You know what I was thinking, this isn't a common name, but I love the way it sounds.
Moira
Moira
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People Who Give Their Kids DUMB Names...
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There are alot of "er" names for boys that are very popular today.... I live on a street with lots of children, mostly boys, and three are named Hunter, one is named Craemer (cray-mur) and two are named Walker. O_O What the heck??? There are other weird names that end in "er" that are popular here. (maybe its just in wisconsin???) I like Ethan, Sebastion, Charles, Jocelyn, and others myself. My last name is Bouchard and nobody can pronounce it.... they always say "Bow-chard" when it is "Boo-shard" (its french) not to mention my first name gets spelled funny. I always thought Cassie was a weird spelling because I spell my name Cassy.
The weirdest name I have seen and one I really dont like (no offence to people named this) is Ashleigh or Kelleigh. O_O Now, Ashley and Kelly arent bad names themselves, just the weird spellings!
The funny thing is.... people think they are being clever adn origional by naming their kids things like Ashleigh, but little do they know fifty bazillion other people thought of that idea at the same time and named THEIR children Ashleigh, so its not unique anymore. Your name doesnt matter. What matters is the things you accomplish and what kind of a person you are.
There was a girl in my school named Beta Kappa Gamma. We called her Beth.
The weirdest name I have seen and one I really dont like (no offence to people named this) is Ashleigh or Kelleigh. O_O Now, Ashley and Kelly arent bad names themselves, just the weird spellings!
The funny thing is.... people think they are being clever adn origional by naming their kids things like Ashleigh, but little do they know fifty bazillion other people thought of that idea at the same time and named THEIR children Ashleigh, so its not unique anymore. Your name doesnt matter. What matters is the things you accomplish and what kind of a person you are.
There was a girl in my school named Beta Kappa Gamma. We called her Beth.
Actually Walker is an older name, my Great Grandfather had a brother named Walker. I have a second cousin named Walker Samuel after him.
My family is Irish in heritage so Moira is pretty common to us. That said, I have always liked what my great grandmother did. She named her sons - my grandfather and his brother after first her maiden name and then her mother's maiden name. It worked out really well - both are distinctive names.
I would prob aim for family tradition - my first name is not the one I use (always was known by 2nd name) and 1st is an old Celtic name. For a long time, I hated it and then as a Igrew older, I now love it!!
I would prob aim for family tradition - my first name is not the one I use (always was known by 2nd name) and 1st is an old Celtic name. For a long time, I hated it and then as a Igrew older, I now love it!!
The other thing is having to hyphen names to be PC, I may get in trouble here, but it's hard on a kid to have a long name like
Eileen Davidson-Sturdevant and working in preschools i used to see it all the time. I mean just let them have one name. I know that may not be PC but believe me, being in the real world with it, it's better.
Eileen Davidson-Sturdevant and working in preschools i used to see it all the time. I mean just let them have one name. I know that may not be PC but believe me, being in the real world with it, it's better.
One of my friend has children with like 5 names each, her daughters name is :
Anastacia Holly Elizabeth W*****-G****** Last name(s) cencored to protect the innocent!
I have been thinking of child names a lot lately as I have told BF if we are going to have kids it better be in the next 4 years. I was named Jill and like a lot of people have said here "kids can be so mean" All of the pervert sex related Jack and Jill rhymes all through school were quite tormenting. I graduated with 3 other Jill's in my class. I don't want my child to be like every other Ashley, Lindsey and Brittney out there. And now that so many kids are named that they are spelling them all really funky. I think some of the mothers had to still be doped up from having the kid to realize that some of the ways they spelled the name make no sence at all.
I've seen Ashley spelled:
Ashley
Ashlee
Ashleigh
Ashlay
Lindsey spelled:
Lindsey
Lindsee
Lindzee
Lindsy
Lindzy
Brittney spelled:
Brittney
Brittnay
Britney
Britnay
Brittneh
and one that takes the cake (Parents still had a hard time spelling it)
Bretnehy ::censor::censor::censor:: Come on now, that doesn't make any resonable name at all!!!
I would like honest opinions of a name that I just found that is kind of pretty to me that I don't think would be horribly bad:
ILORI
Gender: Female
Meaning: Special Treasure
Though I would prefer it to be spelled Alori so that the I and the L are more different when hand written. Ilori - Alori
My mothers name was Laurie and she passed away about 9 years ago now and I though having something with sort of her name would be nice.. But I don't think Laurie is a very child like name... Very adult! And Alori can be both.. Tell me if you guys totally hate it or what, I like your thoughts! And any better suggestions!
Anastacia Holly Elizabeth W*****-G****** Last name(s) cencored to protect the innocent!
