A bunch of polls, because I can.

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Kids are a long way off for me. I'm just obsessive about names. I also like making polls, which are behind the cuts. So.

I mentioned a while back that I like the name Jack, short for John, and many people seemed to not realize that Jack is a nickname for John, or considered Jack a full first name of it's own right. I think that I'd be reluctant to name a boy Jack because I'd hate for him to have to constantly explain that Jack is not short for John, but I'm curious to see if I'm just being old fashioned.

[Poll #808351]

Within the past few days, I've really come to like the name Madeline, nickname Maddie/Maddy. It's also my grandmother's name, and I think that using the name would be an awesome way to honor her. However (and I think she's had this issue before, too), her name is pronounced MAD-uh-lin, and I'm afraid that people would end up pronouncing it MAD-uh-line, like the book series. What do y'all think?

[Poll #808352]

I like the name Sophia, but the Sop makes me think of soap, which completely turns me off. I like Sofia much better, but I kind of feel like a) that spelling could only work on someone of Spanish descent, of which I am not, and b) she'd go through her entire life with her name misspelled. So...

[Poll #808353]

Comments

[arbus.livejournal.com]

every jack i know is actually named john (my uncle is john francis - he is 60ish, and my friend is john stephen - and he is early 30s, i also have a co-worker named john who goes by jack, he is also 30ish), so i automatically think jack is a nickname for john, because thats always just been the way it is in my family. but i know things are changing, and i wouldnt get all bent out of shape if i met a jack who was just a jack.

i like madeline, and i naturally pronounce it mad-uh-lin, although i do see the point of mad-uh-line, i dont feel passionate that one way is correct and the other is not.

i like sofia a lot, prefer it to sophia actually. i also love sophie though i dont like sofie one bit.