I'm having a baby girl in April, and se are really struggling to come up with any girls names we both like.. I work in childcare so I find a lot of names I just dont like due to association.
Any ideas?
I'm having a baby girl in April, and se are really struggling to come up with any girls names we both like.. I work in childcare so I find a lot of names I just dont like due to association.
Any ideas?
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I love the names Tessa and Thea, those are my name's for babies I will never have 😅
Also like Heather and Beth, some people think they're a bit daggy but I think they're really pretty and old fashioned.
I'm a fan of unisex names too, like Riley, Jessy, Jordan/Jordyn.
Cleo and Peyton are a few more favs
You’ve just literally mentioned all my girls names in your last paragraph. Do we know each other ? Lol . Crazy uncanny !! 😀
Except for the spelling of a couple they are ALL my three daughters names and middle names .
Haha, wow that's crazy!
They do say great minds think alike 🤣
My daughter is Hazel. Personally, I think a girls name should be pretty but not cutesy so that when read on a resume they aren't dismissed for professional jobs before being met. So I googled old fashioned, strong female names and a range of other things like that. Think about what you want... How many syllables, common/uncommon, cutesy, strong, super girly, natural (I.e pearl, rose, Amber etc), a particular heritage (French, English, Scottish etc).... If you think about your wants, then you will find the one that feels right.
Lol. One of the best doctors in my town is called Sailor. If they have the correct qualifications they should be right job wise.
I dunno, my partner told me his manager will straight up overlook someone with a "bogan" name when sifting through applications. Especially given the digital world we live in now, our names are often the first chance we get to make a first impression so it's definitely something to consider, especially names that don't age well with the child. For example, I know a lady named Lulu, she hates it because she feels like it's a 5 year olds name!
Yep. 20 years of working as an allied health practitioner in occupational rehabilitation and I can absolutely attest to the fact that getting someone a more professional job when it isn't face to face canvassing is much harder when they have a bogan name, a name with stupid spelling or cutesy wutsey name for a girl. Fact is, those names create a mental picture that is a disservice.
I fear for the current generation where cutesy names and bogan spellings are way too common!!
That’s terrible to be judged by a name. And if a manager or boss is doing that maybe they aren’t doing. Their job right
When I hire people I don’t look at the name just look at the cover letter to see if it’s generic or detailed to suit the job advertisement
Very different in a competitive professional market though. Not at all a new thing either. There is quite a number of studies that show, per capita, people with less common names are less successful professionally and have lower average incomes than similarly qualified and experienced people with more common names and normal spelling. And with the trend of 'different' names and spelling now becoming jobseekers you would think that research would start to show a shift but it doesn't. Fact is, those names either conjure a picture (when read on a resume) that is disadvantageous, or it gets put in the too hard basket when shortlisting applicants. 30 odd years of research is hard to argue with.
I do hire in a professional and competitive market. I just don’t think it should be done on names.
I myself have a mans name as I’m named after my father and would hate to be judged on that
Depends on the industry. Medicine? No worries.... More jobs available than qualified people. Electrical, mechanical or avionic engineering? Sorry... But those industries have a huge number of qualified people and not enough jobs to go around. 1 job, 500-1000 applicants? Names that won't don't put a strong foot forward in project management and international relations aren't being interviewed. You can disagree with it on a personal level all you want, but 30 odd years of research across multiple nations is just fact.
Prime minister Bambi lol.... Yeah. It just wouldn't happen.
Also, no one is saying it's ok just that the fact it happens is undeniable and something one should think about when naming their child!
Have you read Freakinomics. It talks about the connection between misspelling names and crimes. Very interesting....
Yeah nah , if I was going through a resume and saw a Hazel, I’d assume she was 90 years old . My dads name is Gunn and holds a manager position in a high end job .
Get with the times. Hazel is not old, we know of Daphane, Florence, Eliza, Bobbie, Maggie, all under 13.
My daughters Youth leader name is Ryan and yes it’s a girl (and it’s not Rihann). I think it’s beautiful
I like Aurora, Harmony and Melody.
Phillipa
Remi/rumi
Indie/Indy
Zari
Willow, Harper. Dakota, Ellie. Asher, Mila, Mimi, Zade, Ziggy.
Have you tried looking at older names or unusual names? Ruth, Shirley, Joy, Azaria, Liana, Vashti, Abigail?