This is a topic that rally bothers me. I think that any parent, when they name their child, should think about the child's WHOLE life, not just when they are a baby. They have to live with that name forever, unless they go to court and change it. But they have a minimum of 18 years to have that name.
I personally don't like when people name their children baby-ish names like Susie, or Becky, or anything -ie or -y. That sounds so young to me. My mother's name, while kinda grown for a child, is just right for an adult (even though folks butcher it-Valencia).
People have always messed up my name, even though its straight forward. My name has become a common "black" name, even though its actually a European name in origin (
Tiana means "princess" in Greek 
). My mother herself though she was being original and created it
. But people mess up by spelling it any ole kinda way (I've even seen Tiyuonna, pronounced the same as mine, tee-AH-na
).
Spellings of names can mess folks up to. I spelled my daughter's name differently, but I've seen recently the same spelling, but its almost always been with someone of a different culture. I spell her name Jazmin.
http://www.behindthename.com/
http://www.americanbaby.com/ab/babynames/
Real "Black" names
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