Which naming trend is your least favorite?

[HGD24]

I once worked with a man who was a former NFL player. He has 4 sons by 4 different women and they all have his first name and all go by that same name.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Okay, I'm going to feel really bad about this but you should all read this name. It is the name of the niece of a friend. She's a really nice friend and comes from a good family and I feel bad trashing her name on this site.

But really.

The child's name is Beautiful A'Queen.

And she's a great kid. I just feel so bad for her name.

 

[Ember]

My current most hated name is Shivon/Siobhan/Chivon/Chyvon/Shivon/Shyvonn/Chyvonne (pick your spelling, I believe there are more...) etc. I honestly can't believe there are so many ways to spell one name. It probably doesn't help that, no matter what the spelling, I have yet to meet a non-irritating child with this name. I'm sure there's some out there, they just don't seem to find me.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Gee, my grandmas (born in the 1890's) were named Sarah and Elizabeth. Are those OK with you? I used different old family names for my kids - Margaret and Hannah. They're all grandma names to me.

I love old fashioned names. If I were to have a girl (but I'm done having babies) her name would be either Eleanor or Sylvie. I also love Elsa, Alice, Beatrice, Daphne, Matilda, and Mabel.

 

[Colleen27]

My current most hated name is Shivon/Siobhan/Chivon/Chyvon/Shivon/Shyvonn/Chyvonne (pick your spelling, I believe there are more...) etc. I honestly can't believe there are so many ways to spell one name. It probably doesn't help that, no matter what the spelling, I have yet to meet a non-irritating child with this name. I'm sure there's some out there, they just don't seem to find me.

Uggg, I hate that one too, mainly because Siobhan is (traditionally) a beautiful Irish name that I'd have loved to use for one of my kids but has become a ghetto fad with a million different spellings that I wouldn't dream of using for that reason alone. And I HATE all the phonetic spellings. They just scream "too ignorant/uneducated to learn the proper spelling" to me.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I'm a NICU nurse too, so I HEAR ya on the to many Miracles! Seriously, I get that your baby is a miracle, but do you really need to name them that?!?! LOL
The one that we have currently is Myracle (pronounced Miracle) but she wanted her to be different! WHAT?

The best one ever though was KID YOU NOT Imapreciseangle! "I'm a Precious Angel!" Get it? I wish I was lying, but I'm not! LOL

We also had a Sparkle last month. How sweet is that?

Oh my gosh, I read that as "imprecise angle".

You've reminded me of my least favorite naming trend! If people are going to name their child a word name (Precious, Princess, etc) they should at least spell it correctly.

I used to peruse www.growingfamily.com to look for strange names. One of my favorites was Jacup (I'm guessing they were going to Jacob, but didn't know how to spell it ).

 

[EpcotSweetHrts0512]

I volunteer with a friend who works at our Children's Hospital. She told me that one little girl was named Abcde--pronounced Ab-sid-ee. We felt horrible for that little girl!

 

[C.Ann]

None.. It's one of those MYOB things..

 

[cteddiesgirl]

Uggg, I hate that one too, mainly because Siobhan is (traditionally) a beautiful Irish name that I'd have loved to use for one of my kids but has become a ghetto fad with a million different spellings that I wouldn't dream of using for that reason alone. And I HATE all the phonetic spellings. They just scream "too ignorant/uneducated to learn the proper spelling" to me.

Hmm.

Well, if someone came up to me and said, my name is "Shi-von", I certainly wouldn't know to spell it Siobhan. How on earth did anyone get that pronunciation out of that spelling?
It screams to me that someone just made up the name and said this is how you spell it. It's really not much different to me than trying to spelli Daisy as Daaiishmiy.

If someone wanted to me spell that name, I'd be pronouncing it as Si-o-ban.





I just came across someone named Jerrit.

 

[Russian-in-Kansas]

I keep a weekly 'funny' names log at my job , this is this week's:
REALITEE, JESSIE E _____ JR & DESSIE N ______ ,DALLIS, NATESEIA, K'JANAE, SHAYEALTA, SIMUEL,GARIELA, MACKYNZIE, ADRIEONNA, DAVANTE', TRE-VAUGHN, JAQULYN, SATIN, IKENYA ,KACHEL,NA'KANDIS ,TANASYIAH, TASONTE ,MARCHESKEE,TANTINEA,TRAVIOUS, KIE'RHE, JA'LAIA, SHAKOTA , AMANDRE'

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I think to some extent that must be a southern thing, or at least an american thing - I have seriously never seen anything like it! I am sure there are some up in the great white north, but it's certainly not popular! Definately a bit weird IMHO.

