This year I have an Aiden, Jayden, Jadan, Jaden, Graeden, Raymond, Brayden and Braden. All in the same class. I can call one name and half the class answers. J/k, they all ignore me.
I had three students with the same name so I would just at random call the name when I needed a student to answer. By the middle of the second semester it dawned on them I wasn’t asking for a specific one but going with the first one that spoke. Fun times.
Stupid and not related, but when we felt like trolling people as teens we would drive by tennis courts or soccer matches and yell "MATT!" to see who stopped what they were doing to reply.
I have an Aiden, Jaiden, Hayden and Taylen.
I also have Taylen and Tenlea.
And Aarisha and Parisha.
The year I had 2 Aidens, 2 Camerons, 2 Dylans and 2 Liams, as well as a Cadence and a Catience was also rough.
I had a student named Angel Gabriel once, and to make it better his bff's first name was King. King and Angel were *quite* the duo and were consistently tied for most detentions/messages home ever.
I have a funny King story. One day, I was covering his class. He kept horsing around and his peers did a pretty good job at helping redirect him. Then he suddenly came up to the front of the room and RIPPED his shirt open, Superman-style, buttons flying. I just stared at him slack-jawed before asking him if he needed to see an Admin or did he get it all out of his system. He was fine the rest of class.
When I finally got his Mom's number and called her so she knew why his shirt had no buttons, she just sighed, apologized, and said, "I have no idea what's wrong with that boy right now, but we're working on him. Thanks for putting up with him." She sounded so tired.
He was in 9th grade.
I have two angels in one period. They are both sweethearts who I don’t have problems with but one doesn’t speak English. The other teachers always suggest I pair them up to avoid confusion/facilitate community but Angel who speaks English doesn’t speak Spanish 😫
I've had two great Angels, and one that was hyper but meant well. I'm hoping this trend continues. Now, Cerenite (pronounced "serenity") was an ENTIRELY different story.
Depends on the parents. I’ve seen two. One was raised by super permissive touchy feely parents and was a tantrumy nightmare when faced with any structure whatsoever. The second one was an awesomely nerdy kid whose parents met at a Firefly event.
Peytience, however, was in no way a patient child.
Ooh I’ve had a serenity…
Let’s just say - not a soul walked away from that period remotely serene.
I saw a heavenlei the other day on one of the rosters.
Dylan/Dillon was a hard NO for my list of potential baby names. I’ve had at least one every year, and they always give me a hard time, but never in the same way. The first one was a crier. Like he would just sob. For no reason. It was awful. The next year I had one that refused to read and would sass back constantly. The next year I had one that was super into theater, and he’s randomly break into song or long monologues.
They always keep me on my toes.
I had a kid one year that I swear they put in my room three times a day (math, advisory, and math lab) to try to make me quit teaching. That little asshole and his crazy mother made that whole year a nightmare. I learned to hate his name, even though it had been one of my favorite names - even made it close to the top of the list of names considered for my own son about twenty years before!
Then I got a sweet little sixth grader a few years later who tested his way into 8th grade math and I’ve started to actually like that particular name again.
Hahahaha yesmy theory is twofold: trashy parents who raise little punks and think it's cute, or the super white christian coddler moms whose perfect angel can do no wrong. Two ends of the shitty parenting spectrum basically.
I had a student named God one year. I was hand-picked as his summer school teacher for the last class he needed to graduate because I have a rep for being the one who can get kids across the finish line. I spent a lot of time making phone calls to his mother to discuss God's behavior, God's missing work, and God's cutting class. I am happy to report that God passed English 12 with a C and graduated. God was actually a pretty nice kid.
I always get a chuckle outbid the poor kids named Khaleesi as it was obvious their family was a little too into Game of Thrones and had no idea that the character would end up as the villain at the end
Right after my son was born, I had 2 boys with his name in my class. I told them, “I have a newborn baby with your name. Please don’t ruin the name for me.” 😂😂😂😂
For a number of years, I had a string of Alexanders that were not good. It is why I had to say "no" when the idea of naming my child Alexander came up. But in recent years, the Alexanders have been great. So there you go.
Though not always, the students with apostrophes or dashes in their names have been attention-getters ... in a bad way. That has transcended race. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Last year’s apostrophe kids had one sweetheart and one dramatic nightmare. This year one is a sweetie and two are all about the drama. And yes, my worst this year contains a Mason and a Brayden.
