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[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I've been playing around with names a lot, lately. Just...thinking of some that I like, and may or may not end up using in the future. The ones I've been coming up with are ones that are very uncommon, because...I have this thing where I don't want my kids to have names that everyone else on the face of the earth has, if I can help it. So...that being said...what do you think of the following:

Girls
Lynnea
Shyla
Shayla
Dreama
Mattea
Paisley

Boys
Brenner
Kellan
Daylon
Kayne




Also, just a general question...I've noticed that a lot of people have a hatred of "y"s, and I was just wondering why? In some cases I agree that, yes, they look bad and tacky. For example, I'd never name my child Jennyfer or Chrystopher. But in some cases I think the "y" spelling is a more pleasing look (Dylan as opposed to Dillon, or Corynne as opposed to Corrine) or is equally as nice as any alternative spelling (Jordan/Jordyn, Ashley/Ashleigh, Tracy/Tracie, etc.)

Comments

[djador.livejournal.com]

I dislike y's when they aren't supposed to be there. If it's an excepted way of spelling a name, like Dylan, than that's fine. But for example Jordyn, I think looks bad.

That being said, I kind of like the name Mattea. It reminds me of Matteo, which I like.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

I think unnecessary y's look trashy and cheesy. Sticking a y in Corinne is like taking a pretty antique piece of furniture and painting it with glitter paint because you think glitter is pretty. You get glitter, but it kills everything that was good about the furniture.

How is Corynne any different than Jennyfer or Chrystopher?

Of your girls' names, Shyla, Shayla and Paisley sound like strippers to me. Dreama sounds like a hooker. Mattea is acceptable.

Of your boys' names, Brenner is a last name, Kellen is a pro football player, and Daylon and Kayne sound like bits and pieces of other, better names taken apart and smashed together.

[djador.livejournal.com]

Oh also, it's nothing personal against y's. I just don't like when people substitute vowels because they almost make the same sound.

[moldycelery.livejournal.com]

What is the appeal of Paisley? Seriously, I'm curious as to why you like it. Would you name a kid Denim as well? How about Plaid?

With something like Dylan or Ashley, the Y is supposed to be there. For Jennyfer or Chrystopher, it's not. I suppose it's all a matter of "original" spelling.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm more partial to Corynne, and it's different (to me) than Jennyfer or Chrystopher, because that's my niece's name.

I seriously didn't know that Kellan was a football player. What team? The Kayne...it's actually almost like a guilty pleasure for me. I absolutely loved Kayne Gillaspie on Project Runway.

I have a hard time picturing Dreama as a hooker, but that's probably because the girl I knew with that name...was about 2 or 3 the last time I saw her.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

For me, with the Jordyn thing, I like the name for a girl and for some reason Jordyn looks more feminine to me than Jordan.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I'm going to sound like a dork, I know, but for me...Paisley is a guilty pleasure name, more because of liking a celebrity. I mean, I had heard the name and thought it was cute before, but that just adds to it.

Plus, I'm about as fashion challenged as they come and...the first time I heard Paisley as a name, it was before I realised it was also a fabric pattern. Sad, but true.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

My problem isn't so much with the letter Y as it is with my preferring "traditional" spellings of names. There are some names I prefer with Ys though, like Sydney instead of Sidney. And my name is Molly, which I like more than Mollie (though both are "correct," I don't like Mollie much.)

I don't like Dreama - it sounds like "Dreamer" with a Brooklyn accent. I like Mattea a lot, though.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Isn't there a celebrity with a son named Denim Cole?

...I actually think it's a cool-sounding name. I just wouldn't use it because, while I'm cool with a lot of "noun" names, jeans fabric isn't something I really would want to name a person after.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Cleveland Browns. Though come to think of it, it might be spelled Kellen.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

toni braxton has two sons: Denim Cole and Diezel Ky.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i dislike random Ys when it either makes the name look tacky or horrible OR when people throw them in & alter the pronunciation of a name.

that said, i do prefer Dylan over Dillon.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i like Kayne, too. i prefer it Kane or Cain, but i do like the name a lot.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Linnea should be spelled with an i.
Shayla seems a tad trailer trash but it is better than Shyla.
Dreama sounds fake.
Mattea is not my style but I like it, and the nickname Mattie.
Paisley is super cute.

I like Brenner and Kellan.
Daylon looks like Dylan with an extra letter.
Kayne looks like Kanye West's name scrambled.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I don't like Jordana as well.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I don't like the Cain spelling, because of the Biblical reference. Not that I dislike Biblical names...I love a lot of them. I just don't like ones with negative connotations.

