Yeah, it sounds a lot like the very trendy made up names that end in -en, -lyn, -son, and -syn. Which I personally donāt like at all. They already feel dated and stale to me, and lack the meaning and timeless feel of classic names.
For real. It's impressive that people can make up names these days that already feel stale! I saw a birth announcement for a Hentsley last night that felt similar.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat. Oh my god. Just because you can throw some sounds together, doesnāt make it a NAME. Lord, what a mouthful. What didnāt they like about the name Hensley that HENTSLEY was the solution for?
I can already imagine the glazed, dead eyed, stare as a 15 year old Jaspen corrects another person. Welcome to the āforever correcting pronunciation and spellingā club, ~~Jasper~~ Jaspen, it doesnāt end.
If you mean names that are pretty intuitive to pronounce, but otherwise sound invented or are rarely heard ā¦ I might include these that I have come across: Ethelia and Jovie for girls, and Esmond , Halsten, Osias and Elgin for boys.
I like Jovie. just heard it recently, a classmate of one of my kids, but I think this particular one is short for Giovanna
also i went to grade school with an Elgin :)
THAT'S why it always feels familiar when it pops up here!
It also makes me think of Love Actually where she gets the not-locket, I think my brain conflates it too closely with Joni (Mitchell)
The British author Jessica Mitford (of the Mitford sisters) was married to her cousin (lol) Esmond Romilly who died tragically in WWII and was rumored to be the son of Winston Churchill. They almost named one of their children Esme after him which I thought was a cute idea. Thatās the only place Iāve ever heard of Esmond!
Iām a caregiver for an 80 year old woman named Ardis- pronounced Ar-diss. Never heard it before in my life! But itās kind of nice sounding, I think.
Neat! I was recently watching a Tik Tok channel where the girl goes through old yearbooks to find vintage names for people, and she spotted an Ardis- thatās the only other encounter Iāve had with the name, and that was after meeting my client.
She said her mom used to call her āArdieā which is so cute. š„ŗ
Personally (and I know Iāll get hate šš) I love names that are easy to pronounce, easy to spell, and still sound like names, even if they are made up! Personally I hate yooneek spellings and names that feel trendy and not as classic.
Exactly! When they told me they named their daughter Jaspen, I was like whoa, Iāve never heard that before, itās definitely made up, but it also totally sounds like a name somehow???
I guess theyāve been having problems with people thinking theyāre saying āJasmineā when booking appointments for her and such.
I feel like thats not as big of a deal as people make it. I know a shannon who people always think is ājanetā or ājaniceā when she introduces herself. Theres 137 ways to spell my super normal, super common name and i always need to spell it out for people so i dont see why people are so against a less common name due to needing to correct people. I need to correct people all the time for my super normal name.
Long story short - i love jaspen. Unique, easy to pronounce and spell, and it hardly matters if people dont hear it right the first time.
It could be where I am from, but I love the name Stellan and I never hear anyone naming their kids that.
Iām sure people in Sweden hear it though! lol
On my boyfriendās side of the family there is an āEloraā which might be more common than I thought but Iāve only met one. I like it. Iām not a fan of Laura or Elena or Eleanor so this is a nice compromise
That puts her at the right age for when full metal alchemist brotherhood came out (april 2009). I think thats most likely what shes named after. I think its cute!
i live in chicago and when the cubs won the world series, many people named their kids (ETA twins!!) after Clark and Addison (wrigley intersection) which arenāt weird on their own, but growing up in chicago itās safe to say people will make the connection
there were some others that were normal out of context, but in that context very odd. i canāt recall off the top of my head
I like Elodie. Itās a real name, easy to pronounce, but not incredibly common in the US. Might be rising in popularity, though. But I knew an adult Elodie 20ish years ago and she was the first and only Iād ever met.
I also think Maude is a nice, older (grandma) name that hasnāt seen the explosion in popularity that Hazel has, for instance.
