Suggest some names for next week's video!

@user-mf4dd5rp8y

2 жыл бұрын

Vera

@Serenity_yt

2 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Elizabeth Monika

@blaiseedmond2781

2 жыл бұрын

How about TYLER? I have good friends named so

@syria0110

2 жыл бұрын

Natalie

@Steveofthejungle8

2 жыл бұрын

Stephen (and how it’s superior to Steven)

I'd like to see a video about why and when many people, mainly Americans, started using strange or unusual spellings for traditional names. I'd add non-traditional names to that as well. Shame on the parents who give their kid an odd name or spell a traditional name in an odd way, and then wonder why people need to ask "how do you say that name?"

@HalfEye79

2 жыл бұрын

Like the persons with the name Abcde.

@erraticonteuse

2 жыл бұрын

Don't quote me on this, but I think the Mormons started it (at least when it comes to strange spellings of names or just completely new names). It started innocently enough with combining the names of the parents or grandparents of a child to make a new name. Like that thing in Twilight where Bella named her child Renesmee because her mom's name is Renee and Edward's mom's name is Esme, that's a real thing Mormons do. I couldn't really tell you why Mormons do that, though if I had to guess I think it's so that they can honor more than one relative with one child's name, which is cool I guess (if a little unnecessary since they usually have a ton of kids, negating any real need for such efficiency). It can work out fairly normally like I knew a girl named Jaclene because her dad's name was Jack and her mom's name was Darlene. Sure it's a non-standard spelling, but her nickname was Jackie anyway so it didn't really matter. It's gotten more common for non Mormons to do that, though in my experience they still tend to be some variety of Evangelical Christian. Of course this is mostly about white people. Black people have their own reasons, largely to do with being cut off from any real cultural heritage because of slavery, so there's been a lot reclaiming of African names, or at least names with African language elements. Non-standard spellings have sort of become a part of that out of a more general stance against having their identities dictated by white standards, if that makes sense? But I think Patrick has done a video about this phenomenon.

@juwebles4352

2 жыл бұрын

yeah like the people who spell sean like shawn

@matthewdrummond1340

2 жыл бұрын

If I could like your comment more than once I would. Great idea 💡

@indigop38

2 жыл бұрын

In some countries it is not legal to name children what The prevailing government deems “non-standard, cumbersome, etc.” I believe they have a list of “allowed and legal names”.

I'm an American named Jennifer born in 1980. I actually really like my name, but it does have it's drawbacks. I know this sounds unbelievable, but my best friend is also named Jennifer, my sister inlaw is named Jennifer, and my best friend also has a sister inlaw named Jennifer. And that just scratches the surface! There were always like 6 other Jennifers in my classes in school. To top it off, I married a man named Jason, so apparently, I'm truly a cliche.

@sarasamaletdin4574

2 жыл бұрын

If you have kids I do hope someone bought you the “beyond Jennifer and Jason” baby name book for shower gifts since I would be perfect for you lol

@jenniferharrell7818

2 жыл бұрын

I like my name as well. Its ur average white girl name. I have like 4 jennifer friends also

@jenniferbrown913

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarasamaletdin4574 Our kids are named Nathan and Patrick. Just as common as us, but at least they don't start with a "J" also!

@justinmil1

Жыл бұрын

I was born in 1981 and I love being named Jennifer.

I'm a GenXer and we have a lot of Jennifers in my generation. I remember having three Jennifers in one elementary school class. (There seemed to be a lot of Michelles and Melissas as well.)

@moonpie1971

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! And all the boys were named Matt, Jason, Brian, and Ben.

@New_Wave_Nancy

2 жыл бұрын

@@moonpie1971 We had a lot of Michaels rather than Bens in my area (New York).

@ecurewitz

2 жыл бұрын

and Heathers too (but no Veronica)

I know two Jennifers. One of them has two sisters whose names start with J as well: Jessica and Janet.

I looked at the thumbnail, thinking, "But her name is Rachel."

