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Okay, I definitely didn't have time to read this whole thread so I hope I'm not repeating this... but I used to work in a pharmacy in Milwaukee and we would see some craaaazy names come through...
My all time favorite was:
LA-A (Pronounced LaDasha)...
@CraigCreek- Xhafer is pronounced like the last name "Schaefer', but with a Zh- sound instead of Sh-
I love the name Schaeffer. Years ago while vacationing at Rangley Lake in Maine we had a waitress named Schaeffer. We feel in love with the name. The day we came home we got a kitten and named it that. Two years later I got pregnant. We seriously thought of changing the cat's name if I had a girl. Luckily, for the cat, we had a boy.
Righto, she has a cousin named Ronnie and a friend named Bonnie.
There was a pair of twins in my class, brother and sister, Ronnie (full name) and Bonnie. Rhyming names were popular then too. I also know a pair of twins named Bonnie and Connie, a group of sisters named Micki, Nicki and Vicki.
I gave my children ethnic names not to be original, but because that is their heritage. The names are spelled phonetically, so I thought how could you misspell this, given that you literally just have to sound it out? Well, I didn't think of two things. First of all, small children are hard to understand sometimes. Second of all, Americans are apparently illiterate. Like, why would you put a "t" before an "s" in the syllable, ast?
The meanings are pleasant, and they have short nicknames and middle names from their more Anglo-Saxon-ish side.
I thought there is NO WAY these names will be common, though that's not why I chose the names.
Well, the first name is rising in popularity exponentially due to its presence in a book published after the child's birth, and the second turns out to be a homonym of two other names from other cultures which are very common around here.
I gave my children ethnic names not to be original, but because that is their heritage. The names are spelled phonetically, so I thought how could you misspell this, given that you literally just have to sound it out? Well, I didn't think of two things. First of all, small children are hard to understand sometimes. Second of all, Americans are apparently illiterate. Like, why would you put a "t" before an "s" in the syllable, ast?
The meanings are pleasant, and they have short nicknames and middle names from their more Anglo-Saxon-ish side.
I thought there is NO WAY these names will be common, though that's not why I chose the names.
Well, the first name is rising in popularity exponentially due to its presence in a book published after the child's birth, and the second turns out to be a homonym of two other names from other cultures which are very common around here.
Now I'm curious, what names did you give your children?
I love the name Schaeffer. Years ago while vacationing at Rangley Lake in Maine we had a waitress named Schaeffer. We feel in love with the name. The day we came home we got a kitten and named it that. Two years later I got pregnant. We seriously thought of changing the cat's name if I had a girl. Luckily, for the cat, we had a boy.
It might be my age, but when I think of Schaffer, all I can think of is "the one beer to have when you're having more than one!"
You beat me to it. I read that post and wondered if Shaeffer beer is still around.
And here I was, thinking of ink pens...although I believe they spelled it a bit differently.
I suppose a girl named Schaeffer might be expected to make her mark.
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