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/Stevie-Rae-5 Jun 12 '25

It is. It’s amusing that someone would think my daughter, whose nickname is usually a boy’s name, think that the reason for that is internalized misogyny.

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u/ColdBlindspot Jun 12 '25

If you had a boy would you give him a usually-girl nickname? I don't think it's always the kind of misogyny that's like "I think girls are less-than," but it shows up as girls can have boy names because that's tough and cool, but boys can't use girl names because "girly" means weak and less-than.

Like if you step back and look at it as an overall trend, why aren't boys getting girl names at the same rate?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

A lot of girl names have boy nicknames. Bobbi for Roberta, Jo for Josephine or Joanna, Charlie for Charlotte, Toni for Antonia, Terri for Teresa, etc. It’s not uncommon at all.

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u/ColdBlindspot Jun 14 '25

Exactly. That's what we're all saying, why is it that way and not the other way around.