I'm a Jennifer from Germany and was born in 2002. The name may not be as popular anymore as it once was, but throughout my time in school I came across quiet a few other Jennifers, so it seems to still be a pretty common name. (At least in Germany)

I always hear the song ‘Jennifer Juniper’ by Donovan when I hear or see the name.

The lesson we should learn from Jennifer is: If you come out of a popular movie thinking "Wow, that character's name was so pretty and unique! What a perfect baby name!", definitely don't use it, because every other person who saw the movie might be thinking the same thing. Madison also proves we haven't learned that lesson yet. I don't dislike the name Jennifer though, maybe because I never knew as many Jennifers as most people my age did. I was born one of the years it was number 1 but I knew a lot more Sarahs than Jennifers, so Sarah was kind of my personal "Jennifer" (no offense to Sarahs, one of my good friends now is a Sarah). And I was surprised and fascinated when I learned it's another form of Guinevere. Oh also, Jennifer's Body is a good movie.

There’s a song called 27 Jennifers. I don’t remember who it’s by but my Spotify discover weekly plays it for me pretty often

@sandybarnes887

2 жыл бұрын

Mike Doughty

I have a coworker & friend who is named Jennifer Lopez. She's totally embraced her name, her name tag even says JLo.

About 20 years ago I wrote a story where a man finds himself in a town where almost every woman was named Jen. This stemmed from hanging out at the diner and regularly being at a table with several of them.

fun fact at a store I used to work for, the generic customer name that we used for customers when in meetings and such, because saying "the customer" made too much sense I guess, was actually Jennifer, and it was because it was the most common name in our rewards program signups

I have a cousin who's parents where not native English speakers and didn't know how to spell it. When her birth certificate was made out, the workers wrote down what they heard, but now is a popular spelling, "Yenifer"

When you mentioned "The Doctor's Dilemma", I actually remembered another book: "Jennifer and Her Selves", which is a case study about a young girl named Jennifer, which - due to years of trauma and abuse - dissociates into 7 different personalities that occasionally have control over her life. Fascinating stuff.

@Jenny-lt7zj

Жыл бұрын

Ok what!? That book is my life!

There is Yennefer from the Witcher which is a unique spelling of Jennifer.

Jennifer was also the name of the younger Keaton daughter on Family Ties, a popular American sitcom that premiered around the time the name lost its #1 spot.

My mom is a Jennifer and was born in 1960 ❤️

I graduated high school in 1991. Out of a class of 44, roughly half of which were girls, 5 were named Jennifer. One is still a really good friend.

My given name was Jenifer With one N. I was named after my uncle Geniver (Pronounced Heniver As with other Spanish names). I don’t remember ever loving my name Because very young I got tired of people misspelling it all the time and questioning why I didn’t have a second letter N. In my early adulthood, I grew to really disike my name because for one thing, it was as you Mentioned, too overused. Another reason was because upon research, I found out that it meant “fair lady“., Which came from a time when having fair skin was equated with beauty. This came from the fact that upper class people did not work in the sun and therefore had very pale skin. AristocracyAnd wealth is often equated with beauty Just as in some cultures being fat is equated with beauty because being well fed is equated with having wealth.It was then confirmed to me that the name was definitely not for me. I legally changed my name to Indigo. It has amazed me how many dark skin women I have met named Jennifer and on a similar note , how many blonde haired , blue eyed women named Melanie. Melanie means dark or melanated one. Maybe people to come to channels like yours and pay more attention to what words and names mean before they use them.

@eliscanfield3913

2 жыл бұрын

Black or dark could refer to dark hair or darker than average complexion. There was a legendary Irish character named Ciar (whose name means black or dark). A couple early Irish saints had the diminutive Ciaran, too. It is very unlikely we'd consider any of them dark-skinned today. Though perhaps my MIL should've named her dark haired second son one of its variations rather than her blond haired firstborn, lol. (It's a family name in their case)

My wife's name is Jennifer and two of here friends are also named Jennifer. Oddly we named our daughter Kylie then found out there were two other Kylies in her extended family.

