What's Your Name, Little Girl?
Friday I spent time working on an ad for a pediatric dentist who was congratulating his patients who'd had perfect check-ups during the past month. By the end I was gritting my teeth and rubbing my forehead where the tension headache was beginning. Because one my biggest peeves is the way people name their children.
I hate oddball names that I've seen in the past, like Pantera and Wiggles. I hate when people name their kids after soap opera characters. I hate when people get "creative" with the spelling, like Christen or Rebeckha. I hate cutesy names like Misty and Kylie and Brandi, and I especially hate them when they end with a double "e." It may seem adorable on an apple-cheeked, curly-haired girl of five, but it's not terribly impressive on a resume or business card, unless the job involves a G-string and dancing around a pole.
Some of the names that I found especially irriating were:
• Kynleigh
• Jaydi
• BrittanyJo (yes, all one word)
• Caidyn (there were actually two of them!)
• Kennedy
• Makenzie
• Paderic
• Mikhaila
• Jacen
• Lunden
• Bryton
• Alyvia ("Olivia" creatively spelled, perhaps?)
• IdaMae (again, one word)
• Blakeman
• Laif
It was such a relief to see a Mary, a couple of Stephens, a David or two, and an Allison. Maybe their parents won't get points for originality, but at least I don't feel the urge to track them down and slap them silly.m
I hate oddball names that I've seen in the past, like Pantera and Wiggles. I hate when people name their kids after soap opera characters. I hate when people get "creative" with the spelling, like Christen or Rebeckha. I hate cutesy names like Misty and Kylie and Brandi, and I especially hate them when they end with a double "e." It may seem adorable on an apple-cheeked, curly-haired girl of five, but it's not terribly impressive on a resume or business card, unless the job involves a G-string and dancing around a pole.
Some of the names that I found especially irriating were:
• Kynleigh
• Jaydi
• BrittanyJo (yes, all one word)
• Caidyn (there were actually two of them!)
• Kennedy
• Makenzie
• Paderic
• Mikhaila
• Jacen
• Lunden
• Bryton
• Alyvia ("Olivia" creatively spelled, perhaps?)
• IdaMae (again, one word)
• Blakeman
• Laif
It was such a relief to see a Mary, a couple of Stephens, a David or two, and an Allison. Maybe their parents won't get points for originality, but at least I don't feel the urge to track them down and slap them silly.m
posted by just me at
9:27 PM
6 Comments:
HAHHAHAHHAHAHAH! I'm with you, sister! I like classic, simple names. If a miracle occurs and I have kids, I'm taking their names straight out of the family Bible: Delaney James for a boy and Elizabeth Jane for a girl.
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Foxy Knitter, at 11:41 AM
Those are cute! Of course, I'm naturally partial to Elizabeth . . . . :-)
By
just me, at 9:14 PM
If "Delaney" was good 'nuf for my great-granddaddy, then it'll be good 'nuf for my son, dagnabbit. ;-)
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Foxy Knitter, at 11:34 AM
Oh my word! I use Dijonnaise on my turkey sandwiches. Did these people just open the fridge to choose their kid's name? I think I'll call my first born "Frontera" after my favorite salsa.
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just me, at 8:29 PM
When my brother was dating a girl named Solitaire, I used to tease him and ask him if they would name their kids after card games: Poker, Euchre, Canasta, and Hearts. *snicker*
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Foxy Knitter, at 7:52 AM
"Solitaire"?? The only classy Solitaire was Jane Seymour in "Live and Let Die" and she had the misfortune of having to kiss Roger Moore and be Yaphet Kotto's psi-bitch.
When Spousette student-taught (circa 1992), she taught kids named Prince, Elvis, and...Cigarette. And I'm so not making that up!! She was like "WHO names their kid 'Cigarette'?"
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Daibh, at 5:21 PM
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