I work at a University office I once saw the spelling Kryst'L for Crystal.
I also have cousins who have named thier kids. Jaxyn, Camryn, Dexton, Dylan, Kinslee, and Khloe (This one may be right) ?
My name is Caitlin. I consistently have to spell it for people. And the nurses at the hospital where I as born tried to tell me mom that she spelled it wrong.
We haven't talked much about about baby names, just because that a good 7-10 years from now. We do know that if we have a boy, his middle name will either Roy, or Glen, depending on his first name. These are the first and middle name of FI's late father.
I want names that are classic but not super popular, just because I don't want to have to put a child through that.
I like Charles, Phillip (Not going by Phil), Wesley and other kinds of classic names for boys.
For girls I like, Julia, Cara, and a few other classic but not super popular names.
I was reading through STFU Parents Yoonique baby names, and I love this exchange they posted:
Speaking of yoonique names....my coworker's name is Yunique. She's from Burma though, and I have no idea if that's her natural name. We've had some hilarious names from our Chinese coworkers before, including Peter Pan. They were all chosen "American" names though.
So I was going to go all "But I've actually SEEN a Lemonjello, like, IRL," but I decided to go find the SSA data to back my shit up (because I'm a crazy and there's nothing to do). The SSA offers a list of every name given to at least 5 babies (privacy, you know) across the nation.
I stumbled across these beauties in 2013:
Liamjames (5)
Lyiam (5)
Lydia (5)
So you may ask why Lydia is remarkable?
It was given to five BOYS. I'm sorry. Lydia brings up stuffy old ladies for me. Lydia is no name to be giving to a boy.
ETA Also, Ryanchristopher was given to 5 boys in 1996. Why.
ETAx2 You guys, go peruse the names given to 5-10 babies in either gender in ANY year. I'm in 1952. Five boys were given the names Priscilla and Odessa. And five girls got Athleen.
So I was going to go all "But I've actually SEEN a Lemonjello, like, IRL," but I decided to go find the SSA data to back my shit up (because I'm a crazy and there's nothing to do). The SSA offers a list of every name given to at least 5 babies (privacy, you know) across the nation.
I stumbled across these beauties in 2013:
Liamjames (5)
Lyiam (5)
Lydia (5)
So you may ask why Lydia is remarkable?
It was given to five BOYS. I'm sorry. Lydia brings up stuffy old ladies for me. Lydia is no name to be giving to a boy.
ETA Also, Ryanchristopher was given to 5 boys in 1996. Why.
So I was going to go all "But I've actually SEEN a Lemonjello, like, IRL," but I decided to go find the SSA data to back my shit up (because I'm a crazy and there's nothing to do). The SSA offers a list of every name given to at least 5 babies (privacy, you know) across the nation.
I stumbled across these beauties in 2013:
Liamjames (5)
Lyiam (5)
Lydia (5)
So you may ask why Lydia is remarkable?
It was given to five BOYS. I'm sorry. Lydia brings up stuffy old ladies for me. Lydia is no name to be giving to a boy.
ETA Also, Ryanchristopher was given to 5 boys in 1996. Why.
Sometimes these are subject to typos.
Party pooper. I'm enjoying going to see how far back giving kids "weird names" has gone. I'm in '23 now, the year my grandmother was born. There were (supposedly, barring typos :P ), 5 little Oklas. Not Oklahomas, Oklas.
Party pooper. I'm enjoying going to see how far back giving kids "weird names" has gone. I'm in '23 now, the year my grandmother was born. There were (supposedly, barring typos :P ), 5 little Oklas. Not Oklahomas, Oklas.
My grandma was born in... 1926? With the middle name "Estellyn," which never ranked in the top 1,000 names in any given time period. Great grandma was apparently the original hipster name-maker-upper.
My grandma was born in... 1926? With the middle name "Estellyn," which never ranked in the top 1,000 names in any given time period. Great grandma was apparently the original hipster name-maker-upper.
Apparently so; Estellyn isn't on my US National Superlist for '26 or any of the two years on either side of it.
So I was going to go all "But I've actually SEEN a Lemonjello, like, IRL," but I decided to go find the SSA data to back my shit up (because I'm a crazy and there's nothing to do). The SSA offers a list of every name given to at least 5 babies (privacy, you know) across the nation.
I stumbled across these beauties in 2013:
Liamjames (5)
Lyiam (5)
Lydia (5)
So you may ask why Lydia is remarkable?
It was given to five BOYS. I'm sorry. Lydia brings up stuffy old ladies for me. Lydia is no name to be giving to a boy.
ETA Also, Ryanchristopher was given to 5 boys in 1996. Why.
ETAx2 You guys, go peruse the names given to 5-10 babies in either gender in ANY year. I'm in 1952. Five boys were given the names Priscilla and Odessa. And five girls got Athleen.
********** Man's name pronounced lie DEE uh is a Scandinavian name and also found at least in the Karelian Autonomous Republic of Russia which abuts Finland. Translated to English from that to Lydia. Tells you where those poor guys got their family name from, but they must take a lot of abuse in the USA.
