what's in a name????

[ChloeLove]

My name is Amanda and I hate it! I have a billion other Amandas at my school. Amanda wasn't very popular in 1890 when I was born, so my mom decided to name me a name that wasn't so popular yet was known. LOOKS LIKE EVERY OTHER MOTHER THOUGHT THAT!! Now if someone says my name, I turn around, and they're not even talking to me. And sometimes in stores or restaurants or whatever, someone will wave and say, "Hi, Amanda!!" And, of course, to be polite, I'll say hi back, even if it's a complete stranger, and of course, They're not talking to me! Talk about embarassing! And that look they give...

I mean, I'm not saying I wish my parents gave me a name that was like totally out there like Moonunit (if you go to babynames.com and do a search for that name, it's there ) But a name that wasn't SO common that there's eighty of them at school.

Oh! By the way, there is this girl at the high school I'm going to next year who is 15 or 16, and she named her daughter Vychtorieyeh Why not Victoria?!? No. Vychtorieyeh.

[ChloeLove]

Er...that's supposed to be 1990, not 1890.

[gini]

Originally posted by ChloeLove
Er...that's supposed to be 1990, not 1890.

Gosh, and we were just going to give you the honor of being our OLDEST member of Pet Talk. Darn!

[2kitties]

Originally posted by ChloeLove
Oh! By the way, there is this girl at the high school I'm going to next year who is 15 or 16, and she named her daughter Vychtorieyeh Why not Victoria?!? No. Vychtorieyeh.

That's what happens when children have children- the baby is the one who suffers- with having a less than ideal start to life as well as a dumb name.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I was the only "Sara" in my class in school, the only "Sara" in my dorm in college. Now they are everywhere!

I help people remember how to spell my name (no "h") by saying that in my case, Sara is a four letter word....

[Heather Wallace]

Originally posted by Randi
Can you imagine the fun I've had with my name - especially in England!!

LOL!

[Lerah021399]

I like my name...Gwen (Gwendolyn). I was the only Gwen in school, I'm the only Gwen in my church, I'm the only Gwen at my job. Although I get a lot of people calling me Glen.

My middle name is very unique...Lerah (my username). It was my Mom's grandmother's name. It's pronounced like the currency Lyra. No one ever knows how to pronouce it correctly...I had to tell the person annoucing our names at graduation how to pronouce it about 10 times.

I won't even get started on my maiden name or my married name...people always pronounce them wrong.

[Vio&Juni]

I think it was one of John Steinback's wives, whose name was Gwendolyn.

[ChloeLove]

I have always liked the name Gwendolyn!

[Steffi N]

When I was born, my mother decided I looked like a Stephanie. Although it is now a popular name, it is still very rare that I will meet a Stephanie my own age. I didn't like the name at all growing up, but I do now.
I did a search and there is a college student in Wisconsin walking around with MY name.

[Dogz]

My mom's name is Stephanie.
My mom named me after my great grandmother, and I haven't met any Emma's, except for her. I like my name, and not too many people have it.

[Twisterdog]

LOL at the "special people" reference ... I SO agree. They think they are "special" because their name is something bizarre. Ummm, no.

I was looking at my son's school picture from last year a few days ago, and remarking about how appalling the names were. Here are the kid's names: Shelbie, Nikkie, Aislen, Brittnee, Cherish, Daniel, Preston, Stevan, Casey, Jesseca, Dylan, David, Corry. So out of thirteen kids, only five have names that are actually properly spelled names: Daniel, Preston, Casey, Dylan (my son!), and David. All the rest of either words that aren't really names at all (Aislen, Cherish) or slaughtered spellings ( Shelbie, Nikkie, Brittnee, Stevan, Jesseca and Corry.) I especially feel sorry for Stevan and Corry - boys seems less amused than girls by that nonsense. And Jesseca ... if she doesn't change the spelling when when she gets older, she will have to spell her name for EVERYone, EVERYwhere. Not cute.

The whole cutesy name thing loses appeal shortly after high school graduation. I feel sorry for people saddled with their parent's lack of vision for a lifetime.

[Cheshirekatt]

My mom was a hippy and had to ask the Dr. how to spell my name and he didn't know so they just made it up! Jeanine. It's a weird name and people call me Jeannie or Jeanne and they can never spell it.

Usually I don't even bother saying it, I just spell it.

[Soledad]

*SNORT*

For the life of me, I will never understand the allure of misspelling children's names.

Instead of creating a "unique" spelling, why not find a name that is unique without being humiliating?

[Kfamr]

But who's to say that this name has to be this way and that name has to be spelled that way?

It's a name. Not a correct English/Whatever language word.