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  • There is a politician in my area who has attempted to run for various offices, including Congress, named Krystal Ball.

    To be honest if you were going into something like politics (literally the only profession where you have to put your name on freaking signs and bumper stickers and stuff!), wouldn't you change your name if you were her?

    Krystal Ball from UVA!

    You're in Virginia?

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  • littlepep said:
    I LOVE the name Sophie. But it's super popular now, and I named my cat Sophie (<less important). Whenever I joke about our future children with FI though I always call her Sophie (apparently our future child is a girl?). Another one of those man, I used a good name on a pet situations. 
    I went most of my life as the only Sophie in town. Now it's super popular. 
    I've had people rgue with me that 'there's no way Sophie is your legal name! It's Sophia!"
    No. It's not. ):<
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  • kat1114 said:
    I also like the  name Luca, but unless I was super Italian, I can't imagine naming my son that.

    I was talking to  my boss this morning about naming your kid after places, using Bronx as an example. She was absolutely flabbergasted. "People do that? No, I'm sorry, The Bronx is a borough, not a name."
    Huh. Is Luca Italian? I always though it was like... Croatian/Hungarian/Serbian-y
  • haha is Ball her married name or maiden name? I have always wanted to take my husband's last name but if it rhymed with or sounded weird with my first I don't know if I could do it. Like Julia Gulia from the Wedding Singer. 

    It's her maiden name.

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  • littlepep said:
    I CANNOT WITH BLAIZE. 

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    Me and my exBF used to joke we'd name our kid Blais/Blaize - my ex was a stoner, hence why we thought Blaize was cool. We were like 17 and really dumb.
     




  • Huh. Is Luca Italian? I always though it was like... Croatian/Hungarian/Serbian-y
    yup, it's Italian. I'm Italian but not enough to name my kid something like Luca.
     




  • I always think it's a bit funny when a person's names are from vastly different cultures as well - like, it's kind of cool too, especially if they come from a mixed heritage, but there's something that makes me double-take about something like "Sakura Castillo" or whatever, you know? Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry thinks the woman is Asian and is subsequently disappointed.

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    DH and I have a list of names we will prb tell people just to get throw them off.  We want to keep the sex and name a surprise when we are expecting.  Seeing that our last name ensues lots of jokes there are particular names off limits just because of the combo it will create.  Names like Holden or Scarlet...so far out of question.  If people are persistant in wanting to know the name I will tell them names like this just to see their reaction. 

    Also, I went to school with a Candy Bahr and had a teacher named Jack Frost.

  • edited January 2015
    My ex's last name is Dowd and he used to joke that he was going to name his son Wellen.....I know he would never really do it so it was funny.
    I have an ex named Ben. We all called him "Dover".
  • Harrison James is my #1 pick for a boy name.  They're both family names for me :) I love the name Harrison!
    My brother's name is James Harrison! :)


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    Best name ever: Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix.

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  • I pretty much hate any name where the parents alter the traditional spelling for no reason other than to be different. I used to work in a pediatric doctor's office scheduling appts and the parents would tell me their child's name and let me search for a few minutes until I had to say "sorry, how do you spell that?"

    Bradlee
    Emilie
    Danyelle (why??)
    Ohlivia
    Teena (again, why??)


    Like was I supposed to just know that you gave your kid a normal name and then chose to spell the name like an ass? And I'm supposed to just not judge you for doing that to your child, for the fact that he or she is going to have to spell out their name to everyone for the rest of their lives?
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  • edited January 2015
    My mom also considered Nicole as my name. I wouldn't have minded that but I do prefer the name I have. Even with the popularity of it.
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  • My mom also considered Nicole as my name. I wouldn't have minded that but I do prefer the name I have. Even with the popularity of it.

    I feel like I know a million Nicoles, including 2 of my cousins.  My cousin Nicole's brother has dated 2 Nicoles!

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  • My co-worker is getting ready to have a grandson named Draven Night. It's sounds like a goth nightmare.

    I know a lot of people hate it when people call their kids by their middle names but if someone insist on naming their kid something outlandish and stupid then at least give them a normal middle name. Trust me it is a life saver.
  • If I was a boy I was going to be a III.  Which technically was already wrong.  My Great grandfather for a Sr, his son a Jr.  When he passed away, my grandpa took on the Sr and named my dad the Jr.  I don't think that's how that works.  In any event, my dad thought it would be hysterical to nickname me Trip for triplet since i'd be III.  Thankfully I was a girl, with one of the most popular names of 83.  Dad still wanted to do something different so he spelled my middle name "Ane" pronounced like Ann or Anne.  He chose that spelling after some pin-up/comedian who hung out with Elvis named Sue Ane Langdon.  Anyway. . . . . for years I have had people fight with me and my mother on the spelling, telling us that it's wrong.  At least it's just a middle name!
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    edited January 2015
    Best name ever: Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix.

