Teachers: the names you will never name your own kids

[WCsweet<3]

Was it on tv or this thread that someone always checked the name with either judge or doctor in front of it? E.g. Supreme Court Justice Emma Maddie RigaToni.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

Was it on tv or this thread that someone always checked the name with either judge or doctor in front of it? E.g. Supreme Court Justice Emma Maddie RigaToni.

Ha! That may have been me as I think I posted that somewhere up thread.

We did that with both of our kids- what name could be a Supreme Court Justice and what name written on a physician's lab coat wouldn't make patients run for cover.

The names that we settled on are timeless, have been around since Biblical times, and have also been the names of British Royalty. We call each by a nickname, but they have their full names to fall back on if they want to sound more "prestigious" later in life.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

Was it on tv or this thread that someone always checked the name with either judge or doctor in front of it? E.g. Supreme Court Justice Emma Maddie RigaToni.

Ha! That may have been me as I think I posted that somewhere up thread.

We did that with both of our kids- what name could be a Supreme Court Justice and what name written on a physician's lab coat wouldn't make patients run for cover.

The names that we settled on are timeless, have been around since Biblical times, and have also been the names of British Royalty. We call each by a nickname, but they have their full names to fall back on if they want to sound more "prestigious" later in life.

[HQWest]

For little HQ, I had it narrowed down to two names, but I couldn't decide, so I googled them both. One got me a lot of facebook connections to seemingly happy people most of whom were photoed on beaches. The other came up with a serial killer from Europe, so that made that easy.

[ADPiEE]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

The names that we settled on are timeless, have been around since Biblical times, and have also been the names of British Royalty.

I think our kids might have the same names


I had a student named Atreyu. Guessing his parents were into The Never Ending Story

Another one was Marijana. I took a double take and was relieved when it was pronounced Marianna. I think it's a common eastern European name

[PhoenixAzul]

Please, stop with Brooklyn.

I could maybe understand if you had lived in Brooklyn your whole life and had to move away, or had some other such deep connection to the place (and intended to call her Brook in company)...but when you've never BEEN to New York, and never to Brooklyn...why?

And I grumped about this in another thread...Stryker. Seriously. Stryker. I went to a kid's store to buy a present for my angel tree kid, and a mother was complaining about how they didn't have any license plates for Stryker. With a y.

Oof.

[MaggieXi]

^^^ My daughter's name is Brooke. Not Brooklyn. I loathe people if they ask me if Brooklyn is her full name. It's Brooke - it means small river. Not a city in New York. The name Paris also bothers me.
But lets talk about Ethan and Adalyn (and all the spelling derevations). In my daughters daycare class, there are 12 children. 4 Ethans and 2 Adalyns. In the class below her there are 12 kids - 3 Adalyns, and 2 Ethans. I fear we are going to have a generation in which a quarter of them will have the same name.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

I fear we are going to have a generation in which a quarter of them will have the same name.

Names go in cycles. My mom's generation was full of Lucilles, Bettys, Elizabeths (full name), Ednas. My generation has Cathy/Kathy, Debbie, Cindy, Susan etc.

Let me show you the PNM list from 2012 and 2013. I think there is a record number of Madisons (Maddysohn, Mattison,) and even more Taylors (Teighlohr, Teylor) with almost as many Megan/Meghans, Morgans, Rachels, with a healthy smattering of Olivias, Samanthas/Sams, Sarahs/Saras/ Shelbys, and Baileys.

But far and away, more than any other name: Alex/Alix/Alyx/Allixa/Allie/Alli/Ali/Alee/Allee/Ally/Aly (deep breath) Alexi/Alexis/Alexandra/Allison/Alison.

I predict, in 18 years, a big run on Rhianna/Ryannah/Rihanna.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Teighlohr

That's just redonkulous.

[carnation]

These names are not rumors; I have personally seen them on adoption sites. There was a set of sisters available for adoption on one site and their names were Latrina and LaTrasha. I would think that mean kids called them Latrine and Trashy. Currently, one state has Tillandousrubues for adoption and another has Sibongiseni.

[Maman]

I heard of a girl named Dawn, but her given name used the Welsh spelling of Gwawrddydd.

[Xidelt]

A store employee recently helped me. Her name was Ci'Erica.

Come on. You can't have it both ways. It's either Cierra or Erica.

[MaggieXi]

A favorite story from one of my teacher friends: She had back to school night and my teacher friend (teaches 6th grade) commented to the mom that her daughter, Li-ah, was good student. The mom said her daughter's name wasn't Li-ah - it was Li(dash)ah. The dash wasn't silent.
Teacher friend called Li(dash)ah her name the following school day. The student asked her to call her Li-ah. She hated that her mom pronounced the dash.

[whiteviolet]

I knew a girl whose legal name was Violence. She went by Violet.

I also knew a Furevr. She was an odd one...

[indygphib]

There is a student at the school where I teach named Da'Finest. *facepalm*