What do people have against 'made up' names?

[~Marissa~]

I don't necessarily like made-up names although I have nothing against them. But I would rather use a "real" unique names(Phoenix, Zephyr, etc) than one that I just come up with. But I do agree that all names were at some point made up. I like many modern names. I think they are better looking and sounding than old fashioned names. But I avoid names that are "increasingly popular" because I want my children to stand out (in a good way lol)

[Mughain]

The names that were made up thousands of years ago were the extensions of language and were brought about specifically in order to create a form of personal identification and later on, house affiliations, which has had a vital impact on history throughout the years. In short, making up names hundreds upon thousands of years ago was a necessity.

However, nowadays, making up a name is seen, by myself at least, as a form of narcissism. There are now trillions of names in today's society thanks to our ancestors, so the need to create a "unique" name for a modern child is just unnecessary.

It's like saying - "Prestigious names that have built up a plethora of character, depth and rich meaning over the centuries of their existences are nothing but glorified hand-me-downs. My baby is FAR too special for that! She's different from all the other babies, so I need to make up a name in order to show that!" - since they have so little faith in their children that they'd seek to saddle their offspring with undesirable and embarrassing names to "make them unique", instead of waiting for them to express a genuine talent in any given field to set them apart from other, I guess that warped way of thinking makes sense? But not in a good way.

Not to mention, modern, made up names are oftentimes atrocious, in terms of looks, sound and appeal. Oscar Wilde created my favourite name of all time, Dorian, sometime in the late 1800s. But The Dorians were one of the principal ancient Greek tribes, and the name might be derived from them, via the Latin "Dorianus". He put thought into Dorian's creation, thus giving it an actual meaning and a history. Not to mention, it looks gorgeous and I, a "name snob", would not have known it was made up if I hadn't read about it.

Same with J.M. Barrie, who created the ever prim and proper name "Wendy" some time in the early 1900s, which PROVES that made up names have the potential to be looked upon in approval if given the chance. But today, made up names are just a bunch of random letters and sounds people threw together (La-a, Nevaeh, Kaidalynn etc.), and those aren't nice at all.

So, yeah, that's why I don't like recently made up names. They're tacky, lower-class and almost always unattractive. And many of them will inevitably cause problems in terms of future employment but I'm not going to get into that since, by this point, I think I've made a fairly compelling case. :3

[mammothvisitor935]

there made up, also all non-made up names have a meaning in some language, for examble
richard-brave-latin
so all names are only made up in the sense of the fact that all language was made up
if you want to get people to like your made up names i suggest inventing a language including these names, i agree about la-a and hashtag, i once came across a boy named sunny-boy, weird or not

did you know that the girls name abihda means father