I have been thinking of child names a lot lately as I have told BF if we are going to have kids it better be in the next 4 years. I was named Jill and like a lot of people have said here "kids can be so mean" All of the pervert sex related Jack and Jill rhymes all through school were quite tormenting. I graduated with 3 other Jill's in my class. I don't want my child to be like every other Ashley, Lindsey and Brittney out there. And now that so many kids are named that they are spelling them all really funky. I think some of the mothers had to still be doped up from having the kid to realize that some of the ways they spelled the name make no sence at all.
I've seen Ashley spelled:
Ashley
Ashlee
Ashleigh
Ashlay
Lindsey spelled:
Lindsey
Lindsee
Lindzee
Lindsy
Lindzy
Brittney spelled:
Brittney
Brittnay
Britney
Britnay
Brittneh
and one that takes the cake (Parents still had a hard time spelling it)
Bretnehy ::censor::censor::censor:: Come on now, that doesn't make any resonable name at all!!!
I would like honest opinions of a name that I just found that is kind of pretty to me that I don't think would be horribly bad:
ILORI
Gender: Female
Meaning: Special Treasure
Though I would prefer it to be spelled Alori so that the I and the L are more different when hand written. Ilori - Alori
My mothers name was Laurie and she passed away about 9 years ago now and I though having something with sort of her name would be nice.. But I don't think Laurie is a very child like name... Very adult! And Alori can be both.. Tell me if you guys totally hate it or what, I like your thoughts! And any better suggestions!
I like Alori. its original without being 'wacky'
Thanks... I've thought of tons of names before and have shot them all down! This is one I actually kind of like. (For now anyways)
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I like it a lot, very similar to my favorite female name, Lorelai.
Actually, hyphenated names of that sort are traditional as well.
It is generally Given name, Mother's maiden name, Surname.
Not sure why they would actually hyphenate, but yeah, it's common to give the mother's maiden name to a girl as a middle name.
The same way it's common to name boys after fathers or grandfathers.
I actually used to joke with my best friend about that, I told her to hyphenate instead of taking her husband's name (Fifer) exclusively.
When she asked why, I told her I wanted to introduce her as Mrs Hyphenfifer, I'm evil like that.
No the hyphen thing is fairly new. In years past, yes it's been tradition to give the child the mother's maiden name as a middle name, but these days it's given, middle, mom's-dad's. That's basically a last name that's twice as long; twice as many letters to figure out how to write, and then if you try to simplify, there's "which is my last initial?? the D or the S?" (from Marge's example) Insane, if you ask me
I do like the HyphenFifer idea though - sounds like something I would do!
I do like the HyphenFifer idea though - sounds like something I would do!
Hyphenated names are common in Britain and not considered pc. Also, in Quebec, a woman's legal name is her name no matter who she married - a law I like actually. I never took my husband's name nor did I ever intend to. It just seems so patriarchial - and was against the law anyway sooo, lol (It WAS legal when we moved home to the Maritimes tho but I saw no need to be known by anything else. This causes some hyphenated names mind you. I think it dpends pn the name and family tradition. Not certain one should do something simply b/c it's pc.
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I have a hyphenated last name, but I just introduce myself to people by my single married name, it's just much easier that way. My hyphenated name is so long it wont fit on credit cards either! I've been married for a year and am just now going to go get a new drivers license in a few weeks--we knew we were moving right after we got married, and knew we'd only be in a rental place for a year, so I figured I'd just wait--I'm eager to see if my full name fits on my driver's license!
I did it as a small gesture of appreciation to my parents for all they've done for me. There are no males with the last name, and its a very uncommon name (Minotty--Italian but the spelling was *******ized at Ellis Island--should be Menotti) so this way the name can be carried on somehow.
On our kids birth certificates, we're going to put Minotty-Mendelsohn (told you it was a doozy) as our kids full legal names but they'll go by Mendelsohn.
So, for example, if we have a girl, her name will be Lorelai whateverhermiddlenameis Minotty-Mendelsohn, but she'll say "Hi, my name's Lorelai Mendelsohn". Then, when she gets married...who knows? She could end up being Lorelai whatever Minotty-Mendelsohn-Something Else!
A double hyphen! Heh!
I did it as a small gesture of appreciation to my parents for all they've done for me. There are no males with the last name, and its a very uncommon name (Minotty--Italian but the spelling was *******ized at Ellis Island--should be Menotti) so this way the name can be carried on somehow.
On our kids birth certificates, we're going to put Minotty-Mendelsohn (told you it was a doozy) as our kids full legal names but they'll go by Mendelsohn.
So, for example, if we have a girl, her name will be Lorelai whateverhermiddlenameis Minotty-Mendelsohn, but she'll say "Hi, my name's Lorelai Mendelsohn". Then, when she gets married...who knows? She could end up being Lorelai whatever Minotty-Mendelsohn-Something Else!
A double hyphen! Heh!
