mimima
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Post by mimima on Jul 25, 2014 21:37:38 GMT
 ?? What am I missing? Whatever it is, I'm missing it too. These are two very middle of the road/every day names that wouldn't raise an eyebrow here, especially as they are spelt normally.  I suspect it is a Jack Daniels reference. I also think both names are lovely, and it wouldn't make me wonder at all. |
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Post by roundtwo on Jul 25, 2014 21:52:39 GMT
Where I used to live this couple had two daughters: Jacqueline and Danielle. Things that make you go hmmm Took me a minute but I got there  Way better than Airwrecker! |
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Post by Renee on Jul 25, 2014 22:47:34 GMT
I used to work at a very large church and one of my jobs was checking kids into children's church. Some of the names just defied logic. Attikus, Cotton, Journey... just to name a few. Yikes!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2014 22:59:39 GMT
I don't know if this has been posted before but I came across it yesterday...
Airwrecka (Erica). Good grief! 
Have you seen any good ones lately?
Kearstin or was it Kearstyn? Krymson, Kabry, I could go on and on. I live in Utah.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2014 23:29:23 GMT
Where I used to live this couple had two daughters: Jacqueline and Danielle. Things that make you go hmmm ?? What am I missing? Ha! I was thinking the same thing... |
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Jul 26, 2014 5:00:41 GMT
DD has a dance teacher whose new baby girl is named Ridleigh. Seriously? As in Rid? I got rid of leigh? Most of the names in our school are pretty typical. One year, I had a student and her name was pronounced 2 different ways by her peers. She answered to both. Most students called her by the name that phonetically didn't make as much sense.  There are a few names, like Katelyn that I've seen spelled so many ways. They make it easy if they go by Katie.  I love the name spelled Caitlin, which would probably make people crazy if I used it. I used C names. but it looks so pretty spelled that way. |
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 26, 2014 6:20:10 GMT
Whatever it is, I'm missing it too. These are two very middle of the road/every day names that wouldn't raise an eyebrow here, especially as they are spelt normally. I suspect it is a Jack Daniels reference. I also think both names are lovely, and it wouldn't make me wonder at all. Ahh. Thanks. I would never have seen that, and now that I have, it is still not raising an eyebrow. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 6:39:59 GMT
I suspect it is a Jack Daniels reference. I also think both names are lovely, and it wouldn't make me wonder at all. Ahh. Thanks. I would never have seen that, and now that I have, it is still not raising an eyebrow. I clearly watch too much reality TV. My first thought was "but they're enemies!" (from RHONJ) |
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Post by smokey2471 on Jul 26, 2014 7:57:36 GMT
I used to work at a very large church and one of my jobs was checking kids into children's church. Some of the names just defied logic. Attikus, Cotton, Journey... just to name a few. Yikes! I love the name Atticus. I would not spell it with a k but it looks ok with a k. I also know a child named Satchel after Satchel Page and his sister is named Splendid but the real kicker is my BILS 2 yr old step grandchild is named Riot yes you read that right. Riot. Like a fight. Her soon to be baby (whether brother or sister) will be named Halo O'ryan. Right now we call Riot, baby girl or ryry but seriously Riot? I've never met her mother or father. BIL and SIL have her most of the time as mom and dad are always high or in jail. |
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Post by smokey2471 on Jul 26, 2014 8:07:17 GMT
Ooh thought of a couple more...I used to work in Childcare.. I know a couple of girls named miracle an aweshauntasia(I could be spelling it wrong) and I can't forget my sweet little Whisky Ann. There was also a child whose name I never did learn how to pronounce as I only saw it in writing. I was in the corporate office by then maybe you guys can figure it out...Ibnd'd his parents were foreign African or Jamacian I can't remember but the teacher called him love. He was only there for a few months and was only about 6-8 mos old so he didn't yet talk.
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Post by angie w on Jul 26, 2014 14:22:26 GMT
Yep they named their girls Jacqueline and Danielle because of jack Daniels. I just thought it was a little strange to be inspired by whisky. But I agree the names are normal and pretty.
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Post by LilyRose on Jul 26, 2014 15:53:33 GMT
All those crazy spellings are just maddening to me!
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Post by krc11 on Jul 29, 2014 16:34:40 GMT
These make Crystal Champagne (who won a lot of academic awards at my kids school and my counsin twice removed Misty Dawn look very tame. We thought those were weird a the time.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jul 29, 2014 16:41:58 GMT
Where I used to live this couple had two daughters: Jacqueline and Danielle. Things that make you go hmmm ?? What am I missing? I was wondering the same thing... |
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Post by anniebeth24 on Jul 29, 2014 16:46:54 GMT
Just had a business dealing with a lady named Macal. She pronounced it Meh-KELL.
