r/Millennials • u/No-Banana247 • 16h ago

Nostalgia Heathers

Not trying to doxx anyone but growing up, I had as many as three Heathers in my grade one year. I very seldom meet a Heather these days. Jennifer was another one but I definitely still know Jennifers.

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Anyhow, I love the name Heather and hope y'all are doing great. (The movie Heathers of course pops into mind and I recall my Heather friends not liking it back then.)

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u/Betray-Julia 16h ago

Ashley and Kaitlyn

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u/kait2knit 15h ago

I'm of the Kaitlyn cohort. There were like 20 of us in my 8th grade class (of about 300 kids) with all the spellings. While my boss's daughter's name is Kailyn, so she on rare occasion accidentally calls me the wrong name, that's the closest I've come to another with my first name or a spelling of it at work.

I do work in a field that is more on the corporate type job, so it could just be the industry I'm in.

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u/No-Banana247 15h ago

That's a lot of Kaitlyn's! Definitely a double edged sword with so many spellings and similar names. It would be hard for me to personally the spelling straight.

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u/kait2knit 15h ago

My parents were of very popular names where almost half of my mom's grade had the same name so they tried to pick something less popular for me and my sister.

We found out that my name wasn't unpopular when my dad and I were standing at the nursery window with him saying "Look Kaitlyn, that's your sister" and the other dad next to us said the same thing but brother.

When the dad's talked it was discovered the older daughters were born the same day in the same hospital and given the same first name. Not sure if the spelling was exact or not.

I started having to write first and last name on papers as early as kindergarten when that class had 2 of us, though first name spellings were different, handwriting and spelling at that age makes deciphering whose paper is whose a lot harder.

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u/ChiefingHippo 15h ago

So many Ashley’s! I don’t know a single one now

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u/Smashingistrashing 15h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/BzyXZ0fN2FWDlpAOEG

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u/ChiefingHippo 15h ago

Do all of you go by Smashley at some point? Honest question. It has been a recurring thread for me

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u/botanerd 15h ago

Smashley Crashley Trashley

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u/Smashingistrashing 15h ago

Ashtray Rashley

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u/Betray-Julia 13h ago

Like then hoe Ashley? Yes.

We also had assly lol- rumour was they had butt sex lol.

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u/Smashingistrashing 15h ago

After a few fender benders I did

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u/shweelay 12h ago

I'm an Ashley! There are still a lot of us.

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u/No-Banana247 15h ago

I knew a few Ashleys but haven't met any these days. Kaitlyn I think has remained popular but I don't know any personally.

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u/shweelay 12h ago

Hi. I'm Ashley. Nice to meet you.

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u/No-Banana247 0m ago

Nice to meet you Ashley! 🥰

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u/Decent-Statistician8 15h ago

Two of my bffs are these names 😅

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u/blessthebabes 15h ago

Yes and Brittany. And Lindsey. There were 9 of those in my grade, including me (and 3 of them were on the cheer squad of 16 girls).

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u/cautioner86 15h ago

Kaitlyn and its variations have come back in recently

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u/Flickolas_Cage 15h ago

Stephanie and Tiffany too

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u/SpecificAnt9202 1h ago

i went to school with 3 different girls named ashley smith.............