Unique VS Traditional

[nickers]

i vote unique.
names dont have to be a burden just because they are uncommon.
we prefer to have our children be the only one in their class room (hopefully) with their name

[*Sparklez*]

i vote unique.
names dont have to be a burden jsut because they are uncommon.
we prefer to have our children be the only one in their classroom (hopefully) with their name

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[Neoma]

Depends on what you other childrens names are.. If they are traditional then IMO 'throwing in' a unique name is odd and vice versa...

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[Phteven]

I'd say traditional because so many people are trying to give their children ewnikque names that it's kind of not at all unique to have a unique name which ironically makes a traditional name more unusual.

Dare I say that a "unique" name is kind of bogan? Nah. hehehehe
http://thingsboganslike.com/a-bogue-by-any-other-name/

[Taurean]

I'd say traditional because so many people are trying to give their children ewnikque names that it's kind of not at all unique to have a unique name which ironically makes a traditional name more unusual.

Dare I say that a "unique" name is kind of bogan? Nah. hehehehe
http://thingsboganslike.com/a-bogue-by-any-other-name/

Just had a quick look at that list and found this Xal (pronounced Crystal) Seriously, ???

We went traditional but I still love the unique name (well it's not unique in Arab countries) we had for a girl and would like to use it if we had another DD but, like a PP said, I'm not sure it would go that well with DD1's 'traditional' name

DH made the final call on DDs name. I loved both so I didn't mind but he really loved the name we chose so traditional it was.

[Phteven]

PMSL how about L-a? Pronounced Ladasha.

[Taurean]

Ladasha? I'm going to pee my pants soon! Check out this one MLE (emily)

Sorry for hijacking the thread!

[UsPlus2]

TBH I dont think it matters one little bit tradtional or unique. What you class as traditional isnt traditional to everyone and unless its a totally simple name like Bob, he/she will always have to spell it. My SIL is Lisa, but often gets Leisa, BIL is Matthew but often gets one T missed out. To me I think its more important the spelling of the name follows basic English rules of sound (unlike La - dash-a), so that it can atleast be read out/pronounced correctly.

[LimeSlice]

Maddah-Lynn

Gold!


I am a bit of a traditional person, but I would also depend on what your other kids names are and if they suit each other too. I know that doesn't really matter, but to me it is just stupid to have a Moon Unit and a Katherine, iykwim.

Why don't you wait and see what she looks like when she gets here?

[Taurean]

but to me it is just stupid to have a Moon Unit and a Katherine, iykwim.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Traditional every time.

I don't mind my name now, but people can be so rude about it. It is not pronounced "Crane" (by teachers, who did not listen to my corrections) and as to "why do you spell it like that?"... because I came out of my mother's womb perfectly articulate and saying "Please, mother dearest, give me a name with an unusual spelling so idiots have to start a new form when I speak to them on the telephone seventeen years from now." I think there is a central computer with that has flagged me up with "don't mention the name" as it stopped happening completely after I started to have fun. But until I did that, it really hurt. And I mean really. I still have a friend who mocks my name a little, but I do his so it's all good fun. Having strangers and people who have power over you doing it... not nice.

My son has traditional names, but an unusual nickname. (I call him Welly, although Liebling is fairly unusual around here too.) He actually has the same name as a brewery when you google him (great for future employment: employers less likely to find his drunken teen photos.) Although his name isn't uncommon, the girl name we had picked out for him is normal, easy to spell, pretty, traditional... just hasn't been used a lot in recent years. Traditional doesn't have to mean same as everyone else.

[MrsFabuloso]

I would usually say traditional. I am a pretty traditional kinda girl. My first two children have traditional names, spelling and all- Lily, and Liam. But with #3 we just could not agree on a name until we came across the name Caelan. Not a totally unusual, out there name, but definately not traditional.
I say if it tickles your fancy, use it. Traditional or not, it's up to you and if you like it, why not??

[Jas]

I think it depends on what the 2 names are...woud you share them???

I go between unusual and traditional names.....but I agree with whoever it wa that said it before sometimes the traditional names are unique.

For example ds2 Spencer...old old name but I've never met or heard of another one (other than Spencer Tracy and that idiot off the hills - but no one irl)

Noah old too but much more common and it does annoy me a little that its more common now and in his kindy class their r Noahs...the one little Noat gets Noah e, my noah just gets noah. But at the end of the day I love love love the name and he just soooooo suits his name, the meaning of it and everything I couldn't imagine him to be anything else and so it doesnt really both me that its common

[ElleJay]

I have a traditional name, and I was the only person with my name when I was in primary school. There was another one with my name in high school, but she wasn't even in very many of my classes, so it never bothered me.
I'd go traditional names, but that's because DS has a traditional name too

[toomanyshoes]

If your worried about kids in their class/group having the same name because you picked something traditional, think again. At DS school he is the ONLY Dylan in his grade, 70% of the kids have very unique names and theres a lot of double ups.

Personally and this is just my opinion, I don't understand the reason behind "new" spelling of names. My SIL recently called her DD Khloe and now that kid it going to go through life correcting everyone. I guess I just don't see a point, because it's not like we walk around with a name badge stating the way our names are spelt, Khloe and Chloe are still going to be "Klo-ee".

However I don't think having to spell out a first name because it's a unique name is that big of a deal. Every time I have to give my surname I have to spell it and also with Australia being so multicultural there are a lot of uncommon names as first names.

I guess my point it most people will assume the spelling of a common name so "new" spellings will constantly have to be fixed but if the name is unique most people will just ask "how do you spell that".

It makes sense in my head but maybe not so much so on paper

[Rowellen]

I prefer traditional personally. We picked a traditional name for DS but not one in the top 10. I intentionally avoided top 10 names for the double up reasons. It has increased in popularity recently though. Funnily enough, when DS started daycare, his name was the only name that was doubled up in the nursery room and there were quite a lot of top 10 names in there. Now he's in the toddler room and his name is still the only one doubled up.

[LionsandBears]

I'm not sure I understand the difference between unique or traditional anymore. Names have to start somewhere. Wendy was unknown before Peter Pan was written. Are names like Taylor or Mackenzie unique or traditional now? because they're common as muck.

One thing I do absolutely loathe with a passion is crappy, made up spelling. It screams bogan to me. If you're going to name your kid Jason, spell it Jason. I honestly believe the weird spelling damns the kid to a lower socio-economic status. I think there was a study done recently - weird names increase the likelihood of criminality. Whether that's because criminal types can't spell or prefer calling their kids Briyahnah or Jaycen or Skyleen or the poor little sods are just doomed from birth, I don't know.

I look at the top 20 names and exclude them. That said, every time I like a name, it becomes really common and then I don't want to use it - what's with that? Am I a name guru or something? Another way I rule out names: if they're printed on cushions in homewares or kids shops, they're too common.

After all that, I prefer what I'd call traditional names, within reason. I'd name my kid Amelia after a grandmother, but not Beryl.

[Phteven]

One thing I do absolutely loathe with a passion is crappy, made up spelling. It screams bogan to me. If you're going to name your kid Jason, spell it Jason. I honestly believe the weird spelling damns the kid to a lower socio-economic status. I think there was a study done recently - weird names increase the likelihood of criminality. Whether that's because criminal types can't spell or prefer calling their kids Briyahnah or Jaycen or Skyleen or the poor little sods are just doomed from birth, I don't know.

If you can borrow the Feakanomics book from your library you're gonna love the chapters about about names.