didn't even realize Michaela was Irish. I like it though--and I think
it is a fine way to name a daughter after someone named Michael. Is
it pronounced "My-kay-la" or Mih-kay-la" or "Mih-ka-ay-la" something else?
--- In [email protected], "hermespal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Well, FINALLY--I was hoping to catch up on all I've missed before
> 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
> <dlochund@> 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 <ellengoodman6@> 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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