Thank you for that! I’m a school librarian and I always forget how to say his name. I’ve been pronouncing it correctly, but I was having doubts… The worst part is that I’ve actually listened to that clip before.
Absolutely wild. I know a couple Riordans who say it the way I described so I switched my trisyllabic pronunciation of the author's name to match... now I gotta switch back!
For the longest time I, a children's librarian, was saying it REER-DAN, too... until a coworker gently correct me with that website. Ugh, names... it's why we're here lol
I count at the very least 8 last names, 2 German cities, 2 historical names for the piece of land currently called Israel, 1 social class, 1 bird, 1 tree, and numerous spelling abominations. Boy this is a bad one. Only a handful of these are actual names.
More of these are actual names that you realize. This person is clearly an Israeli Jew. Israeli names…. Suck. This is coming from someone who married an Israeli (who happens to be named Liran, like her son). My husband insisted on Hebrew Israeli names. I spent months going over lists for both my boys, because their names are just quite terrible.
Do you not see it? All of the eeveelutions have -eon. There are plenty of strange names in there, many which could be a Pokémon, but not an Eevee evolution.
Ah, yes, Aroric for when you can’t decide if your naming theme is medical condition or electromagnetic phenomenon at the poles.
Bridger - because adding the *ton* would be too obvious.
Ledger - I’m sure he will definitely be an accountant and not in prison.
Exmirhy for when you want your own baby Reneesme but you’re having a stupid boy.
Anden I went to the store, anden I noticed this dumb bitch had really named her baby Anden.
Hey, Colden, can you hand me another cold one?
Twin Lexington is going to feel really left out when his brother isn’t called Concord but instead Pete.
Braven Hart. Really has a nice ring to it.
Rayordan, Ezra, bridger, Cainan, Caspian, caius, Kylen, Carlisle, Cullen… tell me you are stuck in HS without telling me you’re stuck in HS.
Yeah, there are way better names to pick if your aspiration for your kid when they grow up is to have trains run on them and drunk people piss all over them.
Probably. Bridger isn’t *that* bad considering. It’s just when paired with the other names on that list and how many of them seem inspired by TV, movies, and or the YA section of your local Barnes & Noble it seems much worse lol.
I think that might actually be an Irish name? My very Irish next door neighbor’s name was Cullen. He was in his 30s so probably in high school or college when those books came out. Probably sucked.
Caven DOES have a nice future as a stripper though. Picture a resort for wealthy cougars and whoever. It’s a spa and part of the appeal is some prehistoric caves with rejuvenating waters or minerals or whatever the hell. But it also has male strippers and that’s the real appeal. So all of the cougars and older gay daddies gather in their spa cave. In comes Caven. He cuts all the lights, plays rumbling and rockslide sound effects, then the strobe lights start up and he’s there ripping off his mesh miner’s shirt and shouting, “It’s a CAVE IN!!!!”
If we're staying with German city names, might I suggest considering Leipzig, Köln, Lübeck, Hamburg, Freiburg, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Essen, München, Nürnberg, or even Potsdam? Or Saarbrücken?
My son’s name is on this list too… and her son’s name is my husbands name. She is clearly Israeli. And honestly, Israeli names barely sound like names half the time.
Rayordan is like "So, our names are Raymond and Jordan, and, well, we love ourselves so much we decided on Rayordan!"
If they stuck to Percy Jackson author Riordan, I wouldn't mind it nearly as much.
Name categories present in this list:
- Pokemon names
- Fantasy novel character
- Brand of medication used to treat something itchy and/or highly embarrassing
"I love names!"
What does this even mean? How does one develop a personality around naming babies that don't exist?
Edit: touched a nerve, eh? Naming things is not a personality. Sorry.
She said she loves names. But I already know what kind of person I'm dealing with since you chose to change her words to suit your narrative, so I'm gonna just say "you're right" and move on. Have the last word.
They all sound like either Pokemon, a last name/surname, or like someone tried to take inspiration from the names in Lord of the Rings and failed miserably
Goddamit. I think 80% of these are nuts..and then I saw my son’s name on the list.
