Okay- if you aren't creative enough to give your kid an original name...

[HEyHEY]

Don't give them a boring regular name with a funky spelling okay?

End of rant

[redqueen]

1. We gave both of ours fairly original first names

and very traditional middle names, in case they hate their first names.

[American Renaissance]

2. My boss...

His daughter is named Piper, after his airplane (seriously) I guess his wife was REALLY doped up after giving birth.

His is named Marqiese, but they say it Marcus, IF HIS NAME IS MARCUS, SPELL IT M-A-R-C-U-S!

Those two are going to have a blast when they start school.

[Canuckistanian]

3. What's wrong with Djawnn?

or my daughter Siouxzeee?

[HEyHEY]

4. Or Shaenone

[Heddi]

6. I hate hate hate hate

name bastardization

WHY WHY WHY all the "y's" ???

Has there been some undercover, stealth PR done by the letter Y in the past few years? It seems to have crept up into every name possible


Ashley---is now:
Ashlee
Ashleigh
Ashleygygh
Ayshleigheyeeeeeee

Nicole---is now:
Nycole
Nychohole (I swear I've seen the name spelled like that)

Like, I swear it's only a matter of time before something as un-'y'-like as Heather would be spelled Heythyergh or something...it's disturbing


Don't parents understand that a 5 year old, learning to spell their name for the first time, is going to have a REALLY REALLY REALLY hard time spelling something like Kayleeyeeghgyyeee or Ayshlhyee..

it's child abuse..well, it's not, but it's darn cruel at any rate



Check out this website--it's HILLARIOUS!!!

Baby's named a bad, bad thing:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

SOme of their names:
Egwene.
Kellyna Nychole, Taryn Mykah and Mykenzie Kathryn
brayden,makynzi,or karsyn

Jayln Marie
Ammie Lynne
Kesleigh Abigail
Cydnee Elizabeth
McKayla Mercy
Nikola Kate
Quinn Allyse (or Elise)
Madaline Sarai (not sara)
kaitlyne Nicole
Tayler Emmaleigh

[stellanoir]

7. oh come on. . .

kids are far more tolerant and accepting than they were when we were kids. My kid has a really bizarro surname from his father so I tried to give him a relatively normal first name, which promptly got morphed into an unusual nick name. Kids wanted to hang out with him cause his name was so cool. Now he's pubescant and it is still not a problem.

[Donkeyboy75]

5. It's not my fault

you can't figure out Shiquallzbty is pronounced "Will-yum"

Jeez.

[LisaM]

8. My mother's cousin won't even speak to his son

because he named his son "Seven." In fact, he won't even say the name. He just says, "a number between six and eight."

I think nicknames are quite different. They usually come about in association with a personality trait, so I really like them. But yes, have a normal spelling. I like Isiah Thomas and Earvin Johnson, but I always want to call them "I-Zi-Ah" and EEERvan.

Elizabeth Ashley was on one of the late night shows during the 1992 elections, and referred to Gennifer Flowers as "Ghen-ifer" (hard 'g'.) The host tried to correct her, but she just said, if she's going to spell it that way, I'm going to call her Ghenifer!

[UnAmericanJoe]

13. Seven? lol Is he a Seinfeld fan?

[put out]

9. I work at an elementary school.

Here you go:

Michaela

Mikeala

Shaylin

Shaelin

Shaylyn

Kylie

Kilie

Keilie

Conner

Conor

Connor

Kayla

Kailea

Turner

Lake

Gabrielle

Gabriellee

Gabe (a girl)

Burke

Burk (a girl)

Birch

John

Jon

O.K., the last two aren't weird, But the parents get pissed off if you mispronounce the name. Well, for cryin' out loud, folks, what do you expect.

[LeinesRed]

10. I'm a teacher too!

My gawd, you just listed my homeroom!!!!! Wait, you forgot Daylynn. Really, that's the spelling.

[LeinesRed]

11. and you are right on the parent thing

and there are SEVEN ways to pronounce "Elisha"

[LeinesRed]

12. and the other six pronunciations

are patently offensive to the golden child that has it pronounced the seventh way...

