Interesting childrens names

[Momma Rabbit]

Here are a few girls name from DD's Girl Scout Troop

Nashley
Diva
Caprice
Lexus
Houston

 

[FreshTressa]

Those sound so pretentious!!! (is that how you spell it? isn't it pretentious to use big words and not know how to spell them, lol)

and Xoc is pronounced Z-OAK...rhymes with oak

 

[aprilgail2]

At one of my daughters after school activities there are sisters...Precious and Princess!! It reminds me of poodles names!!

 

[HayGan]

Those sound so pretentious!!! (is that how you spell it? isn't it pretentious to use big words and not know how to spell them, lol)

and Xoc is pronounced Z-OAK...rhymes with oak

I'm sorry were you refering to me

I didn't mean to offend. I just had no idea how to pronounce it since it is unusual and I have never seen/heard it before.

 

[Karel]

Please don't take offense at this question, but I have always been curious as to why parents name their children something they know going in that the child will have to fight mispronounciation and misspellings thier whole life? I think it is just uncomfortable for the person on both sides. I understand the need to be unique, but it can be carried too far.

In my case, it's a family name - my aunt's name (and mine), my mother's and cousin's middle name. I've been told it's a European form of Charles, which was my grandfather's name.

I don't remember it being too much of a problem growing up. I lived in the same town my whole life and attended school with the same people so I think people were used to it.

It's interesting to see how many people actually read the whoooole word because I get "Karen" a lot. The spelling "Carol' looks strange to me. And as one poster said, I know who really takes the time to get my name right; who really know me.

I really love my name. One of my big regrets is that I did not give it to my daughter as a middle name.

 

[phamton]

My sister taught a little boy named Orangejello. (Or--an--gel-o )

My dad knew a girl name Female (fe-MA-lay). He was a high school adminstrator and they had lots of weird ones. There were also twins at his school that they called the jello twins. One was Orangejello and the other was Limejello or something like that.

Actually it is Lemonjello. Those Jello twins got around as did Female. Every school district I taught at either had a teacher that taught them or someone that went to school with them.

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm

 

[makinorlando]

My great nephew is

Kier Chayton - my niece heard the name Chayton when she was working customer service somewhere and liked it...... Kier's not bad (a form of Kieran) but Chayton...

His brother is Gavin William (Wm for my late father) - we all made sure we gave her lots of suggestions for him.

My ex thought he was going to name our child "Rocket"... if it were a boy - Thank goodness I had a girl!!! Tara Leigh - nice and plain - except now she wants to change it to Aquamarine!!!

 

[SRUAlmn]

My ex thought he was going to name our child "Rocket"... if it were a boy - Thank goodness I had a girl!!!

I taught a little boy whose middle name was Rockett.

 

[makinorlando]

I taught a little boy whose middle name was Rockett.

Maybe my ex reproduced and go his way ----
Since he pretty much abandoned us, and we have NO clue where has been for the past 8 years! Anythings possible (not that I know how old the chld you taught is!)

 

[SRUAlmn]

Maybe my ex reproduced and go his way ----
Since he pretty much abandoned us, and we have NO clue where has been for the past 8 years! Anythings possible (not that I know how old the chld you taught is!)

That would be so funny (not ha, ha funny, but you know) because the father was divorced, but I knew the mother. The boy was 9 at the time and this was last year.

 

[btass]

Dragonfly. Yep, Dragonfly. A woman I know has a cousin who named her sone Dragonfly. I am still in shock!!!!!!

I forgot to say that the little boy was born in 2004. Waaaaayyyyy past the time that the hippies where around!

 

[cristbaby]

I have a niece named Symphanie and one named Diamond. Don't know where their parents heads were. Friends of my daughter when she was growing up were Sunshine and Flower. Both from the same family.

 

[PaulaSue]

Quote....As someone who grew correcting the spelling of her own name (Kelley), I swore I would never curse my kids with something unusual.

Ditto! My madein name (spelled very unusual) is a semi-popular girls first name. I got so much crap as to I filled out the papers wrong (last name first) and no that is not how to spell my name.

My girls all have very easy to spell names and easy to tell they are girls, names. My personal pet peeve is that SO many kids in class now a days, you can't tell who is a boy or girl by reading the names.

 

[cstraub]

We know a Heaven Lee and a Peek a boo.

 

[Aidensmom]

I like more unusual names. Perhaps it is because my siblings and I all have names that have always been common names (Elizabeth, Richard, Susan), but also because my married surname is one of those that has like 10 pages in the phone book.

We actually tried hard to find my son a unique name, although one we thought could be easily pronounced. Little did we know everyone else discovered that name that year and the few following. Even though we chose the non-traditional spelling (Aiden instead of Aidan), we still know of plenty of kids his age with the same name.

 

[minkydog]

I work at a Children's Hospital and we are always on the "cutting edge" of the next trend in names. A few years ago it was all Jennifer/Jessica/Jason/Jesse. Now it's more frothy-overheated-Victorian-sounding names or sort-of-Celtic-sounding-even-though-we've-never-stepped-foot-across-the-Atlantic names or totally-made-up-without-the-benefit-of Hooked-on-Phonics-names. Then there are the names that have been changed slightly to "reflect the child's uniqueness." I wish I had a dollar for every one of the following names:

Madison/Madisyn/Madicin(medicine?)
Aidin/Aiden/Aidan/Aydyn
Jaden/Jayden/Jaiden/ J'dyn
Madeleine/Madalyn/Mad'lyn mad,mad,MAD I tell ya!
Mackensie/McKenzie/Mikenzi
Michaela/M'kayla/Mikaylah
Unique/Miracle/Precious--do these parents not realize that once the baby weighs 140lbs that these names are just stupid

I like regular names that are easy to say and easy to read. I have no illusions that my children are somehow more special or unique than anyone else's and therefore need a special name or spelling to set them apart for life.

Cathy--Please God, don't let my kids grow and up to name my grandchildren somthing stupid

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Oh my word! These names are awful!!

And to think I complained as a child that my name was spelled LindsAy, instead of LindsEy.

 

[ryka]

My niece's name is Nialee (Nia for short) and I have a friend that named their Daughter Precious.

 

[mrsltg]

People need to be asked, during pregnancy, what they plan to name their children. It the name is stupid, they should be forced to hear it over and over and over again, see it on a business card, and hear the nicknames kids will come up with. If they still insist perhaps a good beating with big stick would help?

Why do people do this to babies? I'm impressed that all of the kids in my girls' classes have "normal" names. The most daring is Ciara (key-ra) and it's simply because her parents are Irish. At least it's an actual name, though.

 

[NMAmy]

You know, my father was a big one for having children with simple, easy to spell names. That's why his girls are named Pam, Amy, and Sue. Oddly, we all have short, pretty common surnames. My entire name has 10 letters which includes my middle name of Lee. I longed for a prettier, longer name when I was a kid. But, as my dad used to say, "You'll never have trouble picking up your dry cleaning or ordering a pizza."

When he first heard dd's name, he hated it. Her name is Caitlin Elizabeth. Well, he hated her first name--her middle name is the same as my mom's so if he didn't like that one, he sure wasn't saying anything about it. I found the name Caitlin in a family genealogy and loved it. My dad insisted that he would only be calling her "Katie." Okay, no skin off my nose. Well, when he first saw her she was 6 months old. After a day, he told me, "You picked the right name. She IS a Caitlin."