Baby Names Getting Crazy - Article

[visitor1]

Bus shelter is going a bit far....

I mean kids names are hard to think of...but its not like you walk down the road and call your baby the first thing you see....*Phone Booth*....*semi trailer*

[QueenMab]

Bus shelter is going a bit far....

I mean kids names are hard to think of...but its not like you walk down the road and call your baby the first thing you see....*Phone Booth*....*semi trailer*

Yeah Kimbaz, like in Anchorman... "I love... lamp."

[Rouge]

I'm not a fan of made up spellings, never have been. But each to their own. I have had people say to me they don't like kids being named after cities, which doesn't bother me (even though that didn't enter our mind at all) as I said each to their own I like some alternative spellings though (like as in from other origins).

I always find it odd the names people try and inflict on their poor children, and I'm really glad that some don't get approved. I feel bad for some of the celebs kids like "Pilot Inspektor" (Jason Lee's kid).

[Pandora]

How would they knnow Hermione was inspired by harry potter? Maybe they're just English?

[visitor1]

I didnt even know names got approved.

I thought it just happened regardless....??

[briggsy's girl]

names have to be screened to prevent legal infringement (like in the coca cola example)

[visitor1]

So....all names are checked when you register a birth?

Is they how they are screened and approved/not approved?

[briggsy's girl]

yup - they'd be screened while processing the registration

[Astrid]

I'm not a fan of made up spellings, never have been. But each to their own. I have had people say to me they don't like kids being named after cities, which doesn't bother me (even though that didn't enter our mind at all) as I said each to their own I like some alternative spellings though (like as in from other origins).

I am pretty much the same, except I have not even thought about the city connection to names, so no opinion there.

I find with all the different spellings that even with common names that people are double checking the spellings. I am amazed at how many people ask how to spell Maggie. I do admit to being afraid to call up to RSVP for a 3yo party as I had no idea on how to pronounce the little girl's name. I did not want to cause offence to the parent, as I have heard/read many parents complaining that people do not pronounce their child's name correctly.

[Ellibam]

i have a name that isnt common but not unusual and people get it wrong all the time.
my kids have very different names but i dont like the idea of them having 5 sarahs in one class. so yes i know it sucks to have to spell and pronounce for every one but you get over it and realise that each name is beautiful
""What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

[feeb]

Was telling dh about bus stop etc he went WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[visitor1]

DH was the one that pointed out the article to me...cos he was researching names and to see if our DS's name was unusual....which it isnt....and its widely heard of!

[Pandora]

lol Kim If he had to ask if it was unusual it probably isnt hehe

[Captain]

I like some of the unusual names. But some mentioned were just ridiculous.
Since having Ashlyn I have noticed an interesting trend in the pronunciation of her name. People I know always get the name right straight away. People I don't know, and asked her name just out of interest, always say Ashley. Doesn't matter how much I emphasis the 'lyn'.

I grew up having to spell my name for everyone and it never did me any harm.

[Visitor8]

omg I cant' believe a parent would want to name their kids fish and chips!! That is so wrong!!

[Mumma2three]

I took it to mean that the really weird names were adults changing their names. Maybe 18 year old twins at schoolies deciding they'd prefer be known as fish and chips!!

[bon]

My name is not particularly unusual, but my parents chose the less common spelling - Bonny instead of Bonnie. My entire life I have had to correct the spelling - at school (where my name was continually spelt wrong on paperwork, certificates etc even though the correct spelling was made clear many names), with relatives (my own grandmother continued to spell my name wrong well into my childhood), friends, and of course people who don't know me who just assume that my name is spelt with an 'ie'. I don't blame my parents - I like the way my name is spelt, but it does get incredibly frustrating when you constantly have to correct people. It hasn't affected my life in an extreme way, but it is annoying - and I didn't want that for my kids. That is why I am not big on unusual names or unusual spellings of common names.

[Salsa]

Alot of it can come down to culture. My name is not common in this country and my whole life I have had to spell it and correct pronouciation. But in the country that it originates from its a very common name.

I had someone recently say to me that they cant pronounce their friends kids name properly cause they are Maori names that are too difficult to say. But I said to them, "well only if your not familiar with them or the maori language". I felt like this person was saying these names shouldnt be used cause they are too difficult, but in NZ Im sure most people would even have a basic understaning to pronounce them - why shouldnt they (and other names people consider 'weird' be used? Somethings only strange when your not used to it.

But as for Bus Shelter etc - WTF!?!