why do americans call their kids strange names?
i mean, how many english people do you get called 'Hayden' or 'Brooke'?
Update:i'm just saying that its unusal considering english is the first language of both countries....
and i'm english, and i dont know a single Olivia.... or Brooke....
all my friends are called Charlotte, Laura, Francesca, Amelia etc.
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I totally understand where you are coming from!
It is like Australia, where else would you find a Sharleen?
Although they were both once part of Britain, they have moved away from the mother culture and developed their own identity.
They have forgotten how to spell properly and invented new names but also re-discovered old ones.
Not like our totally reasonable names like Peaches, Apple, and Fifi trixibelle.. LOL
By the way, I went to school with a Hayden but to be honest I have never met another one since.
In recent years it does seem to be a trend to have strange names, I am not sure which side of the pond is winning. We will have to see, I think that maybe the US is ahead, after all Barack is really out there! I expect a lot of children to be lumbered with that one over the next few years.
Why do you need to put down "English people"?
Olivia and Brooke are great names....
Francesca and Amelia are terrible names.
Again, it depends on where you are from. Don't stress over what people name their kids if you are not from there!!!!!!
I think your argument is just annoying because you don't know what you are talking about.
Thats like asking why Russian people name their kids with Russian names. Americans and English people are different from each other. And also, neither Hayden nor Brooke are very strange names. Ugly- yes. But not strange.
Alfie is one of the most popular boys names in England in recent years, but in America people would be like WTF if they met a kid named Alfie. So it really goes both ways.
i admire Elijah! i'm English although so won't be able to truly remark on it too plenty. yet i does no longer say that it may seem such as you have been posers. that's a time-honored biblical call and is gaining popularity, i do no longer think of that's inevitably a acceptance for a definite custom. i understand of one American couple (living in u . s .) who named their baby Elijah.
Okay... That's nice. Funny thing is is that I don't know a single Amelia or Francesca. I know 3 Brooke's.
So shut up. Everywhere has different names, I'm pretty sure what other people are called does not concern you...
I'm British and our school was full of Sophie's, Charlotte's, Rebecca's, Emma's, Jennifer's, Scott's, Craig's, Thomas's and Lewis's etc.
Here more "unique" names seem to be in fashion- I don't know the whole reason behind it but it's there culture and who am I to question it.
Plus you have to remember American culture has had influences from all over the world.
And I don't know anyone named Poppy. That name seems silly and juvenile to me and yet it's apparently popular elsewhere. I would say the names you listed as the ones that are popular where you are are also well known and popular in the US. Anyway, baby name trends are not going to be the same everywhere in the world and one country's "strange" is another country's "normal."
I live in the united states of america and yeah we do have alot of Hayden & Brooke's. I dont think they are weird names I think they are cute. Maybe some people think your friends names are wierd.....
My wife and I are both from London and her name is Olivia.
Also, I know loads of kids with weird names. I met a guy who had a daughter called Varree and I know loads of Skyes.
Well, it's apparent you're not American. It's just the style in the 'States. Most kids here aren't name Lachlan, like such in Australia, and you don't see as many Olivias as well, like such in England.