I actually went back to trends of old when we were considering baby girl names, and I must admit I had the same reaction, just opposite I guess? There are days I wish we had gone with Helena as a first name, but people pronouncing it wrong all the time would have driven me batty.

I haven't heard of a Destiny or Journey, but there are a few Trinity(s) around. It's Madison that bothers me the most. In the case I'm thinking of it's a girl, but I think it can be either. Then there's Joan Dobbs (greaser on fb now) granddaughter Bailey. She's dating Bailey (a boy). I mean, really! And then there's the colored folks who just seem to throw a few letters together and call it a name.... Yeah, old fashioned too in a different way.... John, Paul, George and Richard.

I remember one time thinking I could never have a lawyer or accountant named Kyle, because I just couldn't take anyone with that name seriously, but years later there are much, much sillier names, including ridiculous spellings of some of the old standards. My cousin who got married in Laredo a couple of years ago just named her first son: Massimo Aquino because 'they both love Italy and Italian, so there you have it.' I wanted to respond that a lot of people give their first kid a weird name, just showing off, but Flory did the same thing with hers, so I couldn't say it. She named her daughter Aleuthea, which means something in Hebrew because Flory is getting her pHd in Hebrew to the degree it applies to Catholicism. The rest of the kids have normal names.

I am sure you brought it your own individual luster. I thought Destiny
was terrible but I am giving Journey five stars for horrible.

On the other hand, I got saddled with a name I don't like at all. I can't even say it was because my parents were old-fashioned. They just chose something that mimicked my Greek name, but it was given to everyone's maiden aunt. I won't even mention it. I like to think I raised it to a new level of acceptance by not being traditional myself.