Most Hated Baby Names

Yahoo posted the most hated baby names - I'm not sure how this list was formulated, but I enjoyed it and I mostly agree with it.  Especially because my brother told me that I better not name my baby Aiden, or anything that rhymed with it.  Done and done.  He was kind enough to offer up his name, though.  Such a giver, he is.  But Kaitlyn being a made up spelling?  I would not have thought that. 

Nevaeh ("heaven" spelled backward and one of the most divisive names around, according to Wattenberg)
Destiny (people dislike names that confer a virtue onto a child, Wattenberg said -- and many associated this name with exotic dancers)
Madison
Mackenzie
McKenna
Addison (an example of a masculine named turned feminine, which many people dislike, Wattenberg said)
Gertrude (people said this name is "ugly")
Kaitlyn (for its "made-up" spelling)
Makayla
Bertha (author's note: duh!)

Jayden
Brayden
Aiden
Kaden (these rhyming names struck many as overdone, Wattenberg reported)
Hunter (too much like a last name or "too violent")
Hayden
Bentley (people dislike brand-name names, Wattenberg found, calling them "trashy")
Tristan
Michael (too boring, according to some)
Jackson

Some names I would add to the list include Harper, Sophia, Olivia, Isabella - simply because they are so overly popular lately.  Billy and I have tabled the baby name conversation until we know the gender. He likes names that sound a little outlandish, while I prefer more traditional names.  Melissa made a good point about picturing it on a resume.  I know I internally judge resumes based on names, and I don't want anyone throwing my kid into the reject pile!


**On another note, I hope the Alpha Phis out there caught the interview with the Colorado sister who spilled yogurt on the president.  She kindly corrected Matt Lauer when he mispronounced our Phi.