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    I remember when he was drafted!  Apparently his grandmother picked the name.


  • I went most of my life as the only Sophie in town. Now it's super popular. 
    I've had people rgue with me that 'there's no way Sophie is your legal name! It's Sophia!"
    No. It's not. ):<
    My Sophie's legal name is Sophia, but she goes primarily by Sophie. 

    According to her dad (who picked Sophia) it was from Sophia on the Golden Girls. It did come out before she was born...
  • kaos16 said:
    If I was a boy I was going to be a III.  Which technically was already wrong.  My Great grandfather for a Sr, his son a Jr.  When he passed away, my grandpa took on the Sr and named my dad the Jr.  I don't think that's how that works.  In any event, my dad thought it would be hysterical to nickname me Trip for triplet since i'd be III.  Thankfully I was a girl, with one of the most popular names of 83.  Dad still wanted to do something different so he spelled my middle name "Ane" pronounced like Ann or Anne.  He chose that spelling after some pin-up/comedian who hung out with Elvis named Sue Ane Langdon.  Anyway. . . . . for years I have had people fight with me and my mother on the spelling, telling us that it's wrong.  At least it's just a middle name!
    I dated a guy who was a Jr. and wanted to NN a son Trip or Tre. I told him no way in hell. I mean... his name was Ronald for crying out loud.

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  • peachy13 said:
    I pretty much hate any name where the parents alter the traditional spelling for no reason other than to be different. I used to work in a pediatric doctor's office scheduling appts and the parents would tell me their child's name and let me search for a few minutes until I had to say "sorry, how do you spell that?"

    Bradlee
    Emilie
    Danyelle (why??)
    Ohlivia
    Teena (again, why??)


    Like was I supposed to just know that you gave your kid a normal name and then chose to spell the name like an ass? And I'm supposed to just not judge you for doing that to your child, for the fact that he or she is going to have to spell out their name to everyone for the rest of their lives?
    My name is Lauryn, not Lauren. If I'm ever calling somewhere where they need the correct spelling, I always spell it out, it's just habit- you get used to it when you have to do it your whole life. I actually love my spelling and think it looks nice, and not low rent, like some other names (Ohlivia?) 

    Also, some names have different spellings anyway, Catherine/Katherine/Kathryn, so people with "normal" names have to spell things out too. My last name also has at least 3 variations, so that needs to be spelled also. Not everyone can be a Sally Jones.
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  • kaos16 said:
    If I was a boy I was going to be a III.  Which technically was already wrong.  My Great grandfather for a Sr, his son a Jr.  When he passed away, my grandpa took on the Sr and named my dad the Jr.  I don't think that's how that works.  In any event, my dad thought it would be hysterical to nickname me Trip for triplet since i'd be III.  Thankfully I was a girl, with one of the most popular names of 83.  Dad still wanted to do something different so he spelled my middle name "Ane" pronounced like Ann or Anne.  He chose that spelling after some pin-up/comedian who hung out with Elvis named Sue Ane Langdon.  Anyway. . . . . for years I have had people fight with me and my mother on the spelling, telling us that it's wrong.  At least it's just a middle name!
    I have a cousin named Trip, that's his whole name, it's not a nickname or . I've always thought it was such a weird choice for a name.


  • How could I forget this?!?

    One of H's BSC cousins named her daughter Lonelee. She thought it would make the girl sound mysterious. Like she's actually trying to set her daughter up to be a shrinking violet/manic pixie dream girl?

  • How could I forget this?!?

    One of H's BSC cousins named her daughter Lonelee. She thought it would make the girl sound mysterious. Like she's actually trying to set her daughter up to be a shrinking violet/manic pixie dream girl?

    WTF? Like lonely? That's just depressing.


  • WTF? Like lonely? That's just depressing.
    Yep. Grandmother threw a fit.
  • I know a hairdresser who named her daughter Aveda, like the hair care line. 
  • I have weird family names. I'd love to tell all of you them, but y'know. Internet security. 

    Just know they're f'n weird. I have a very normal first name though :)

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  • My name is Lauryn, not Lauren. If I'm ever calling somewhere where they need the correct spelling, I always spell it out, it's just habit- you get used to it when you have to do it your whole life. I actually love my spelling and think it looks nice, and not low rent, like some other names (Ohlivia?) 

    Also, some names have different spellings anyway, Catherine/Katherine/Kathryn, so people with "normal" names have to spell things out too. My last name also has at least 3 variations, so that needs to be spelled also. Not everyone can be a Sally Jones.
    Ditto this. I have to spell my common first name and my last name. First name has 3 different spellings that are all correct (Ch/C/K start) and my last name is pronounced like a common word but has an extra double letter. I'm so used to spelling both that it's habit for me to say "[First name] with a ch [last name] then spell it out. 

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