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Post by Tamhugh on Jul 29, 2014 16:56:35 GMT
I totally missed the Jack Daniels reference. I immediately thought the mom was a fan of trashy romance novels by Jaqueline Susann and Danielle Steele.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 29, 2014 17:10:45 GMT
In a store yesterday, a teenage clerk's nametag said Nautica. After I commented on her unusual/pretty name, she said her parents chose brand names for her & her siblings. Her middle name is Lauren (as in Ralph Lauren); her college-aged brother is named Hugo Boss, but his friends call him "Boss;" & her little sister is Prada Gucci & they call her "PG." She laughed & said her parents were trying to be different, since all her cousins are named after car manufacturers. Her name likely has started many conversations & made her a personable young adult!
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Post by ingrid6 on Jul 29, 2014 17:24:30 GMT
I suspect it is a Jack Daniels reference. I also think both names are lovely, and it wouldn't make me wonder at all. Ahh. Thanks. I would never have seen that, and now that I have, it is still not raising an eyebrow. Me neither. dd#5 is Elizabeth Danielle and I think it's a beautiful name |
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Post by meridon on Jul 29, 2014 18:21:04 GMT
I think some countries who require the government to approve a child's name (Iceland is one) might be on to something.... ingrid6, I have a Danielle Elizabeth! |
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Post by purplebee on Jul 29, 2014 18:32:09 GMT
I totally missed the Jack Daniels reference. I immediately thought the mom was a fan of trashy romance novels by Jaqueline Susann and Danielle Steele. Me too! And then our friend's idiot niece named her baby Cole. Which is perfectly fine unless your last name happens to be Black. Which takes me to the darling child of a teacher in our school district: Lily White! |
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Post by mommaho on Jul 29, 2014 18:47:34 GMT
I work with an Airica
Some students I encountered while working as a school secretary just blew me away!
Jade Greene, Fairy Blossom and the worst - Feline Box (they called her Fe for short!
Oh my!
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Post by Native New Yorker on Jul 29, 2014 19:15:20 GMT
I noticed that one of Emmet Till's cousins is named Airwrecka McBride. She gave a statement after Lil Wayne's idiot song lyrics came out that were derogatory to women and Emmett Till.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jul 29, 2014 19:33:15 GMT
I think some countries who require the government to approve a child's name (Iceland is one) might be on to something.... ingrid6, I have a Danielle Elizabeth! You have great taste! |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jul 29, 2014 19:33:53 GMT
While creative name spellings aren't my thing, I have a tendency to roll my eyes at the outrage of an extra Y or other changes parents make. Airwrecka is beyond the pale though IMO. It's not pretty, it's not creative - it's just wrong. If one wants to be unique, at least try not to reference disasters, it really isn't a good choice.
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Post by ~Zoey~ on Jul 29, 2014 20:32:54 GMT
That's just crazy! I had to read it a couple of times to be sure I was seeing right. Speaking of different spellings, how about Aeryn? It's not horrible, like this one, but different. I saw a 20/20 show last year that was about a guy (Aeryn) who went missing in Austria and they still don't know what happened to him. His name and his story have stayed stuck in my mind.
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Post by peasful1 on Jul 29, 2014 20:40:16 GMT
Her name is air wreck? Poor kid. Parents seem a little dim.
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Post by pierogi on Jul 29, 2014 21:23:25 GMT
I used to work at a very large church and one of my jobs was checking kids into children's church. Some of the names just defied logic. Attikus, Cotton, Journey... just to name a few. Yikes! I can't speak to the other names, but Cotton is a legitimate, very old-fashioned name. I've known both men and women named Cotton. Interestingly, they are all southern, so it might be a regional thing. |
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Post by blueeyedpups on Jul 29, 2014 21:27:42 GMT
My SIL has a nephew or cousin (i can't remember which) who is named Pepsi!
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Jul 29, 2014 21:28:37 GMT
Yes, the AirWrecka I posted about was McBride, there is a link to it further up. And she's in her 30's I'd say, so it's not just a modern parent trying to be trendy.
Some unusual names are lovely but creative spellings, either with unusual or everyday names, leave me pretty cold. There ought to be a law - some people just shouldn't be allowed to name children.
Thanks for the names posted here, there are quite a few I've never heard before - interesting to say the least!
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 29, 2014 21:31:47 GMT
I totally missed the Jack Daniels reference. I immediately thought the mom was a fan of trashy romance novels by Jaqueline Susann and Danielle Steele. Me too! And then our friend's idiot niece named her baby Cole. Which is perfectly fine unless your last name happens to be Black. Which takes me to the darling child of a teacher in our school district: Lily White! When I was a child, our neighbour, who was ancient, or so I thought at the time, was called Olive Green. Mind you, it was her married name. Her parents hadn't saddled her with it. It was a source of great amusement in the neighbourhood. |
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?? What am I missing?
Way better than Airwrecker!
I love the name spelled Caitlin, which would probably make people crazy if I used it. I used C names. but it looks so pretty spelled that way. 