I agree. At the same time, I get annoyed as fuck when people pronounce my full name as "Alexandria." It is Alexandra. There is no "i" in it, so don't pronounce it that way. Especially when it is directcly in front of them.
That is really annoying! My friend is Kalyn and for the last 30 years people have called her Kaitlyn.
So I was going to go all "But I've actually SEEN a Lemonjello, like, IRL," but I decided to go find the SSA data to back my shit up (because I'm a crazy and there's nothing to do). The SSA offers a list of every name given to at least 5 babies (privacy, you know) across the nation.
I stumbled across these beauties in 2013:
Liamjames (5)
Lyiam (5)
Lydia (5)
So you may ask why Lydia is remarkable?
It was given to five BOYS. I'm sorry. Lydia brings up stuffy old ladies for me. Lydia is no name to be giving to a boy.
ETA Also, Ryanchristopher was given to 5 boys in 1996. Why.
ETAx2 You guys, go peruse the names given to 5-10 babies in either gender in ANY year. I'm in 1952. Five boys were given the names Priscilla and Odessa. And five girls got Athleen.
I think I've read that it's possible the farther you go back, it's just a typo in the system like lolo said above. They clicked the wrong gender. The odds of that happening now that everything is digital (or mostly) is slim. However, the possibility that someone named their son Priscilla or Odessa isn't zero.
There are a lot of names I don't like but Dawn is towards the top. I think it's because it's ugly to look at. The letters don't look nice next to each other. Also, when its spoken, it's impossible to tell if the person is saying Don or Dawn, and I don't like the name Don for a man either (obviously). It sounds like a grunt or something.
Sometimes when I'm reading an article and I read a sentence where the letters and spacing flow really nicely, I'll pause and re-read it to admire how nice it looks. I'm fully aware of how bizarre this probably is.
I do this when I read or write. How the words look on the page matter to me.
I'm like this about various words. Dawn doesn't bother me. Dwight and Duane (or Dwayne) bother the hell out of me, though more for the sound than how they look. The dwuh sound makes me cringe.
There are a lot of names I don't like but Dawn is towards the top. I think it's because it's ugly to look at. The letters don't look nice next to each other. Also, when its spoken, it's impossible to tell if the person is saying Don or Dawn, and I don't like the name Don for a man either (obviously). It sounds like a grunt or something.
Sometimes when I'm reading an article and I read a sentence where the letters and spacing flow really nicely, I'll pause and re-read it to admire how nice it looks. I'm fully aware of how bizarre this probably is.
I do this when I read or write. How the words look on the page matter to me.
I'm like this about various words. Dawn doesn't bother me. Dwight and Duane (or Dwayne) bother the hell out of me, though more for the sound than how they look. The dwuh sound makes me cringe.
In a similar vein to this--- The example of "Ashleigh" makes me cringe, because my brain thinks it should be like "ash-lay" rather than "ash-lee." And I just can't with Jeffrey / Geoffrey. The latter makes me think it should rhyme with 'cough' and makes me picture a stuffy British old man with a pipe.
I work at a University office I once saw the spelling Kryst'L for Crystal.
I also have cousins who have named thier kids. Jaxyn, Camryn, Dexton, Dylan, Kinslee, and Khloe (This one may be right) ?
My name is Caitlin. I consistently have to spell it for people. And the nurses at the hospital where I as born tried to tell me mom that she spelled it wrong.
We haven't talked much about about baby names, just because that a good 7-10 years from now. We do know that if we have a boy, his middle name will either Roy, or Glen, depending on his first name. These are the first and middle name of FI's late father.
I want names that are classic but not super popular, just because I don't want to have to put a child through that.
I like Charles, Phillip (Not going by Phil), Wesley and other kinds of classic names for boys.
For girls I like, Julia, Cara, and a few other classic but not super popular names.
There's a danger in doing this. My name is Elizabeth. And my mom hates that people call me by a nickname but I don't go by Elizabeth expect with my family. So just because you say, not going by X nickname doesn't mean it will happen. IMO, if you really hate a nickname, don't name your kid a name where it's a possibility.
Exact same situation here! My parents also named me Elizabeth planning to insist that I go by the full thing- our only difference is I take it you go by Beth, whereas I go by Liz. They hate the nickname but by 4th or 5th grade they just could no longer overcome friends and classmates wanting to call me that. I liked the nickname Liz back then and throughout most of school but now I wish I could go back to just being Elizabeth because I actually think that's a pretty name... alas, chances are if your kid's name can be made into a nickname it will happen, so don't choose a name you can't stand the nickname for!
I have this problem too! My name is Samantha, but pretty much everyone these days calls me Sam. I absolutely hated being called Sam when I was younger because "that's a boy's name!." My parents had no intention of ever using a nickname for me either. I eventually gave up on trying to get people to call me Samantha and generally just introduce myself as Sam right off the bat. My parents have held on longer than most though. They will usually still call me Samantha unless they're talking to someone who only calls me Sam (such as FI).
There are a lot of names I don't like but Dawn is towards the top. I think it's because it's ugly to look at. The letters don't look nice next to each other. Also, when its spoken, it's impossible to tell if the person is saying Don or Dawn, and I don't like the name Don for a man either (obviously). It sounds like a grunt or something.