I do have to say however that my general group of friends have chosen unusual names for their children, myself included. We like them, and are not too concerned what others think. One trend seems to be Gaelic names - such as Siobhan (pron. she-von), Saorse (pron. seersha), Ronan etc. Some more difficult to say than others. I think that is fine if you actually have roots to Scotland/Ireland but you should take into consideration that your child will be spelling the name out much of the time!

Personally, I like them....a bit different, but generally easy to spell (except the Gaelic ones )

My family has roots in Sctoland and when I joined the Catholic Church I took Columcille as my patron saint (Columba in English). I love the Gaelic name. I have kicked around the idea of having my name legally changed but I'm kind of attached to my name, even if every other girl in 1984 was named Jessica. I would like to name a daughter Columcille. Most people won't know how to pronounce it right away, but it is meaningful to me.

I also always liked the name Ananda. However, I could never name my children that. I just keep hearing that line from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: "The dog?! You are named after the dog?"

I've never seen that movie, but that is funny. I just love waht Charles Wallce says the name means. I've always said her full name would be Ananda Joy (call her Annie for short). Of course, this is dependent upon me having a daughter.

 

[tonilea]

I keep a weekly 'funny' names log at my job , this is this week's:
REALITEE, JESSIE E _____ JR & DESSIE N ______ ,DALLIS, NATESEIA, K'JANAE, SHAYEALTA, SIMUEL,GARIELA, MACKYNZIE, ADRIEONNA, DAVANTE', TRE-VAUGHN, JAQULYN, SATIN, IKENYA ,KACHEL,NA'KANDIS ,TANASYIAH, TASONTE ,MARCHESKEE,TANTINEA,TRAVIOUS, KIE'RHE, JA'LAIA, SHAKOTA , AMANDRE'

I had a Tre-Vaughn in a first grade class last week!

 

[Liberty Belle]

Hmm.

Well, if someone came up to me and said, my name is "Shi-von", I certainly wouldn't know to spell it Siobhan. How on earth did anyone get that pronunciation out of that spelling?
It screams to me that someone just made up the name and said this is how you spell it. It's really not much different to me than trying to spelli Daisy as Daaiishmiy.

If someone wanted to me spell that name, I'd be pronouncing it as Si-o-ban.


I just came across someone named Jerrit.

It's Irish, not English. It's a traditional spelling of an old name.

 

[ArelysAdriana]

Where is the option for poorly planned names? I have seen so many first and last name combos that make you wonder. I understand with girls they sometimes take on the last name of their husband and that can't be prevented (Julia Goolia syndrome), but I have mostly seen it with guys.

Extra letters really annoy me too. My little sister is Rebeca, with one 'C' because honestly, what purpose does that extra 'C' serve?

My name is a little different, and I have spent my entire life spelling it for people - most of the time more than once since they don't listen the first time. My maiden name is German and 13 letters long.

It wasn't pretty going to a new school and having the teacher stop dead in her tracks when she came to your name on her list. I would always raise my hand and say "that's me."

I didn't want my kids to have to do that, so they have common and easy to spell names - Hannah and Emily.

Story of my life. I always knew when a teacher got to my name or when I was next at a Doctor's office by the long pause while they tried to decipher the nonsense that is Arelys.

My family is full of weird names, I almost feel like we could compete with the Zappa's. There is Arelys (me), Zaida (my mom and grandma), and Elpidio (my grandfather and my dad, although my dad changed that as soon as he could.) I hated my name as a kid because I had to explain it to everyone (still do actually.)

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Where is the option for poorly planned names? I have seen so many first and last name combos that make you wonder. I understand with girls they sometimes take on the last name of their husband and that can't be prevented (Julia Goolia syndrome), but I have mostly seen it with guys.

Extra letters really annoy me too. My little sister is Rebeca, with one 'C' because honestly, what purpose does that extra 'C' serve?



Story of my life. I always knew when a teacher got to my name or when I was next at a Doctor's office by the long pause while they tried to decipher the nonsense that is Arelys.

My family is full of weird names, I almost feel like we could compete with the Zappa's. There is Arelys (me), Zaida (my mom and grandma), and Elpidio (my grandfather and my dad, although my dad changed that as soon as he could.) I hated my name as a kid because I had to explain it to everyone (still do actually.)

