[Opinions] Jaiden
What do you think of the name Jaiden? My DH is dead set on it, but I'm not a fan . . . I think it's okay, but way too trendy - especially on a girl (his favorite usage of it). What do you think of the spelling Jaiden; do you think that an alternate spelling (Jaden, Jadon, Jaydon, etc) would be less trendy?
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I don't like it because
1. Brittany Spears named her child this, to me she embodies tacky.
2. Way too popular.
3. It doesn't sound nice.
4. I can't picture an adult with this name.
I would try to talk him into Jade, much prettier and less popular. Could you imagine going into your first day of school (being named Jayden), and there are 3 Jayden (of different spellings), 4 Cadens (of different spellings), 6 Aidens (of different spellings), and 1 or two Haydens (also of different spellings)? It would be so hard.
1. Brittany Spears named her child this, to me she embodies tacky.
2. Way too popular.
3. It doesn't sound nice.
4. I can't picture an adult with this name.
I would try to talk him into Jade, much prettier and less popular. Could you imagine going into your first day of school (being named Jayden), and there are 3 Jayden (of different spellings), 4 Cadens (of different spellings), 6 Aidens (of different spellings), and 1 or two Haydens (also of different spellings)? It would be so hard.
Could you imagine going into your first day of school (being named Jayden), and there are 3 Jayden (of different spellings), 4 Cadens (of different spellings), 6 Aidens (of different spellings), and 1 or two Haydens (also of different spellings)?
I have a good imagination, so I can imagine this, but it is highly, highly unlikely to ever happen in reality -- even though people with the same taste in names do tend to live in the same neighborhood. The average elementary school class in the USA has 30 students or less. You have described a situation in which 14 out of 30 students have an "Aidan" rhyme name. That's 47% of the kids.
In 2005, there were a total of 71,256 boys born in the USA given one of the spellings of Aidan, Brayden, Jayden, Caden, or Hayden that made the top 1000 SSA list, and 6,221 girls on the list named Jayden, Kayden, or Hayden. That's a total of 77,467. If we add in an estimate of another ten thousand kids with spellings that didn't make the top 1000 list or have rare rhyming forms like Zaden, that would be 87,467. With about 4 million kids born in the USA in 2005, that is still only a bit over 2% of all kids getting an Aidan-rhyme name. And even if you assume that people who like these names are so concentrated in certain neighborhoods that there would be a lot of classes with five times the national average, that would still only be 3 kids out of a 30 kid class. In a country of 300 million people, maybe there will be one class somewhere in the country with 14 of them, but that will be an utterly amazing statistical fluke if it does happen.
I have a good imagination, so I can imagine this, but it is highly, highly unlikely to ever happen in reality -- even though people with the same taste in names do tend to live in the same neighborhood. The average elementary school class in the USA has 30 students or less. You have described a situation in which 14 out of 30 students have an "Aidan" rhyme name. That's 47% of the kids.
In 2005, there were a total of 71,256 boys born in the USA given one of the spellings of Aidan, Brayden, Jayden, Caden, or Hayden that made the top 1000 SSA list, and 6,221 girls on the list named Jayden, Kayden, or Hayden. That's a total of 77,467. If we add in an estimate of another ten thousand kids with spellings that didn't make the top 1000 list or have rare rhyming forms like Zaden, that would be 87,467. With about 4 million kids born in the USA in 2005, that is still only a bit over 2% of all kids getting an Aidan-rhyme name. And even if you assume that people who like these names are so concentrated in certain neighborhoods that there would be a lot of classes with five times the national average, that would still only be 3 kids out of a 30 kid class. In a country of 300 million people, maybe there will be one class somewhere in the country with 14 of them, but that will be an utterly amazing statistical fluke if it does happen.
This message was edited 1/19/2007, 12:59 PM
Thank you for adding Brayden, I forgot that one. Anyway you are right, it is highly unlikely to have that many aiden rhyming kids in one class. I was exaggerating slightly.
I think it's good that he likes it on a girl - maybe you could compromise with Jade?
You are right it is way too trendy & cutesy to boot. I just don't like it. It has no class imo. To me there is only one spelling of the name: Jaden. All other spellings seem like weak attempts to rejuvenate the name. Sorry, but that's just my honest opinion.
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No, changing the spelling wouldn't be less trendy. If anything, it'd be more trendy.
I dislike Jadon and all its forms. Period.
Array (praying for the -aden flood to end)
I dislike Jadon and all its forms. Period.
Array (praying for the -aden flood to end)
Totally agree, and also praying.
Well I agree I think this name is way to trendy right now. But in all it is a nice name. I only prefer it on a boy though because it sounds masculine to me. If I were going to use it I would spell it Jaydon to make it less trendy. Jaiden, Jaden and Jadon are very popular spellings of the name right now. Don't get me wrong Jaydon is also a popular spelling of the name. But in my opinion it is the spelling that would make it less trendy. Its the most unique of the spellings in my opinion :)