"What were they thinking!?!" inspired by Geilic name thread

[Chim Chiminy]

DH and I both have boring, and at the time very popular names. Elizabeth and Jason.....blah!

So I wanted something a little different for our kids, also wanted to reflect heritage. So we have a Nethaniel and Brenne. Both are always spelled wrong and poor Brenne, hers is always mispronounced.
She has been called Bree, Brianne, Breenie, Breena, Brianna.
But the name fits her and I can't imagine anything else.
Dson's initials are NBC, which my mom finds funny.

My BIL and SIL named their four boys Chase, Camden, Tyson, and Treyton.

My grandfathers name was JK. Didn't stand for anything....I think Great Grandmother just got tired after choosing so many names, she had 13.

 

[momrek06]

What is really funny in our very religious Town with THREE Catholic Churches and THREE Catholic Schools in a town with 10,000 people.....

ANYWAY...the Catholic school I sent my sons to, the POLICY there is that students will be called by their GIVEN name: Michael never Mike, Christopher never Chris, James never Jim, Elizabeth not Beth etc etc etc....

As the years went on parents in our town started naming their kids with NICKNAMES as they knew they wanted their kids at this school BUT did not want them called by their real given name..for instance my girlfriend named her daughter KATIE and not Kathleen as she did not want the Nuns calling her Kathleen...my other friend named her daughter MAGGIE and not Margaret as she did not want her daughter being called Margaret. This has continued over the years. FUNNY...HUH...!!!!

 

[jacksonsmom]

I agree with the nickname thing.
That was one reason I picked my DS's name, Jackson.
I figure he will either go by Jackson or Jack when he is older. I don't mind those names. Even if down the road he wants to be called by his middle name, Adam, I like that name too and it's easy to pronouce and really no nickname for it.

For the record I hated my name growing up, I still don't like it, Kristine.
I was at one time or another a KK, Krissy or a Kris.
I hated Kris because it is a boy/girl name, I hated it growing up.

I also hate my middle name, Frances Sorry to any Frances out there, I just hate that name. I was named after my great grandmother but still....YUCK!

My dad wanted to name me Lisa Marie

When I was pregnant DH and I both said we will not name our child after a relative just because they are relative. We will pick a name/names that we like.

 

[lyzziesmom]

I just remembered another one: my mom's cousin named her girls Samantha and Tabitha. Not unusal names on their own, but together...

When she found out she was having a boy, everyone was surprised she didn't name him Darren.

 

[SRUAlmn]

I wonder that too

My mom's name is Claudia and she has always told me how sad she was as a child because she could never find her name on printed items - mugs, keychains, etc.

This left a real impression on me, and therefore I named my kids traditional names so they could always find their names on things. I didn't want them to feel sad too

To this day, my mom's name can't be found My DH and I make it a point to always look, and if we should find it, which is basically never, we always buy it and give it to her. Most of the time it's something that she doesn't even want, but it still makes her smile

OMG! That is so funny because my fiance has the SAME problem. His name is Clint and we are forever searching for something with his name on it. It really bums him out

 

[PrincessKitty1]

My husband has an extremely unusual first name (guaranteed you will never meet anyone with the same first name in your lifetime ). He says it was VERY tough growing up with that name. He likes it now, but liking his name took until he was about 30 years old!

I convinced him he needed to put his name in his business Yellow Pages ad because I bet half his customers don't remember the (fairly generic-sounding) name of his company but they will ALL recognize his given name.

 

[Cindyluwho]

My husband has an extremely unusual first name (guaranteed you will never meet anyone with the same first name in your lifetime ). He says it was VERY tough growing up with that name. He likes it now, but liking his name took until he was about 30 years old!

I convinced him he needed to put his name in his business Yellow Pages ad because I bet half his customers don't remember the (fairly generic-sounding) name of his company but they will ALL recognize his given name.

So, is there a reason you didn't tell us his name??

 

[JadenLayne]

One of my son's friends is named Elvis Aaron last name. He mother was a HUGE Elvis fan. Actually the name fits him and he pulls it off quite well.

Our daughter will either be Ariel or Keira (Haven't decided 100 percent yet.)

 

[tripletsmama]

One of my son's friends is named Elvis Aaron last name. He mother was a HUGE Elvis fan. Actually the name fits him and he pulls it off quite well.

Our daughter will either be Ariel or Keira (Haven't decided 100 percent yet.)

Go with Keira.

I think unusual names are only good if they're given for a reason. You shouldn't just name your kid something weird because you want them to have a name no one else has. As a former teacher, I know kids can be really mean about names! All of my children's names were chosen for very specific reasons.

 

[miss missy]

Boy named Aloan- not sure how the spell it.
Girl name Crystal Waters
Girl named Day, yep Dad woke up and said I know let call the baby Day...

 

[JadenLayne]

You have a daughter named Keira! I first feel in love with that name when Olivia Newton John played Kira in Xanadu although I like the spelling Keira better! They both fit with my Disney addiction but my son seems to think Ariel would be opening her up to be made fun of.

 

[MemoryMakers2669]

My grandfathers name was JK. Didn't stand for anything....I think Great Grandmother just got tired after choosing so many names, she had 13.

My family too! My grandmother was one of 10 and she has two brothers that had no names, just initials. When they joined the army though, they had to pick names, so they named themselves really.

 

[4chitlins]

I know two families with very strange names.

Family #1 - twin boys - named Bert and Ernie @@
Family #2 Last name Leer - named their daughter Chanda = Chanda Leer

That is just cruel

 

[SRUAlmn]

Go with Keira.

I think unusual names are only good if they're given for a reason. You shouldn't just name your kid something weird because you want them to have a name no one else has. As a former teacher, I know kids can be really mean about names! All of my children's names were chosen for very specific reasons.

LOVE the names of your furbabies!!

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Girl named Day, yep Dad woke up and said I know let call the baby Day...

Intrestingly enough I babysat a little girl named Day. (Her big sister was Eden... also somewhat unusual but not completely uncommon). I think that it would be a cut middle name. Of course I prefer unusual middle names to first names as the kid can always just use an initial.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I always thought I wanted to name a child something not in the top 5 list, but I really like Emily. I'm hoping it's not so popular when we have kids. I'm another Jen, and there were a ton of us in my grade in school. To make it worse, I played soccer in high school, and there were 7 of us that started varsity. 7 out of 11 Jens has got to be some sort of record!

Jen