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Please tell my sister this is a horrible idea

213 replies

Siilka · 17/09/2022 12:43

So, my sister told us last night her names ideas, and she was asking which we prefer. They decided that her husband and her would mix their names to create a new name.

So if it is a girl

Jamifer or Jeniams

A boy :

Jems
Jamer

We all told us it was horrible. But she insist on saying "stranger will find that cute". What do you think

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PeekabooAtTheZoo · 17/09/2022 12:54

"Does your name affect your chances in life" BBC News article on this topic which might help: www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26634477

mynameiscalypso · 17/09/2022 12:53

DaisyChristina · 17/09/2022 12:50

People used to do this to give their house a name, not fair doing it to a child.

My grandparents did this with their house many many years ago and made up a word using bits of their and their children's first names. They died 15 years ago and the house has changed hands twice and it's still called the same thing which is so weird.

Purplecatshopaholic · 17/09/2022 12:52

Actual lol moment. I hope she’s joking….

MojoJojo71 · 17/09/2022 12:51

Oh dear. No, just no

DaisyChristina · 17/09/2022 12:50

People used to do this to give their house a name, not fair doing it to a child.

Shmithecat2 · 17/09/2022 12:49

If she thinks those names are great, I feel that she will probably also need to be told that massive hairbands on bald baby girls's heads and fur trims round the hoods of prams are dreadful too.

Hoppinggreen · 17/09/2022 12:49

really really awful idea

Johnnysgirl · 17/09/2022 12:48

But she insist on saying "stranger will find that cute"
Confused

PeekabooAtTheZoo · 17/09/2022 12:48

Names like this will stigmatize the child when they're older, just imagine when they're applying for a job or a degree. If she can't see it, there's a reason there are no barristers with names spelled Linzee or Kayty or Jaymez. These are the names of people I knew as a child. Names like that aren't cute. They just imply you had really thick parents who can't spell (regardless of the truth of the matter that's how strangers will see it and make further interpretations on you accordingly).
Your sister needs to stop getting advice off the wrong people.

pennysays · 17/09/2022 12:48

Absolutely no good comes from intervening on other people’s baby name choices. Stay out of it!

mynameiscalypso · 17/09/2022 12:47

Jamifer has made me proper laugh out loud. But no. Just no.

Luredbyapomegranate · 17/09/2022 12:46

Tell your sister she shouldn’t drink when pregnant

BourbonBiscuits20 · 17/09/2022 12:44

Oh my.

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