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In the US, you can call your kids anything. In Denmark, you can actually get a name rejected if it's too over the top. T'was a time when it was much harder to deviate from the official name list. Now the list includes many foreign names and is very long for both boys and girls. Here's the first page of boy names: https://ast.dk/born-familie/navne/na...1&startswith=A
Anything dull and boring like my name Kate or Ben or anything common and dull.
After doing genealogy so long it really helps to have a rare name,I'm an artistic type too so I like rare poetic names.
I would never name my child after something I saw on tv,it would have to be historical and meaningful.
I would name my son fianna after the ancient Irish band of warriors.
Fianna is pretty but I picture it more for a girl because of the a at the end. Is it pronounced like it looks Fee Anna?
You know, I'd really be interested to learn what the long-term career track in terms of hiring, earning, and promotion is for those with that kind of name versus standard names such as Michael or Cynthia.
Resumes with "white" names received 50% more callbacks than resumes with "black" names like Lakisha and Jamal.
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I fell in love with the name Michaela because of Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman in the 90's.
It was a wildly unrealistic name for a woman in the "Old West" in the 1860s--the first examples noted in the US were in 1932--but it obviously struck a chord with 1990s parents.
LOL...I was agreeing until you got to Hunter. I like that name. Of course it would be unfortunate if you named your son that and he turned out to be a wimp.
LOL, it's just a personal dislike of the name Hunter, IMO it's like saddling a kid with a trade, or occupation type name, like "Baker", "Plumber", "Electrician", although that is exactly how many surnames came about.
I had a coworker one time who insisted on naming her baby-a girl- Hunter, and apparently she even overrode her husband's wishes when she did so.
Anything dull and boring like my name Kate or Ben or anything common and dull.
After doing genealogy so long it really helps to have a rare name,I'm an artistic type too so I like rare poetic names.
I would never name my child after something I saw on tv,it would have to be historical and meaningful.
I would name my son fianna after the ancient Irish band of warriors.
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Fianna is pretty but I picture it more for a girl because of the a at the end. Is it pronounced like it looks Fee Anna?
That's exactly what would happen. Anyone seeing Fianna on paper or on a screen will be expecting to see a woman. I read a book once about how names influence one's perception of a person they haven't yet met. Very interesting. If my screen name were AlaskaMaynard, everyone would imagine a totally different person. And it wouldn't be good! And yes, my name really is Erik.
Resumes with "white" names received 50% more callbacks than resumes with "black" names like Lakisha and Jamal.
It was a wildly unrealistic name for a woman in the "Old West" in the 1860s--the first examples noted in the US were in 1932--but it obviously struck a chord with 1990s parents.
Interestingly, this teacher (who is white) is named Jamaal. The perceptions of people on just hearing his name are fascinating.
Jamaal Allan, a high school teacher in Des Moines, Iowa, should know. To the surprise of many who have only seen his name, Allan is white. And that's taken him on a lifelong odyssey of racial encounters.
Some names are overdone and should be globally "retired". John and Joe I'm looking at you!
I love John! I agree, I don't care for Joe.
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I have a male cousin called BJ. That wouldn't work for me.
I don't like that either. Some parents obviously think it's cute.
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