Tbh I don't care If I am, some parents need to get a grip

[WildThongIWannaKnowForSure]

I give you A-Jay, Charlidh, Ameiliah, Blaiyre, Boudicca, Blu-rayne, Foozy, Deztany-Rose, Madison-Bluebell

My favourite is Wyntrr. They could at least have added an h to the end though.


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[noblegiraffe]

5 Borys and only 1 Boris??

[SoftKittyWarmKitty]

Just spotted Ocean-Raine .

[tabulahrasa]

'and a mate of mine SWEARS she once heard of a child called "Silloumeh" or "Silloumie"'

That's be Salome, surely?

[StatisticallyChallenged]

I feel sorry for Summar and Meaddow

[YoniRanger]

My DD is Maddison-Ane. I feel a bit bad now but it never occurred to me that it would be considered that odd

[SherbetVodka]

I know it's wrong and snto judge

[Weegiemum]

I once had a class with 4 boys names pronounced the same.

That would be Calum, Callum, Kallum and Kalumm.

I kid you not!

The next year I had a Lily, a Lilly, a Lillie and a Llillie (welsh? Apparently so!).

[YoniOrNotYoni]

Moody, was it Salome?

[SherbetVodka]

Oops! Was going to say I know it's wrong and snobby to judge but I can't help it. I hate, hate, hate misspelled names. They look ugly and set my teeth on edge. I do know I'm in the wrong though.

[Sparklingbrook]

I know of a baby called Zorro.

[bigbuttons]

A teacher friend once told me she had a child in her class whose name was written down as guy. Perfectly normal name indeed, except his parents had liked the spelling of the name with no knowledge of how to properly pronounce it. He was called gooey. Like gooey sponge pudding.

[Moomoomie]

I have three (adopted) daughters, all with unusual names, and names I would not have chosen. But it is their name, their identity.
I really don't care what anybody thinks about their names. I have enough to worry about looking after 3 emotionally, physically and organically brain damaged children. Go figure.

[NorthernLurker]

I know of an African child called Miracle - because her birth (and survival) was one. Everybody will have preferences of course and I don't like names being spelt 'wrong' out of ignorance or misunderstandings BUT a rose by any other name would smell as sweet etc etc,

[Ashoething]

You can try and be as pc about it as you like but most kids with these kinds of names-celebrity led,odd spelling etc-will come from families that are in the lowest socio-economic group so they will be judged. Many teachers admit they judge kids solely by their names-one told me she dreads having a conor or a Dylan in her class!

I know a family with a child named Nevada-the siblings also have VERY unusual names but if I named them would probably out me! They are a lovely family but I bet the dcs will be judged all their lives because of the names the parents have saddled them with.

[UniqueAndAmazing]

4 ways of spelling....

katgerine cargerine kathryn Cathryn katharine.

ooh wait that's 5

what about
eleanor elinor elena helena elenore...

alison allison alyson...

[IllegalYoniFarm]

Surely the one child called Joesph is a typo... Surely?!

[noblegiraffe]

I wasn't sneering at Borys, I was just genuinely surprised that it was 5 times as popular as Boris.

[tabulahrasa]

'eleanor elinor elena helena elenore...'

I don't pronounce Elena or Helena anything like Eleanor? (or the other spellings)

[manicinsomniac]

Ashoe - I work in a home counties private school and have taught both a Conor and a Dylan. Both lovely boys. One Irish, one Welsh. Why would teachers dread those names??

[TheHerringScreams]

I love Madison. We wanted to name our DD1 that, but my now exSIL snuck in (tbf, we never told her we wanted that throughout my pregnancy, he gave birth two months before me) and has a beautiful Maddie. I was surprised Saima was so low, there are six Saima's in my DD2's year (all are Pakistani, I think) and t seems quite common? I quite like Madison-Bluebell, it's pretty and everyone will know her as Madison anyone, so it doesn't.matter much. I have a friend with a DS called Camryn. I would have spelt it the more traditional version, but who cares? Camryn is just as unique as Jago which seems to pop up a bit on Baby Names. And I don't like hundreds of names, I think loads if names are silly, but I'm not telling, I'm not saying and I'm not going to say 'I think X isn't a good name.'

[StatisticallyChallenged]

But why is it necessary to take what might be a fairly normal name and give it a "cool" spelling that the child will be stuck with? Why Alixx and Jaxxon for example? Or Ameeliah?

and I'm sorry but Jazzlyn-Mari, really? Deimante? And Boo will be an adult one day

[MrsKoala]

ooohh I love Salome. If i ever have a girl it's defo on my list.

I have recruited loads of African women called Lovely, Precious, Pretty etc as well as hundreds of women called Olu and Anu with something really long to follow. Totally normal where i work/lived.

People often comment on ds's name for being 'unusual', i'm sure some people sneer inside when they hear it, but we just love it. Altho i think any same shouted down a supermarket aisle with expletives attached sounds horrendous. I did once hear 'Sigourney' being bellowed in a shopping centre and thought, wow - such a specific name of one particular actress must be difficult. I know that it feels a bit, as when i was about 20 a very popular tv show had a character with my unusual name, and still whenever i introduce myself people say 'what, like x'.