Apparently Eileen woke up on the judgement side of the bed this morning!!

I don’t understand the Aiden trend…he wasn’t even the good one on Sex & the City!!

My name is Breanna and when I was a kid it was like I had a 3rd eye how rare it was…but now every time I’m in the grocery store some mom is yelling my name!

I enjoyed the controversial post :)

Eileen, I really think the 7th Heaven craze had died down by 2007.
Also, Jacob and Isabella have been popular names for a while now…but I bet if you look at the numbers you would see a huge increase in these names since the Twilight movies made their appearance.

As someone with an MBA, a full-time job, and two kiddos under 3, I try to stay away from these time-wasting comment debates, but I just couldn’t help myself with this one. @Bre – I didn’t pass a single judgement in my post. DANIELLE is the one who judged parents giving their kids popular names by saying they had “punished them” while trying to hide behind the sarcasm curtain.

I had to do the 5 min. of research this post lacked and correct you, Danielle. First of all, with regards to your own son’s name, Camden has hovered around 200 on the Social Security list since 2006. In 2007 when you named him, it was 218, not “something like 400th.” lol. Hardly “off the beaten path.” 7th Heaven had been on for 10 years in 2006, and the final season in 2007 achieved its highest ratings.

And finally, @Heather, you are flat out wrong. Jacob was the #1 baby boy name in 2005 prior to the books’ release. (You can’t have much of an increase from #1 can you?) Isabella has been in the top 4 since 2006. It has HARDLEY increased in popularity based on the books.

Come on people. Let’s move on from this ridiculous topic. To say that people choose their children’s names for anything other than they love it, is offensive. Parents do not need judgement from ignorant bloggers telling them they have “punished” their children. It’s one of the biggest decisions someone will make as it is with their child forever. Have a little respect.

Liam is an Irish name, not a British one.

I sorta think the Twilight author picked names for her characters that were popular or edgy at the time (but I won’t say not nice things about her writing since she’s so beloved, you can guess what I might want to say). Also, teeheehee. This made me happy and I look forward to a future son-in-law (or I guess daughter in law, who knows what this daughter has in store for me) with a -yden name or named Jacob. I think it’s amusing to realize that there’s no avoiding naming your kid something they will at some point dislike, and we will maybe also dislike.

LOL! You guys are cracking me up today!
Well I am happy the post brought out such strong opinions, but seriously… chill! It was a sarcastic post!
See, this is why I don’t do sarcasm often, some people just take life WAY too seriously!

Danielle doesn’t write original posts very often. If the FeministBreeder writes about it, so will she. If another Babble “Blogger” writes about it, so will she. That’s the only trend she sets LOL Eileen is spot on. Just because you preface or end a post with “No Offense” doesn’t mean people won’t be offended. Danielle is the Queen of complaining so it shouldn’t be a surprise to her that people get pissed at some of her posts.

Funny little post, but I will say that if I’d named my daughter any of the names you mentioned, it mught hurt my feelings. I can see how this post might come off as a little insensitive, though I know you didn’t mean to.

Eileen,

Saying you took five minutes to do the research in order to prove them wrong is great. Especially seeing as how I did 30 seconds of research and proved you wrong. The final season of 7th Heaven had its LOWEST ratings since season one. Have a nice day.

Also who cares if Danielle wrote this article and threw in a “no offence” at the end. If you are seriously getting offended at this article then I feel sorry for you. If someone judging your kids name makes you feel insecure and angry maybe you have bigger issues at hand.

This is the most ridiculous article I’ve ever read. My son’s name is Jacob, it has nothing to do with Twilight. Since when did Twilight have a copyright on these names? Ohhhh you named your baby something unique. That doesn’t make you the jump off, it doesn’t make you hot sh**t. It makes you stupid. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your kids “unique” names when they come home from school crying because kids are making fun of them. I’m not trying to be a bitch, but your poorly executed, under-researched, and offensive “article” pisses me, and all the other mom’s on here off. Many people are Irish and even if they’re not, they can give their kid an Irish name. Get over yourself.

Such a rude article!! Doesnt matter that you put “no offense’ at the end….thats like saying its ok for someone to tell another “Your and ugly wench and no one likes you” and then adding a “no offense” at the other end, and expecting everything to be all good…this was tacky and stupid, and completely uncalled for! Danielle625 maybe you should stick with doing something your good at, and stop trying this “blogging” thing your doing…just saying..

Eileen, take a chill pill. There are much more serious things to worry about. Someone’s opinion on names isn’t one of them. Danielle has a right to her opinion. If it offends you don’t read it.

The fact that it says “babble is a supportive, diverse community” right above the comment box just cracks me up. There is nothing supportive about either this post or most of the comments. I’ve read this blog for a while and it really seems like for every great, informative or interesting post there is at least two more that seem designed to stir up anger and controversy. Naming your children is an extremely personal decision no matter if you pick your names from your family history or from chick lit – adding no offense at the end is a sloppy way of finishing up something that you KNOW is hurtful. I have seen way too many babble posts that are pointless (like this one) and then end casually in ‘no offense!’ Do they get comments and probably drive traffic to your personal blog? Sure. Do they support other mothers and their choices? Absolutely not.