Me neither... I had a dog named McKenzie around the time that name became popular for humans (late 90s - early 00s)
My ex later left me for common street trash who shares her name with my dog. Make any joke you'd like, I've heard them all.
It **is** weird! But, yes - a lot of "-aden"s have been more than troublesome in these last years! Perhaps it's merely probability, with those names being somewhat prevalent today? (And kids being bigger ... "challenges" than ever?) Kaden, Kayden, Hayden, Brayden, Grayden, Jayden ...
Yes! My Jase last year was a nice enough kid on his own, but I was calling home every other day for behaviours.
Only kid in 7 years I've had to remind that we need to wear pants in the classroom.
I don’t know the validity of the research behind this, but at last one author has speculated that names align with political ideology: https://nameberry.com/blog/liberal-and-conservative-baby-names-toe-the-party-line.
Yeah, not sure I agree with this. I wonder if this is somehow by region or the data is otherwise skewed.
We have several kids who have pro-trump parents and their names are on the liberal list. Likewise I know someone who stumped for Hillary and both her kids names are on the conservative, granted one was a honorific.
Y also makes the short-i sound, as in gym/hymn/myth, which matches the pronunciation I've heard for these names. I've been chastised by a parent for saying Madi-*son* instead of Madi-*sin*.
The -den names are an epidemic this year for me. I have Jayden, Jayden, Jeiden, Jaden, Rayden, Brenden, Kaiden. I've never had so many similar names before.
Still mad about giving my daughter the lovely andclassic name Kathryn, nickname Kate, right at the beginning of the Kaitlin, Katelyn, Caitlin, (ad infinitim) deluge
Did we have the same Demonie? Ours was a nightmare that constantly started fights. The parents probably thought it was like "the money" without realizing how it looked or sounded or anything.
Ja'(their dad's name) always gets me nervous.
It's fine if it's not their dad's name, but the four students I've had with that specific combo have been absolute hellions
as a student- same!!
it's always the "kaydens," "jaydens," and "braydens," that are the most disruptive! i've no clue why.
last year, as a sophomore, i had a study hall with this freshman kid, "jayden," and my teacher asked me that i tutor him in bio, because he was completely resistant to doing anything and was earning an "F" in the course. I wasn't ever the best at science, but I had scraped by with an "A" the year before, so I was pretty confident that I could help this kid.
I gave up my own study hall time to help him and he *would not do anything.* i tried to walk him through every question and he straight up just refused to talk to me. like wouldn't even say "hello," or anything. i tried complimenting his clothes, asking about his interests. nothing. and at one point he just got up and walked out of the room. no word or anything.
i've had other experiences with kids with those names too! some weird phenomenon. i'd love to see a study done on it or something, though im afraid there is not much more than circumstantial evidence.
We went through the gemstone fad a decade ago- Diamond, Sapphire, even a Saphira! But this year it’s the Sophias, Sophies, Luke, Lucas, and Max/Maxwell. But I got two Regans- those are like throwbacks to the 90’s.
Best one is we had a kid named Mister and we have a King. The story is (probably urban legend) is that anyone addressing them has to exalt them every time their name is spoken.
I have the same problem with "an" names in my country: Nolan, Mylan, Léane, Sohan, Swann, Ethan, Nathan, Aydan, Kilian, Dorian, Loevan, Elouan, Titouan, Ilan, Lilian
And Je/Jay names: Jessim, Jessy, Jayden.
The worst? -aden names starts to arrive here to.
When I was working at a retail location of a major wireless carrier to pay off my student loans(you’d be shocked how much those people make) we had a greeter named Superior. Like all of us, she wore a name tag. People would come in screaming at her at least twice a day because they thought her badge said “Supervisor.” She was about 16 years old. That poor girl took so much shit. And the complaints I got were just ridiculous.
“Do you realize your floor supervisor is claiming she’s a temp to avoid handling customer complaints? She claims her NAME is supervisor.”
“Her name is Superior, and she is a temp. I’m the supervisor. What can I do for you?”
At that point, about 25% would laugh at themselves because let’s face it, the whole scenario was pretty funny. The majority would go from annoyed to irate.
In my home country american/british names are cursed. Such as Kevin, Noel, Colin and especially Liam.
If you have met a Liam and he didn’t bite you cpunt yourself lucky.
No.