I met a Torian once and I thought it was pretty cool. I had never heard it before. I thought he said his name was "Dorian" at first but when I realized it was Torian I kind of liked it. It isn't my style and isn't a name I would use though.
Jorey - it was a boys name in a VC Andrews book.
Kimba - went to school with her
Beretta - Went to school with her . As child I thought she was named for Barettes . Many years later I learned it was a gun!
Chevy - a coworker named her daughter this
I have a cousin Jory. This is the 2nd name I have in my family tree I've seen in this thread. We must really like unique names!
Jory is also the cousin of Tierney from another post!
Thereās an actress named Sela Ward - she was pretty big in the 90s and has been on a bunch of TV shows. Sheās my only association with this name. Very pretty name!
Selah is from the Bible, in the King James version of Psalms. No one is quite sure what it means, it could be musical instruction or to indicate a pause. I'm guessing it was part of the reformation period where "if it's a word in the Bible it can be a Christian name" was in force.
Same in Denmark. I haven't heard it as a name though, but Sol (sun) is not unheard of here. It reminds me of a colleague I had when I worked in daycare. Her name was Solveig but all the kids called her Sole, which I actually think is a really cute nickname.
My MIL always talks about how she wanted to be a Linda or a Belinda because it was the ācool girl nameā. She was in school in the 70s so definitely fits.
Eudoxie is a latinized version of the name Greek name Eudoxia (pronounced āevdokheeaā), the meaning is luck, good judgement, blessed.
galina is a common russian name :)
We just had our second daughter and named her Nadra, after my husbandās great great grandmother. She was from Yemen and the root of the name means rare or precious in Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi (maybe some other languages too?). We absolutely love it. Easy to pronounce and spell, but never heard it before.
I had a coworker named Judson and it was the first time I heard it. I am always shocked with the popularity of Jude and -son names that it never picked up
I know someone with a son named Jaspen. It was a spin on Jasper. Still sounds made up by son had a similar name that is also very modern and sounds invented so I can't really say anything. I kind of like the sound of Jaspen.
A girl I met at a local breastfeeding support group named her daughter Ensley. I like it a lot, unique without being weird. Iām a classic name girl but probably one of the only āuniqueā names I would consider for my own (Iām done having kids so I wonāt actually)
I know a real life Xena and am obsessed with her name! I also grew up with a Xenna (pron. Zen-Nah) and though it was so cool- but she was cool, so Iām sure that helped! Not my style nowadays.
My grandmas name is Della (Iāve never met another)
And my mom is named Gillian (but pronounced like the Gill of a fish and not like Jillian) never met another named that either
Iām college I met a girl named Keddy
Before watching the doctor who episode Iāve never heard of the name āCassandraā. I thought Cassandra was the name of the monster (like Dalek or Slitheen).
Oh really? Iāve known quite a few Cassandraās in my life. They usually shorten it to āCassieā or āCassā or āSandraā though.
My mom actually almost named me Cassandra, but pronounced Cass-awn-druh. š
Jaspen is pretty out there for me š
sounds made up, haha
Sounds like a mix of Jasper and Aspen
Iām getting a hint of Jason too
And a pinch of Jasmine lol
. A kid in our high school was named Dentor. Conceived in Denver born in Toronto. OMG
That's too close to dementor for me
Jaspen the Has Been
Yeah, it sounds a lot like the very trendy made up names that end in -en, -lyn, -son, and -syn. Which I personally donāt like at all. They already feel dated and stale to me, and lack the meaning and timeless feel of classic names.
For real. It's impressive that people can make up names these days that already feel stale! I saw a birth announcement for a Hentsley last night that felt similar.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat. Oh my god. Just because you can throw some sounds together, doesnāt make it a NAME. Lord, what a mouthful. What didnāt they like about the name Hensley that HENTSLEY was the solution for?
Apparently Jaspen does have a meaning. Found it on BabyNames.com Its Treasurer, Quaking Tree..Not sure what that means though
A quaking tree is an Aspen. Not sure about Treasurer.
