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I don't really get that. A name does not in any degree determine the uniqueness a person. It's just a tag. It's given by others, not chosen by the kid, so that makes it even more disconnected from the child itself. I could be named John Smith myself for all I care. *I* deermine how special, individual, etc. I am. Giving a child an unusual name only seems to suggest, that the kid was so unoriginal, they needed a weird name to make up for it.Beatlebot said:For boys I would try to avoid all of the common christian names like Michael, David, James, Andrew etc. They are all great names but I would want something a bit more individual for a child. I don't want the poor kid going to school and meeting a bunch of other Michaels, Davids, James etc.
temp123456789 said:I don't really get that. A name does not in any degree determine the uniqueness a person. It's just a tag. It's given by others, not chosen by the kid, so that makes it even more disconnected from the child itself. I could be named John Smith myself for all I care. *I* deermine how special, individual, etc. I am. Giving a child an unusual name only seems to suggest, that the kid was so unoriginal, they needed a weird name to make up for it.
Besides, no name is really unique, so what - is this a matter of statistic ?
MyDoorsAreOpen said:My mission in naming a kid would be to give a name that's respectable and not at all weird or old fashioned, but not in the top 100 either. Like you James, I never appreciated never being the only one in a room with my name.
For all my love of world travel and other languages, I don't feel moved to give any child of mine an ethnic or exotic sounding name.
pullstring said:My second one might have somewhat been out there....if you have played kingdom hearts then you get this......but theres a girl in it thats name is Kairi (Ki-ree) and me and my wife just loved how it sounds! well after trying to get people to say it write by writing it down and them butchering it we decided that we didnt want her to be made fun of...so we compromissed with the name and thus Kaira (ki-ra) was born! and people pronounce that one write (well the ones with an education)
MyDoorsAreOpen said:You'd find this amusing, then: I've met a little boy named Taryn, after the main character in Lloyd Alexander's novels, and a little girl names Celes, named after the character from Final Fantasy 6. I'd say the name Taryn wouldn't register on most people's weird meter. Celes might, slightly.
I remember reading in one of those lists of 'weird but true facts' that J.M. Barrie made up the name Wendy when he wrote 'Peter Pan'. The book was so popular that the name took off, and as years passed, people forgot where it originated. Had 'The Golden Compass' (UK: The Northern Lights) been a bigger hit in the box office, I could see the name Lyra following a similar path.
My fiancee is all about giving any kids we have distinctively Jewish names. I'm less enchanted with the idea, only because I don't find Hebrew a particularly beautiful sounding language. Ashkenazi Jews traditionally name children after deceased relatives. Good thing I bring a whole family tree full of normal Anglo names to the table.
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