For a really really long time I wanted to change my name b/c NO ONE would ever say it right. My first name is Kiran, pronounced correctly it should sound like Kear-an...CLOSE but not really so close to KAREN that I should be stuck being called that all the way until I got to COLLEGE and got so fed up with people and then I got the nickname Kiki and it's stuck so I am fine now. But
I was not happy for a while there. I adore my first name, pronounced correctly it sounds beautiful and I love the meaning behind it. it literally means rays of sunlight in Hindi. My middle name is Laila, which is also a Hindi name my mom picked but the first "a" is silent and my name is said Lila but don't worry no one EVER gets that right except my parents. I don't even think my brother knows my middle name and I certainly don't know his! Whoops!
But so I don't know, ethnic names are great if they have some personal meaning to you but don't do it b/c you like the spelling or it's trendy or whatever, that's just stupid!
I have gone to school with some strange named kids before but I have to say that a kid from my grade school whose name was TOWER (oh yes his first name) definately took the cake. WTF?!?
I used to want to name my boy Dylan but that has too much 90210-ishness to it for me anymore lol
I will never ever ever ever EVER in my life name my child Shaun/Sean/Shawn/or whatever other way you can think to spell it. I have know a total of 3 in my life, one killed someone, one almost ruined my life last semester, and the other one is just ugh...not even worth the time it would take to type about him...boo. No offense to ANYONE that's reading this who's named Sean, but yea that name will neeeeever ever be found anywhere near my kiddies.
We have a girl in my sorority right now name Amanda Hope Fore.
Poor thing...A man to hope for... That's just not right lol