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[swansong19.livejournal.com]

Just thought I'd share some of these with you/ask what you thought of them...our church is running a daycamp this week, and I came across some really odd names/spellings while I was checking people in.

Khristian (is usally pronounced more like chris-chen than chris-tian)
Wil (I've never seen it spelled with one L? And that's his full name, it isn't shortened.)
Brantley (I've seen it before, but it still strikes me as odd)
Madisen
Meaghan
Quinten
Tali
Sage
Tallyn (pronounced like talon with an i)

There are also 5 Devons...2 spell it Devan, the others are spelled Devin, Deven, and Devon (Devon is the only guy). We also have a Hana and a Hannah. And Devon's brothers are named Drake and Dwight, it sounds like they were stretching for D names or something :/

Also- how would you pronounce Nicola? The only one I've ever known pronounced it nih-coh-luh or nih-cuh-luh, depending on who was talking to her...but a few days ago I heard someone pronounce it nih-cole-uh, was wondering what the most common is. I don't know if that made any sense, I'm horrible at spelling things phonetically.

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[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Wow 5 Devon's and only one is male? That makes me sad.

Khristian - eww
Wil - I've seen this spelling a couple times, just looks incomplete. Like Will isn't short enough as it is?
Brantley - def do not like
Madisen - blech
Meaghan - I like Megan, I don't know why the extra A and H are needed.
Quinten - nms but not bad
Tali - blech
Sage - eh too hippy for my tastes, but not bad
Tallyn (pronounced like talon with an i) - never liked Talon, so I don't like this either!

[swansong19.livejournal.com]

Meaghan was a family name, afaik, but I still don't really like the spelling :/ And her parents have really simple names- Anne and Tom.