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Jayden

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LBNM19 · 31/05/2014 21:52

Finding it really hard to pick a boys name, I've got a little boy called Louie and thinking of Jayden for this one could be shortend to J or middle name will be Joseph as that's my dads name so Jayden Joseph could also be JJ. Honest opinions please :)

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FidelineandFumblin · 01/06/2014 20:28

DV Steven/Stephen is clarified quickly with the question 'v or ph?'; Karen/Caron with 'with a K or like Leslie Caron?' and so on

All of those examples have two standard spellings to distinguish between and anything else would be unusual.

Jayden has myriad spellings and will frequently need to be spelt out in full. Admittedly a minor point, but it is true of lots of such names.

manicinsomniac · 01/06/2014 20:17

Havanna - my mum's cat is called Jago. She adopted him and when he arrived he was Diego. My mum insists that she has anglicised the name by making it Jago but it still sounds Spanish and like it ought to be 'Ee-ar-go' to me. However, my mother is massively more intelligent and well read than I am so I bow to her superior knowledge on this one.

Deverethemuzzler · 01/06/2014 20:15

Like steven, stephen, Karen, Caron, Rebecca, Rebekah, Geoffrey, Jeffery, Sarah, Sara etc?

HavannaSlife · 01/06/2014 20:11

I like Jaydon, nothing wrong with it. Is Jago even a name? Ive never heard of it. and I think it sounds awful sorry

I have a joseph, yeah lots of people think its boring but it was dps choice and it suits him well enough

burgatroyd · 01/06/2014 20:05

Genius post, Fatherspodo!

OP, still considering Jayden?

FatherSpodoKomodo · 01/06/2014 20:03

As a Vicky I have also spent my life being asked to spell my name and it's not an unusual name, just has lots of different spellings, like Jayden although that's the right way to spell it, obvs. Wink

I wouldn't discount a name because of different ways to spell it, there are quite a few names like that. In fact, 2 of my other boys often have their names spelled another way, and they don't have unusual names.

FidelineandFumblin · 01/06/2014 19:50

On a more serious note, spelling is another problem with Jayden. As someone who has spent a lifetime being asked to spell my name, I would count ambiguous spelling as a major con against a name.

expatinscotland · 01/06/2014 19:48

It's leh-thee-seeah. And you need to say it in Spanish. GAVEL.

Deverethemuzzler · 01/06/2014 19:48
FatherSpodoKomodo · 01/06/2014 19:46

Well, Jayden isn't from a forrin land, it's from a whole different planet - Barkon IV. And it was made up in 2370, meaning it hasn't actually been invented yet so I don't know why you're arguing over a name that doesn't exist. Or something.

I actually wanted to call DS5 Ptolemy. I wish I'd been brave enough sometimes! From chav to pretentious toff-ness! Brains would have exploded in confusion!

EatShitDerek · 01/06/2014 19:41

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FidelineandFumblin · 01/06/2014 19:39

some of them are [shock horror] made up in forrin lands

Ooo yes mine was made up in forrin lands. Does that get me right-on non-MC points and a permit to not be keen on Jayden and Ptolemy then

Maryz · 01/06/2014 19:33

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FidelineandFumblin · 01/06/2014 19:13

just AS well^

FidelineandFumblin · 01/06/2014 19:12

'recently coined names' would have made your point just have well I think?

usualsuspectt · 01/06/2014 19:11

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FidelineandFumblin · 01/06/2014 19:11

Tess You're being a bit rude actually.

usualsuspectt · 01/06/2014 19:10

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TessOfTheFurbyvilles · 01/06/2014 19:08

That's what it is.

It just means a name that starts with one of the popular prefixes right now (Jay/Kay/Cay/Bray/whatever), and ends up with one of the popular suffixes (ton/son/den/lyn), so lots of different names can be created. Hence a Frankename, something that is "put together".

You can't get offended if that's what it is!

FidelineandFumblin · 01/06/2014 19:07

at Beetroot

MoominAndMiniMoom · 01/06/2014 19:05

I like Jayden Blush I like all the '-ayden' names actually.

Maryz · 01/06/2014 19:05

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enderwoman · 01/06/2014 19:05

I have a teenage son called Jack who is called Jay (maybe he would spell it J?) by his friends. Jay is half of Jayden so I wonder if some people judge me when I call him J in public?

Deverethemuzzler · 01/06/2014 19:04

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