This is the special ed teacher in me talking (Anyone who has experience with Wilson reading or a similar program will understand this response

There are six types of syllables in the English language, including open and closed syllables. When dividing up Rebeca into syllables it would look like this: Re be ca. The first e is a schwa (uh sound) which happens on unstressed open syllables. The second e would be pronounced the long way (ee) because it is an open syllable and bears the stress, and the last syllable is also a schwa since it is unstressed.

The second c serves as a buffer letter, closing in that syllable so that the e says "eh". So it would look like this: Re bec ca. (When dividing syllables you divide between two consonants unless they are digraphs).

So in the case of a name like Rebecca, the second c does serve a purpose, it's not just there for decoration.

 

[MM27]

There was a student last year in my clinic named Candida--like the yeast rash--we were in a wound care clinic. It was hard to keep a straight face but with a name like Lucretia, who am I to judge?

I went to school with a girl named Candida, but we called her Candy. Her mother thought it was pretty when the nurse in the hospital told her mother about her infection.

I just thought of another one...location names.

Me too. Brooklyn, Bronx...I'm waiting for someone to name their kid Staten Island.

I have had some very interesting names in my class and school
Princess
Lovely (have her this year and she is anything but)
Macannaci (Mack a nack ee)
Osaumwense (a sar oo) I have no idea how this one goes with the pronunciation but believe me, I asked the kid about 20 times on the first day of school to repeat it for me
Pekens
Jagjot
Xerox
Rock
Tazan and Tazane' (boy and girl twins)

I had a boy named Willie that was in a large family. All of his brothers were also Willies
I went to high school with a family of Juans and their sisters Juanita. We called the brothers Juan 1, Juan 2, ...

 

[Liberty Belle]

This is the special ed teacher in me talking (Anyone who has experience with Wilson reading or a similar program will understand this response

There are six types of syllables in the English language, including open and closed syllables. When dividing up Rebeca into syllables it would look like this: Re be ca. The first e is a schwa (uh sound) which happens on unstressed open syllables. The second e would be pronounced the long way (ee) because it is an open syllable and bears the stress, and the last syllable is also a schwa since it is unstressed.

The second c serves as a buffer letter, closing in that syllable so that the e says "eh". So it would look like this: Re bec ca. (When dividing syllables you divide between two consonants unless they are digraphs).

So in the case of a name like Rebecca, the second c does serve a purpose, it's not just there for decoration.

OT, but have you ever tried Orton Gillingham? We've started it this year and the students' progress has been amazing.

 

[Nette]

Well, for traditional boys names, that depends on what you think is traditional.

Names like Ashley, Jocelyn, Alexis, Ariel, Madison, Ashton, Bailey, Cameron, Courtney, Lindsey and others were traditionally boys names that became girls names.

But I don't like the use of Michael, Kyle, Ryan or a few others for girls.

I was just thinking that as well.

Yeah, but plenty of us with normal names deal with that too. I've been spelling my name for people all my life, and it is shaping up to be the same for my son (Sebastian - is there another generally accepted way to spell that?). I'm sure my youngest will have the same issue, because there are so many variations on how to spell Katherine. Really, that's just a minor inconvenience. It is the issues with first impressions, employment/opportunity, and the odds of being negatively stereotyped that I think are the bigger problem with made up names & spellings.

Yep.
I've had to spell my name out my entire life too. Both my real and nick names have alternate spellings that are very common. Even my own extended family keeps misspelling my names.

Yep. Spelling my name for everyone. Welll... when it's important. The guy at Starbucks can write Janet on my cup if he wants to. But try getting all your legal docs to have Jeannette spelled with BOTH n's. Argh. (Not that there is anything wrong w/ the spelling w/ only one n) I just want consistency!

 

[Ride Junkie]

I voted for last names as first names (Taylor, Madison, Morgan, etc.), and the hyphens. I used to work with a girl whose kids were T'Anna and D'Angelo. Why not just spell them Tianna and DeAngelo??

Where DH works, he recently came across a file where the woman's name was Fartina. That is just wrong to do to your child!!

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

OT, but have you ever tried Orton Gillingham? We've started it this year and the students' progress has been amazing.

I've never heard of it. My kids did really well with Wilson, I wish I could use it next year but my school has a different curriculum. I think using it will make me a better teacher because it really teaches you the whys of the English language- things that as proficient readers we never have to think about!