Attack of the X names

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

A former friend of mine's twins

Xaiden (zay-den) Alexander
Xiomara (zee-oh-mar-uh) Lee

A lady I work with's granddaughter

Xylia (zale-yuh) Amara

What do you think?

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Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I think I hate X names.

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

Hate them all. My neighbor's 5 year old girl is Xoyah (zoy-uh.) It's unfortunate.

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

Eek. Xoyah is pretty unfortunate.

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

It might even be Xoiyah. I can't keep track...

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

Ugh, the 'I' makes it worse, I think.

[wolff.livejournal.com]

I know someone whose daughter is Zoya. I actually like how the name sounds but i hate every spelling.


im wondering where this name came from because this is the third time i've heard it recently.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Ew. So close to Soya. :/

[iftherainstops.livejournal.com]

No thank you

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

I think I've become desensitized to them, and don't find them tragic anymore. I made several horrible faces when my friend told me about Xaiden and Xiomara though. O.o

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

My icon says it all.

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

I LOLed. It scared the cat. :-)

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Xiomara is legit, though, and I've heard it pronounced something more like zho-MAH-rah, which is pretty.

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be surprised that they're not pronouncing Xiomara right. The former friend's husband found it on some baby name website and basically said ZOMG, we must use this name. It's apparently fairly popular and common in Hispanic cultures. They then, of course, needed an X name for the boy twin, and didn't like Xander or Xavier. Xaiden was on the same name website, so they went with that. I actually kind of like Xaiden, and got used to Xiomara, after the initial eyerolling was done with. :)

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

They all look clunky. There are also going to be lots of people out there who don't get the X making a Z sound who will call them Ex-aiden, Ex-ee-o-mara, and Ex-ee-lia.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Xaiden is ridiculous. Xiomara is okay but not paired with Xaiden.

I would never pronounce Xylia that way, but more like 'Zy-lee-uh'. Zale-yuh just sounds like an icky shortening of Azalea.

[wolff.livejournal.com]

I look at Xylia and i see it pronounced like Zalia... like Dalia with a Z

[turtleohs.livejournal.com]

I dont mind the name Zayden spelled how it sounds but but X on all counts is really horrible.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

The names don't sound awful, but I've always thought the letter X was unattractive, so these just...look odd. I get the feeling their future teachers are going to have a field day pronouncing these.

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

I agree on both counts. Plus, they'll never get a chance to have personalized pencils, or license plates for their bikes. Unless they get specially made stuff. :)

[theljfromheck.livejournal.com]

I am disappointed at the name selections on those anyway, they have 5 ways to spell Madeline but no Mariah? Come on, Maria is so not the same thing! I never had anything with my name that wasn't specially made and I haven't found anything with my kids names either and I don't think they're that weird! haha

[jessicann00.livejournal.com]

I never got any personalized stuff either. I'm Jessica, and it was always sold out. So you can't have too generic a name either lol. You apparently have to find the right balance between waaaay to popular and flat out weird. :-)

[theljfromheck.livejournal.com]

lol yeah, my friend Jennifer had that problem too. One year we picked just some random names(Becky and Renee) and after that anything personalized we got were those names.

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

I knew a couple of Xiomara's growing up, so I don't hate it. But Xaiden Alexander has too many Xes. (X's? Xs?)

[snotty.livejournal.com]

The only X name that I have found that I like so far is, Xavier.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Xiomara.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I don't like X names, but Xiomara is not bad at all.