Every parent wants their child to succeed in school - but more importantly, they want them to enjoy their learning, grow in confidence and make friends. However, a group of teachers claim a child's name has a lot to do with whether they'll act up in class or politely get on with their work.
One teacher has taken to social media to share the names she has "horrible associations" with, and which make her shudder when seeing them on her class register at the start of a new school year. Before listing the names on Reddit, she said: "I have been teaching for a long time. Apologies in advance if I listed the names of anyone's own personal children. My children's names are listed in there as well."
Her list reads: "Girls - Kayla, Layla, McKayla, Kenzie, McKensie, Faith, Haven, Heaven, Nevaeh, Hope, Trinity, Tiffany, Brittany, Ashley, Angel, Stephanie, Bethany, Melinda, Miranda, and Keyana.
"Boys - Travis, Chase, Dash, Jeremiah, Joaquin, Michael, Julian, Carmine, Logan, Legend, Ashton, Alfonzo, Angel, Brandon, Bradley, Dakota, Cayden, Cody, Israel, Christian, and Landon."
It prompted other teachers to share the "problematic" names they have come across throughout their careers, with many falling into the "unique" name category.
One user said: "Mark my words Mackenzie (Mykenzie, Mikenzie, Mekenzie, MaKenzie, Makenzie) will be the new Karen in 20 years."
Another teacher added: "Ironically, a lot of biblical names, and I am agnostic. The name that has repeatedly been the name of my most difficult student during many school years, drumroll please, is Eli, Elijah, Ellijah, any variation of that name."
A third user said: "Kyle - he was one of the worst students I ever had in terms of a very bad attitude and he was a bully towards other students."
One more teacher added: "I miss names like Barbara, Rose, Mary, Jennifer, George, Edward, James, Michael and Brian.
"All my students have hipster names with random spellings or names that are phonics lessons."
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