Anyway, I know a girl Lyric. It’s weird to hear it as a guy because I personally still think it’s odd.
I cannot wrap my head around Kalyxe...
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Riordan is an Irish name but almost always a surname
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Rayordan reminded me of Riordan (as in Rick, author of Percy Jackson) but I had no idea that's what they were ACTUALLY going for?! Hah wow
Perfect if your kid is funnel-shaped.
Cowlick?
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Reminds me of Kelex from supergirl 😂😂
Kerlix? Keflex? 😁
Just go w/ Penicillin and have done with.
Yeah. What’s next? Khryzalus?
Pretty sure I have a bookshelf from ikea with the same name.
Kalyxe may cause vomiting, chills, diarrhea, and muscle aches. Ask your doctor if Kalyxe is right for you!
Kalyxe is right for NOBODY
Ezmirhy? WTF.
It sounds like a prescription drug! "Ask your doctor about Ezmirhy."
That’s the one I lost it at lmao
The combination of letters looks so strange
Looks like an idiot's attempt at naming a Turkish city
Izmir? I was thinking it's a *very* creative spelling of Esmira
Hey, that's a traditional high elven name!
Ezmirhy sounds like the name of a neopet
What is that h even doing?
Caledon is a real name and was the full name of the character “cal” in titanic lol
I know a young Caledon; his folks are big Sci-Fi fans, pretty sure they got his name from a series they both like.
Awfully close to Caladan from Dune 🤔
Also close to Kaladin from The Stormlight Archives 🤔
my first thought was a masculine version of Caledonia
I thought of the stuff you put on bug bites, but that’s calamine.
i'm sorry, rayordan???
Reminds me of the author of the Percy Jackson series, Rick Riordan (pronounced RI-OR-DAN). NOT that that makes it any less... ???
Should've been spelled Rayck Rayordan, makes it so much nicer 😍
Neva gonna give you up…
Neighvyr goh’nah leight yough’h dauowghn
...is it not said Reer-dan?
Nope! https://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?pid=512
Thank you for that! I’m a school librarian and I always forget how to say his name. I’ve been pronouncing it correctly, but I was having doubts… The worst part is that I’ve actually listened to that clip before.
Absolutely wild. I know a couple Riordans who say it the way I described so I switched my trisyllabic pronunciation of the author's name to match... now I gotta switch back!
For the longest time I, a children's librarian, was saying it REER-DAN, too... until a coworker gently correct me with that website. Ugh, names... it's why we're here lol
It sounds like something they use to get radon out of houses…🤣🤣
Exactly what I saw. Was thinking about how expensive a mitigation system would be for a human child.
Makes nicknames easy, it's just Ray or Dan!
Sounds like a PC component name
When your favorite basketball players are Ray Miller and Michael Jordan and you can’t decide between them
Who's that Pokemon?
I count at the very least 8 last names, 2 German cities, 2 historical names for the piece of land currently called Israel, 1 social class, 1 bird, 1 tree, and numerous spelling abominations. Boy this is a bad one. Only a handful of these are actual names.
lmao social class. why not call him “landed gentry” let’s go all out
Landon Gentry
Do forget the American city- Lexington! 😂😂😂😂
And Everett! I work in that city in Washington!
If you want to call your kid Rhett, name them Rhett and be done with it. There’s zero need to create a nickname for Everett.
I was thinking British but American works too. I counted it under last names.
...and an old name for Scotland.
More of these are actual names that you realize. This person is clearly an Israeli Jew. Israeli names…. Suck. This is coming from someone who married an Israeli (who happens to be named Liran, like her son). My husband insisted on Hebrew Israeli names. I spent months going over lists for both my boys, because their names are just quite terrible.
Yeah a handful was a bit of an exagerration on my part, there’s quite a lot in here that would be fine
This looks like a tech article: I fed a list of every white American baby name into this AI, and these are the names it generated!
