Jayden

[wee_angel]

Hi what does everyone think of the name Jayden?

[Pippa68]

Not that keen on it ~ what surname will it be going with? that has a lot of bearing :o)

[wee_angel]

His name is Jayden Ian Mackay. I liked it at the time but not sure if I made right decision.

[noxlumos]

Jayden is a fine name, unusual but not weird and a nice strong name for a lad.

[tugger2chews]

Did you make it up yourself ? It seems to be the fashion at the moment to use original names and I am not keen on any of the new made up names when there are so many nice old fashioned names to choose from (god!! I sound like a right old fuddy duddy)

Why not drop the den yourself and start calling him Jay. It's been a shortening of Jason and around for years. Other people will shorten his name and call him Jay anyway over the years.

I thought that by calling my daughter Zoe, it wouldn't be shortened but more than one pearson has called her Zo!

[woofgang]

http://www.talkingbabies.com/girl-names/Jayden

a good name with a fine meaning

[Pippa68]

I love the name Jay ~ I wanted it for my son but hubby didn't like it :o(

If you aren't sure you made the right decision then maybe (as has been suggested) you can shorten it ~ if you like Jay, of course! I have often wondered if I made the right choice of names for my children, but I still couldn't think of the children named anything else ~ I know some people do go the whole hog and change names. I believe that you can change a childs name in the first year of birth (unles the law has changed). But you may find you have got used to Jayden's name & can't imagine him being known as anything else!

BTW, Jayden goes well with your surname...

Good luck :o)

[laurence2]

it sounds like a typical name picked by a teenage mum, it sounds more of a fashion statement, pick something more traditional

[wee_angel]

It doesn't matter if I'm a teen mum or not it should go on how people look after their kids not their age. I like the name Jay aswell so that's what he will probably get called by people. I only said i wasn't sure as when people were asking me his name some were quite puzzled when I told them.

[acorn]

Erm, its not a typical name picked by a teenage parent at all. I actually know 4 Jaydens and their parents range from mid 30s to one lady whose son is 3 and was born the day after her 40th birthday. Its a lovely name and goes well with his surname. And to call it a fashion statement?? Where on earth did you think that up from! Dont know many famous Jaydens myself so hardly call the name a fashion statement.

[laurence2]

acorn, fashion statement meaning babies born these days with celeb parents names that are gimmick, well alot of parents these days especially teenagers give gimmick names, ie summer, trixebell etc, my view yes i said my view is jayden is gimmicky, wee-angel named their baby this and thats all that matters. the question said what do you think, i answered, its not my cup of tea.

ps i,ve never heard of a jayden, apologies if i,m not up to date

[sam82]

ive never heard of a jayden before but i really like it and i like the shortened version Jay.

My parents named me StaceyAnne, which gets shortened to Stacey and shortened again everyone calles me stace, even people i have only met once or twice.

[wee_angel]

Thank you for all your answers. Glad to think that most people who answered like his name.xxxxxxxxxxx

[smudge]

Congratulations wee_angel.

I've always liked the name Jay.

[smudge]

P.S. I know I'm a bit late, but I was a 'teen' Mum too & hope you got to read my posts on your two other threads. -x-

[wee_angel]

Hi smudge, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions .It just goes to show it doesn't matter what age you have children as long as you provide them with a caring, stable enviroment they will grow into happy healthy adults.xxxx

[mycatis]

I think it's great! Dont worry about it, it's lovely x x

[smudge]

Like mycatis - I thoroughly enjoyed being a young Mum & Mr Smudge & I are very proud of our girls! -xx-

[tigilou]

Jayden is a lovely modern name i think.... i can picture him when hes older down the pub blonde hair blue eyes and well fit with all the girls after him. I was the same after naming my baby called her Tegan but now i love Maya hopefully there will be another time.

[lady_p_gold]

Just in case you are having second thoughts ... I changed my baby's name one year after her birth and everyone thought I was mad but apparently you can add a name to it and you have one year and a day after the registration to do it, and so now she doesn't even remember the old name which still appears on her birth certificate but is now her second name.

[cjsp0000]

i love the name and if you choose it for your son then you must have liked it at the time!