I love listening to your voice, especially your podcast voice.

I'm a little surprised Jenny from Forrest Gump wasn't mentioned

Marty's girlfriend in back to the future is Jennifer! Very fitting for the time. I imagine it will see a resurgence in popularity once the current generation of Jennifers start to pass on judging by the current resurgence of "old fashioned" names like Hazel, Mabel and so on.

@Jemini4228

Жыл бұрын

Pass away? I'm only 29 mate XD

I'm a Jennifer born in the UK in 1991 and was apparently named after a song by the Eurythmics. I've always gone by Jenny and didn't meet another Jenny until I moved to Germany 3 years ago, it seems to be really popular here!

At least the Jennifers of the world aren't named Karen. There was a time when Karen, Dick, Katrina, Gay, and Gaylord were agreeable baby names, not anymore.

@Shashu_the_little_Voidling

2 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with Katrina?

@lakrids-pibe

2 жыл бұрын

Karen is a nice name.

My sister's name is Jennifer, and my name is Jason. That book you sited cracked me up.

Still waiting on a reupload of the Cameron video that I can actually hear…

When a name becomes too popular it can cause weird problems. Imagine walking into an event where 100 American women born in the 70s are partying and shouting out, "Cab for Jennifer!" You'd die in the stampede. It's like the UK TV channel (I can't remember what it was!) which changed its name to Dave, because everyone knows a Dave. There seems to be a name saturation point when one becomes fashionable My mum was a Jennifer (British, 1949, I'm that old!) so I have a soft spot for it.

LOL love the it crowd clip at start . How about Sheree as a name to explain

I was born in the mid 80s on the east coast of the USA and there were always SO MANY JENNIFERS IN SCHOOL WITH ME

One of my cousins is named Jenny. As far as name trends, though, Z names seem to be becoming popular--said cousin Jenny named her daughter Zoey, a different cousin named his daughter Zuri, and my own niece is Zelie.

My niece is named Jennifer. She was born in 1976.

I red the article you mentioned but I don’t know how to find it, but it was linked to me on Reddit. I recall it said Jennifer was version of Guinevere however although I so might mistake it for something else

"Jenny" was a popular name in the 19th century, but then it was a diminutive of "Jane". Jennifer Jones was born Phyllis, a name related to chlorophyll. Her future husband, studio head David O Selznick, had his people find her a new name. They may have gotten Jennifer from Shaw's play.

I know 3 Jennifers in my life. If you count Jenny as a nickname or derivative of Jennifer, then it would be 4. Also, I know a bunch of Emily's in my life. The most I have been in a single space/area with is 3 (or 4 if you count a whole as a giant space/area) that I know of at least. At this point, I am willing to change my name to a different name and it won't be Jennifer.

I feel like Gen Z's Jennifer is going to end up being Madi or Emily. I once thought of playing a drinking game where for every roughly 18-26 year old Madi or Emily you see on Tinder you take a shot, but I think that would end it a trip to the hospital.

I'm an American Jennifer from the mid-70s. My mother has a somewhat unusual name and wanted to make sure her kids had really normal names...she went overboard with me, I think. I know I disliked my name by age 10. The earliest example I remember of noticing how common Jennifer was: My girl scout troupe in 2nd grade had about 10 members, and three of us were Jennifers. I went to grad school in my 30s and tried to use my middle name (again), and this time it thankfully stuck. It's a fairly common but more "traditional" name, and one I always felt fit me better. I work in academia now, and curiously, the name Jennifer is exceedingly rare here. My middle name is much more common, but I like it more, so I'm okay with it. Evidently parents who named their kids Jennifer didn't raise them to be academics? Thanks for making an interesting video of a "boring" name. :)

@Deanna974

2 жыл бұрын

That's actually really interesting that your middle name is found more in your current academic circles. I wonder if...hmm 🤔 with Jennifer being a common name in your generation, and your field maybe not being one for the "average" person...I wonder if that's why you didn't run into any Jennifers in your field. I'm also curious as to what your middle name is.