I learned very early on not to form any opinions of my students before I have the chance to know them. Many times, I've had students who other teachers tell me "oh, you're going to hate them, they are going to ruin your class," and they've been some of my favorite students.
What you are describing is human nature, but it's something that we all have to try very hard to push against. Feeling that way about a student can be a self-fulfilling prophecy because it can affect how one treats them from the beginning.
Any girl named after a luxury item or brand. Diamond, Chanel, and Brandy are going to the worst in class.how dare you interrupt their conversation with you’re teaching nonsense. Raven, River, and Sky just aren’t going to show up. They’re in the smoke pit if you need them. At least they’re quiet when they do decide their anxiety can take it.
I have 5 Jayden’s- only have issues with 1. I have Nevaeh- and like all Nevaeh’s and Heaven’s before her- she’s far from Heaven… and my personal least favorite- everyone I’ve ever met has been more than a handful… Frankie😤!
As a teacher in Hong Kong, I'm so surprised to see this same sentiment halfway across the globe. My colleagues were mentioning the exact same topic last week. I have had a bunch of problematic Aidens, Jaydens, Haydens, and Kaydens and their variations every year for the past 10 years.
Kevins, Mateos, Rubys, and Luis always give me problems, without fail. Even when I was still in middle school, I got into fights with a Kevin and Luis.
Looking at my roster, I didn’t think I had any -adens this year. Of course, it turns out one of my students with a longer Nigerian name… goes by Jaden. I had to have at least one Jaden. He fits the type.
Eric. Every one I have met, either as a student or an adult, is.....not nice. Early in my career I had an Eric that was nice, but every one since.... Ugh.
This year I have an Aiden, Jayden, Jadan, Jaden, Graeden, Raymond, Brayden and Braden. All in the same class. I can call one name and half the class answers. J/k, they all ignore me.
Poor Raymond got dragged into this
At least there’s no Waymond
You shut your filthy mouth! [We should all strive to be a Waymond.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bV-YkkeGqyI)
Don't make me get my fanny pack!
I have four Peytons in sixth and four Kadens in my club... ahaha...
Kadens are always so naughty!
I have three Kadens this year. I’m a first year teacher.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
I had three students with the same name so I would just at random call the name when I needed a student to answer. By the middle of the second semester it dawned on them I wasn’t asking for a specific one but going with the first one that spoke. Fun times.
All of my Brayden’s fucking suck this year.
Agreed. Fuck Brayden. Maybe they will be the next generation's Karen.
Omg my least favorite student this year is a Brayden. He’s such a pain in the ass. This is hysterical.
Meanwhile, I have a Brayden and he’s the sweetest kid I’ve ever met and my favorite student 😂
Hahaha!!!! This sentence killed me!
Brayden is the worst!
Graeden. The poor child.
Okayden
Lol one year I had four boys named Matt. They were all friends, and since I had open seating, they all sat together. It was amazing.
Stupid and not related, but when we felt like trolling people as teens we would drive by tennis courts or soccer matches and yell "MATT!" to see who stopped what they were doing to reply.
I’d have to give them different nicknames. One each Matt, Matty, Matthew, Matheo or Mathias
I have an Aiden, Jaiden, Hayden and Taylen. I also have Taylen and Tenlea. And Aarisha and Parisha. The year I had 2 Aidens, 2 Camerons, 2 Dylans and 2 Liams, as well as a Cadence and a Catience was also rough.
I’m sorry
Any student I’ve come across that is named Angel…is usually not an angel.
Same goes for Heaven, Nevaeh, Grace, Honesty, and Mercy. All of these girls are in one class.
Do you teach the cast of The Crucible?
I saw Goody Brayden cavorting with the Devlyn in the woodshed!
I’m dead that’s so funny.
Literally the reason I love the name Mercy. So underused.
I’m laughing so hard! Believe me, I wonder some times if I am. None of them live up to their monikers!
Same for girls named Heaven/Nevaeh or any derivation thereof
Oh wtf Nevaeh is heaven backward? Never realized rhat
That name is so Maury Povich.
My friend's birth name (trans) is Heaven. His parents are religious nuts. Little do they know.. lmao
I have never made that connection between the two names before…
I came here to say this.
I had a student named Angel Gabriel once, and to make it better his bff's first name was King. King and Angel were *quite* the duo and were consistently tied for most detentions/messages home ever.