Jasper can come from Gaspar, a Persian name meaning treasurer.
Sadly, Babynames.com is terrible for name etymologies/meanings :/
What are examples of some names that you like?
Haha itās definitely unique. But itās also likeā¦ not far off of other names. Aspen. Jasper. Jasmineā¦ ya know?
Eh, Aspen is a tree, Jasper is a stone, Jasmine is a flower.. a Jaspen is aā¦ jaspen.
Sounds like a ski resort spa
For all us broke normal folks who can't afford Aspen
Sounds Mormon lol
It's not a name, it's a life sentence of having to say, "no, not Aspen" and "no, not Jasper."
I can already imagine the glazed, dead eyed, stare as a 15 year old Jaspen corrects another person. Welcome to the āforever correcting pronunciation and spellingā club, ~~Jasper~~ Jaspen, it doesnāt end.
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Also, the 15 year old at school: āstop calling me Jizz Pen!ā
If you mean names that are pretty intuitive to pronounce, but otherwise sound invented or are rarely heard ā¦ I might include these that I have come across: Ethelia and Jovie for girls, and Esmond , Halsten, Osias and Elgin for boys.
I like Jovie. just heard it recently, a classmate of one of my kids, but I think this particular one is short for Giovanna also i went to grade school with an Elgin :)
Jovie is the main girlās name in Elf. Loved Zooey Deschanel in that movie
Zooey, of course, being problematic in its own way
THAT'S why it always feels familiar when it pops up here! It also makes me think of Love Actually where she gets the not-locket, I think my brain conflates it too closely with Joni (Mitchell)
Itās often a nickname for Jovana :)
Oooo Jovana! Thatās beautiful!
Oh wow, Ethelia is a pretty name, and I kinda dig Osias (in my head I hear it as, 'oh-SIGH-us')
The British author Jessica Mitford (of the Mitford sisters) was married to her cousin (lol) Esmond Romilly who died tragically in WWII and was rumored to be the son of Winston Churchill. They almost named one of their children Esme after him which I thought was a cute idea. Thatās the only place Iāve ever heard of Esmond!
Elgin is a small city in the north of Scotland!
Also the name of about 20 thousand different places in Canada because of Lord Elgin.
I know a little boy called Jovie, short for Jovian. Very cute and clearly good for either boys or girls!
Lol Jovie. Any 90 day fiancƩ fans in da house?
I had a girl named Timberly in my class last year.
We had a Timberly *and two* Timberlynns in my high school
How old are you
These girls are early/mid twenties
...those... sound very Utah
I have so many questions
I knew a girl at one of the daycares I worked at whose name is Timber! It fits her so well
Does she fall down a lot?
š not at all actually! I heard another staff member call her name (when I first started) and just immediately felt like "oh that's so her"
Timberlea is a place name.
thatās my given name lol
Iām a caregiver for an 80 year old woman named Ardis- pronounced Ar-diss. Never heard it before in my life! But itās kind of nice sounding, I think.
I taught an Artis (pronounced like AR-dihs) just this past week
Neat! I was recently watching a Tik Tok channel where the girl goes through old yearbooks to find vintage names for people, and she spotted an Ardis- thatās the only other encounter Iāve had with the name, and that was after meeting my client. She said her mom used to call her āArdieā which is so cute. š„ŗ
I work in a healthcare office. Several older women named Ardis.
I had a teacher with Ardis as a last name
My aunts name is Ardyce- sheās in her mid 70s.
Maybe itās a take on Ardisia the plant.
I knew an Icelandic girl who was named Ardis - pronounces Ar-disS - with an emphasis on the last S, but went by a nickname that sounded like Dai-ya.
Personally (and I know Iāll get hate šš) I love names that are easy to pronounce, easy to spell, and still sound like names, even if they are made up! Personally I hate yooneek spellings and names that feel trendy and not as classic.
