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Just curious.......my daughter's name is Trinitee is this considered a "weird" name?
In my opinion, yes, but it's not in the realm of bizarre. Trinity is not a common name, and you spelled it differently. By definition, that's unusual. I would have lumped it with more old-fashioned "virtue" names like Felicity, Chastity, Constance, etc. (although it doesn't really qualify as a virtue or character trait), but the double E bumped it back out a little.
It's different but not super weird. I am willing to give little Trinitee the benefit of a doubt and regard her as more of a Felicity than a Destiny.
I don't consider "Shaniqua" to be a good example, since it is a pretty common African-American name. While some of the other African-American names are a bit out there...D'Brickashaw anyone?..there are others that are distinctly cultural and that's no different than any other non-European ethnic names. As for giving a kid a name that they can spell, that's what nicknames are for. My two daughters are named Kalinda and Anjali, but they go by their nicknames of Kali and Anji. I gave my children names that I found to be beautiful and had meaning and I am not going to worry about whether or not they conform to anything. Please note that it doesn't mean that I will name a kid something whimsical or nonsensical, it just means that there are many non-Euro names out there that are "unsual" and "weird" but they do have meaning and are lovely.
I think that original names can be quite nice. But some go a bit overboard-
Ex: In the book I'm reading (by Janet Evanovich), one of the minor characters is named LaHonka. Now that is one ugly sounding name - LOL.
I doubt that any real person actually has that name.... but now that it's been suggested in a book it's probably just a matter of time before someone names their little girl or boy - LaHonka.
I fully agree with that!! As much as I do not like government intrusion into personal decisions, we need that law here. There should be a list of approved names and if you want a name not on that list, you should have to apply to have the name added to it.
Why do you think the govt needs to intrude in this area, of all possible areas for it to intrude? Who should get to decide what is on the approved list?
Who is to decide what is or is not a "weird" name? Not the governments business in the slightest.
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Originally Posted by rkb0305
Why do you think the govt needs to intrude in this area, of all possible areas for it to intrude? Who should get to decide what is on the approved list?
I am not a big fan of censorship. But there are 2 reasons I can think of off the top of my head where people could perhaps get a bit of advice before choosing unusual names, and I don't think these are reasons to prevent names, but certainly worth considering.
1) DH has a last name with specific spelling conventions. The first letter of his last name is spelt with a lower case letter, and there is a space too. It is nigh impossible to have his name spelt correctly in all the places it needs to be. It is even more complicated once you start using names with 30 letters, or adding numerals or special characters.
2) When I worked as a midwife, I had many, many, many, many, many conversations with women who were in the midst of choosing names. During those discussions I can't tell you how many times people inadvertantly nearly chose names that were due to incorrect spelling, or without knowing their meaning, etc.
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