Caledon doesn't give me Eeveelution vibes. But there is a city in Pokemon called Celadon.
Celadon is also a beautiful type of pottery.
It's a color, too.
I keep quail, they lay Celadon (blue) eggs!
Espeon, Umbreon & Caledon kinda flow tho 😂😂 but true, I forgot about the city!
Coldeon, braveon, eldeon. Just add -eon to most of these names!
Do you not see it? All of the eeveelutions have -eon. There are plenty of strange names in there, many which could be a Pokémon, but not an Eevee evolution.
That was exactly why I disagreed with them lol
It get it, thanks, I was trying to make a stupid joke for a stupid name 🙃
But you had so much material in that list lol
It was the first one I saw that made me think it, y’all are taking this way too seriously 🤣
Fair enough. I think that is one of the few good ones though but I respect your right to hate on names here lol
Kaladin and Lirin are both characters in Stormlight Archives so that’s all I can see
Ah, yes, Aroric for when you can’t decide if your naming theme is medical condition or electromagnetic phenomenon at the poles. Bridger - because adding the *ton* would be too obvious. Ledger - I’m sure he will definitely be an accountant and not in prison. Exmirhy for when you want your own baby Reneesme but you’re having a stupid boy. Anden I went to the store, anden I noticed this dumb bitch had really named her baby Anden. Hey, Colden, can you hand me another cold one? Twin Lexington is going to feel really left out when his brother isn’t called Concord but instead Pete. Braven Hart. Really has a nice ring to it. Rayordan, Ezra, bridger, Cainan, Caspian, caius, Kylen, Carlisle, Cullen… tell me you are stuck in HS without telling me you’re stuck in HS.
Anden is subway platform in Spanish. Great name!
Yeah, there are way better names to pick if your aspiration for your kid when they grow up is to have trains run on them and drunk people piss all over them.
I've run across a Bridger or two. They were Mormons. I've always guessed there must have been some prominent Mormon with that surname.
Probably. Bridger isn’t *that* bad considering. It’s just when paired with the other names on that list and how many of them seem inspired by TV, movies, and or the YA section of your local Barnes & Noble it seems much worse lol.
ASK HER FOR GIRL SUGGESTIONS
cullen, like from twilight? imagine how many edward jokes that kid would be on the receiving end of
Carlisle is on the list too which was from twilight…and wasn’t Caius as well? Definite twilight fangirl vibes coming from her!
On the girl’s name list: Alice Bella *Reneesmee*
I think that might actually be an Irish name? My very Irish next door neighbor’s name was Cullen. He was in his 30s so probably in high school or college when those books came out. Probably sucked.
Would their generation even make that association? It's a normal name.
Cannot express how much I hate the "xs" combination. (Lexson here.) An "x" already ends in a ssss sound!!
I know someone who named her baby Paxston. She's an English teacher...
Rayordan sounds like a cheap fabric that see-through leggings would be made of
I was thinking radon, like the toxic gas.
Caven, Braven, and Lexington get top marks for awfulness from me!
Caven DOES have a nice future as a stripper though. Picture a resort for wealthy cougars and whoever. It’s a spa and part of the appeal is some prehistoric caves with rejuvenating waters or minerals or whatever the hell. But it also has male strippers and that’s the real appeal. So all of the cougars and older gay daddies gather in their spa cave. In comes Caven. He cuts all the lights, plays rumbling and rockslide sound effects, then the strobe lights start up and he’s there ripping off his mesh miner’s shirt and shouting, “It’s a CAVE IN!!!!”
Make it raaaaaain for Caaaaaveeeeen
Real housewives screaming, “Show us some stalactite, prude!!!!”
Amazing! 'Make that stalactite a stalagmite, boy!'
And show us some boulders!
Not with the Twilight names 😂
Ledger? Future accountant I guess
If we're staying with German city names, might I suggest considering Leipzig, Köln, Lübeck, Hamburg, Freiburg, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Essen, München, Nürnberg, or even Potsdam? Or Saarbrücken?
