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Post by lbp on Feb 19, 2015 18:11:20 GMT
In doing some printing for a customer this week I have run across the following names, I thought the refupeas might enjoy:
Opayal- (I immediately think Paypal)
Dyeannn- yep, 3 n's
Fierce Justice
Rhandee
Kantelope (really?)
Syndall
Zycirie (maybe Zachary?)
Sapphire Blue (which I kind of like)
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Post by rainangel on Feb 19, 2015 18:15:58 GMT
I understand giving your kids unusual names, I chose rare names for mine aswell. But they are easy to spell and the kids will not encounter serious problems when people are trying to pronounce them. Don't parents understand these unusual names (or unusual spellings of names) can be a burden to the child...? It is fun to see what weird names are out there though, so keep 'em coming  |
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 19, 2015 18:35:58 GMT
Occassionally I get spam email in my inbox and delete without opening. Two recent ones that I almost deleted were from Takelia and Cheniqua, sending some important financial documents.
I like Sapphire Blue.
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Feb 19, 2015 18:37:46 GMT
I really like the name Ruby Valentine.
Valentine id their last name.
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Post by gar on Feb 19, 2015 18:41:05 GMT
I understand giving your kids unusual names, I chose rare names for mine aswell. But they are easy to spell and the kids will not encounter serious problems when people are trying to pronounce them. Don't parents understand these unusual names (or unusual spellings of names) can be a burden to the child...?It is fun to see what weird names are out there though, so keep 'em coming I honestly think that 'often' it's a case of the parents being too busy thinking how cool the name will make 'them' look rather than thinking about how it will burden the child for it's whole life. |
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Post by TheOtherMeg on Feb 19, 2015 18:46:48 GMT
I don't mind unusual names, but outlandish spellings make me roll my eyes. A person is going to have to explain his unusual name his entire life. Cut him some slack and don't make him pronounce it slowly and spell it out every. single. time. he's called or has to introduce himself.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2015 18:47:29 GMT
I understand giving your kids unusual names, I chose rare names for mine aswell. But they are easy to spell and the kids will not encounter serious problems when people are trying to pronounce them. Don't parents understand these unusual names (or unusual spellings of names) can be a burden to the child...? It is fun to see what weird names are out there though, so keep 'em coming I tried to give my sons names that were not a burden...youngest's name is Grey. Like the color. He's now in the sixth grade where everyone has a tribe-given nickname. Know what the boys are calling him? Gravy. Lol...I never in a million years thought of that one. "They" also gave his best buddy the nickname of Biscuit. Together they are Biscuit and Gravy. So really, ya just gotta roll w it. |
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Post by red88 on Feb 19, 2015 19:59:44 GMT
I saw a name today...Data. But after reading the story, the name didn't really matter. It was beyond sad.
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Post by Meri-Lyn on Feb 19, 2015 20:01:56 GMT
One I've most recently run across.... Knayomi (pronounced Naomi)
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Feb 19, 2015 20:04:42 GMT
Seems a little redundant lol
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Post by rainangel on Feb 19, 2015 20:24:31 GMT
I understand giving your kids unusual names, I chose rare names for mine aswell. But they are easy to spell and the kids will not encounter serious problems when people are trying to pronounce them. Don't parents understand these unusual names (or unusual spellings of names) can be a burden to the child...? It is fun to see what weird names are out there though, so keep 'em coming I tried to give my sons names that were not a burden...youngest's name is Grey. Like the color. He's now in the sixth grade where everyone has a tribe-given nickname. Know what the boys are calling him? Gravy. Lol...I never in a million years thought of that one. "They" also gave his best buddy the nickname of Biscuit. Together they are Biscuit and Gravy. So really, ya just gotta roll w it. I started reading your reply and thought you were headed into some 50 Shades Of Grey thing....!! Gravy is much better! I had a few friends called Graham / Graeme and we always ended up calling them Gravy. Like it was the typical nickname for a person calle Graham. |
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Post by georgiapea on Feb 19, 2015 20:30:16 GMT
Biscuit and Gravy - that's so cute. I knew a woman who named her DD Lillian because she thought it was a name that couldn't not be shortened. Hello?
