Planning on having kids? PLEASE don't give them some really cool, crazily spelled name just because YOU like it. Think of your future child that will have to repeat and spell their name every time they say it FOR THEIR WHOLE LIFE. Here's an example that a friend of mine just posted that broke the camel's back for me: My favorite girl Haedyn. I know what the parents were trying to do, give her a cool name but make her stand out. No way in hell anyone will ever spell it correctly--poor kid. I have one of those names and I'm telling you PLEASE think of the kid first not whether you think the name is cool. I've had to repeat and spell my name every time I say it and have been using "Tom" and "Nick" for restaurant reservations and any time anyone puts my name on a list for years because I'm just tired of it. 
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I got a call from a woman who was applying for a job we had advertised - she said her name was Pah Ja-ma. At least, that's how she pronounced it. Turns out her parents named her pajama. ??? I gave her points for putting a spin on it tho....
Having said that - I was actually born in Germany to a German woman who named me after a rather popular German saint. I have never gone by that name.....BTW, I'm sure that saint lost her wings because of me (hee hee).
Lavergne
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Nov 2, 2018
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I admit pajama would be worse but at least people know how to spell it
I was told my children had "White" names. In the black community if a child's name didn't start with La, or was the name of a car (Mercedes, Lexus or Jetta), or even alcohol (Aliza, Monet)...it was considered not ethnic enough. I always received strange looks when birthday invites were given out, and parents realized that Matthew, Kevin and Kelsey are black.
MUGGLEborn
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Sep 3, 2018
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Ha, I guess that's the reason for the commercials for the new sitcom where the white family moves into the black neighborhood and their kid's name is Grover. Too bad for your neighbors, your kids will thanks you someday if they haven't already. I suppose there is an exception for family or "ethnic" names but still hard on the kids.
My kids names are Michael and Kristen. Bland, common, and traditional, they are still constantly misspelled.
JimG
Level 8
Sep 3, 2018
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I quite agree with you. Seems like more and more, people are in a competition to take simple names and make them quite complicated -- or make up their own creations. I don't get it. I never ever will. Why saddle a person with constantly slowly spelling, correcting the spelling, and re-pronouncing their name for every situation their whole lives?
BlueWave
Level 8
Aug 27, 2018
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From my vantage, names are getting wilder across the board. It's the straight spellings that are going to look weird in 20 years.
Ribarnica
Level 5
Aug 26, 2018
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Yes,trying to fit their names in the space on the employment forms,without running over the edges,is a challenge.
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