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[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

I've been lurking for a while but I'm trying to procrastinate so I thought I'd post.

When I hav a child I plan on naming it either Anne or John. Maybe William. If I had another girl she'd be Elizabeth.

I tell people this and they look at me like I'm crazy and then tell me the kid will hate me for giving it such a "horrible" name.

What gives? If I had to chose between being Rylee Sestina or Anne, I think I'd thank my mother every day for the latter.

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[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Those are very nice names. Not my style at all, but can definetly see the appeal.
My given first name was originally a nn for Elizabeth but now stands alone. Would so much rather have been named Elizabeth*. It has such an enduring appeal (rather than a once trendy now dated variant) and great nickname potential.

People are going nuts trying to be 'creative' and want their kids name to be unusual amongst their peers. Fair enough, I want that too. Just find it so ironic that I know about six Aidens & Haydens that are under five, but can't recall my brother Richard having a classmate with the same name (he's 16).

I tend to prefer unusual names, but by that I mean either properly obscure or long neglected classics. Trendy names just get blah and outdated so fast. Bizzare spellings are a huge peeve too.

*Probably prefer the Hebrew version, but am not remotley Jewish so shall just admire from afar.