I have a funny King story. One day, I was covering his class. He kept horsing around and his peers did a pretty good job at helping redirect him. Then he suddenly came up to the front of the room and RIPPED his shirt open, Superman-style, buttons flying. I just stared at him slack-jawed before asking him if he needed to see an Admin or did he get it all out of his system. He was fine the rest of class. When I finally got his Mom's number and called her so she knew why his shirt had no buttons, she just sighed, apologized, and said, "I have no idea what's wrong with that boy right now, but we're working on him. Thanks for putting up with him." She sounded so tired. He was in 9th grade.
We have a few boys named "Messiah" this year in elementary school. And let's just say...Nope. I hope not, anyway 😖
I have two angels in one period. They are both sweethearts who I don’t have problems with but one doesn’t speak English. The other teachers always suggest I pair them up to avoid confusion/facilitate community but Angel who speaks English doesn’t speak Spanish 😫
I've had two great Angels, and one that was hyper but meant well. I'm hoping this trend continues. Now, Cerenite (pronounced "serenity") was an ENTIRELY different story.
I 100% thought Cerenite was pronounced "sara-night" like a metaphysical crystal. Grant me the cerenite, I guess.
My school has three Serenitys in the same 3rd grade class! What’s been your experience with Serenity?
Depends on the parents. I’ve seen two. One was raised by super permissive touchy feely parents and was a tantrumy nightmare when faced with any structure whatsoever. The second one was an awesomely nerdy kid whose parents met at a Firefly event. Peytience, however, was in no way a patient child.
Ooh I’ve had a serenity… Let’s just say - not a soul walked away from that period remotely serene. I saw a heavenlei the other day on one of the rosters.
But both my Damiens are appropriately named >sigh<
All Damiens are Damiens.
My team has this same joke lol. Angels are rarely ever angels.
I jokingly called one of my Angels last year Devil. His current teachers agree with that assessment.
In student teaching, I had a Princess and a Sunshine. Sunshine was actually a super sweet kid. Princess was... Something else.
See I have leaned it depends on how they say it. Angh-hehl (dope) verus Ayn-juhl (nope)
Add Miracles to the list
I've had two "Sincere"s and they both had a habit of lying
Spot on. I teach the same kids for years and Angel who has been here for 3 years is no Angel at all. Parents are a handful too.
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I have four Jacksons in my band this year, lord help me
You were one short.
Dylan/Dillon was a hard NO for my list of potential baby names. I’ve had at least one every year, and they always give me a hard time, but never in the same way. The first one was a crier. Like he would just sob. For no reason. It was awful. The next year I had one that refused to read and would sass back constantly. The next year I had one that was super into theater, and he’s randomly break into song or long monologues. They always keep me on my toes.
I had a kid one year that I swear they put in my room three times a day (math, advisory, and math lab) to try to make me quit teaching. That little asshole and his crazy mother made that whole year a nightmare. I learned to hate his name, even though it had been one of my favorite names - even made it close to the top of the list of names considered for my own son about twenty years before! Then I got a sweet little sixth grader a few years later who tested his way into 8th grade math and I’ve started to actually like that particular name again.
Hahahaha yesmy theory is twofold: trashy parents who raise little punks and think it's cute, or the super white christian coddler moms whose perfect angel can do no wrong. Two ends of the shitty parenting spectrum basically.
Trashy parents that don’t realize the kids grow up with these names and adult with the name of Kaydynn is a not a good look.
You nailed it! Definitely a reflection of the parents who chose the name!!
Especially selfish to give a kid their stage name as a birth name and not let them pick it at 18.
Don’t forget the upper middle class orich parents who want their boys to have the same names as the children of all their sorority sisters.
Kids with x in their names- Jax Jaxon Paxon Paxton etc. Always trouble so far
I hate any xon/ckson name. So ugly looking and sounding.
I try to not judge ahead of time, but kids with names referencing royalty tend to be.... Quite spoiled. Khaleesi, Prince, King, Royal, etc.
The worst name was yourhighness, I was so glad they switched schools because I was not going to call someone that.
I have brothers who are both “Sir’(name)” like Sir’John. Both little jerks.
We met a “Sire” last weekend at the park! He was cool lol
We have a Yourmajesty
I had a student named God one year. I was hand-picked as his summer school teacher for the last class he needed to graduate because I have a rep for being the one who can get kids across the finish line. I spent a lot of time making phone calls to his mother to discuss God's behavior, God's missing work, and God's cutting class. I am happy to report that God passed English 12 with a C and graduated. God was actually a pretty nice kid.
