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[jenufa.livejournal.com]

As seen on Maury just now:

Nataleigh

D: Ewwwww. What do you guys think?

Also seen: De'Marlow .........

new job... new kinds of names

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

so before i worked for a mortgage company and got ppl coming across my desk ranging btwn 18-40.

due to economy issues, my company downsized. i now have a new job, and yay! i still get names across my desk!!! i am now working for a Cardiovascular clinic, and the names and people i get now are btwn the ages of 60-90 years old. man! what a difference in the names! lol. i just started last week, so here are some examples from today's patients:

( behind cut are names )

so...WDYT?

OH NO she DIDNT

[sugaree024.livejournal.com]

My best friend's cousin is pregnant and doesn't know the sex yet. But she was thinking for a girl Leila Lee

I almost barfed. that is so mean to do to a child. LAYYY LAHHH LEEEEEEEEEEE

wdyt?

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[xpaniic.livejournal.com]

A name I heard yesterday....

Ocean

It was a boy and he was about 13 years old.

WDYT?

Interesting names

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

All female:

Isabel Noy
Dora Draga
Michelle Daye

WDYT? Any you like?

Oh No...

[pickle-breath.livejournal.com]

Ran across this name today:

Kourtlyn

I like how it sounds (sorta) but the spelling is just horrendous.

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[unbakedbrownie.livejournal.com]

So, I was trying to do a search to see if anyone was looking for me. I came across a French family tree and thought some of the names were intriguing. :o

Fluette
Felonise
Melina/Malvina
Aurelie
Philomine
Cedulie
Alphonsine
Etienne
Guillaume

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[sballik.livejournal.com]

I was downtown today and there was a bus full of Asian people on tour of the city, and they were all wearing nametags.  
One man's name was Wang Hung.  

I wouldn't call myself ethnocentric at all, and I realize that names in Asian families are very different than in mine, but I still found it really funny and thought I'd share.



It also got me wondering about what my name might mean in other languages.  Does anyone know of a website that will tell you?

it's a girl!

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

A friend from highschool recently had a baby girl. Her name? Anna Adrienne.

The A's are a little much for me, but that aside, I think Anna Adrienne has a nice ring to it.

WDYT?

Best sibset ever.

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

So the last post reminded me of an Asian family that I know.

Originally I knew my friend "Xeng", pronounced about like "Sang". (It's actually spelt "Xeev" on his birth certificate, I'm not sure about why.)

And his last name is Yang, so his name, Xeng Yang, rhymes.

Then I met his sister Peng. This, too, rhymes with Yang.

That made me curious, if maybe he had other siblings with interesting names, so I asked him about his family.

His oldest brother, born before the family imigrated from Thailand, is legally named Weng (rhymes with Yang), but then when they moved here of course he got teased, so he goes by the nickname Meng (also rhymes).

The rest of his siblings (it's a big family) were born after the move, so the parents decided to give them "American" names. They are Jack, Jason, Julie, and Linda.

Then, years later and unexpectedly, Xeng came along, and by then they'd gotten over their idea of "American" names and wanted to give the baby a name from their culture instead, hence, Xeng. Then a couple years later they had Peng.

So the family is Meng (Weng), Jack, Jason, Julie, Linda, Xeng, and Peng Yang.

*I'm not trying to make fun of other cultures here, I want to be clear on that, I just think this is a fun sibset and thought I'd share the story.