As if naming a baby isn’t hard enough, a teacher has now revealed the names we should avoid giving our kids – and her reasons are giving us the ick!
Jaclyn, a former teacher, has shared a TikTok video detailing the names we shouldn’t give our children and why, based on her experience with students.
“These are names you should not name your child, from the perspective of a teacher,” she says. “I have taught for over seven years, no longer teach now, but these names will forever be ingrained on my brain.”
“Names have power, and I’m doing you a service,” Jaclyn adds.
She starts with a bunch of boy names, many of which regularly appear on most popular baby name lists, and reveals why you should avoid them.
“Any name that sounds like Aiden, Kayden, Jayden, Braden. These boys are a lot. They’re on the hot mess express.”
“J names are toxic”
She continues with another list of boys’ names that are nothing but trouble.
“Be careful of Jake, Kyle, Dylan, Josh. They may be common names but they inherently have that frat boy energy. Be careful of boy names that start with J. Julian, Jayden, Jordan, Jaxson. J names are toxic.”
@teacherinreallife Teachers, do you agree? *former students watching this: I’m not talking about you. Obviously ???? #teachersoftiktok #babynames ♬ original sound – Jaclyn
Jaclyn didn’t leave out the girls, detailing the names not to give you daughters.
“Every single Emily or Emma I’ve had is afraid of the whole world. They may be sweet girls, but they are timid and fragile, fragile girls. That name is just too soft.
“And the ‘ia’ girls. Mia, Sophia, Olivia. They’ll give you a run for your money.”
The former teacher has followed up her original video with another, this time outlining the names you should give your child.
She says these are the boys you can find late at night in the library and that are, ‘just so darn sweet':
- Theo
- Arthur
- Finn
- Griffin
- Simon
“These are the best boys, they’re adorable.”
Jaclyn says these are the girls’ names that belong to students you’d find, ‘on the field playing a sport like lacrosse or soccer':
- Sydney
- Riley
- Alex
- Quinn
- Morgan
What do you think of this teacher’s names to avoid? Let us know in the comments below.
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