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Old 05-14-2013, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Woodinville
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I don't understand this whole Nevaeh trend. Why not call the child Heaven rather than spelling it backwards?
Or at least make their name a palindrome. Like Racecar or Rise to vote sir.
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Old 05-14-2013, 03:08 PM
 
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I used to work with a lady named Johnnie. That was her real name. Not short for anything and not a nickname.
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Often Willie was used with a distinctly female middle name - Willie Mae seems to have been popular. The Willie in my family was one of about eight sisters - and only two brothers, which may have been a factor in her naming.
My mom, born in the early 1950s, is a Johnnie. Her middle name is not Mae, but I remember her telling me when I was little about some other person she had known named Johnnie Mae. And at some point, we were watching a TV movie and one of the characters was named Johnnie Mae.
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Old 05-14-2013, 04:34 PM
 
Location: Cincinnati near
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I have a former coworker who named his son Wolfgang... odd but not crazy. His last name is 'Bangs' though, so if you flip the location of the pause between syllables you get Wolf Gangbangs.
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Old 05-14-2013, 05:42 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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I have a former coworker who named his son Wolfgang... odd but not crazy. His last name is 'Bangs' though, so if you flip the location of the pause between syllables you get Wolf Gangbangs.
LOL!

I wanted normal first names and slightly more unusual middle names for my boys.

Eric Alexander and Stephen Wolfgang is what we went with.

I had a weird old lady I used to work with say, when I told her what I was naming my second son, "Wolf-gang!? What kind of a name is that?? I wouldn't name a DOG Wolf-gang!!" I ignored her. I think it's cool.

And since it's the middle name, he can use it, or not, as he gets older.

If we'd had a girl, she would have been Rosa Leigh.

At my old job in Washington, we had a woman my mother's age with purple hair and tattoos change her last name to Free after her divorce. Another lady about the same age had the last name Bird. Yeah.

And frankly, the names I like least are the boring default names, especially boring middle names. Mine is Anne. My mom thought she was being different tacking an 'e' on the end. *sigh* Marie is just as overused, but prettier.
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Old 05-14-2013, 07:55 PM
 
Location: NY metro area
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I'm all for giving girls a "boys" name, in fact I wish more parents would do it. Many parents do it to give their child an advantage out in the real world, and why not give your child every little advantage you can? Sad but true, there is still plenty of sexism out in the world. Someday she might want to pursue a "male" profession and discover there are still plenty of employers who will favor a resume with a name that might be "male."

The names I dislike are names like "Bambi." Talk about a name that could potentially hurt your child's future career. Unless she wants to be a stripper.

I liked the idea of naming a girl Charlotte and calling her "Charlie." I fell in love with the name Charlie after seeing Top Gun in my youth. (I also have a friend who did just that, so Charlie is off the table for me. )


Other names like Georgina and calling her "Georgy," Francesca and "Frankie."
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Old 05-14-2013, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn New York
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I liked the idea of naming a girl Charlotte and calling her "Charlie." I fell in love with the name Charlie after seeing Top Gun in my youth. (I also have a friend who did just that, so Charlie is off the table for me. )


Other names like Georgina and calling her "Georgy," Francesca and "Frankie."


OK, yeah, that I totally get, a nickname.....and that's fine, because the girls name is really the legal name

but to actually name a girl a boy name, yeah, I have a problem with that..
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Old 05-14-2013, 08:22 PM
 
Location: NY metro area
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OK, yeah, that I totally get, a nickname.....and that's fine, because the girls name is really the legal name

but to actually name a girl a boy name, yeah, I have a problem with that..

So don't give your daughters boy names. Problem solved.
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Old 05-14-2013, 08:45 PM
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Location: The New England part of Ohio
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Hope this is not thought of as off topic - but what are some names that you do like?
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Old 05-15-2013, 10:17 AM
 
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Hope this is not thought of as off topic - but what are some names that you do like?
Irina.
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Old 05-15-2013, 01:11 PM
 
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I have known one Grayson, she was a girl.

On the A&E show Bates Motel, there is a love interest, popular high school girl character named Bradley.

And if I named my daughter after the place of conception, she would have been Shower
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