coming in with this, but the egregious misspelling of the (IMO)
rather divine name "Michaela" (I do stipulate, however, that anyone
naming their daughter that has to have at least SOME Irish
blood), "Makayla" or however it was spelled in that first list, made
me absolutely ill.
--- 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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