The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make

[Peter Parka]

I've got a friend called Siobhan but she prefers to just be called Shoni.

 

[Springsteen]

I have a friend named Aoife, and because the general lack of names like hers in England (it's a really popular Irish name) she often has to spell it out to people she's telling it to or they will spell it literally.

Ee-fah.

I also get mine misspelt now and then, it's Stefan but people spell it Stephen/Stephan.

 

[pjbleek]

I know of only two other people in my graduating class in High School that had the name Patrick...even my name is considered old.... but I always loved it when my Grandmother would call me Padraig....she said it so lovely too

 

[Zorak]

I have a friend named Aoife, and because the general lack of names like hers in England (it's a really popular Irish name) she often has to spell it out to people she's telling it to or they will spell it literally.

Ee-fah.

I also get mine misspelt now and then, it's Stefan but people spell it Stephen/Stephan.

I remember a girl from school called Aoife, that takes me back.

 

[Withers]

You have to admit some names are dated. I'd never name a child Eustis or Gertrude for instance

That's just the thing, it should be all about what the parents prefer.

I intend to name my first daughter Ruth, after my great-grandmother. Yes, it might be a dated name, but I want to honor my great-grandmother (I miss her very much) and I think Ruth is a beautiful, elegant name.

 

[Dana]

Imogen Heap?

I get asked loads if I named Imogen after her but I didn't! I went through the top 100 baby girls names of 2004 (I'd already been through 2006 and 2005) and found Imogen and me and Matt agreed on it. We thought it was a nice name that wouldn't be popular...

Little did we know that Imogen was going to be a MASSIVELY popular name in 2007.

:nod: that must get annoying

 

[HK]

I like Gaelic names, because they have some lovely sounds and some unusual spellings

Me and my partner both like the name Tabitha for a girl, we're at odds over boys names though.

 

[AUFred]

Nothing like being on a playground with your kids and hear several moms yelling your son's name because 35% of the boys out there age 2 to 9 are named Josh.

 

[anathelia]

I know of only two other people in my graduating class in High School that had the name Patrick...even my name is considered old.... but I always loved it when my Grandmother would call me Padraig....she said it so lovely too

I was going to name my first son Patrick, but after I got pregnant and thought about it more, I wasn't sure that it would fit. I love the name, but I can't decide now what I would want to name my child at a later date. I wanted a pretty renaissance aged name for my daughter. I didn't get what I wanted. I ended up with Abigail Elisabeth instead. And it suits her, but I always wanted a name that couldn't be shortened. I hated that my family called me Stacey growing up, and a lot of the time, it makes me feel young when people call me by it. My parents gave me the name Anastasia for a reason. :dunno

 

[AUFred]

I have found when things are made with names on them the "F" names are only Frank or Francis. Seems Fred is not a normal name any more.

 

[Natasha]

Parents who change the spelling of simple names annoy me, too - instead of Jackson, it becomes Jaxon, or Jackxon or something even more retarded.

Interesting example.

My sister's name is Siobhan. The amount of people who can't say her name and call her C-OB-Han is really amusing.

I've always liked the name Siobhan, actually.

 

[Natasha]

Or Taylor becomes Taylah or Tayla or Taelor or Tayler or something like it.

I once read a birth notice for a boy named Ireland. Ireland is a girls name, not a boys name. :24:

Umm, no, Ireland is a country's name...not a person's. LOL

 

[AstriaPorta]

ahh names ..and been where i am from it is really frustrating with names grand parent expect you to put your kids in their names

glad this change now the younger Greeks now fixing the problem usually now put two names on the kids give the fist what they like and add the second on the grand parent and make them shut up :24:

anyway when i was pregnant i didn't wanted my in-law name if i had a daughter..her name is Ourania and mean sky
no way i was going with that name

but i had a boy i put my son on my father in-law this way they shut up but also i didn't care as i didn't know what boy name to use and George is a common name but not a bad name so i said why not i don't mind i like the name and i wont have other in my back

...with my name is another story . my mother told me when i born everyone on my father family started to call me Olympia (my grand mother name... father mother ) My mother hated that name...
and when they looking for a god mother the lady that end up be mine said to my mother, i will be the godmother but i want to put the baby my grandmother name ..well my mother agree and no one could do anything as the tradition in old Greek was the godparent choose your name usually ask the parent if they got a name but in old days they used to make that choose with out... so really no one could said anything to my mother

so I end up with another name i hated :24:

but hey this name now is famous

my name is Kiriaki means Sunday :ninja
so not really a name i could use in English so i say Sandy

 

[cam elle toe]

ahh names ..and been where i am from it is really frustrating with names grand parent expect you to put your kids in their names

glad this change now the younger Greeks now fixing the problem usually now put two names on the kids give the fist what they like and add the second on the grand parent and make them shut up :24:

anyway when i was pregnant i didn't wanted my in-law name if i had a daughter..her name is Ourania and mean sky
no way i was going with that name

but i had a boy i put my son on my father in-law this way they shut up but also i didn't care as i didn't know what boy name to use and George is a common name but not a bad name so i said why not i don't mind i like the name and i wont have other in my back

...with my name is another story . my mother told me when i born everyone on my father family started to call me Olympia (my grand mother name... father mother ) My mother hated that name...
and when they looking for a god mother the lady that end up be mine said to my mother, i will be the godmother but i want to put the baby my grandmother name ..well my mother agree and no one could do anything as the tradition in old Greek was the godparent choose your name usually ask the parent if they got a name but in old days they used to make that choose with out... so really no one could said anything to my mother

so I end up with another name i hated :24:

but hey this name now is famous

my name is Kiriaki means Sunday :ninja
so not really a name i could use in English so i say Sandy

I like your way of saying/spelling it much better than Keith and Nicoles. Very pretty.

 

[AstriaPorta]

thanks cam

oh forgot to add the name kiriaki for short of that name everyone used to call me kiki

 

[Abcinthia]

Interesting example.



I've always liked the name Siobhan, actually.

My sister likes her name but she just gets very frustrated with the amount of people who just can't pronounce it.

 

[cam elle toe]

thanks cam

oh forgot to add the name kiriaki for short of that name everyone used to call me kiki

Or Kiri...Like Dame Kire Te Kanawa? (sp) the opera singer?

My sister likes her name but she just gets very frustrated with the amount of people who just can't pronounce it.

Before I ever heard the name Siobahn said out loud, I always thougt it was "See oh bahn"...I love the name "Shevon" now I know how to pronounce it

 

[Withers]

I always loved Greek names. I think I'm gonna try to incorporate a Greek name in with Ruth.

 

[Dana]

Interesting example.



I've always liked the name Siobhan, actually.

Sounds too much like Sybian :ninja

 

[AstriaPorta]

Or Kiri...Like Dame Kire Te Kanawa? (sp) the opera singer?

i thought this is a different name competently or just spelled different as there is no R in the one i wrote