[put out]

26. That's the spelling? Everyone knows it's

Dailyyne or Daelinne or Daylin or...

[MisterP]

38. Orange County has a lot of Madisons (girls)

[Pab Sungenis]

15. Some of them are quite normal.

"Connor" (and variants Conner and Conor) are good Irish names. "Turner" is another acceptable Anglo-Saxon name, and coming into more common use.

"Gabrielle?" Do you only have a problem with this one because of Xena?

Personally, I hate the person in our town who named her twins Lemonjello and Orangejello. Pump enough drugs into a woman in the hospital, and cuisine starts taking on whole new aspects.

[bloom]

22. Lemonjello and Orangejello

Do people call them that? It wouldn't be soooooo bad if they were Lemon and Orange.

[Pab Sungenis]

35. "Lemonjello and Orangejello"

They prefer the pronunciations "leh-MON-jhel-o" and "or-AHN-jhel-o."

[bloom]

21. I like Lake

That would be a nuisance, though, all the weird spellings.

[UnAmericanJoe]

14. Well, speaking as a Joe

I'd have to say it's better to lean toward the exotic, rather than go too traditional and name your kid something boring... like Joe.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

16. From a guy with a weird name...

Please, in gods name, give your kids normal names!

[Kadie]

20. and one you don't have to spell over and over and over...

[-..__...]

17. George Forman has it right.

5 boys all named George.

[latebloomer]

28. or Michael Jackson's

Prince Michael I and Prince Michael II.

[Shananigans]

33. And a girl named Georgette

[Iris]

18. agreed

[Xithras]

19. My wife is pregnant. I want to name the kid Frodo. She disagrees :\

C'mon, Frodo is a COOL name!

I wanted to name my first daughter Cilia, but my wife knew a bit too much about biology and shot that one down, giving my daughter a plain, ordinary name with a plain, ordinary spelling. I wanted to name my second son Berthold Davin after my grandfather, but my wife overruled that one saying it was too "wierd"...he got a plain, ordinary name too.

This is my last chance to have an oddly named child. If I fail this time, I'll go to my grave disappointed :(

[bloom]

23. I named my kids names that were unusual

but they were traditional names.

My husband shot down all the weird names I came up with and I shot down all the normal names he came up with. LOL.

[bloodyjack]

24. CILIA

LMAO!!!! how could you be so cruel to your kids!!!

i think i'll name my kid pseudopodium because i want its life to be very very pleasant.

[bloom]

25. I wanted to name my firstborn Trillium

because I really like it as a flower, and I liked the sound of it.

My husband said that where he was from it meant - discards.

[LostInAnomie]

27. I hate unique names!

For some reason it is my pet peeve.

Worst creative spelling of a normal name: Tiphaniey (Tiffany)

Worst creative spelling/unique name combo: Xzult (exalt), Simphoniey (Symphony)

Names that will force a child to become a stripper: Leather, Pleather, Chocolate, Dakota, Montana, Raven, Celestial

For some reason this is my least favorite: Colten

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. Why do parents insist on naming their daughters like bad porn stars?

My mom at least was original. There are very few of me out there, but it's different, and she needed something cool to go with Smith.

[RhodaGrits]

31. My brother dated a penthouse pet of the year for a while and then my

sister went on to name her daughter after the pet's stage name. <shakes head>

[Redneck Socialist]

32. Smith or otherwise

I've never heard of another fudge stripe cookays. :P

[fudge stripe cookays]

34. What can I say.

Mom's a creative gal.

[Burma Jones]

30. We gave our kids normal names

If they want creative names later, they can come up with them themselves. Better to leave my kids with a blank canvas than to show people how clever I am with some sort of "clever" name.

[Book Lover]

36. But the kid

will spell it in many funky ways once they hit, oh say, 5th or 6th grade.

On the other hand, I completely understand where you are coming from. I've had authors complain about mispellings of their names on cover comps (pre-final versions), and have had to bite my tounge hard to avoid saying, "Well we wouldn't have had any trouble if you spelled 'Shilli' the right way, "Shelley!" True story!

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. It's spelled "Luxury Yacht" but it's pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove"

:P