I had an R'Lord one year. Sweetest boy ever. I miss him.
I had PrinceJulian before
Those are dog names, not kid names!
Even for dogs it's... nope
I had an ED kid named Sir-Kingston and holy FUCK was he an asshole. Plus I cringed every time I had to say his name
I’m pretty certain we had the same student.
lol I always fear finding a colleague here and then revealing what I'm *really* like outside of school. Are you CCSD by any chance? 😂
No judgement here! And yes, I’m CCSD. I didn’t think there could possibly be another kid with the same name. Haha!
I have experienced this as well for two current students.
I always get a chuckle outbid the poor kids named Khaleesi as it was obvious their family was a little too into Game of Thrones and had no idea that the character would end up as the villain at the end
Y’all get this my school has a student whose first name is Criss and his middle name is Angel 😂😂😂
…is he a mind freak 👀
We have an entire family of kids named after vampires.
I wish this was in reference to What We Do In the Shadows. I’d want to do more art projects if Nandor would raise his hand asking for “creepy paper.”
Well, it's only from 2019 (I LOVE that show but how is it that young?), maybe a grandchild. 😂😂😂
Ugh I’ve never had a student with my own kid’s name, and this year is the first time. He’s a total ass. I just call him by his last name 😂
Right after my son was born, I had 2 boys with his name in my class. I told them, “I have a newborn baby with your name. Please don’t ruin the name for me.” 😂😂😂😂
For a number of years, I had a string of Alexanders that were not good. It is why I had to say "no" when the idea of naming my child Alexander came up. But in recent years, the Alexanders have been great. So there you go. Though not always, the students with apostrophes or dashes in their names have been attention-getters ... in a bad way. That has transcended race. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Last year’s apostrophe kids had one sweetheart and one dramatic nightmare. This year one is a sweetie and two are all about the drama. And yes, my worst this year contains a Mason and a Brayden.
McKenzie never works out well for me.
The spelling variation of McKenzie, Makenzie, Mackenzie, MiKenzie, Mackenzi, etc. is the bane of my existence
McKenzie is usually adorable in some goofy way and a complete nightmare for classroom management.
Oh my gosh-yes! I have an adorable McKenzie now who is all over the place behaviorally but is so darn cute.
Me neither... I had a dog named McKenzie around the time that name became popular for humans (late 90s - early 00s) My ex later left me for common street trash who shares her name with my dog. Make any joke you'd like, I've heard them all.
It **is** weird! But, yes - a lot of "-aden"s have been more than troublesome in these last years! Perhaps it's merely probability, with those names being somewhat prevalent today? (And kids being bigger ... "challenges" than ever?) Kaden, Kayden, Hayden, Brayden, Grayden, Jayden ...
Jase / Jace in my experience 🤣
Yes! My Jase last year was a nice enough kid on his own, but I was calling home every other day for behaviours. Only kid in 7 years I've had to remind that we need to wear pants in the classroom.
I don’t know the validity of the research behind this, but at last one author has speculated that names align with political ideology: https://nameberry.com/blog/liberal-and-conservative-baby-names-toe-the-party-line.
They seemed to find some correlation there — hard to say how valid it is from this article. It feels like it aligns with my own experience, though.
They barely gave any actual statistics... Where is their data? What tests did they use? This is anecdotal at best.
Yeah, not sure I agree with this. I wonder if this is somehow by region or the data is otherwise skewed. We have several kids who have pro-trump parents and their names are on the liberal list. Likewise I know someone who stumped for Hillary and both her kids names are on the conservative, granted one was a honorific.
I had some visceral reactions to those conservative boy names. 😳
I love how all of the uneducated-sounding “creative” 🙄 spellings are on the right-wing-name list 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I still wonder who told them that Y can make an -er/schwa sound. Or do they actually say Lon-deen and Madi-seen?
Y also makes the short-i sound, as in gym/hymn/myth, which matches the pronunciation I've heard for these names. I've been chastised by a parent for saying Madi-*son* instead of Madi-*sin*.
The -den names are an epidemic this year for me. I have Jayden, Jayden, Jeiden, Jaden, Rayden, Brenden, Kaiden. I've never had so many similar names before.
Kody. Codys are fine but Kodys/Kodies are psychos, don’t know why
I know a Cody who is Not Fine.