Sometimes when I'm reading an article and I read a sentence where the letters and spacing flow really nicely, I'll pause and re-read it to admire how nice it looks. I'm fully aware of how bizarre this probably is.
I do this when I read or write. How the words look on the page matter to me.
I'm like this about various words. Dawn doesn't bother me. Dwight and Duane (or Dwayne) bother the hell out of me, though more for the sound than how they look. The dwuh sound makes me cringe.
In a similar vein to this--- The example of "Ashleigh" makes me cringe, because my brain thinks it should be like "ash-lay" rather than "ash-lee." And I just can't with Jeffrey / Geoffrey. The latter makes me think it should rhyme with 'cough' and makes me picture a stuffy British old man with a pipe.
As a kid watching "the Fresh Prince of Belair" I always wondered why they called Jeffrey "G". It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized he spelled it Geoffrey.
There are a lot of names I don't like but Dawn is towards the top. I think it's because it's ugly to look at. The letters don't look nice next to each other. Also, when its spoken, it's impossible to tell if the person is saying Don or Dawn, and I don't like the name Don for a man either (obviously). It sounds like a grunt or something.
Sometimes when I'm reading an article and I read a sentence where the letters and spacing flow really nicely, I'll pause and re-read it to admire how nice it looks. I'm fully aware of how bizarre this probably is.
I do this when I read or write. How the words look on the page matter to me.
I'm like this about various words. Dawn doesn't bother me. Dwight and Duane (or Dwayne) bother the hell out of me, though more for the sound than how they look. The dwuh sound makes me cringe.
In a similar vein to this--- The example of "Ashleigh" makes me cringe, because my brain thinks it should be like "ash-lay" rather than "ash-lee." And I just can't with Jeffrey / Geoffrey. The latter makes me think it should rhyme with 'cough' and makes me picture a stuffy British old man with a pipe.
As a kid watching "the Fresh Prince of Belair" I always wondered why they called Jeffrey "G". It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized he spelled it Geoffrey.
I love the name Jackson, and that was on my shortlist. but seriously. Why would anyone spell it Jaxson? That's so weird. When Jackson becomes a man, he could shorten his name to Jack, but Jax doesn't work.
Although, I am fond of naming my kid after my husband, if we have a boy. Normally, I HATE that tradition, but my H's name is chuckleworthy if you add II (two), to the end of it. But no one would know that to tease future spawn, and it would be a cute knickname.
I love the name Jackson, and that was on my shortlist. but seriously. Why would anyone spell it Jaxson? That's so weird. When Jackson becomes a man, he could shorten his name to Jack, but Jax doesn't work.
Although, I am fond of naming my kid after my husband, if we have a boy. Normally, I HATE that tradition, but my H's name is chuckleworthy if you add II (two), to the end of it. But no one would know that to tease future spawn, and it would be a cute knickname.
But why not? I think it is a great idea to give your kids nicknames inspired by an outlaw motorcycle club president.
I love the name Jackson, and that was on my shortlist. but seriously. Why would anyone spell it Jaxson? That's so weird. When Jackson becomes a man, he could shorten his name to Jack, but Jax doesn't work.
Although, I am fond of naming my kid after my husband, if we have a boy. Normally, I HATE that tradition, but my H's name is chuckleworthy if you add II (two), to the end of it. But no one would know that to tease future spawn, and it would be a cute knickname.
But why not? I think it is a great idea to give your kids nicknames inspired by an outlaw motorcycle club president.
Or if they're nerds, Jax is a humaniod but definitely not human champion from League of Legends. so even though I know that parents generally aren't thinking that, its what comes to mind for me.
I find it hilarious how popular Jax is as a name. the x makes it special. Or stupid. Or a three fingered dude in purple throwing a lamp post around cause fuck you.
*********** I like the link. The Emperor's New Clothes all over again. What fool would pay 31,000 for a company to think up a bizarre name for their child? But these people have found a persuasive enough line to appeal to people's vanity, unique names for babies.
I just remembered another one...I once worked with a guy whose middle name, on his driver's license that I saw with my own eyes, was "Longshot." Apparently his parents didn't think they were going to be able to conceive him, is how he explained it.
Re: Worst Baby Names
Man's name pronounced lie DEE uh is a Scandinavian name and also found at least in the Karelian Autonomous Republic of Russia which abuts Finland. Translated to English from that to Lydia. Tells you where those poor guys got their family name from, but they must take a lot of abuse in the USA.
Or if they're nerds, Jax is a humaniod but definitely not human champion from League of Legends. so even though I know that parents generally aren't thinking that, its what comes to mind for me.
I find it hilarious how popular Jax is as a name. the x makes it special. Or stupid. Or a three fingered dude in purple throwing a lamp post around cause fuck you.
I like the link.
The Emperor's New Clothes all over again. What fool would pay 31,000 for a company to think up a bizarre name for their child? But these people have found a persuasive enough line to appeal to people's vanity, unique names for babies.
I'm the fuck out.