How do you think a child feels growing up with a strange name? a name of the opposite sex? weird spelled name?

I feel sorry for these kids......anyone else feel like that?

How do you think a child feels growing up with a strange name? a name of the opposite sex? weird spelled name?
I wouldn't like it.


Kids can be mean.


Kids have enough peer pressure growing up, let alone have a name that can be made of fun to.


Parents need to think would I like to be called that.








I feel sorry for those kids also.


GBU...
Reply:It depends. You could be named Mary and hate it because it's common and maybe you'll love it if you were called Adreinelynn. It also depends where you live and your culture. For example, if you were named Mackenzie and you went to France, the people would laugh at you because of your weird name.


Also, feel sorry for the kids that weren'r conceived with love or don't live in a caring family, not for the kids that have names that you do not like. You never know when the coin will flip back to you.
Reply:I was one of those kids. I was named Jordan, which is normailly a boys name. I wish I had a more girly name, but I never had another Jordan in the same class as me who was a girl!
Reply:I knew a grown man named Marcy, he got female samples ALLLLL of the time in the mail. People even thought he was a woman before they met him.... it annoyed him most of the time.
Reply:If people didn't judge people so much then there would be no problem. But since we live in an EVIL world that isn't realistic. I think every parent should name their child something unique b/c every person is unique. Why have 4 little girls in the same class named Ava?? Do you think kids like to be called Ava B., Ava G., Ava M. etc...??? Whenever I hear a different name, it doesn't matter if I like it or not, I LOVE to HEAR it!
Reply:I agree with you.
Reply:Yes! What is wrong with all the old fashioned names? Kaylinn?(Is that not a poultice?) uk. Let's get back to real names.
Reply:I generally agree with you, but it must be said that strange is relative.





We live in the city. I can see an art gallery from my front window. Normal names here are Canyon, Maeve, Ronan, Teddy, Silas and Piper.





Out in the 'burbs, where I grew up, my high school friends have kids called Kayla and Jayden. These names would be outlandish here, as would our choices out in the sticks.





The one thing that I think is simply true is that kreeatif spellings and DIY names rarely work. Cadence is fine; Kaydence is a travesty. And Kaidellence? My heavens, no! Journey is daring; Jurnee is trashy.





As for gender-bending names, it's tough to say. Someone was the first to call their daughters Ashley and Courtney. Still, I think there are plenty of fabulous feminine names out there that there's no need to poach from the boys.
Reply:I think it depends on how strange, and whether the name has significance. I grew up with a name spelled unusually, and have dealt with my name being misspelled all my life. As I have grown older, I love my name, and feel that it makes me unique.





My niece's name is her mother's maiden name. It is unusual, but very pretty, and I believe that as she grows up she will feel that her name makes her special.
Reply:kinda....my name is Michalyn
Reply:Sometimes a name is just weird and made up. Sometimes people need to understand that not everyone was raised in the suburbs and they need to broaden their minds a little.
Reply:Depends,


like i know a couple Jordan's boys and girls


Like i know a girl named Mikael (pronoused Michael) and i dont feel that bad for her (but her parents won most gians wedding in the country! and they go to the superbowl every year so) but depends like a girl named Steven or David or James, that pushes it
Reply:I think there are much more important things about a person than a name. I highly doubt anyone has been scarred for life cause they didn't like their name. But some names are really awful.
Reply:All my children are named a family name, Pisa.


It may be unusual to some, but it signals respect


in our culture. (European)





My children are all named Pisa with different


middle names.


I don't care about who likes it or who doesn't.
Reply:I see you have some answers, but just to chime in, I have a theory about names. A difficult to spell or pronounce name is one thing, I think it builds character. The real point is what the meaning of the name. I find that peoples given names define them for life, like my friend Shy who is very, very shy, and my friend Donna whose name means "woman" and is the most feminine (for better or worse, usually better of course!) lady I know. I find that names that people give themselves usually have a tinge of irony, like me (Animal, used to be Amber) or my friend Gidgette, who is a goth chick with long black hair and always a black outfit. All that being said, I don't think anyone should name their kid Patweeta, Placenta, Or Rotunda. I actually did meet a Rotunda once, and yes she was round and fat. xo
Reply:I have a strange name, I only remember it bothering me when i couldn't buy something with my name on it. I think most people go through stages of not liking their name. Worst thing is i gave my daughter an unusual name too...lol


Feel sorry for the kids that aren't in a loving home.
Reply:When I named my children Teagan, Brydie, Tristan and Kodie they were really uncommon but now they seem to be everywhere. The girls in particular are proud of their names as most of the girls they went to school with had the same names ie Amy, Sarah, Hannah Laura boys Andrew, Jack, Luke etc


Children tend to grow with their name, I know numerous children with different/unusual names and strange enough they suit them. Everyone wants their child to be different but it is hard when you have 3 or 4 children in the class with the same name. One of my daughters netball team there were two girls same first and last name, got very confusing.


Yet I do agree children should not be named something outragious like some celb kids. Suppose they can always change their name through leagal means when they mature.





Good : Luck pp
Reply:ya like that model : Iwana


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Reply:As a teacher, I encountered some very unusual names. This didn't bother me a lot. However, if you are going to spell your child's name in such a way that it has no basis in the spelling rules of any language, you are doing you child a very big disservice. Don't name your kid Cade and then tell them to pronounce it Sudhay. Don't name your kid Kaire and tell them to pronounce it Kayeerah. Unique names are fine, but creative spelling and created pronunciations are horrible.
Reply:So does that mean I should feel sorry for my son? His name is Kamdor Ninjor.
Reply:No. I grew up hating my name because EVERYONE had it. Also, Ashley's in movies are always preppy cheerleading girls. WHY!? I've eventually come to accept my name as who I am. (Growing up I always told everyone I would change it as soon as I could!)


That's why I'm determined to give my child a beautiful and unique name. Not too odd, but unique enough that it's not popular. Not unheard of though.





P.S. In HS I was in a PE class and there were SIX Ashley's. That's a little ridiculous AND confusing.
Reply:it's a curse and a blessing. a curse because everyone won't understand the name and a blessing because it is unique and different sometimes having or being different is good thing.
Reply:no im proud to have a what some people say stripperish name. and i dont feel sorry for myself. my name is like a suffex. and my middle name is kinda well is a boy name and i dont feel sorry. i like being differnt.
Reply:I think it's completely unfair to the child and to the poor teachers who take roll the first day of school! My name isn't spelled weirdly, but it can be spelled different ways, so I always have to spell it for people who don't know me. It gets old fast.





I think the trend of weird/unusual names, kreativle speld nams, and surnames as first names makes the child feel awkward. I have a friend who has a very common name, but her parents tacked an "e" on the end of it. She's 58 and has yet to find ANYTHING personalized with her name! Kids (and I guess adults) like buying personalized items. They get a kick out of seeing these items for sale. Why? Because it makes them feel as though they belong, which is so important for a child. I can't wait till people come to their senses and give their children normal, traditional names.





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