What do you think about what we call our kids?

hollydolly said:
I had a daughter born in the 70's and I didn't name her Jennifer, in fact I dodn't know anyone who has a daughter named Jennifer.. My best friend is called Jennifer ( jen) but she was born in the 60's ..and I had a great Aunt Jennifer who was born in 1915
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It seemed to be a big trend in the U.S. Figured it was because of that movie Love Story.
 

my name is average but mom misspelled it so it does cause issues as someone always tries to correct my spelling on forms etc and people have to look twice to see if in system
Now imagine ( i have seen this) a bunch of resumes and some unusual name no one has a clue how to not mangle......... so the unusual ones are put off to the side........ when the manager is making calls to have someone come in for an interview.......... does that seem like parents did their child a favor making name unique.
 
Jeni said:
my name is average but mom misspelled it so it does cause issues as someone always tries to correct my spelling on forms etc and people have to look twice to see if in system
Now imagine ( i have seen this) a bunch of resumes and some unusual name no one has a clue how to not mangle......... so the unusual ones are put off to the side........ when the manager is making calls to have someone come in for an interview.......... does that seem like parents did their child a favor making name unique.
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Well as I say.. my name didn't make the top ten list back in the 50's and no-one in my school of a thousand had the same name as me.., yet if I told you what it was you'd probably be surprised, because it doesn't sound unusual, everyone is aware of the name.. yet.. I stood out because I was the only one in school with it.. and equally in all my jobs no-one else has worked alongside me with the same name... but I don't think it got me noticed in a positive way.. if anything , at school at least it was negative because they remembered my name when i did wrong. but not the myriads of Anne's or Arlenes' or Lindas..
 
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MountainRa said:
Coincidentally, I was thinking yesterday about names that used to be male and are now considered female.
For example, Beverly, Evelyn, Doris, Carol ( usually spelled Carroll).
When I was young, I knew older gentlemen in the community with these names.
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No men called Doris here back in the day.. but Beverly, Evelyn..certainly.. way back mid-last century or before ... You're right we don't hear that any more..
 
Years ago I read somewhere that a single syllable name for boys is the best for them because other boys seem to like them better. They are more likely to gain respect with a masculine name. ie; Jim, Joe, Bill, Art, Len, Mac, Tom, Rick, Sam etc etc
 
Lara said:
Elon Musk's 2 yr old was given the name X AE A-XII Musk
X is the unknown variable, AE is artificial intelligence
...then I stopped reading in disgust so I don't know what A-Xll is other than 12
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Why, in heaven's name would Elon Musk name a boy such a bizarre name ? I predict major grief in X AE A X11's future
 
It seems like many theatrical people were given a unique name by their parents. Conan O’Brien said he’s the only one of the six kids name with a non-standard (here) name. Many actors seem the same. Maybe their parents felt something about them from the start.
 
Here in Canada some of the First Nation's people have unusual names, both first names and family names. One of the CBC's bright young reporters is named Creeson Ajkutay. Yes he is a Cree. A few others that I have seen are, Belinda Two Calves, and Martin Grey Wolf. Jimb.
 
Jeni said:
my name is average but mom misspelled it so it does cause issues as someone always tries to correct my spelling on forms etc and people have to look twice to see if in system
Now imagine ( i have seen this) a bunch of resumes and some unusual name no one has a clue how to not mangle......... so the unusual ones are put off to the side........ when the manager is making calls to have someone come in for an interview.......... does that seem like parents did their child a favor making name unique.
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Is your screen name your real name? It reminds me of the Val approach :)

What I meant by misspellings is when they are just plain inaccurate, like SHANNEN or SHANNAN, DANIAL, JUSTEN. KEVON, etc.
 

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