Our close friend is the Director of Nursing at a local hospital, and I was shocked one day when he told me how many men named "Baby Boy" have come in over the years. I would guess "Baby Girl" as well.
I just got a new student today with the first name Calliedwyn...? I looked for it on behindthename.com to make sure it wasn't some historical name that I'm completely oblivious to - student hasn't shown up yet for class I don't know how it's pronounced.
My Facebook friends are really killing it this year: Landyn (boy), Rilynn, Conleigh (girl), Timber (girl), Abbey (yes, like part of a church) and then Drew. Drew is his legal name. Maybe it's just me, but nicknames as legal full names really frustrate me. It's like...come on, you got half way there!
Mel.lady.......just born yesterday. Her parents wanted her to have an "M" name to match her sister..........BUT they wanted to name her Ella.....SSSOOO, they creatively came up with Mel.lady. (Melody) with the nn Ella. Both parents are educated and have really good jobs. When people see the horrid spelling of Mel.lady, they pronounce it Ma-Lady........and the parents find that irritating. Mel.lady Marie M.
Today I met the most adorable little boy while shopping at a Carter's store. He was maybe 2, bright blue eyes and the curliest blonde hair! And then his mom called him... Diamond. I thought I was hearing things but nope, she said it a few times.
Mama to two crazy kiddos J -- 9/04 L -- 11/10 E -- 7/15
Today I met the most adorable little boy while shopping at a Carter's store. He was maybe 2, bright blue eyes and the curliest blonde hair! And then his mom called him... Diamond. I thought I was hearing things but nope, she said it a few times.
My sister's friend has a daughter named Diamon. No d.
Mel.lady.......just born yesterday. Her parents wanted her to have an "M" name to match her sister..........BUT they wanted to name her Ella.....SSSOOO, they creatively came up with Mel.lady. (Melody) with the nn Ella. Both parents are educated and have really good jobs. When people see the horrid spelling of Mel.lady, they pronounce it Ma-Lady........and the parents find that irritating. Mel.lady Marie M.
UGH why do people think they need to spell a name so they can get the EXACT spelling of the stupid NN they like? My poor niece is now saddled with the name Haleyna (pronounced Helena) for life because they wanted to be able to call her Haley for short. AWFUL!!
Mel.lady.......just born yesterday. Her parents wanted her to have an "M" name to match her sister..........BUT they wanted to name her Ella.....SSSOOO, they creatively came up with Mel.lady. (Melody) with the nn Ella. Both parents are educated and have really good jobs. When people see the horrid spelling of Mel.lady, they pronounce it Ma-Lady........and the parents find that irritating. Mel.lady Marie M.
UGH why do people think they need to spell a name so they can get the EXACT spelling of the stupid NN they like? My poor niece is now saddled with the name Haleyna (pronounced Helena) for life because they wanted to be able to call her Haley for short. AWFUL!!
yikes! We're they going for Halle? Haley (Hay-Lee) doesn't seem to work for Helena. I couldn't figure out the pronunciation of your poor nieces name
Mel.lady.......just born yesterday. Her parents wanted her to have an "M" name to match her sister..........BUT they wanted to name her Ella.....SSSOOO, they creatively came up with Mel.lady. (Melody) with the nn Ella. Both parents are educated and have really good jobs. When people see the horrid spelling of Mel.lady, they pronounce it Ma-Lady........and the parents find that irritating. Mel.lady Marie M.
UGH why do people think they need to spell a name so they can get the EXACT spelling of the stupid NN they like? My poor niece is now saddled with the name Haleyna (pronounced Helena) for life because they wanted to be able to call her Haley for short. AWFUL!!
People are stupid.
Honestly, I don't get why anyone is worried about the spelling of a nick name. It's a nick name. If I have a friend named Tabitha but she goes by Tabby, her name doesn't have to be spelled Tabbytha for people to figure out Tabby.
I've heard Candida before. DH is from Brazil and it's pretty common there. But it's pronounced differently so it doesn't SOUND like the yeast. (It's like Khan-dgee-dah... LOL I am so bad at typing things phonetically!).
Mama to two crazy kiddos J -- 9/04 L -- 11/10 E -- 7/15
Mel.lady.......just born yesterday. Her parents wanted her to have an "M" name to match her sister..........BUT they wanted to name her Ella.....SSSOOO, they creatively came up with Mel.lady. (Melody) with the nn Ella. Both parents are educated and have really good jobs. When people see the horrid spelling of Mel.lady, they pronounce it Ma-Lady........and the parents find that irritating. Mel.lady Marie M.
UGH why do people think they need to spell a name so they can get the EXACT spelling of the stupid NN they like? My poor niece is now saddled with the name Haleyna (pronounced Helena) for life because they wanted to be able to call her Haley for short. AWFUL!!
yikes! We're they going for Halle? Haley (Hay-Lee) doesn't seem to work for Helena. I couldn't figure out the pronunciation of your poor nieces name
Nope, it's Hay-lee. Not sure how they got that out of Huh-lay-nuh. It gets misspelled and mispronounced all the time.
There's a sibset at the school I teach at...three girls...America, India, and Canada.
NMS - but India Wilkes is Ashley (m) Wilkes' sister in Gone with the Wind. It was written in 1929. Not sure if there's a legit history of it as a name before or after though.
Re: worst names I've heard all year!
Also, in school we had twins name tanjelo and lemonjelo (I'm not sure of the exact spellings).
I used to be a teacher so I would see the craziest names on a fairly regular basis.
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J -- 9/04
L -- 11/10
E -- 7/15
yikes! We're they going for Halle? Haley (Hay-Lee) doesn't seem to work for Helena. I couldn't figure out the pronunciation of your poor nieces name
UGH why do people think they need to spell a name so they can get the EXACT spelling of the stupid NN they like? My poor niece is now saddled with the name Haleyna (pronounced Helena) for life because they wanted to be able to call her Haley for short. AWFUL!!
People are stupid.
J -- 9/04
L -- 11/10
E -- 7/15
And gahhhh on that sibset.