When parents disagree...

[chocolatee136.livejournal.com]

I'm new to the community and I joined because I believe naming a child is a very important process and shouldnt be just blown off. I am not planning on having children until I am married, but the problem is that my parents hate every name that I like. My boyfriend is African American and has lived his whole life in Mississippi, and I was born and raised in Europe and have lived in New Hampshire for the past 8 years, which obviously poses a few cultural differences. My boyfriend and I have come up with several potential baby names, but my parents are having trouble accepting names other than John, Peter, Catherine, or Ann. I want to find names that I different and special, but at the same time, not too "out there"... basically, I like unique names and spellings and here are my current favorites. Let me know if you know any other good ones, or if you like or dislike these:

Girl names:

Amaiia Marlee
Delanii Viera (the middle name is my mothers name, pronounced riVIERA, LOL hard to explain, its European)

Boy names:

Atreiiu (can't come up with a good middle name at the time, it will most likely be a family members name)
Aliijah Michael (middle name after my grandfather)


WDYT?

Comments

[chocolatee136.livejournal.com]

Because I had to learn English from scratch as a 12 year old, I had to deal the hard way with how unpredictable the grammar and spelling are in this language. No rule (in phonetics, grammar, spelling, or pronounciation) is set in stone and there are EXCEPTIONS to everything! So, I'm pretty sure I CAN put an "ii" in a name and make it into an "ee" and not feel too bad about it, because that's just how this language works.

[coutureable.livejournal.com]

No, English is pretty set in stone.

You show me a word in the ENGLISH language where "ii" is used to make an "ee" shound, and Hawai'i doesn't count because it's not English.

If you learned English from scratch at 12, you may want to brush up.

[chocolatee136.livejournal.com]

I'm not talking about "ii", because the two letters are not seen written together in the English language, however other letters are pronounced with different sounds in different words and that's what I have been getting at. And no, English is one of the most difficult languages to learn because of it's inconsistencies and exceptions, so it is definitely not set in stone.

[coutureable.livejournal.com]

It's rules are set it stone and so are it's inconsistencies, you just have to get to know them.
"I" before "e" except after "c" is set is stone, minus a handful of words. English is one of the hardest languages to learn because of the fact that there are so many words to describe one thing.

Be that as it may, "ii" in those names don't make sense. Your child will be unique no matter what you name him/her.