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Jaydon/Haydon/Cayden

108 replies

candyflossbaby · 05/06/2010 20:39

I neither dislike/like these names but a friend of mine is considering all of these for her son due next month. Why do so many people hate these names, she asked my opinion but I said I wasn't sure, but had got the impression from mumsnet in the past that these names should be avoided??

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bigstripeytiger · 07/06/2010 22:38

I know a Caiden, who is lovely and very middle class. I think that Haydon is fine too. I dont live in an area where these names are common though.

TotallyWipedout · 07/06/2010 22:34

Very likely, rachxx. DCs went back to school today for four weeks, and then they break up for summer. It is entirely possible that I am processing nothing at all sensible in the light of this prospect.

kizzibear · 07/06/2010 22:33

That poem was good! It made me laugh!

rachxx · 07/06/2010 22:31

Lol totallywipedout, I think you just missed the point.

TotallyWipedout · 07/06/2010 22:30

(That was aimed at Kizzi!)

LadyPeterWimsey · 07/06/2010 22:30

Hope you don't mind me linking, Psammead, but I thought this was brilliant.

TotallyWipedout · 07/06/2010 22:30

I am very sorry to hear it.

tootootired · 07/06/2010 22:30

this article is interesting

I think the spelling variations don't help

But I am all for people making a name their own.

kizzibear · 07/06/2010 22:28

No voting for me this year im afraid. Was the anniversary of the death of my still born baby. I guess you wouldn't have seen me round the site?

TotallyWipedout · 07/06/2010 22:27

Touche, kizzi.

kizzibear · 07/06/2010 22:25

Did you not see my face's?? :-)

TotallyWipedout · 07/06/2010 22:19

Kizzi, did you not see the or the ?

Sigh. I bet you voted Labour.

MagalyZz · 07/06/2010 16:28

What about suggesting

James Aidan, with a nick name of Aidan, and then he has the option to go by J.Aiden Sur name.

Or maybe that's just stupid. I don't know. Have had this argument on mn umpteen times before and loads of posh people get hot under the collar if you try to gently steer people (nobody they know personally of course away from Jaden Kaden Bailey Kenzie etc

CoteDAzur · 07/06/2010 16:13

kizzy - That Jadon is pronounced "yadhon", though, is it not? Besides, how many Jadons named in the last five years are born to Jewish families? How many parents of these Jadons are even aware of this connection? And if they are aware, why do they spell it Jaden and pronounce it funny?

CoteDAzur · 07/06/2010 16:05

rach - And when those names already have a spelling, people should not go about inventing new ways to spell them, lest they look ignorant.

And no, "Its spelt that way in Swahili" is not an excuse for said ignorance, unless you have some connection to that region.

kizzibear · 07/06/2010 15:43

Jadon is a Hebrew name meaning "thankful" (according to Strong's Concordance) or "he will judge" It appears in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament as the name of Jadon the Meronothite, one of the builders of the wall of Jerusalem in the Book of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:7).

About as traditional as you can get don't you think?

rachxx · 07/06/2010 15:40

someone has to create the spellings of all names.....

CoteDAzur · 07/06/2010 15:35

What soup said. Those 'names' are hated beause they are made up and/or have 'creative' spellings.

And not just in MN. You don't get these comments in RL only because people are more honest online.

kizzibear · 07/06/2010 15:32

totallywipedout- I never mentioned upper class either- I was reffering to the people who had been talking about the working class using stupid names, and how middle class neames were meant to be so much more classier.
Its nice that you have dreams of being upper class though one day hey

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candyflossbaby · 07/06/2010 15:30

psammead and kizzi make very good points- totallywipedout- the point was more that alot of mumsnet seem to think they are better than other people, when the truth is they are all the same class.

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kizzibear · 07/06/2010 15:28

no it makes you working class

TotallyWipedout · 07/06/2010 15:22

So, Kizzi: we have one crumbly old car, we own four properties and have two DPhils. Our children are at prep schools and we earn decidedly less than 65K pa.

So does that make us upper class, I wonder?

If I add my Dad's five cars to our one, that would make both us and him middle class.

MrsvWoolf · 07/06/2010 14:41

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Psammead · 07/06/2010 14:35

Fair point, kizzibear There are tons of ways of defining class, I don't think that there is any one which covers it all, but yes, I did totally get the point you were making. I think your grandad's name is nice, btw.

kizzibear · 07/06/2010 14:00

I didnt make that definition up! I have just read it in a journal may 2010 at work sat next to me- it is a rough guideline I suppose but my point was that lots of people were judging names based on class.
AND i forgot to put in the definition that at least one parent will have a degree (I didnt realise I hadnt typed that out) (but that was the wealth side) alot of people have the attitudes of middle class, but that doesnt mean they are, (half the women here would like to think they are though!!!)

And I totally agree that attitude and the way in which you lead your life has alot to do with your class, BUT I was trying to get across that alot of mumsnetters come across as snobs to me, but are they really in a position to be judging? If a little boy is called Jaydon, it doesnt mean he comes from a working class family. People are entilitled to dislike names, but for reasons such as them being too working class for them is riduclous.