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I honestly don't get that bothered by unusual unconventional names. They aren't my style, but unless they are really really out there or inappropriate, eh. But I will admit to a big pet peeve with spelling regular names oddly. That just looks ridiculous, and Emily spelled Emmahlee is still Emily, it's not unique, it's just misspelled.
I know someone who named her daughter Nayomee. Why? I asked her. She said no one can pronounce Naomi correctly. Poor kid.
I've known some people with names that I would not wish on anyone:
-Classmate named Culva--who wants to be named something that rhymes with 'vulva' ?
-Co-worker named Precious Charming and her sister named Sunny Lively
My sister went to school with two sisters (fraternal twins) who had major Disney fans for parents. One was Cinderalla and the other was Minnie; they have both since changed their names.
Guy named Curt Hunt...which of course people liked to switch the first letters of his first and last name. Poor fella.
My mom went to school with a girl with the 1st and middle name combo of Moll Darling.
My own first name is terribly common for its era but my last name is strange
America is a big melting pot of different cultural groups. Lots of parents give their child a name from their own ethnic group or national origin. Just because it's not heard of in one culture doesn't mean it's not a well known name in another culture.
America is a big melting pot of different cultural groups. Lots of parents give their child a name from their own ethnic group or national origin. Just because it's not heard of in one culture doesn't mean it's not a well known name in another culture.
Those aren't the kind of names some on this thread are objecting to, though, nor do I object to those. It's the "yooneake" names with made up spelling and the like.
I prefer traditional "boy or girl" names because there is usually no "assumptions" involved -- for example, names such as Robert are common among all socioeconomic classes in the U.S. (although, granted, more so among blacks and non-Hispanic whites), so if a name on a resume is Robert Williams, one would probably have no preconceived notions about him. However, I would choose a less common traditional name for the time period in which my child was born. I like my name but there were five girls in my class with the same name I had when I was in school; and not only that, but later on, someone could guess their approximate age and be fairly close at least 50% of the time. There are now very few Gladyses or Ediths who were born after 1940 or so.
And, selfishly, I prefer traditional names because if I don't know the person, I can address a letter or e-mail to "Mr." or "Ms." and be right at least 98% of the time!
The trends I’m noticing now on a pregnant mothers message board I read are: double middle names, nicknames as first names (Charlie, not Charles or Charlotte), and boys names for girls (Jesse, Addison, etc). You don’t see anyone naming their son Julia!
My pet peeve is people making a bit whoop out of what other people do that has no impact on them.
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Simply busybodies trying to control what other families do. Regardless of how loud they scream, parents will do what they want to do.
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