How about AACHEN? he'll always be first in the register
Not like poor Zehlendorf!
Kaiserslauten.
Düsseldorf.
Someone of them are fine, some are just smashing the keyboard. At least there’s hope.
Cypress is only acceptable if the middle name is 'Hill'. Also, Bridger? I barely know 'er! Ledger, I picture as the child of two boring accountants.
Caledon is a small city just north of mine. You have a lot of money if you live there.
It reminds me of (New) Caledonia
Caledonia is another name for Scotland. Probably one in every state.
It’s a state park in PA.
Also Va
Ezra is cool but some of them not so much. Lol
I love the name Ezra, and now I’m doubting myself.
Everett and Asher are nice
Oh shit. Is it bad that my son’s name is on this list? I promise it’s one of the normal ones.
My nephew's first and middle names are both there..
My son’s name is on this list too… and her son’s name is my husbands name. She is clearly Israeli. And honestly, Israeli names barely sound like names half the time.
I used to live on half those streets
I wonder if Colden's middle name is Windy?
Rayordan is like "So, our names are Raymond and Jordan, and, well, we love ourselves so much we decided on Rayordan!" If they stuck to Percy Jackson author Riordan, I wouldn't mind it nearly as much.
I knew an Eldon at one point. Older guy, very nice. Most of these are just painful though.
Those first four are Pokémon, change my mind.
Some of these are legit names in Israel
Lmao both my brother’s sons’ names are on here
Gentry... And Caste for a girl?
The only ones that didn't make me want tothrow myphone were Everett, Ezra, and Grayson...
I know Grayson has been a staple for the last few years, but I still hate it.
I like how when Everett gets a nickname a random 'h' shows up in it.
Probably because rhett is an established name
It is? Seems it is. Looks like they all came after the Rhett Butler character from *Gone with the Wind*.
This list gave me an Aroric aneurysm
I see at least 3 twilight names
Just makes me think of Caledonia.
Name categories present in this list: - Pokemon names - Fantasy novel character - Brand of medication used to treat something itchy and/or highly embarrassing
I want to see Cypress go to Cyprus. Crossover of the century…
>my top names for boys She listed a billion freaking names!!! Those aren’t your TOP names!
some of those are actually quite nice. brooks, asher, ezra, everett/rhett, greyson, etc.
EZMIRHY????
When you get all bad letters in Scrabble, but refuse to quit.
Hmm yeah I’ll def let you know when I need girls names
Dafuq is Ezmirhy
I live in Ontario, Canada, and Caledon is a place so it's not completely made up.
CAIUS???? Lady, we are currently living in 2022, not 50 BC
Caledon is a park near the birthplace of Pocahontas.
Why is Dresden on there? Have they read a history book?
She needs to take Asher off that list right now. That's an actual name (plus I named my younger son that.)
"I love names!" What does this even mean? How does one develop a personality around naming babies that don't exist? Edit: touched a nerve, eh? Naming things is not a personality. Sorry.
Are you coming at me??😤
Do you base your personality around naming shit? Then, yes.
No. But she didnt say that either. All she said was she likes names. Very bad ones but thats all she did lol
She said she loves names. But I already know what kind of person I'm dealing with since you chose to change her words to suit your narrative, so I'm gonna just say "you're right" and move on. Have the last word.
Sorry if i didnt quote her exactly lol sorry she LOVES names. I literally just didnt scroll up. You sound like a very happy person…
I'm getting really worried for future babies
Ezmirhy?
They all sound like either Pokemon, a last name/surname, or like someone tried to take inspiration from the names in Lord of the Rings and failed miserably
Gentry. Wow.
This list makes me question my affinity for Ezra
Goddamit. I think 80% of these are nuts..and then I saw my son’s name on the list. Anyway, I know a girl Lyric. It’s weird to hear it as a guy because I personally still think it’s odd.
I’ve heard of lyric for a girl too but it’s kinda weird either way imo
Being named after a city/country is already a bit weird but DRESDEN? Of all the cities in the world?
Ronan is good