My list of fictional Jenifer's Jennifer (Jen) Lindley (Dawson's Creek) Jennifer "Jenny" Tallulah Humphrey (Gossip Girl)

Jennifers aside (I have a cousin called Jennifer, born like myself in 1984), Cornwall is a beautiful beautiful place. I spend my holidays there every year.

I have noticed that so many names start with the letter J. Seems to be the a favoured letter for names.

It'd be interesting to hear about the name Marissa and its alternative spelling Marisa and where the name came from.

Quem for do Brasil já lembra da música: "E o nome dela é Jennifer, eu encontrei ela no Tinder..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@luizfellipe3291

2 жыл бұрын

Ia comentar isso agora kkkkk Brasileiro é foda mermão

I know quite a few Jen's or Jenny's or similar nicknames. And, like the Elizabeth I know who called herself Zabby, I can imagine a Jennifer telling people to call her "Fer"😵‍💫

Let's hype up the name Yennefer!

I’m an American Jennifer born in 1966. I knew very few other girls sharing my name growing up. It wasn’t until the 1970s that the name sort of took over and there was an abundance of little Jennifers. My friend, who taught kindergarten in the ‘80s, told me that one year her class of about 20 students had four Jennifers. I like my name, in spite of its over popularity. The connection with Queen Guinevere and the Arthurian legends is very interesting.

The meaning is vague. My name includes a variation of Jennifer and I use 🌊 as a name emoji.

As a kid,born in 1965, I didn't know anyone apart from one of my friends mother with the name Jennifer. I think that the name Jennifer was on the way out in the UK pre 1960.

My sister and a very close friend of mine are Jennifers born in the 1970-1980s in Germany. I made a Spotify playlist for them a few weeks ago, which I correctly labelled "All Songs Featuring the Name Jenny or Jennifer Are Great". So, even if some of them don't like their name, at least every Jenny should find a song with her name that she likes. (I counter-checked with the name Elizabeth, well, you can guess what the result was )

J-J-J Jenny, so many times I tried to get away But you kept following me all over town I'll display it, there's no way to say it I don't just want you, I just don't want you around

For Jennifers I know there's my friend's Jigglypuff Gijinka, a diver named Jennifer Bell, There's also a group from Big Time Rush called where all the members are called, Jennifer.

Thanks for quoting me. The name is pronounced KEY-nigh KUSS-k'-quim, after two places in Alaska, where I lived as a baby. A neighbor there nicknamed me that. Alaskan names might be a good subject for a video. Many of us can guess where a place is by its aboriginal name. Apalachicola and Talladega are in the South, Narragansett in New England, Cattaraugus in New York, Rappahannock in Virginia, Tuluksak in Alaska, Pūpūkea in Hawai'i [sic],Iqaluktuuttiaq in the Canadian Arctic, and Woolloomooloo somewhere Down Under.

The joke around my high school was that if you stood at the end of the hall and yelled, "Hey, Jen!," half the girls within earshot would turn and look.

Who remembers Jennifer from Perfect Strangers?

I feel like i have heard the name Jennifer so many goddamn times this year already 😭

I am a brazilian Jennifer. My mom named me after Jennifer Lopez. I quite like my name. i think its beautiful.

Jennifer love Hewitt & Jennifer Garner

As a GenXer myself, I have known many Jennifers over the years

@jenniferharrell7818

2 жыл бұрын

So true. As I'm a gen-xer myself

Once a name becomes too common it's ruined. In about 100 years, Jennifer will become a pretty name once again.

Grandpa didnt like "Isabel" so i became a Jennifer... (born in Germany 1985 - we are sooooooo many here that one of my best friends is also a Jennifer 😄)

Jennifer seemed quite liked here in SE England in the 2000s/10s for baby names but not enough to kill it again.

Of course I know several Jennifers; I'm an American born in the late 70s! lol. I suspect that its a name that'll get more common when we start having grown grandchildren and those grandkids want to name _their_ kids after Grandma, though probably not like it was in the 70s.

