Interesting/unique baby names?

**Samantha Puppy** · 02-10-2006, 05:56 PM

A couple things -

1. I'm not big on those types of names either, but please PLEASE tell your friend to stay away from alternate spellings. The child will view his/her name as nothing but a hassle if they have to spell it ALL THE TIME. Take it from me - my name is Jaime. It's ALWAYS misspelled as Jamie. I am constantly spelling it for EVERYONE - for something as important as legal/financial documents to something as insignificant as a waiting list at a restaurant. Their son would get SO tired of going, "No, it's Ryver - R-Y-V-E-R."

2. Also let her know that Sage and Marley are *extremely* popular for girls at the moment and Charley and Brodie is 100% boy, so that will cause the baby issues as well. Not quite as bad, but my brother went to school with a BOY named Shirley and he got *so* much grief.

3. One last thing. I highly suggest giving the child a formal name that can then be shortened to a nickname. Case and point, Charley. If she really loves that name for a little girl, consider naming her Charlotte or Charlene and then calling her Charley for short. Know what I mean? My name is very nickname-y sounding (Jaime) and I *hate* not having a more formal name to use for important occasions, like graduation or when I got married. My wedding invitation said "... request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Jaime, to Joshua..." SILLY!! And if their daughter is a professional, it would sound SO much more professional to hear "Dr. Charlotte Smith" as opposed to "Dr. Charley Smith". Know what I mean?

I know not everyone has my taste in names, but I researched a LOT while I was pregnant with Aidan. I used to want to have a baby boy named Brady but after careful consideration, I nixed it... I didn't want him to have a nickname-y name. It's also starting to be used in my area as a girl's name and I didn't want him to have to deal with that. And lengthening it Braden wouldn't have worked either because there are a billion different ways to spell it and I didn't want him to have to go, "No, it's not , it's B-R-A-D-E-N."

Just my two cents...

**ComedyDevil** · 02-10-2006, 06:03 PM

Heh, tell me about it

Her hubby has already had this discussion re: spelling etc with her.

Like I said, pretty names, but not my cup of tea at all. I have enough hassle with my own name, it's 3 letters long and common as anything and people still have trouble with it. "so, how do you spell it then? is it a-m-i-e, or a-i-m-e-e, or a-m-e-y?" Me: "Uhh, no, it's just a-m-y. Amy."

Each to their own though, I suppose.

ETA: A boy named SHIRLEY?! Oh dear ...