Teachers: What names are you sick of?

[Tinijocaro]

If I have one more Kayla, Kayleigh, Mikayla, Mikyla, I might scream. I've never had a Tyler that wasn't an absolute dickens.

 

[OceanAnnie]

If I have one more Kayla, Kayleigh, Mikayla, Mikyla, I might scream. I've never had a Tyler that wasn't an absolute dickens.

I don't have a contribution, but I like how you put the above.

 

[phorsenuf]

Not a teacher but I do have a Tyler.

 

[Bluestars]

I'm sick of names that are intentionally misspelled to be unique. Misspelling a name only makes it annoying. I don't mind unusual names or common names. Just spell it the normal way.

Ex. - Like spelling Tina as Teena

Why? Why? Why? The person will never find anything with their name on it and will have to spell their name for people their entire lives. That does not sound fun.

That is all.

 

[Bluestars]

Not a teacher but I do have a Tyler.

and I like the way it is spelled.

 

[barkley]

when i taught in the 80's i got very sick of: sean/shawn/shaun as well as ryan/rhyan (and in one year a 3rd in the same class whose was spelled
r-i-a-n with expressed instrucions from mom and dad to pronounce the "i" long and the "a" short ).

if i had to make an educated guess based on the kids my children have/had in their respective grades over the years (and the valentine lists that have come home ) i would say that teachers of the current 4th-9th grade crowd would be sick to death of:

emily, ashley (and my god, how many people name sisters with this combination is through the roof ), skyler/schyler/schuler, taylor/tailor confused3 ) or the nicknames sky/schy/tay/tai, tristin/trystin, ronnie (for girls, have yet to encounter a male classmate of my kids who was named ron or ronald) and megan or meagan/maeghan, michaela/michela.

 

[perla75]

Devin & Jayden are the names I keep hearing over & over again

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I have a lot of Daltons and Coltons this year. These are not names I have heard before coming to this area. Maybe it's just the area I'm in?

 

[disneyjunkie]

I like odd spellings as long as they make sense.

Brian or Bryan fine.

Brandy or Brandi fine

Michelle, Michele fine

Shawn, Sean, Shaun fine

Chelsey, Chelsea fine

Chelesy, Shelsey, not fine - I'm still trying to figure out when SH took on the CH sound.

 

[Tinijocaro]

and I like the way it is spelled.

I have a high school student named Tylor. I always call him Taylor by mistake, because of the "O"- he gets so mad.

 

[DizneeMommy]

I teach first grade. One year, I had 2 Christopher, 2 Chris, 1 Stephen, 1 Steven, and Ashley, Alyssa and Alicia. . .I was tongue tied and confused all year!!

 

[phorsenuf]

Devin & Jayden are the names I keep hearing over & over again

My son (Tyler ) goes out with a Devyn.

 

[DianaPrincessofWales]

Sick of Ashley and Emily.

 

[poohlover]

I'm not a teacher but I do have a Tyler...

I also have 2 with "different" spellings,

Geoffrey...who's nickname in HS is Gee- off...many teachers didn't know how to pronounce his name in jr hs and said it that way, he has learned to just go with it.

I also have Karalyn...she hasn't learned to go with the flow yet...but she was THRILLED when a new woman ped joined our MD's group that spelled her name exactly the same. What a bond they have formed due to it!!

 

[barkley]

Devin & Jayden are the names I keep hearing over & over again

dang, i thought my friend was only one who stuck her son with "devin"-and that was just because when she was preggers she was hooked on skanky romance novels

 

[Bluestars]

I like odd spellings as long as they make sense.

Brian or Bryan fine.

Brandy or Brandi fine

Michelle, Michele fine

Shawn, Sean, Shaun fine

Chelsey, Chelsea fine

Chelesy, Shelsey, not fine - I'm still trying to figure out when SH took on the CH sound.

I agree. Some names have multiple ways to spell it. I'm fine with that. It's the complete misspelling of a common name that I find annoying.

 

[mrsltg]

In my dd's kindergarten class there were 4 Aidan's and 2 Katelyn's, and 2 Kaylee's. This was in addition to the similar numbers of Katelyn's and Kaylee's in all of the grades through 8th. It's crazy!

I tried to name my children "real" names but use names which were not terribly common. Now it seems wherever I go someone is calling for their "Samantha" and I just lean over and apologize to my baby!

 

[Mom-to-2-Princesses]

My daughter's 5th grade class has 4 Sara/Sarahs -- 8.3%. And my daughter's 7th grade class has 3 Rachel/Rachaels -- another 8.3% . And for some reason, most siblings of a Rachel have a Sarah -- I guess if you like one, you like the other!

In our Kindergarten we have 3 Graces -- at least they put one in each of the three classrooms. When my daughter was in 4th grade all 4 Sarah's were in the same room!

 

[Pikester]

Not a teacher but I have to agree on the different spelling of names. I swore that when I had kids I would spell their names the common way.

Nathan
Tyler (Yes, I have a Tyler. Didn't realize how popular it was until after I named him! )

My parents named me Stefanee. (Yes, that is Stephanie) Try finding the spelling of that name on a license plate for your bike. Totally ticked me off!

 

[ElizK]

I'm not a teacher, but DD13 has 3 very good friends named Hannah/Hanna, and two of my friends have daughters named Hannah. It's all very confusing.