WDYT?

[nederlandergirl.livejournal.com]

Some interesting notices from recent Toronto Star birth announcements (surnames excluded) and my opinions:

Aryana Alia
Bronwyn Victoria and Charlotte Thea (twins, and fairly classy at that)
Carys Lynn
Carys Mary Katherine
Christian Begin
Christina Margaret Helena Rose (because two middles names just weren't enough)
Ella Aimee (DON'T SPELL KREATIYVVELY)
Evangeline Renee (I hope she looks like a supermodel)
Julian Bonaventura (...I'm serious)
Justin Robert Duke
Kian Motavaze (some kind of ethnic)
Lachlan Jersey Bernard
Mason Cooper and Madison Sierra (twins, and I don't think the parents realize that they aren't being original)
Mason Newton (if there ever was a yupster name, this is it)
Xander James Robert (hipster parents hide the nod to family in the middle names)
Zachary Wolf

Comments

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Ella Aimee (DON'T SPELL KREATIYVVELY)

?
Aimee is the french form of Amy according to behindthename.com

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Aimee isn't kre8yv.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Ditto. Aimee is a legit spelling.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

"some kind of ethnic" ..?

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

yeah I missed that one cos I got stuck on Aimee

WUT?

[moldycelery.livejournal.com]

Seriously. This is a multi-failure post.

[bettybites.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought that while reading this post!

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Dit. To.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

lol.

Well, if you think about it, every name in existence is "some kind of ethnic", because everyone who ever created a name must have come from some ethnicity.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

Bronwyn and Charlotte are great twin names.

[chesterismyhero.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm a hipster.

[chesterismyhero.livejournal.com]

I should have been more specific. My son's name is Xander. We were going to go with Alexander, but I didn't want my dad to think we were naming our son after him.

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

Most names are derived from other languages/cultures that can be described as "ethnic", for instance Bronwyn. When you use that word the way you've decided to use it, it just comes off as insensitive. We all know that "ethnic" wasn't really what you meant when you wrote that.

[anodetonoone.livejournal.com]

I agree with the above comments.

And I'd also like to add I HATE HATE HATE when people spell "Ariana/nna" wwith a y. Aryana looks like "aryan". Ick.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Bronwyn and Charlotte are gorgeous together, although I wish it were spelled Bronwen!

I also like:
Carys Mary Katherine
Margaret
Rose
Bonaventura
James

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i love thea.

otherwise? what everyone else said.

and no comment.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Bronwyn, but mainly because I know a girl it works really well on. And you are kind of all kinds of cranky and wrong in this.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

this is a stupid post.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

well, this was obnoxious.

[regina.livejournal.com]

yes this

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

What is this I don't even

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Uhhh...Aimee is the legit French spelling of Amy, and what is wrong with Julian Bonaventura??

You're either trying too hard or just ridiculously misinformed. Either way, FAIL.