Name for kindergarten: Does that sound weired

amother

OP ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:17 am

would you find it strange if a gan was named

"Gan Eden"
?

Please honest answers, we are debating in out team...all other options dont sound nice (named after donors)

lucky14

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:31 am

I’d think it was a little nerdy but wouldn’t think much else about it other than for a second. It certainly wouldn’t be something that would prevent me from considering sending a kid there.

amother

Watermelon

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:33 am

Yes - I wouldn't want to send my child to gan eden, chas vshalom!

amother

Crimson

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:35 am

Please don't, there used to be a school in my city with that name. It's really not a good idea. Morbid.

amother

Melon

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:41 am

Yes, it's weird.

But not as bad as an old age home in my town that's called Gan Eden! Can't Believe It

kenz

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:54 am

I think it sounds nice but looks like I’m in the minority.

amother

Snowflake

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:56 am

I sent my son to Gan Eden Preschool and didn’t think about the name at all.

patzer ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:58 am

Extremely weird.

Firstly, like many posters have pointed out, no one wants a child in gan eden.

Secondly, assuming this is for very young children, this will likely be the first time they hear the phrase "gan eden". First impressions are very strong, and they'll come to associate the phrase with their kindergarten.

amother

Lightpink

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 7:29 am

I think it depends where you’re located. In Israel this wouldn’t sound as strange as in America

amother

Yolk

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 8:18 am

I ised to work on a place called Ganon Eden,it's run by Chabad

amother

Oleander

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 8:22 am

Yes super super weird don't do it and we have a old age home with that name!!

amother

Freesia

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 10:33 am

There was a playgroup called Gan Eden in Queens. It's a great place. Not sure I would have chosen that name though.

amother

Firethorn

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 10:51 am

I’ve sent my kids to Gan Eden playgroup in Lakewood. There were multiple age groups and every single class was full. A good school is a good school and people will send there regardless of the name

happymommy12

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 10:55 am

My brother went to gan Eden preschool in Cedarhurst, it’s not around anymore.
I thought it was cute but I can hear why people are turned off by it…

imaima

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 10:59 am

amother OP wrote:

would you find it strange if a gan was named

"Gan Eden"
?

Please honest answers, we are debating in out team...all other options dont sound nice (named after donors)

Don’t do it

amother

Lightcoral ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 11:17 am

amother Melon wrote:

Yes, it's weird.

But not as bad as an old age home in my town that's called Gan Eden! Can't Believe It

yeah . hi fellow Manc. I grew up round the corner from there. we used to laugh about it all the time! and we would visit the elderly people there often but still found it amusing

amother

Daylily

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 11:21 am

amother Freesia wrote:

There was a playgroup called Gan Eden in Queens. It's a great place. Not sure I would have chosen that name though.

I went there as a kid. I guess that's why it sounds normal to me

amother

Babypink

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 1:10 pm

amother Lightcoral wrote:

yeah . hi fellow Manc. I grew up round the corner from there. we used to laugh about it all the time! and we would visit the elderly people there often but still found it amusing

Well we lived opposite gan eden old age home and we used to joke that if that's gan eden, then we must be in living in the opposite place (ie gehenom).

But I agree with the other posters, find some other name to use instead.