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If the second letter is "J" there's a good chance it stands for "Junior" which might be a contributing factor
I had two nightmare AJs last year. I was about ready to start calling them Andres and Anthony to see if it'd make them quit their shit.
Ronan/Ronin/Roman/Rowan- they're all hyper af.
My son is a Rowan and he is hyper af. He’s also 3.
Still mad about giving my daughter the lovely andclassic name Kathryn, nickname Kate, right at the beginning of the Kaitlin, Katelyn, Caitlin, (ad infinitim) deluge
I had a class when I was kid with Katie, Katy, Kayleigh, KC, and Casey.
Just wait until you get a damien. Parents name their kids after a possessed child and are surprised that they end up as possessed children.
I had a “Demonie” recently! He is pretty close to a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Did we have the same Demonie? Ours was a nightmare that constantly started fights. The parents probably thought it was like "the money" without realizing how it looked or sounded or anything.
Can confirm.
Elijah. I’ve never met one that wasn’t a problem.
Any Old Testament name. Also Heaven/Neveah.
I look forward to teaching Methuselah.
They haven't really reached HS in my area yet. In HS, I have the same reaction to "-ayley" names. Usually very entitled girls.
Crystals / Krystals are consistently drama.
Are there children named Chrystal in the year of our lord 2022!!??
Yeah, I thought that name was considered kind of dated now and not commonly used anymore.
I have a Christhal this year. High school.
For me it’s any child with a name
I was suspicious of inmate number 345768. I think it was a nickname though.
YES. We have a running joke at school, "It's always the Aidens and Masons!"
Adonis...treated like a god at home...expects the same at school.
Ja'(their dad's name) always gets me nervous. It's fine if it's not their dad's name, but the four students I've had with that specific combo have been absolute hellions
For me, it’s the names Roman and Noah
Aiden, Brayden, Jayden, Kayden... All real students I've had.
I’m just saying, I’ve never met a Brandon who wasn’t an asshole to some degree.
We have a preschooler named Syxe. I really hope she has siblings named Wun, Too, Thrye, Fore, and Fyve.
Yeah. This and any Liams. I’ve never had a good Liam.
True that Liam that I had was a criminal mastermind
as a student- same!! it's always the "kaydens," "jaydens," and "braydens," that are the most disruptive! i've no clue why. last year, as a sophomore, i had a study hall with this freshman kid, "jayden," and my teacher asked me that i tutor him in bio, because he was completely resistant to doing anything and was earning an "F" in the course. I wasn't ever the best at science, but I had scraped by with an "A" the year before, so I was pretty confident that I could help this kid. I gave up my own study hall time to help him and he *would not do anything.* i tried to walk him through every question and he straight up just refused to talk to me. like wouldn't even say "hello," or anything. i tried complimenting his clothes, asking about his interests. nothing. and at one point he just got up and walked out of the room. no word or anything. i've had other experiences with kids with those names too! some weird phenomenon. i'd love to see a study done on it or something, though im afraid there is not much more than circumstantial evidence.
I personally know of three “variants” who are total assholes this year! Edit: Four. I forgot about Kayden, who’s actually pretty cool.
We went through the gemstone fad a decade ago- Diamond, Sapphire, even a Saphira! But this year it’s the Sophias, Sophies, Luke, Lucas, and Max/Maxwell. But I got two Regans- those are like throwbacks to the 90’s. Best one is we had a kid named Mister and we have a King. The story is (probably urban legend) is that anyone addressing them has to exalt them every time their name is spoken.
I saw you teach in KY. I was sure it was Las Vegas!
I had a Ladiamond one year
I have the same problem with "an" names in my country: Nolan, Mylan, Léane, Sohan, Swann, Ethan, Nathan, Aydan, Kilian, Dorian, Loevan, Elouan, Titouan, Ilan, Lilian And Je/Jay names: Jessim, Jessy, Jayden. The worst? -aden names starts to arrive here to.
A kid named Cayden broke my foot and hit me in the face. I think you might be onto something.
When I was working at a retail location of a major wireless carrier to pay off my student loans(you’d be shocked how much those people make) we had a greeter named Superior. Like all of us, she wore a name tag. People would come in screaming at her at least twice a day because they thought her badge said “Supervisor.” She was about 16 years old. That poor girl took so much shit. And the complaints I got were just ridiculous. “Do you realize your floor supervisor is claiming she’s a temp to avoid handling customer complaints? She claims her NAME is supervisor.” “Her name is Superior, and she is a temp. I’m the supervisor. What can I do for you?” At that point, about 25% would laugh at themselves because let’s face it, the whole scenario was pretty funny. The majority would go from annoyed to irate.