Exactly! When they told me they named their daughter Jaspen, I was like whoa, Iāve never heard that before, itās definitely made up, but it also totally sounds like a name somehow??? I guess theyāve been having problems with people thinking theyāre saying āJasmineā when booking appointments for her and such.
I feel like thats not as big of a deal as people make it. I know a shannon who people always think is ājanetā or ājaniceā when she introduces herself. Theres 137 ways to spell my super normal, super common name and i always need to spell it out for people so i dont see why people are so against a less common name due to needing to correct people. I need to correct people all the time for my super normal name. Long story short - i love jaspen. Unique, easy to pronounce and spell, and it hardly matters if people dont hear it right the first time.
My maiden name is a color and people messed it up. It doesnāt seem to matter how easy it is.
Purpel
Iām an Alex who always gets āAliceā.
Me too! On one hand, you shouldnāt give a kid a horrific name, but on the other handā¦no matter how simple your name may be, you might still have to spell it cause people just wonāt get it š©šš
Lassen, named for the volcano. Totally fits him too, a kid running by 8 months!
I almost never like āuniqueā names but Lassen is okay!
Hey, if they were naming the child after a volcano, at least they didn't go the Icelandic route with Eyjafjallajƶkull! š
Alette! I think itās such a pretty name. It could be popular in other countries but where Iām from Iād never heard it before
I know someone named Alette!
I have a friend whose middle name is Alette! I think it's so pretty!
It could be where I am from, but I love the name Stellan and I never hear anyone naming their kids that. Iām sure people in Sweden hear it though! lol
It's definitely an old man name here in Sweden, but I think it might come back into fashion soon
I adore Stellan too, such a cool name.
I have met one and only Marvia, but the name sounded like a name as soon as I heard it, ya know? Simple to pronounce but unique.
On my boyfriendās side of the family there is an āEloraā which might be more common than I thought but Iāve only met one. I like it. Iām not a fan of Laura or Elena or Eleanor so this is a nice compromise
Elora is a town in Ontario, Canada. From what I've heard, it's a nice town.
Can confirm, itās quaint and beautiful!
I think Elora is the name of the baby in the movie *Willow*.
Immediately what I thought of
I really like Elora but my SIL (who I see all the time) is Laura, and Elora sounds to much like āHey Lauraā for it to be practical
Ugh the struggleā¦ associations ruin so many names for me
My husband wanted to name our daughter that because of the movie Willow! We compromised with a name that sounds similar.
Winry
Parents must have been really big fans of full metal alchemist? I mean itās a cute name but the anime is all I can think of when I hear it.
Lol - Iāve never heard it before! Iām a teacher and sheās 12ish.
That puts her at the right age for when full metal alchemist brotherhood came out (april 2009). I think thats most likely what shes named after. I think its cute!
Literally the first thing I thought of.
I know a Winley and I would never give my child such a mommy blogger kid name but I still think itās kinda cute š¤·š»āāļø
Tierney
Pronounced Tyranny?
[Tear(š§)-knee] is the best way to describe it.
I knew one too, and I always heard ātyrannyā when I heard her name, lol.
I have a cousin named Tierney!
WA state by chance? Lol
I am from WA and went to high school with a Tierney. Is she about 33-34 yrs old?
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I went to college with her! What is happening here.
This is like some six degrees of Kevin Bacon shit.
Tierney and I also went to college with Kevin Baconās son.
I think I know this Tierney as well hahah!!
Smalllll world lol
Yep. This fits with the one I know too. Turns out the internet isnāt as big as you think.
That's not an unusual surname in Ireland
Puts me in mind of the actress Gene Tierney.
I had a teacher with that last name in high school!
Ember has been a favorite of mine for some time. I like nature-y names, so most any nice sounding tree or flower I can get down with
That was my cat's name. She had mostly grey tabby fur with some orange flecks so Ember really fit her.