The M2M song "Jennifer" is all about being jealous of a girl named Jennifer. Not sure if that has anything to do with the backlash to the name though.

The Scottish surname of Dewar ( belonging to a comment from previous week's video) isn't De War but more like Dew - er.

Because the name Jennifer is waning in popularity I believe when I am 80, it will be considered a rare and even a exotic name

Born in 1984. Yeah, kinda wish my name was more interesting, but oh well. When I was a kid, I would look at displays of keychains and mugs in gift shops that had names on them just to see if my name would show up. For whatever reason, it hardly showed up ever at all. Apparently it wasn’t popular or common enough for them to think they could make a sale off of it. 🤷‍♀️

Cameron is the true star, of ferris buelers day off. His storyline is much more interesting. Bueller is still synonymous with "why isn't anyone responding...taking to an empty room here"

I wasn't aware it was ruined

Also, please do one on Anthony!

Jessica is the Gen Y version of Jennifer (in Australia, at least), but I don't think it's as hated as the name Jennifer. I swear there was about five Jessicas in my year and the years above and below me at school.

I had absolutely no idea people hated the name Jennifer.

@OatmealGrillBlazer

2 жыл бұрын

hello again

I am a Jennifer, born in 1950. There were two other Jennifers in our school. I like my name. I sometimes get Jen, but I won’t accept Jenny.

I have a cousin named Jennifer but we call her Jenni. Is Jena or Jenna a derivation of Jennifer?

I’m an early millennial and I’ve known at least four Jennifers born after 1984.

What about the most famous fictional Jenny: Forrest Gump’s fleet of fishing boats?

I don't recognize that neat combed stuff on top of your head.

A Jenifer signed the US Constitution. Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer.

Ich kenn nur wenige Jennifers, mag den Namen und verstehe mich gut mit einer Jennifer.

The name Jennifer is (or was) a popular choice in non-Orthodox Jewish families as an alternative to something obviously Biblical like Esther or Rebecca. Other ostensibly British girl's names beginning with "J" which have been largely colonised by the Jewish community are Jane. Janet and Janine/Jeanine. I'm also fascinated with names and this is a particular interest of mine... well worth looking into: it goes a lot deeper than you might think.

So king Arthurs queen was a Jennifer?

Time to change it to Jennifer and Jason Doe

Beverly vs. Beverley?

Guenavire with a thick cartoonish English accent does sound like Jennifer. *somewhat

"we humans want to be unique and different"

a notable fictional Jennifer, is Jennifer Parker, Marty McFly's girlfriend in "Back to The Future"

Luke is a name that became popular after the Star Wars movies hit it big.

Bonjour

Wendy, did J.M. Barrie invent it?

A suit? Did you have to go to court today? :)

Hansel

Look into reverse names. Vianei. Ienaiv. Gotta be more. Tim. Mitt???

That's strange, I'm a Jennifer and congregate with other Jennifer's how we like it. So wth, what Jennifer's are out there hating? Then again I'm out of the age range when it was popular so maybe that's it.

Audio quality may not be as terrible as the last video but it's still very muffled and echoey. Do you need to have video of yourself making facial expressions and gesturing is it's what's leading to this loss of quality?

I don't like popularity too much....so I normally prefer unpopular names,.....I like the name Jennifer....mainly because that's my mom's name.

Bring back the old format. Please

I'm not a Jennifer (#surprisedpikachu), and from my school time starting early 1980s, I recall only one girl with that name.. who I got foisted on me for dance lessons since we were the two highest-grown class members at 6'2" in 8th grade..

Do lydia or I'll mix all your playdough colours

The fictional Jennifer that I think of is Jennifer Walters, who is even prettier when she's green.

@johnsavard7583

2 жыл бұрын

...at least when John Byrne drew her.

I thoghet Jennifer was well liked.

I think the name Gwenhwyfar is pronounced Gwen-HUI-var. Obviously, any Welsh speakers can correct me.