Kyson or Zendrick for a boy

Kyson - is that a Kylie/Jason hybrid?

There's a pretty popular YouTuber who has a boy called Kyson (twin is called Kayden). Not to my taste but if that's what you like

They do sound made up and a quick google would check it out (if I could be bothered).

If you make up a name then you need to do your homework to make sure that you aren't setting your kid up with something that could be offensive sounding or just daft where you live. Or a lifetime of 'what, where's that from then, how do you spell that, do you mean xxx?' It's hard enough when you have an unusual name, let alone one that nobody will have heard of.

I'm still nosey at the meaning/origin of these two names.

This thread is surely just made up to poke the hornets' nest!

People have opinions on names, sometimes MN is brutal, however people seem to get their backs up when people 'make fun of' names like this and say what terrible people they are for making fun of 'lower class' names. I saw a thread the other day where people tore apart the OP for liking very posh 'upper class' names...no one came rushing to her defence. So, what I've concluded is if you make fun of working class names your a bad person, if you make fun of upper class names your hilarious. Interesting. I am saying this as a working class person so I'm not here to wave the flag for the upper class it's just an observation.
FWIW I prefer Zendrick as I like Zen as a nn.

Both very silly names sorry. Bit pretentious.

@Fekko I wouldn't have a clue if an Italian child had a made up Italian name. If I met a 'Sofibellina' and her parent(s) were clearly Italian, I wouldn't bat an eyelid.
I don't really understand what the issues with made up names are? They're not to my taste, no, and I wouldn't name my DC Zendrick but it really doesn't bother me what other people call theirs. Very rarely I'll hear a name and think wtf? And then I quickly move on. Especially when you get to know a child, it really does not matter.
I'd like to think that people respect others cultures and heritage. I think on threads like this, if you do not like it - express that, but I often feel there is an element of ignorance in a lot of replies.
I read once that the prefix 'La' used in a lot of Caribbeans names, started in Louisiana by those who spoke French. Yet, everyone thinks that's a new thing that people do to be 'youneek'

I agree with Mrs Knackered. At the primary my DC attended, about a quarter of children were of Caribbean descent and many had names of the type that the OP has suggested. Another group was children of African descent - mainly Ghana, Nigeria and Somalia - and had a different type of name. There were a few from Bangladesh, Pakistan or India - different names again. A quarter of children were European, but with a mix of nationalities there as well - including French, Italian, German, Russian, etc - so again, a different set of names.

If the names are made up and have meaning to the OP - how will anyone else know that? So that's irrelevant, although I am curious

Where is the OP living/planning to live? If it's the UK then asking opinions on a UK board us appropriate, otherwise - again - irrelevant.

It's likely that the 'nasty lady boo hop' comments will be what some people will actually think when they hear a name. Not everyone who says 'oh what a little lovely name!' means it. Some will be thinking 'what the hell name is that??'.

I have a friend who has a very ordinary British name. However is another language it translates along the lines of 'shit piss' or 'poo wee'. I'm sure if her parents had planned a move there they would have wanted a heads up. A kid in DSs class had a surname that was a swear word (think bollocks or arsewipe) in English so the family adjusted the name when they moved to the uk.

But to answer your question OP, I like Zendrick. It's like Kendrick (Lamar) who I love. I do prefer Hendrick/Hendrix though.

Not a fan of Kyson. I know one already and a Kaiyan/Kairon/Kylan/Kylo so there's a fair few variants around.

Answers on threads with names of this style are so depressing. Just goes to show a lot of people don't have much to do with the African/Caribbean community (Caribbean especially)
My partner's family are Jamaican so his family have this 'style' of name. Our children don't, but he did suggest some. His parents find it incredibly odd that white British people repeatedly use the same names. I quote 'all kids are called Molly or George, how do they have any identity'
I like Molly and George, but I ever so slightly see their point. From their pespective it must be a little odd.
Surely your children have people in their class called Kaiyah/Aniyah/etc. It does not mean a person is uneducated, they just want different to you.
I find a lot of it is quite racist, too. I always dread the inevitable poster comes on to say they know a La-a. No you don't.

Zen is rather nice, so I vote Zendrick. If you want “unique” though, I’d keep looking as both are very close to familiar names, especially Kyson.

I love Zinedine, suggested above! How about:

Lazare
Eleazar
Zephyr
Kaiser
Kordian
Zuma
Knox

I do like Zendrick - are made up names popular in the country you are in op?

You can't really get cross just because some people think your made up names are silly, you asked them to give their opinion after all!

I'd have thought it fairly obvious that if you ask a question like this in a particular country, your replies will relate to how that name would be pronounced and interpreted in this country, in relation to this culture.

If I put a list of names on a French forum, I'd expect precisely this.

It would have been wise therefore, to flag the country in the OP.

Of the two I prefer Zendrick.

I only know one Oscar: my cousin's boy, and she's about as working class as you can get!

I don't like Kyson, it makes me think of Mike Tyson who is hardly someone to name a child after. It also sounds a bit like a dog name to me.

Of the 2 I would go for Zendrick, it would be ok for a child or adult.

I don't like Oscar either. It sounds like a name I'd give a pet.

Lower/upper/middle/working. There's no offence meant by the wording. It's not necessarily something I think, more a reasoning on other people's reactions to certain names.

It was your use of the word lower that I found off, FormerBabe, not the reference to a class system.

Myson is better than Kyson.
Henrik is rather nice.

OP do you and your OH have very usual names? A unique name is quite a lot to burden a child with.

Lower classes Former Babe ? Nice

Come on, it's hardly a secret that certain names are considered middle class and some are more associated with working class people. I was making the point, that the sneering comments are more to do with class than race. It wasn't a comment aimed at any poster in particular.

Personally, I dislike names at both ends of the social spectrum. Oscar is actually my absolute worst name, along with Jayden.

Thank you Sophonia
Lower classes Former Babe ? Nice.

Both utterly dire. What about Henry?