Dear World

[whoeveryouwant7.livejournal.com]

Hi All,
I'm new to this community, but when I was flicking through what people were thinking about naming their children, I couldn't help but be dazzled by the things people have thought up.
There are heaps of cool names out there and things like Blade, Slasher and Alexzandrina all sound fantastic in theory.
I was however, faintly concerned about weather or not you'd actually considered the impact of naming your child these types of things. Awesome thought they sound now, children are cruel, and I'd suspect that by the time your hapless offspring reach their adolecence, their self confidence is going to be around slug level, and in my opinion they'll either kill themselves or, in a fit of rebellion, change their name to something along the lines of Frank, or Rachel.
I don't mean any insult, and I'm sure you all mean well, but for now I have to say I'm glad my name isn't Aztec Rosalitha.

(Mods, if you find this outside the boundaries of acceptable posts, I am more than willing to delete it and leave the community)

Comments

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

I agree----a lot of names are great in theory, but some of the ones I hear are beyond crazy!! What gets me more is the crazy spellings. I knew a girl who named her daughter Victoria, but she spelled it Vychtoriah. I mean....doesnt that change the way its pronounced or something?! *head spins*

[whoeveryouwant7.livejournal.com]

well there you go...I never thought it through, but I think I'd have just pronounced it K like usual...You're probably right though

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

I always thought Ahmet was a cool name :)

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

Well, sorry all that happened to you...but did you really try to kill yourself over your name? Or was there some other stuff involved?

[whoeveryouwant7.livejournal.com]

actually id like to apologise for that comment, it was totally out of line, my name wasn't the cause, but isolation does happen to kids who 'dont fit in' an though its great to say that its all about teaching individuality, for a while there I suspect plenty of kids want to feel normal, like all the other kids, you know?

[whoeveryouwant7.livejournal.com]

just so anyone reading this thinks, hey, that convo dosen't follow, I just deleted one of my posts, some things just shouldn't be aired to the public, especially not just to back up an argument, thanks for you support though iris_alantiel

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

btw, my name is Devon--which is totally unisex. It could go either way in my opinion. I know its around a lot, but Ive never met another Devon, so Im happy with my name!

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

I'm completely with you. There are so many uncommon names out there to be used that aren't made up or... well, stupid. You don't have to name your kid something made up or krieya8taeive to give them an original name. It seems to me like a lot of people are more concerned about giving their kids a "cool" name than they are giving them a name that will get them through life. I don't think they stops to think about the fact that maybe their kid will want to fit in, at least to an extent.

While I'm not one for naming kids something in the top 10 names of the year, anything out of the top 1000 is usually too much for me.

[whoeveryouwant7.livejournal.com]

seriously! thats hilarious

[medland.livejournal.com]

No way. I'm surprised you're even allowed to call a kid that.

[tshknt.livejournal.com]

Was that an american name? There are african languages where an ! is used to denote a clicking sound, but from that name doesn't sound very african...

[whoeveryouwant7.livejournal.com]

*hug* what a marvelously sensible person you are

[http://users.livejournal.com/--melpomene--/]

I think that the whole trendy "unique" name thing is very juvenile and teenager-ish. I have known a few girl who had a child when they were still in high school and named their kids something super trendy or something that was spelled very weirdly. I feel for those kids, because they are going to grow up with that name and when everyone hears those names they will be judged and so will there parents.
I used to work for a college and this is no lie, there were two students and they were twin brothers, and I am not lying to you. There names were Orangejello and Lemonjello Jones. But they were pronounced Or an shu low and Le mon shu low. I remember looking at the ID and looking back at the two guys and I was just blank. They told me their mom was an idiot, and that I should call them by their middle names, Sean and (I don't remember the other one).
To me that shows when a kid doesn't like their name they will find something new. My name is Lauren and that in itself isn't that creative, but I have only met about three or more people with my name, so my name is "older" but still different enough. I like "unique" names. But they are more of the older biblical names that no one would think of.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I hate when people blame the whole trendy/unique name on younger parents. There are probably just as much older parents doing the exact same thing, but it tends to be taken with a grain of salt since they are older, and that makes it not quite so stupid. When a younger person does is, it's a huge deal because they obviously don't know better since they are younger. I agree there are plenty of younger parents going for the trends, but I can assure you there are plenty of young parents quite capable of not naming their child something weird, creative, or super trendy.

[http://users.livejournal.com/--melpomene--/]

I know it is also popular in older parents as well, but I just see it more with teenage parents. I know teenage/and younger parents who have named their children very un-trendy names as well. I know a girl who named her daughter Rayne and another who named their son John. So yes, they are capable of doing both. I just think that older parents are less likely to name their child something out there because they are more likely to realize what an impact a name can have on someone in the adult world.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

I just totally disagree, I think it's more of a personality thing then an age thing. In fact most of the kids with trendy names I know, have older parents between 25-30. The few I know who had kids in their early 20's and teens, have the more 'normal' names.

[http://users.livejournal.com/--melpomene--/]

I agree with you that is it a personality thing as well. But often times I feel that parents who name their child something trendy are doing so to make the child unique. When really, your name has nothing to do with your personality. Some of the most unique and interesting people I know are named Beth, Amy, and Sam. Uniqueness should not come from your name but rather your actions I feel.

[stoof.livejournal.com]

Do you think that some parents name their children forgetting that they've given birth to an actual human being and not a little doll? "Slasher" might be cute and ironic on a 3 year old, but how is a 30 year old going to feel about it?

[http://users.livejournal.com/--melpomene--/]

yes, I completely agree. I remember when I was a little girl I had a doll named Purple, and I when I was older I was going to name my child Purple. Thank god I have grown out of that phase... haha

[stoof.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had a doll named Bonabee. I thought it was the greatest name ever. Now...no.

[http://users.livejournal.com/--melpomene--/]

I dunno... Bonabee sounds like a excellent name.

[julieannie.livejournal.com]

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm

I think a third of the people here have claimed that story is true.

[christhiane.livejournal.com]

There is a limit to how weird names can be, I guess. I, however, grew up with a very unusual name but have received nothing but heapless of compliments. Of course, the state didn't see it that way so they forced my mum to put another usual name with it. She did, and she put it first and I can't say how much I came to despise it. Even two years after I changed it, I can still get REALLY annoyed by it. I should mention that where I'm from - Norway - there is no tradition of nick names so if you're called 'Alexander' you're most likely to be called by your whole name.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I absolutely 100% agree!

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I think there are plenty of nice old, not-commonly-used, but REAL names to use if you want something no one else is gonna have. no need to go to nouns or adjectives or other non-name words, or make up crazy spellings, or mish-mosh 2 or 3 different names together into a new one.

none of my kids' names have been on the top 1000 list in the US any time recently, but they're all real names that I didn't make up or change the spelling of.

[oneworldvision.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you. Seriously, 100%.

[visoka.livejournal.com]

More power to you! Parents could always give their child a really ordinary, average, but nice name, and then move to a completely different country and language. Then their kid's name would be unique! :P

[moonbunnii.livejournal.com]

I went to high school with a Blade. His headline in the yearbook was:
Blade "with a name like mine who needs a nickname" Schmidt.
XD

Personally, if I were to name my kid something obscure, I'd give them a simpler name for their middle name, for example (or even the other way around) so if they really don't like it when they're going through high school or whatever, they have that bit of a choice.