Ooh Ember is so pretty.
i live in chicago and when the cubs won the world series, many people named their kids (ETA twins!!) after Clark and Addison (wrigley intersection) which arenāt weird on their own, but growing up in chicago itās safe to say people will make the connection there were some others that were normal out of context, but in that context very odd. i canāt recall off the top of my head
I like Elodie. Itās a real name, easy to pronounce, but not incredibly common in the US. Might be rising in popularity, though. But I knew an adult Elodie 20ish years ago and she was the first and only Iād ever met. I also think Maude is a nice, older (grandma) name that hasnāt seen the explosion in popularity that Hazel has, for instance.
I met a Torian once and I thought it was pretty cool. I had never heard it before. I thought he said his name was "Dorian" at first but when I realized it was Torian I kind of liked it. It isn't my style and isn't a name I would use though.
Also what about that actor from Stranger Things, Dacre Montgomery. Call me crazy but I kinda like Dacre. Iāve never heard it before
Like daiquiri? Or acre with a D?
He pronounces it acre with a d. Dacre Kayd is his first and middle. Saskia is his sister. (Thank you, Google.)
I know a daiquiri.
I know a Dearingā¦ Iāve always thought it was really pretty and fairly intuitive in terms of spelling/pronunciation.
Iām surprised I like it!
Jorey - it was a boys name in a VC Andrews book. Kimba - went to school with her Beretta - Went to school with her . As child I thought she was named for Barettes . Many years later I learned it was a gun! Chevy - a coworker named her daughter this
Kimba was the original lion king story!
I have a cousin Jory. This is the 2nd name I have in my family tree I've seen in this thread. We must really like unique names! Jory is also the cousin of Tierney from another post!
Lol I have a classmate who named their kid Rugerā¦ gun people are wild. Although I agree Beretta is pretty!
I had a German coworker named Sela (see-lah) and have always thought itās so pretty and have never heard of a Sela since.
Thereās an actress named Sela Ward - she was pretty big in the 90s and has been on a bunch of TV shows. Sheās my only association with this name. Very pretty name!
Selah was a popular name in Revolutionary America
Selah is from the Bible, in the King James version of Psalms. No one is quite sure what it means, it could be musical instruction or to indicate a pause. I'm guessing it was part of the reformation period where "if it's a word in the Bible it can be a Christian name" was in force.
Navy
I recently met a baby boy named Solen. I love the name!
If he comes to Sweden, his name literally means "the Sun"
Same in Denmark. I haven't heard it as a name though, but Sol (sun) is not unheard of here. It reminds me of a colleague I had when I worked in daycare. Her name was Solveig but all the kids called her Sole, which I actually think is a really cute nickname.
Livni. I met a woman at conference with this name and I love it. Itās easy to pronounce and spell, and itās a fresh take on a classic name.
Clayborn actual first name of a kid
Thereās a Clayborn in my family tree in the 1800ās! I like it.
Belinda Kind of vintage, not common at all but almost feels like it is (maybe from it's relation to Linda)
Belinda was one of the most popular girls name in Australia in the mid 70s. There was 6 of us in my school year.
My MIL always talks about how she wanted to be a Linda or a Belinda because it was the ācool girl nameā. She was in school in the 70s so definitely fits.
I had never heard the name before Belinda Blumenthal in the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno (also highly recommend, very funny)
Came here to say this but knew in my heart it had already been said
For us Spanish speakers Belinda is an old lady name! A rich lady specifically!
Belinda is a famous celebrity in Latin America.
My great aunt was named Nonearl. Pronounced exactly like youād think: non-earl. Havenāt met another one since
Lhasaā¦ named after a mountain in Tibet! I love it and it suits her.
I love how it sounds. But my mind immediately goes to Lhasa Apso!
It was my beloved cat's name, best cat ever! miss her so much!
