Unique VS Traditional

[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.

[nickers]

lol i just found my name on that site spelt a very weird way Nikohl!!

[ladybird11]

hmmm, now I really know why it takes 40 wks to grow a baby - to give us parents time to pick names!!!

Ok - send me your best baby name sites?

[*Beema*]

Oh Leesa ~ found some pure gold for you
Love that page Onxy, the comments at the bottom are ever funnier

Notorious
Oii Niinjaa
Stealth Wolfe
Tequila-Sunrise
Waynette
Troylene
X (pronounced cross)

[ladybird11]

Did anyone read some of the comments to that site??

For twins - 'Benson and Hedges'!!! hahahaha!!!

BUT, my name is listed as a bogan name - just off to change my username on BB to bogan_leesa!

[*Beema*]

BUT, my name is listed as a bogan name - just off to change my username on BB to bogan_leesa!

The comments werer gold, and I checked to see if my DD's names were on the list
Benson and Hedges was a classic, add it to my list above

[Tiff+2]

For twins - 'Benson and Hedges'!!! hahahaha!!!

My goodness thats just terrible!!!

They had Harrison listed as a Bogan name...... I thought that was a traditional English name?!!!!

PS I am so happy that my girls names aren't on the list and mine is only on there with a bogan middle name!!!

[Duchess]

My daughter's name is jemima and her best friend same age and small country town is Jemimah! You can't win.
Our surname has to be spelt even though it is not unique there are just half a dozen ways to spell it.

Unique and traditional are changing constantly all you can do is spell it the most logic or commonist way possible.

There is a difference between unique and "weird"
My hubby has many rules to say no to names and one of them is "its not even a name rule" and oh the "how do you spell it rule"