“Aiden, Jaiden, Kaiden … any variant of these are, most of the time, handfuls!” — Jennifer Henderson Murray
“Tyler — each single Tyler I had was a handful.” — Margaret Connolly
“Darius: He swore on a regular basis.” — Heather Schultz
“Names which are initials.” — Brenda Eisenhardt, New Jersey
“Bettie. It was superb until I heard a father or mother say it about 50 instances in a minute as a result of this child was not listening.” — Adrienne Anderson
“Jared. One was a serious habits situation for our complete multidisciplinary group, and the opposite simply sort of an inappropriate brat. I gave my all to each of them, identical to every other pupil, and tried arduous to not let my emotions or judgments present. One is a really profitable influencer now and I’m happy with his arduous work. His character clearly has served him effectively!” — Kelley Peloton Mindrup, Texas
“So many names (particularly for boys) had been dominated out for me after we had been anticipating. We selected uncommon names for our youthful two kiddos due to me working in preschools. P.S.: Kiddos named Angel hardly ever are!” — Kendra Votava
“Braxton. I had a number of college students with that identify over the course of some years, and each single one in all them gave me main issues. I couldn’t convey myself to ever use that identify for any of my boys!” — Logan Nielsen, Utah
“After I was having my daughter, I cherished Adelina. However at that time, everybody was Addie, Maddie, and so forth. and I simply couldn’t do it.” — Elaine Giambruno
“Trent! He was a beautiful child, however man, he made me age. Some children simply have an aura that attracts everybody in like moths to a flame. He was charismatic and at all times type, with an fringe of malice. I keep in mind telling him, ‘Think about when you took all this power and used it for good?’ I cherished him and needed to cry each time he walked within the room. It was Trent’s world and we had been all alongside for the experience.” — Trina David Tempo
“I vetoed all names that may very well be initials, like AJ or JR.” — Allison Reynolds
“Aiden, Aidan, Brayden, Braeden, Caeden, Jayden, Kayden, Hayden, Zaiden … multi functional preschool class.” — Jessica Cleveland
“,.” — Nicole DiCarlo
“Each my spouse and I are academics on the identical faculty. I’ve taught 27 years and my spouse 13 years, so discovering a reputation not connected to a pupil for our 9-month-old son was a big activity. However we managed to discover a identify that we not solely have by no means taught, that we’ve by no means even seen on any roster: Ellis. And it’s good!” — Victoria Bull, Colorado
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