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[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

So this might be a weird question, but does seeing someone giving their kid a name with a YOONEEQUEH spelling (or a made-up name) make you like them a little bit less than what you originally did?

Also, a friend from HS is having a daughter soon and just announced her name will be Kenzie Sisters are Paige and Emma. While I'm generally not a fan of nickname-y names as names, I'm secretly fangirling inside due to the Kenzi character in Lost Girl, my favorite show.

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[dustthouart.livejournal.com]

Youneequeh (lol) spellings don't bother me as much as just cliche. Some currently popular names seem more classic or at least meaningful and these don't bother me--Jacob, Sophia, etc. But names like Jayden/Braden/Caden and the seemingly never-ending parade of surnames without any actual MEANING behind them (ie they aren't mom's maiden name or whatever) bother me a lot. It just seems lazy and counter to what we're supposed to be doing for our children IMHO.

It's pretty subjective though. I get that for these parents, "I like the way it sounds" is all they want in a name. I just think it's such a waste.

[gemmagic.livejournal.com]

Sometimes... there are varying degrees of ridiculous spellings. My friend Laura has two sons named Deklan and Lukas and I don't like her any less for it. Stuff like that, while not my cup of tea, is better than some of the spellings you see. The worst thing for me is when the name sounds ridiculous as well as being spelled stupidly. Nice names spelled a little bit differently are OK.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I like Kenzie

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Yes. It makes me doubt their sanity and their intelligence, also their forethought for the poor child stuck with the yooneequek name.

I like Kenzie, although I prefer it spelled Kensi.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

This. I automatically think the person is of lower intelligence when they do yooni'k names.

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

I have always done the same, and now I have a foster/pre-adoptive son with a stupid name and it makes me so uncomfortable. :\

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Well if he's reeeally young you could always have his name changed? I've never had issues with that. If he's too old then... so sads.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I don't know if *like* less, but I definitely have less patience with them, especially in a professional setting---if that makes sense. As part of my job, I'm quite often required to enter a child's name into a database, with the parent and child standing there. If the mom has a child named Ashley but spells it Azhleeighe or something then I'm likely going to be annoyed and make her spell it out for me carefully and/or write it down. And I'm going to make a point to say "Ashley, A-S-H-L-E-Y, correct?" As in, I'm going to spell it the conventional way so they have to be the one to tell me it is spelled differently. Typing that out actually kind of makes me sound like kind of a bitch, now that I see it. :\ But I'm using going for cool professionalism, not bitchiness.


As for friends, I used to be slightly disappointed if they went with a really trendy name, but now that all of our friends are having kids and I'm still struggling with fertility issues, I'm usually relieved they didn't "steal" a name off my coveted list! ;)

[brittmarie.livejournal.com]

I don't think it makes you sound like a bitch. I work as a receptionist (though I was just promoted to medical assistant - yay me!) and when a new patient calls to make an appointment I make them spell the first name and last name - and if they are making an appointment for someone else (for example, their child or family member) I clarify gender so that when the person attends the appointment I don't use the wrong salutation. It also makes my life a lot easier when I'm verifying insurances, because some of them do not forgive spelling mistakes and will assume I have the wrong person's information.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

One cousin just named her baby Gray Day (Day is the last name) and that made me think a bit of WTF about her. My other cousin named her new baby Keenan which is fine, except the older brother is Dean. So it's Dean n' Keenan. That's bad, but is excusable because each kid's name individually is fine, but those 2 names did make me wonder about my cousins' ability to think about how the name would actually sound on a child. So, yes.

[maddiec24.livejournal.com]

Unique spellings annoy me greatly, and maybe I still like them as much, but I just wonder about them.

[mini-vulpini.livejournal.com]

When I see yooneequeh spellings of common names, I think trashy/uneducated. I don't think less of people for names that just aren't my style and/or are trendy like the whole last-name-as-first-name thing.

[mommy.livejournal.com]

yooneequeh literally made me lol, swear. haha

& i hope that isn't the case for most people because we're considering Audrey but i want to spell it Audrie. it's not super weird but at least it's a little different. i think it looks pretty. but i agree with you about the nickname-y name thing. though we may be in the minority right now. the bitchy women i've encountered in babycenter.com's community all seem to think if you're going to give a kid a nickname, just name them that. dislike.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

For the nickname thing, I think some nicknames are good, solid names on their own, but there are too many of them that I just can't see as a good stand-alone name on an adult.

As for Audrie, I don't think it's terrible. By 'yooneequeh' I mean names spelt like 'Aaleahyah' or something. Friend of a friend actually wanted to name her kid that.

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

NMS but 'normal' = yay didn't take a name I know
Trendy = *eyeroll* or *sideeye*
Younique = Me thinking you're stupid :D

Meh, I happily acknowledge that I'm a name snob - if you can justify spelling in that way, cool, if you can't then you're thick :P

Justified examples:
Roesia for Rosa (Common spelling pre-1500, IF they knew that, AND if having a medieval spelt name is an issue for them)
Sean for Shawn/Shaun (well it is the proper spelling)