but not great--Chris for Christine and Christopher, Pat for Patricia
and Patrick, Terry for... Terrence and Teresa? Isn't the actress
from ER Michael Michele? Sometimes I think girls get boys' names
because the parents were expecting a boy and had picked out a boy's
name and couldn't think of something else fast enough, and they
wanted to honor the child's grandfather or something..
--- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I agree about gender-specific. Leslie and Ashley are pretty much
girls names now, Terry, Chris, Pat, etc can still go both ways, as it
were. I worked with a girl named Michael once. Not Michaela, or
Michele... but Michael. Why give your kid a name that so
predominately and obviously belongs to the other gender? Somehow I
have in my head that I knew someone once who named her daughter Gary.
>
> Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My name criteria are that they
have to be gender-specific and easy to
> spell and pronounce. If there are 10 spellings of the same name,
> invariably the person with the unusually-spelled name will have to
> spell their name to everyone they give their name to orally, which
is
> a waste of time IMO. People have enough trouble spelling my name
on
> the phone, or even pronouncing it when it is in front of them.
> Telemarketers, especially.
>
> Hello, may I please speak to Elaine, Eileen, Alan, Eelan, you name
> it. The next time someone pronounces my name wrong that I don't
know
> I am going to tell them that there is no one here by that name.
When
> I give someone my name over the phone they spell it Ellan, Eileen,
> Ilene, Elaine, Elane, Elayne, and on and on. What is wrong with
> people? And with all those Hayleys, Haileys, Hailees, Halees, etc.
> etc. someone will eventually get it wrong. Why take the chance?
>
> --- In [email protected], "denisesudell"
> <dsudell7781@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
> > <dlochund@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I of course mean no offense to any parents on the list who
have
> > given their kids any of these names - I'm not judging...just
> noting,
> > as Gene would say. I'm amazed at the variety of spelling of some
> of
> > them, and also all the duplicates! I especially like the
> variations
> > on Madison (And we all know how Gene feels about that name)
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's a sampling (there were of course a smattering of more
> > traditional names)
> > >
> > > Addison (2) (forgot an "M" there..)
> > > Kailey (like Hailey, with a K!)
> > > Kaylee
> > > Kaelie
> > > Hayley (2 on the same day!)
> > > Hailey
> > > Keira (2)
> > > Rylee
> > > Cayla
> > > Jayla
> > > Karlissa
> > > Jenevive
> > > Zoe (2)
> > > Leah (4)
> > > Emma (3)
> > > Maykala
> > > Maya
> > > Madison (2)
> > > Madyson
> > > Madisyn
> > > Madilyn
> > > Aspen (wtf?)
> > > Alexis (5)
> > > Faith (3)
> > > Damani (Sounds like a brand of bottled water..)
> > > Ava (3)
> > > Ashtyn (Joining her brother, Demi, no doubt)
> > >
> > >
> > > Boys
> > >
> > > Aiden (2)
> > > Colin (4)
> > > Mason (2)
> > > Riley (2)
> > > Rylan (2)
> > > Taj (???)
> > > Jacob (2)
> > > Jakob
> > > Haiden
> > > Austin (3)
> > > Talan
> > > Talon (Let the eagle soar...!)
> > > Cazmere (wtf?)
> > > Jaiger (meister?)
> > > Jaidyn
> > > Kyedahl
> > > Jaxson
> > >
> >
> > Eek. Some of the spellings are particularly . . . tasty.
> >
> > Four years ago, my own sister and her husband named their
daughter
> > Carey. (They had an excuse, though, as that's our mom's maiden
> > name.) Two years ago, they named their son Jake, although the
rest
> > of us argued for Jacob.
> >
> > And one of my coworkers just announced the birth of his new
> > granddaughter, Makayla.
> >
> > FYI re: "Taj": it's actually a word defined in the
> dictionary. "A
> > tall conical cap worn by Muslims as a headdress of distinction."
> > I'd bet the parents are Muslims.
> >
> > Just realized: there's an Aspen, but no Sierra? (Or Ciera, as
> I've
> > also seen it spelled?)
> >
>
>
>
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