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Post by caro on Feb 19, 2015 20:33:49 GMT
Nicknames are fun too. Cute little boy in my class named Ryan. Mom calls him Ribs or Rib or Rib Roast. Our parents have to sign their kids in everyday. She signed Rib in one day. I had to remind her other people might have to read the sign in sheet in an emergency so sign his true name. Hahaha.
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Post by Ramona on Feb 19, 2015 20:33:55 GMT
Our dog's name is Mr Biscuit N Gravy, we call him Biscuit. |
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Post by moveablefeast on Feb 19, 2015 20:41:53 GMT
FWIW, I know an Opayal who is from India and when I googled it I found others with surnames that would indicate that is their country of origin as well.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 19, 2015 21:20:33 GMT
A grown woman on Wheel of Fortune last week had the name Sprout. I threw up a little...
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Post by PEArfect on Feb 19, 2015 21:55:50 GMT
I was just reading through my 7yo's Valentines and one of the names I saw was Raiden. I'll have to ask her if it's a boy or a girl.
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Post by red88 on Feb 20, 2015 0:23:22 GMT
I was just reading through my 7yo's Valentines and one of the names I saw was Raiden. I'll have to ask her if it's a boy or a girl. Unfortunately I know a few Raidens, Rayden, Reidan, Raydan, Reighdans, people get so creative with their spellings! A name I would never choose. |
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Post by sunshine36616 on Feb 20, 2015 0:36:51 GMT
For work I sometimes have to check the rosters of after school programs. I had a Mary Juana.
The names with apostrophes and hyphens are out of control.
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Post by cindosha on Feb 20, 2015 0:46:07 GMT
We have sisters named darlyn and gorjyss at our school.
Cindy
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Post by Woobster on Feb 20, 2015 0:52:19 GMT
SMH
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Post by lbp on Feb 20, 2015 0:54:42 GMT
I was also quite impressed with the many different ways you can spell Kelsey, Kelci, Kelsie, Celcie, Kylsie, etc...
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Post by iowgirl on Feb 20, 2015 0:59:23 GMT
I could handle Sapphire Blue. I kind of like that one. DH had to reign me in on some baby names. I like India, he was dead set against it. He won - but I still love it for a girls name.
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Post by caro on Feb 20, 2015 1:10:32 GMT
A friend's DGD is named Portlyn.
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Post by katiekaty on Feb 20, 2015 1:39:27 GMT
Vanina. A friend that teaches kindergarten has a student with this name. It's pronounced Vah-nine-uh. Wonder what mom was thinking when she gave birth?  |
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Post by Merge on Feb 20, 2015 1:43:17 GMT
Vanina. A friend that teaches kindergarten has a student with this name. It's pronounced Vah-nine-uh. Wonder what mom was thinking when she gave birth? I think we might have the same kindergarten teacher friend. Is she in Houston? |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 20, 2015 7:41:25 GMT
Some of those creative spellings just hurt to read.
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Post by gar on Feb 20, 2015 7:46:34 GMT
We have sisters named darlyn and gorjyss at our school. Cindy Jeez, they're awful!!!  |
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Post by leftturnonly on Feb 20, 2015 9:37:43 GMT
Every time I see names spelled really weirdly, I think they belong in the mid 1800's in middle America to bizey frontiering two lern how to rite rel goot.
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Post by Linda on Feb 20, 2015 15:18:43 GMT
For work I sometimes have to check the rosters of after school programs. I had a Mary Juana. The names with apostrophes and hyphens are out of control. that's a pretty common Hispanic name - many Catholic cultures include Mary as part of a name and Juana is the feminine of Juan (Spanish equivalent of John) and would be roughly equivalent to the English name Joanna or Jean...so no different really than Mary Joan or Mary Jean |
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