2017 21:25

Aidan

Like the early Christian saint

Joinourclub · 03/06/2017 21:23

Oo lovely names OP, I'm sure you must be finding it really hard to decide. Have you considered Jayden? Or even Wayden? Or you could always hyphenate , Aiden-Cayden?

BuzzKillington · 03/06/2017 21:19

Aidan is the least bad.

I like Haydn, but sadly it has been lumped together with the awful Caden, Jaden type names.

Whatislife123 · 03/06/2017 21:16

Aiden

weegiemum · 03/06/2017 21:11

Love Aidan.

SandysMam · 03/06/2017 21:10

I like Hayden, in Wales it is actually a very traditional name (although spelt Haydn) but some mumsnet snobs have it down as a new fangled "common" name.
Unless OP is fully aware of this fact and is just looking for some light entertainment on a Saturday night Grin.

Mummamayhem · 03/06/2017 21:04

Well personally i love Aiden

rollonthesummer · 03/06/2017 20:59

Aidan/Aiden/Ayden are all very popular at my school. So popular that I struggle remembering which spelling they all go by.

I don't like any of them though-it's in the Aidan/Ayden/Jayden/Jaiden/Haiden/Hayden box for me. Sorry.

eachtigertires · 03/06/2017 20:56

Caden.