Even if you give your child and nice, traditional name, somewhere along the line, someone is going to try to muck it up. My parents named me Rebecca, and my lazy, stupid first grade teacher shortened it to Becky. I am 46 and most people in my life call me a name that only belongs, IMO, a 5 year old. I am finally getting rid of it slowly, but surely, and since I have a lot of new people in my life, many of them call me Rebecca, or Becca. I named my daughter Mary Elizabeth, and you would think that would be idiot proof, but some lazy teacher decided her name would be Mare. I pitched a fit! We tried Mary Beth for a short time, but it just did not suit her. I shudder to think what my sweet little Olivia is going to have done to her beautiful name.
All I can say is thank goodness I'm not with my ex anymore. If we had a son, his name would've been Alexander Frederick Bjorklund! Imagine learning to spell AND pronounce that name. I dated Aaron for almost 5 yrs. and I still had trouble spelling it!!
I'm thinking if I have a girl, I might name her Carys. It's welsh, and means "love". Is that a stupid one?? I also like the name Gabrielle, and Isabelle. I know they're quite common, but I like the idea of them having cute nicknames like Izzy and Gabby.
Kinda silly, yes, but these are names that can be adult names, too. Not Izzy and Gabby, obviously, but Isabelle and Gabrielle. Okay, stop babbling...
I read on this thread that someone was offended by the comments about "african" names. I grew up around 5 families with true african names. the ones that bother me, well, aren't.
names like Shanika, Tamika, Jonovan, D'wana, Tamala and Shandrika, Wylette, and Starletta aren't any sort of racial names, except that they are common to only Black people.
My name is very ethnic, at Ekaterina Deniz (which I hated!) and my parents at least tried to enrol me into school with the appropriate american equivalent, but I was the only white Katrina or Denise in my class. I don't particularly care, but i thought it was odd when they called roll and looked at all the little black girls first (most of whome I was friendly with) and then looked surprised to see me. after 3rd grade, all my little friends would point me out, since they were getting combed over to produce a hand at that name. They also called me Trini at that point, so who knows.
names like Shanika, Tamika, Jonovan, D'wana, Tamala and Shandrika, Wylette, and Starletta aren't any sort of racial names, except that they are common to only Black people.
My name is very ethnic, at Ekaterina Deniz (which I hated!) and my parents at least tried to enrol me into school with the appropriate american equivalent, but I was the only white Katrina or Denise in my class. I don't particularly care, but i thought it was odd when they called roll and looked at all the little black girls first (most of whome I was friendly with) and then looked surprised to see me. after 3rd grade, all my little friends would point me out, since they were getting combed over to produce a hand at that name. They also called me Trini at that point, so who knows.
Wow! I have actually met quite a few with strange names. Here are some that stand out:
A boy at the school I student taught at had the name Wrage, and his little sister has the name Wriot. Both names pronounced as the word minus the W.
A girl who went to the same college I did had the name Marijuana Pepsi Jackson. She was named after her parents two favorite things at the time. She admitted that she had her name legally changed the minute she turned 18 while she was still in high school. Don't blame her.....
I went to a camp while I lived in Iowa during the summer between 9th and 10th grade. There was a family there who changed their last name from Heinz to Starcruiser. They had about 8 kids in the family. Here are the names that were in my age group at camp: Mercury Constellation, Mars Millenium Falcon (both boys) and their sister Gallaxy Star. Very nice people. I remember Mercury told me that I looked like the chick from terminator 2. LOL.
What are parents thinking sometimes?
A boy at the school I student taught at had the name Wrage, and his little sister has the name Wriot. Both names pronounced as the word minus the W.
A girl who went to the same college I did had the name Marijuana Pepsi Jackson. She was named after her parents two favorite things at the time. She admitted that she had her name legally changed the minute she turned 18 while she was still in high school. Don't blame her.....
I went to a camp while I lived in Iowa during the summer between 9th and 10th grade. There was a family there who changed their last name from Heinz to Starcruiser. They had about 8 kids in the family. Here are the names that were in my age group at camp: Mercury Constellation, Mars Millenium Falcon (both boys) and their sister Gallaxy Star. Very nice people. I remember Mercury told me that I looked like the chick from terminator 2. LOL.
What are parents thinking sometimes?
I've known a few Katrina's over the years. The one I remember the best was in my 3rd grade class and so obsessed with New Kids on the Block that she had the curtains, bedspread, pillow cases, everything!
Nicknames are something I NEVER let anyone give me growing up. On the first day of school during roll call teachers would always call my name and then almost inevitably ask, "What do you like to be called?" As if I HAVE to have a nickname with a long name like Katherine! I'd always just tell them to call me Katherine, please, and nothing else! Even as a shy little girl I was very adimant about that. My mom would introduce me to her friends and they'd say, "Hello Kathy/Katie/Kate/etc" and I'd forcefully say, "My name is KATHERINE!" Thanks to my insistance I can say that it is very rare that anyone calls me by a nickname! Adimance is key to keeping your name in tact!
His name is Williamer. ??? ::censor::censor::censor::
What the h*ll!
Dagger and his meowmy!
What the h*ll!
Dagger and his meowmy!
