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Nambroth wrote:
Those celtic names are so nice!
Personal pet peeve: When people take a ‘normal’ or common/conventional name and intentionally spell it weird to make it unique. They’re not making it unique- it sounds the same- they’re just making sure that it will always get spelled wrong and confuse people! 😆
My husband wanted to spell Ashley’s name: Ash5ley. The 5 being silent 😆 He’s a “thinking outside the box kinda guy”
Picking out names was excruciating for us…I always have the worst time settling on a name. Here’s a few to help.
Elena
Alessandra
Arabella
Isabelle
Delphina
Eloise
SylvianaI think Janis Eloise sounds nice together, if you’re still looking for a middle name for Janis. 🙂
Phoenix wrote:Nambroth wrote:Those celtic names are so nice!
Personal pet peeve: When people take a ‘normal’ or common/conventional name and intentionally spell it weird to make it unique. They’re not making it unique- it sounds the same- they’re just making sure that it will always get spelled wrong and confuse people! 😆
My husband wanted to spell Ashley’s name: Ash5ley. The 5 being silent 😆 He’s a “thinking outside the box kinda guy”
😆 Hahaha! That goes from someone failing to be original into the realm of crazy that I understand! 😉
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My art: featherdust.comPhoenix wrote:My husband wanted to spell Ashley’s name: Ash5ley. The 5 being silent 😆 He’s a “thinking outside the box kinda guy”
Criminy! And Ashley would have been madder than heck at him once she hit elementary school! Sometimes you have to think of things from a child’s point of view. Being creative is fine, but don’t saddle your child with a name that just begs the other kids to make fun of it, and her. The social atmosphere in school is rough enough as it is: young kids are capable of being horrible to each other. Not to mention that a lot of teachers and adults would also have had a hard time with such an unorthodox spelling, which flies in the face of ordinary spelling laws. Peer teasing is bad enough, but if adults make fun of a child’s name too, that’ll really squash the old self-esteem. Dad can give his dog a name with a numeral in it if he likes, but don’t do that to your kid, man. Jeez. 😕
That said, there’s nothing wrong with names drawn from history or culture. I’m glad to see that there are plenty of these names about. But a name is a powerful thing–especially when you’re a kid–and straying too far off the beaten path is risky. It’s no good being the only one in the school named, say, Uranium. It’s easier on a kid if their parents can tell them that they were named for a relative, or for some tangible aspect of family history. We can’t all be determined and comfortable in being different. (Anyone remember Dweezil and Moon Unit?)
Barrdwing wrote:Phoenix wrote:My husband wanted to spell Ashley’s name: Ash5ley. The 5 being silent 😆 He’s a “thinking outside the box kinda guy”
That said, there’s nothing wrong with names drawn from history or culture. I’m glad to see that there are plenty of these names about. But a name is a powerful thing–especially when you’re a kid–and straying too far off the beaten path is risky. It’s no good being the only one in the school named, say, Uranium. It’s easier on a kid if their parents can tell them that they were named for a relative, or for some tangible aspect of family history. We can’t all be determined and comfortable in being different. (Anyone remember Dweezil and Moon Unit?)[/quote]
Ugh! I remember those! And now there are Rumour and Apple…..
I don’t mind unusual names but there are reasonable limits. Like if the poor kid is going to be tormented to death.. My real name is Elena (named after my grandmother) and no one spells it right. But at least I was the only one on the class list as oppesed to one year where there were 4 Jennifers…
I like Isabelle, or Isabella. How about Sophitia, Talim or Cassandra? hehehe. One of my sisters names is Genevieve Antoinette. I like saying it the French pronunciation but it pisses her off for some reason. My other sister’s name is Shannon Brooke, she’s the only one of us who has a pure Irish name.
I would help but I am just to tired to get out of bed today~
Engaged to a WeaselOne funny thing I noticed as a cake decorator…when you’re taking care of the cake counter one of the most common responsibilities is to write on cakes. One of the most popular names right now on children’s cakes is Hailey, Haley, Haily..etc…also Kailey and it’s different spellings..seems like you’d end up writing “Happy Birthday Hailey” at least 5 times in a weekend. For boys Christopher and Micheal are still the most common names around. Just an FYI on the most popular names out there at the moment. 🙂
If you’re curious as to the popularity of a name you’re looking at, check here. Social Security is an awesome resource for that. They’ll even let you see the top 1000 names for each decade, back to the 1880s! My chosen future-kid names are just barely in the top 1000 for the last 100 years, if at all 8) .
One thing to worry about with using odd names is mispronunciation. My husband and I were considering the girl’s name Caitlyn but using the traditional Irish/Celtic pronunciation which is kath-LEEN. I’ve been thinking since then about when that child would go to school how many people would try to say KATE-lin.
No one mentioned Alexis, Vivian or Skye.
Most of the names on Purpledoggy’s original list are very popular these days, with the exception of Janis.
Unless you want your daughter to share her name with half her class, it’s going to take using something old and hardly used.
Vivian Janis would work, Janis Skye would as well
I’ve always loved Alexis, but even if hubby hadn’t vetoed it as too sexy for a daughter of his, we would have had to because our son is named Alexander.
Daughter’s name is Karli Lynne, and I am hoping there won’t be a lot of Karli’s in her class.
More off the wall names would be Selea, pronounced Sa-lee-ah. Oooh…that would make a good spelling too! Saleeah…it would drive the teachers nuts having three vowels in a row like that. LOL!
Anyway, those are my contributions to the name thing.
I am sure whatever you choose will suit her just fine.
Kyrin
Phoenix wrote:Nambroth wrote:Those celtic names are so nice!
Personal pet peeve: When people take a ‘normal’ or common/conventional name and intentionally spell it weird to make it unique. They’re not making it unique- it sounds the same- they’re just making sure that it will always get spelled wrong and confuse people! 😆
My husband wanted to spell Ashley’s name: Ash5ley. The 5 being silent 😆 He’s a “thinking outside the box kinda guy”
Haha, well… that’s a way to ensure she’ll always have a screenname to use!
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