I was torn between two names for my son – trolls say they ‘sound like a Dungeons & Dragons villain’
NAMING a baby is a very personal, often difficult task.
One man tried to come up with a creative name for his son that would stand out, but nearly everyone shut down his ideas.
Posting anonymously to Reddit, the father-to-be’s brother asked users to vote on the name choices they had come up with.
“My brother and his wife are stuck between two baby names for their newborn. Which do you prefer?” he wrote.
The poll listed three options: Azden, Zaden, or neither.
While Azden received 719 votes, Zaden got 2k. Still, the option “neither” won by a landslide, gaining over 6k votes.
Overall, most Reddit users told him to ditch both options and go with something more standard.
“At this point, just name the kid ‘Neither,’” one person joked, to which someone else replied: “It really is the least terrible of those three.”
“People try too hard to be original,” another chimed in.
“The poor kid,” said a third.
“Please choose a normal, normally spelled name for a child. They will only be kids a short time, but they will be adults much longer.
“Weirdly spelled names are hard to spell for kids. They will need jobs and to work with others at some point,” a fourth pointed out.
And lastly, one person said the options reminded them of a game character: “These are great names… for a Dungeons and Dragons villain.”
While unusual baby names are on the rise these days, some people say kids would rather a moniker that is easy to understand.