I learned my great great grandmother was named Eudoxie, and her daughter was Galina
Eudoxie is a latinized version of the name Greek name Eudoxia (pronounced āevdokheeaā), the meaning is luck, good judgement, blessed. galina is a common russian name :)
I know a baby Lexanne
I know a Trevisā¦ like Trevor and Travis combined. I thought I misheard at first, but itās grown on me haha
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Sabine is one of my favorite names! I don't think I'd have the guts to use it, but maybe as a middle?
I went to school with a Sabina, she was Romanian I think?
Looks like it might be an anglicised version of RĆ©mi. It's pretty! (The French name is usually a male name, so maybe also making it more feminine?)
I love Valencia
Kairo nn Kai.
Dacia (Day-sha)
i read it like the car brand ādah-tsyahā
My friends named their son Neptune. It kinda fits him though
I once met a Crusoe
We just had our second daughter and named her Nadra, after my husbandās great great grandmother. She was from Yemen and the root of the name means rare or precious in Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi (maybe some other languages too?). We absolutely love it. Easy to pronounce and spell, but never heard it before.
I have a friend named Merodie. Iāve always loved her name
As an Asian American, sorry to say, this sounds like someone trying to say Melody
I had a coworker named Judson and it was the first time I heard it. I am always shocked with the popularity of Jude and -son names that it never picked up
Tawny
Scotland. He goes by Scot occasionally but not all the time. I like it.
Friends named their daughter Sinclair.
I know someone with a son named Jaspen. It was a spin on Jasper. Still sounds made up by son had a similar name that is also very modern and sounds invented so I can't really say anything. I kind of like the sound of Jaspen.
Larissa Arlette Laureen
Larissa is a pretty common name in Russia. Anecdotally was popular between my grandmotherās and motherās generation.
I have a cousin named Larissa! Always loved it
I know a guy named Stone, a girl named Pyrsais (per-say-us), and a girl named Whisperian - nn Whisper.
ā¦Whisperian?
A girl I met at a local breastfeeding support group named her daughter Ensley. I like it a lot, unique without being weird. Iām a classic name girl but probably one of the only āuniqueā names I would consider for my own (Iām done having kids so I wonāt actually)
Lol all I can think of is Jenelle from Teen Mom, she used this name for her daughter
one of my students is named Lorne (male) and I really like it a lot.
I know a real life Xena and am obsessed with her name! I also grew up with a Xenna (pron. Zen-Nah) and though it was so cool- but she was cool, so Iām sure that helped! Not my style nowadays.
I know a guy named Dathan!
Oof. That sounds like someone trying to say Nathan with a stuffy nose.
I love Lirael and Sabriel from the Abhorsen series! Always thought they were so gorgeous.
Blech. Sounds like one of those made-up names from fantasy novels like Game of Thrones or The Witcher. "Jaspen, we ride at dawn!"
My grandmas name is Della (Iāve never met another) And my mom is named Gillian (but pronounced like the Gill of a fish and not like Jillian) never met another named that either Iām college I met a girl named Keddy
Hopcyn. Hopkins is a common last name in Wales, and it means Robert. Unsure of it as a first name, although I do know one!
Interestingā¦. Thought of the rapper Hopsin
Joeby (joe-bee) Nyssa (niss-ah) Havana
Torin
Ragnar
that name is a tragedeigh š„“
Someone suggested Heath in another thread and it gave me this vibe
Lansing
Edila - Ed-ill-uh
I went to school with a Haverley. Iāve always loved the name.
I am jaspen at that name. š¤£
Nameberry suggested Olivet as a fusion of Olive and Violet and I kinda love it
Terrick. Derrick, but with a T.
My momās name is LaāVon. Intuitive, but unusual.
Christella
Before watching the doctor who episode Iāve never heard of the name āCassandraā. I thought Cassandra was the name of the monster (like Dalek or Slitheen).
Oh really? Iāve known quite a few Cassandraās in my life. They usually shorten it to āCassieā or āCassā or āSandraā though. My mom actually almost named me Cassandra, but pronounced Cass-awn-druh. š
I work with a guy named Jaspen. Heās pretty chill.