Baby and an article

[sal_amanda]

I haven't been here in a while because our adoption went through.  So now I have a one month old and his name is Henry Xavier.  

But I wanted to pop in to share an article with you that my cousin-in-law posted on Facebook.  I wish we could slip it to some of the people who do the weird spellings so they could see the research on what that can do to their kids.

 

Comments

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your adoption. I wish you the best as you prepare for his future adjustment.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! You picked a beautiful name :)

[kjerlandsen.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the adoption! Love the name!

And thanks for the article. I wish I could force certain people to read this! lol

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[frost.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :D

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I really love Henry Xavier. If my twins were both boys I was going to use that exact combo...but I had boy/girl and my SO and I liked Bradley that much more..

Anyway, congrats!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Congrats, that's a handsome name. :)

[myiris.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the adoption!! I love the name, too.

And the article was really good, thanks. Favorite fact, one that I'll be quoting in the future to stupid people with spelling issues: "Children with a deviant spelling of a common name tended to have slowed spelling and reading capabilities."

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Some of the true stories in the comments on that article horrify me...

"I believe that parents should avoid making up completely new names for their kids. I used to know this lady who named her son 'Jorel'. I asked her why she named the poor kid after Superman's father back on the planet Krypton. She had no idea that 'Jorel' was the name of a comic book character."

"I know a little girl whose name is Jailin. Spelled exactly like that. Why? Her mom was pissed because the dad was in jail when she went into labor, so she named their child to constantly remind him what an ass she thought he was..."


Damn, people are stupid.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Okay, that last story????

I'm just going to comfort myself with maybe it's an urban legend or something. Because damn ... that's some horrible parenting right there, if that's true. I mean, talk about taking your blame out on someone else.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I love the name; though, I am just wondering if you pronounce Xavier like zay-vier or ig-zay-vier. Just my own personal question, lol, it's a great name either way.

[sal_amanda]

x-zavier, like Charles Xavier from the X-Men, ha ha. But no, he wasn't named after the X-Men, though it was a selling point for my husband. I find zay-vier to be an acceptable pronunciation, as well.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Congrats on your son! That's amazing.

As for the article, I think one sentence is key there:

"So it ends up building on itself. The type of parent who would give a really unusual name is often going to parent differently from a parent who says 'I want to give my child a name so they fit in.'"

I think that is way more crucial than the name itself.

[unaccepatable.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the baby!!!!!! I LOVE his name :D