Two Part Post

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Good Evening All!

An eariler post got me thinking about diversity of opinions in this community. As a population sample, from what I've observed, the community appears remarkabley homogeneous. As someone with "different" taste in names, I must say that I've enjoyed the discussions this list has generated, even if it hasn't really impacted my name choices. I spent two years in undergrad and grad school studying names and perceptions of names. I thought I'd take a moment and outline my personal name "rules," which are pretty simple.

1. Not uber-popular (I don't want a child to be one of six ____ in their class, but some names may be worth it.)
2. Meaning (I prefer names that convey strength, beauty, and loyalty either by meaning or association)
3. Must pass the business card test to be used on a real person
4. Traditional gender of names do not bother me if I really like the name
5. I don't care for names that are extremely masculine or extremely feminine
6. Most "made up" names are out, but words can be names, too. All names started from a word, otherwise names would have no meanings.
7. The spelling must make sense. It can be creative, but it has to make sense. A ridiculous amount of extra letters doesn't make sense.

Now, that being said, I am comfortable in my opinions but will not beat anyone else over the head with them. Its your baby, find a name you love and use it! You can't please everyone. You might think its the greatest name in the world, but someone else will hate it.

That being said....some people take it toooooooooooooooo far (imo). This leads me to Part II of the post.

Part II

Names that made me laugh today:

Angary
Melkin
Mojievan
Kenevious
Bre'Shonaca Lasha (I actually laughed out loud)
Recheal Dearnique
Tiffany Crystal (ok by themselves, seems like a commercial together)
Catoya Breeanna
Edric
Toddrick
Alleggra E'vonn
Lekeebrion Diquion
Jordunn

I would love to hear about everyone else's "rules" when it comes to naming (what's classic has already been covered in previous posts----although if names were cars, any name still around after 20 years would be classic:)