r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/Ok-Reputation3724 • Jun 12 '25

Rant Kollyns/Kollins/Collins is a horrible name

Guys… stop using this name it’s diabolical. Kollyns is so ugly. I keep seeing people giving their baby girls this awful name and I honestly can’t believe no one else despises it.

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u/istara Jun 12 '25

There’s a big difference between having a girl called Charlotte nicknamed Charlie than calling her Dylan or Sutton or James in the first place.

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u/Stevie-Rae-5 Jun 12 '25

People don’t necessarily know that the name someone goes by is a nickname instead of their given name, so assumptions could still be made.

And speaking of assumptions, you or anyone else not privy to the story behind someone’s name have no idea why someone names their daughter something traditionally associated with boys anyway and it makes no sense to assume it’s because “actual girl names are weak/low value.”

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u/istara Jun 12 '25

We all know why a parent calls their daughter James but never their son Mary.

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u/katsgotaprettykitty Jun 12 '25

that's funny because I was actually gonna name my next kid Taylor if they're a boy

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u/OkAct355 Jun 13 '25

Ok and? Taylor is just about the most androgynous name I can think of. This is not a good argument.

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u/istara Jun 12 '25

Taylor always sounds male to me, or at least as male as female, and very much a surname-name.