Say Bye To This Baby Name: Gary Could Soon Be A Goner

Yahoo! Lifestyle ^ | March 10, 2015 | Alison Coldridge

[imardmd1]

What about the popularity of “Cedric” (Lord Fauntleroy)?

[The Great RJ]

Us old codgers will have to contend with our doctor named Brandi and our lawyer named Jayden. Names like these just don’t quite have a professional sound.

[SunkenCiv]

Naming a child “Mohammed” should disappear instead.

[Nea Wood]

I read once that Gary Cooper named himself after Gary, Indiana for a stage name and that he popularized the name.

I don’t see what the big deal is. All baby boomer names have fallen out of favor...Barbara, Carol, Susan, Nancy, Kevin, Timmy, Tommy, Debbie, etc.

[ronniesgal]

that was a funny movie!!

[TontoKowalski]

When we named our son Matthew, we did not know another person in real life with that name. It had all the hallmarks of a great name... Biblical, historic, serious, and not overly common.

I guess everyone had the same thought at the same time. In school, he shared his name with lots of other kids.

I just can't imagine a Supreme Court justice named "Tiffani"

[AlaskaErik]

A radio guy in Minnesota once counted something like 15 spellings variations of the name Caitlin in girl’s basketball tournament.

I prefer Kaitlyn myself.

[Praetorian]

There are no Saints named “Gary.”

If you want a name to stand the test of time, you need some Saints.

I was going to say that with a name like Gary, he would be the patron saint of plumbers, only to find out that this already exists. Apparently, his name is Saint Genesius (Maritinus) and he is the patron saint of plumbers, actors, clowns, and torture victims. I swear, you learn something new every day. Also, there are some things that you can't just make up.

[needmorePaine]

Aiden, Bladen, Braden, Gaelan, Graylen, Layton, Peyton, Raiden, Raylen, Rylan, and Zaiden, right up there on the super-annoying list along with the so-called girl's names of Skylar and Madison.

Don't forget McKenzie and Hunter!

Oh, and my favorite name ever is La-a, pronounced Ladasha. That's right. The punctuation mark is part of the name.

[Professional Engineer]

What’re you talking about? The book of Gary is in there. Right between Esther and Ruth.

[MayflowerMadam]

I think “Chloe” gets a bad rap sometimes; it’ actually a Bible name.

[Professional Engineer]

Dude. Mine is now so uncommon I have met three others during my entire life.

[backwoods-engineer]

It’s because, in the South, Gary is pronounced “GAY-ree”. Who wants “gay” in their kids’ name, except perverts? The homos have ruined that word for all normal people.

[ABN 505]

I think they ruined the name Bruce too, I never hear that name anymore. [At least from younger people].

[P.O.E.]

Nobody names their kid Xerxes anymore.

[Albion Wilde]

I stand corrected on that one.

[Rome2000]

I think I named a cat Gary once.

He bit me.

[HonkyTonkMan]

In before Orangello and Lemongello

[T-Bone Texan]

I named my daughter Ava.

It riled my family, so yay.

Next kid, if there is one, will be Reagan. It riles the homos and leftists in my family. I will not be thwarted by wastrels!

[T-Bone Texan]

I have a doosh in-law who named his 2 girls McKenzie and McKenna.