Plus, like I said in another comment...I adored Kayne on the last season of Project Runway, so I'm a little partial to that spelling.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Personally, I prefer the Lynnea spelling, because I would prefer Lynn to Linn.
I like Mattea because of the nn.

See, to me...Kanye looks like a misspelled version of Kayne...

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Karyn. I like it better than Caryn.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

You don't like the spelling Cain, but Kayne is pronounced the same way (as far as I know)... if you don't like the bad Biblical connotation (and I agree it's bad), why use the name at all? Especially assuming 90% of the people who hear it will probably assume it's Cain.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I don't mind SOME y's. They look fine on the end of names (in fact, I prefer -y endings to -ie endings, most of the time), but it's when they don't belong that it bothers me. Like Jennyfer or something. I dislike alternative spellings, so with very few exceptions, I don't like names where the "i" sound is a "y." For instance, Ryan is okay; Symon is not.

[djador.livejournal.com]

I actually kind of like Karyn. It's pretty.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Y's are fine when they are intended to be in a name.

Not when they are used to make a normal name creative.

ie - Madylyn or something else ridiculous

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

No offense taken, you were at least more PC in your response, and you were willing to give good, well thought reasonings to your answers. I appreciate the effort, even if I don't neccesarily agree with the opinion.

While you don't like the way a 'y' sticks out in a name, I often don't like the flat look that an i makes. Such as Dylan vs. Dillon. I don't ALWAYS prefer the 'y', but in some cases I do.

Why Lynnea? Linnea is already an uncommon name unless you don't live in the US.
Do you mean the name in general, or the spelling of it? I like the name because I heard it and liked the sound of it. I prefer the Lynnea spelling because if I were going to take the -ea off the end, I would spell the name Lynn as opposed to Linn. So, personally, I prefer to keep the Lynn spelling for Lynnea.

As for the rest of the names, we're probably not going to agree, so there's probably no point in me trying to defend my choices of names. And to be totally honest, for most of them there's no specific reason that I like them, they're just names I like the sound of.


You said you don't like -er names...is it just the -er spelling, or the sound. Example, would you prefer Skylar to Skyler?

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Well, like I said...I had heard the name and I thought it was pretty. I don't like the name Lynn, alone, but I do like Lynnea. JMO, though.

I, personally, take sound into consideration more than spelling. I figure that your name is said, more often than it is written. If I don't like how it sounds, then it's out...regardless of the spelling. While I wouldn't go for something that is spelled all kreateivleigh...I don't take spelling into consideration quite as much. Though, yes, if I like the sound of a name, I will then go with a spelling that I like the look of, more. It's just not the first thing I look at.

Gah. I guess I picked the wrong example for the -er/-ar, with the whole 'y' thing.

On a semi-related note....I prefer to go by Mandi as opposed to Mandy.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Girls
Lynnea - It's ok.
Shyla - Sounds fake. Reminds me of Shia Labeouf.
Shayla - It's ok.
Dreama - No, no, no. Sounds made up and gross and like a British person saying "dreamer". It's also one of the names of one of the lunch ladies at my high school.
Mattea - Eh.
Paisley - Nooo.

Boys
Brenner - No.
Kellan - It's... ok.
Daylon - Dylan is perfectly acceptable and nice, Daylon looks messed up.
Kayne - Reminds me of Cane and Abel.

[x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com]

Kayne reminds me too much of Kanye.

I know Kanye's not even a legit name, but anytime I see Kayne I get that line from Diamonds from Sierra Leone in my head ("It's Kanye but some of my plastics still say Kayne").

I like Paisley and Shayla.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Well, with the cultural thing, then it makes sense. That's interesting, though. I took ASL for four semesters, and learned a little bit about Deaf culture, but never once did I think about how the look/spelling of a word would play a big factor into something like choosing a name for their child. Thanks for the insight. =)

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I seriously didn't know that. I need to start watching football, again.

*sigh* And no sooner do I say that about the name Dreama, and not being able to picture it on a Hooker...I watch tonight's episode of CSI.

[xanya.livejournal.com]

I LOVED Kayne on Project Runway! Wish he'd stayed around to the end instead of the Godawful Jeffrey...

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Kayne and Robert were our dream team. Kayne could keep Robert from being boring, and Robert could bring Kayne down to earth. It was perfect.

[xanya.livejournal.com]

That's definitely true. And they were so good humoured! My favourite overall was Laura, but Kayne made me smile the most. I don't think he was tasteless, but then, I'm not a fashion expert...

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Lovelovelove your icon!

[xanya.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Gillian Anderson's just so beautiful.