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[iqsi.livejournal.com]

I have a personal love affair with the name Daciana. Every woman in my family with it are all calm, collected, dignified women. If I ever have kids the first girl I have will undoubtedly end up with it. My main problem seems to be watching people flail trying to pronounce it right (dah-cee-ah-na, people!) and my brother has suggested Cre8ive Sphellyng might remedy this.

Thoughts?

article on names

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

link to an interesting article on unusual names: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19275450 (just scroll past all the discussion of Derek's)

WDYT? I was interested by the woman at the end who said she named her daughter Ryan so that potential employers would mistake her for a man, as men get better opportunities - interesting take on the glass ceiling! Perhaps I should go back to being known as Sam professionally, I always sign myself Samantha so that people DON'T mistake me for a guy!

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[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Sib-set, ranging in age from 21 to 13 years old:

Salomon
Samira
Simon
Sabrina

I really like Samira, but Sabrina is too similar.

I thought the alliteration would bug me because it almost always does in sib-sets of three or more, but I don't mind it, maybe because the S isn't so overwhelming as say, J or K sounds.

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[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Ivy? Do you think it's going to become overused/trendy because of Blue Ivy Carter? If we used it (we're not pregnant, nor ttc) it would be in a sibset with Elsa, Ashton, Lucy and Bradley.

Also, I'm looking for a fairly old fashioned, under used boy name.. My husband and I find it incredibly difficult to find something that's neither boring nor trendy. The name Ashton has a lot of sentimental reasons behind it and that's why we chose it, despite it not really being our style. So we're looking for names that would fit more with the other kids names than his, as much as we love him and his name.

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Dejeuner

[melly-issa.livejournal.com]

Watching an educational documentary on PBS. One girl is named Dejeuner. I don't know if she spells it that way, but it is pronounced the same way as the French word Dejeuner (which translates to lunch)

*headdesk*

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Another weird name

[charuby.livejournal.com]

Alessia (Al-ess-ee-a)

The name of a neighbour's little girl. Sibling to Jordan (m) and Lucy.

WDYT? I don't like it. I do like Alessa but this is too much.