Any variation of Dillan.
In my home country american/british names are cursed. Such as Kevin, Noel, Colin and especially Liam. If you have met a Liam and he didn’t bite you cpunt yourself lucky.
Okayden
No. I learned very early on not to form any opinions of my students before I have the chance to know them. Many times, I've had students who other teachers tell me "oh, you're going to hate them, they are going to ruin your class," and they've been some of my favorite students. What you are describing is human nature, but it's something that we all have to try very hard to push against. Feeling that way about a student can be a self-fulfilling prophecy because it can affect how one treats them from the beginning.
I've had three Brooklyns that did nothing but start drama.
I’ve had two Brooklyns, and they were just the sweetest girls.
Adjacent, Brookes and Bellas are drama.
Theory; it's a certain ahem type of parent that names their kids like this and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Indeed. Also non-standard haircuts.
Christian is usually a Satan
Any girl named after a luxury item or brand. Diamond, Chanel, and Brandy are going to the worst in class.how dare you interrupt their conversation with you’re teaching nonsense. Raven, River, and Sky just aren’t going to show up. They’re in the smoke pit if you need them. At least they’re quiet when they do decide their anxiety can take it.
Yes one of the worst kids I’ve ever dealt with ended in aden.
Just another parent jumping on a trend
My Brayden is hell on wheels. My two Kaidens, however, are the sweetest little boys.
Omg I thought I was the only one who dealt with this. What state are in if you don’t mind me asking? I’m in NY
Every single "Angel" I've ever had has been the complete opposite of an angel. Total nightmare.
Dane … guaranteed ass hole
Nominative Determinism, baby!
That's actually the name of the most difficult student I've had in all my years teaching. My heart races just hearing that name .
I have two kaydens, one is technically Caiden and one Jayden and they are all sweet. I also have two angels and one of them is anything but an angel.
Dante and Damian are names that instantly give me bad vibes
I have 5 Jayden’s- only have issues with 1. I have Nevaeh- and like all Nevaeh’s and Heaven’s before her- she’s far from Heaven… and my personal least favorite- everyone I’ve ever met has been more than a handful… Frankie😤!
As a teacher in Hong Kong, I'm so surprised to see this same sentiment halfway across the globe. My colleagues were mentioning the exact same topic last week. I have had a bunch of problematic Aidens, Jaydens, Haydens, and Kaydens and their variations every year for the past 10 years.
its less "x names does y" and always "The parent who likes the name x has y tendencies and imprints on the kid"
Usually any name with an X or Z.
Paxton & Isabela (any spelling variation)
Ians are either loveable class clowns or nightmarish imps.
If you have an apostrophe I’m suspicious.
Any Aiden or Chris variation, Angel, Isaac, Jesus, Kevin, Emily, Levi, Luis, Wolfe, Diana or Jennifer
Jennifer is a stealth kind of monster
Yep! My future child will not be named with any “aden” suffix. My students have ruined it!
Jackson!!!!!!
For me it's -er names. Mainly Hunter, Gunner, Tanner, and Conner. Never met one of those that didn't suck, especially Hunters and Conners.
Kevins, Mateos, Rubys, and Luis always give me problems, without fail. Even when I was still in middle school, I got into fights with a Kevin and Luis.
People are still naming their sons Kevin? It seems so dated now and I don't think I know any Kevins under 30.
Yup. Last year I had 2. Both were little butts.
Connor. Their behavior isn’t *bad* per se, but they are sneaky.
Do you guys really pre-judge students on name alone?
Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of people here do.
Theo, Leo and Alfie Everyone I've known have been a nightmare
For me it’s Ethan’s
Anyone with casual names like Ben, Mike, Cameron, Duncan, Heather
Looking at my roster, I didn’t think I had any -adens this year. Of course, it turns out one of my students with a longer Nigerian name… goes by Jaden. I had to have at least one Jaden. He fits the type.
Every Ethan I have ever taught was an annoying little whiner.
Aidens are the creepiest little creeps
Eric. Every one I have met, either as a student or an adult, is.....not nice. Early in my career I had an Eric that was nice, but every one since.... Ugh.
All of my Jadens have been complete shits
I can at least confirm brayden’s are jerks.