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They put nametags on the kids at storytime today

brightningbrightning member
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And the little boy sitting next to Dana was "Than." Is that short for Nathaniel? Nathan? Thanksgiving?

Indifferent

Now I realize that a lot of people don't like DD's name, including my own mom, but still ... Than?

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  • bridesrighthandbridesrighthand member
    LOL @ Thanksgiving!  Than is a bit strange.
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  • brightningbrightning member

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    LOL @ Thanksgiving!  Than is a bit strange.

    Hey stranger!

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  • izzybellaizzybella member
    Sounds Vietnamese. . .?
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  • abpdjsabpdjs

    lol thanksgiving!  that is funny.

    our friends named their first Vander James.  he goes by Van......that's right Van.

    it was strange at first but now i see him as Van, not weird to me at all but probably to strangers i am sure.

    i guess with names, as weird as they may sound to strangers, to family they associate the personality and do not view the name weird at all.

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  • brittneycc1982brittneycc1982
    It does sound asian.  We know a litte boy named Zandon, but they don't call him ZAN, thank god. Lol
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  • kada626kada626 member

    haha. That is an interesting name.

    I love the name Dana btw!

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  • Temp159135562506975Temp159135562506975 member
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    lol thanksgiving!  that is funny.

    our friends named their first Vander James.  he goes by Van......that's right Van.

    it was strange at first but now i see him as Van, not weird to me at all but probably to strangers i am sure.

    i guess with names, as weird as they may sound to strangers, to family they associate the personality and do not view the name weird at all.

    that's not so strange... "Van Wilder" the movie... my dad has a friend named Van (in his 70's).... I like it.

    than = not so great to me, though.

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  • MamaNikkiMamaNikki

    Than is a new one to me.  Never heard that one before.

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  • SLM05SLM05
    As a teacher I have seen some "interesting" names and spellings but my favortie hands down was a poor little girls named Malaria...that right!  And the Mom did not realize until after the child was born so she "unoffically" changed the spelling by teaching her daughter to spell it with a y.  But since on her SS card, birth certificate it was spelled like the disease that is what we had to use and this PISSED the mom off.  We told her what she had to do if she wanted to offically change it but we for leagal reaons had to use the leagal spelling of her name and teacher her to spell it that way. (I used to teach kindergarten.  As far as i know the mom never changed it...poor girl.   But still makes me laugh to think of her teacher calling to her on the playground really loud "Malaria!!!"  :)
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  • abpdjsabpdjs

    imageSLM05:
    As a teacher I have seen some "interesting" names and spellings but my favortie hands down was a poor little girls named Malaria...that right!  And the Mom did not realize until after the child was born so she "unoffically" changed the spelling by teaching her daughter to spell it with a y.  But since on her SS card, birth certificate it was spelled like the disease that is what we had to use and this PISSED the mom off.  We told her what she had to do if she wanted to offically change it but we for leagal reaons had to use the leagal spelling of her name and teacher her to spell it that way. (I used to teach kindergarten.  As far as i know the mom never changed it...poor girl.   But still makes me laugh to think of her teacher calling to her on the playground really loud "Malaria!!!"  :)

    holy crap that is awful!

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  • neverblushedneverblushed member
    Was the little boy Asian-American? 
    High School English teacher and mom of 2 kids:

    DD, born 9/06/00 -- 12th grade
    DS, born 8/25/04 -- 7th grade
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  • brightningbrightning member

    If he or his mother were anything other than blonde/blue, I wouldn't have batted an eyelash. But they both appeared to be very Caucasian and I guess the back story here is that I really think this was a clever NN for a generic name. She was very show-offy about everything regarding the little boy, made sure everyone was watching everything she did, and his name just seemed to be a part of her "act."

    And of course, of course I understand that all things are not what they appear. I'm 1/4 Filipino and certainly don't look it. Unique names are fine, everybody gets to name their own kid, blah blah. I just thought it was an odd name and I really got the impression that it was a NN.

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  • mags1984mags1984

    I got a list of kids in my DD's preschool class for invatations and valentines and that kind of thing and there is a little boy in her class named Thunder! Serioulsy what are some people thinking.

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  • clp1027clp1027
    LOL, that's my neighbor's name, but in his mother's defense, he is Asian.
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  • Mrs.HizzoMrs.Hizzo member
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    lol thanksgiving!  that is funny.

    our friends named their first Vander James.  he goes by Van......that's right Van.

    it was strange at first but now i see him as Van, not weird to me at all but probably to strangers i am sure.

    i guess with names, as weird as they may sound to strangers, to family they associate the personality and do not view the name weird at all.

    My FIL's name is Van. Not short for anything. And I knew a Thaney in high school, short for Nathanial.

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