SO and I have a girl name picked out. We are not sold on a boy name yet. However he was talking to his mom yesterday and she likes Riley for a boy or a girl.
Yeah...nope! Not a chance in hell.
I'm Jewish so I like to keep with more Jewish/Isreali names. My DD is named after a Jewish Isreali fashion designer because I fell in love with her name and the meaning behind it. It's not a common name. My family wanted something more common. I told them it was either the name I picked out or $hithead (pronounced Shhh thed and its a legit female name from a country that I forget) and then my family shut up.
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Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016
Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016
I have been side eyeing tons of the names on our name thread but I won't say anything. Haha.
I don't really see what's wrong with Riley, though. It isn't my style but it's not cringe-worthy.
With that said I work in a pharmacy and some of the people come in with their kids scripts and I can't help but feel bad for them.
Feb 2016 Siggy Challenge, Favorite Thing About Fall
Lil'Michael (legal first name)
Sunamy (like Tsunami but... not)
Precious
Princess
Sta.rr Bim.bo (periods for search issues)
I'm forgetting so many.
BFP 12/31/14, EDD 9/08/14 ~ Natural M/C 2/21/14 at 11.5 weeks
BFP 5/24/15 - EDD 2/4/16
Ps- I love the kale salad mix at Costco, but I cannot eat it right now. That stuff takes my bloating to a whole new level of horribleness!
I've seen a lot of really bad names. I used to have a regular Facebook status post for stupid name of the day.
Baby F.......02/02/2016
This reminds me of the X# of ways researchers found the name "Unique" spelled in the segment from Freakonomics. Uneek, Uneqqee, etc.
I really really love the name Gemma, but I suggested it for one of my mom's dogs awhile back, so now it's ruined for me. (Same thing happened with Riley, as I noted above.)
Also, FWIW, I recall a thread in the Baby Names forum on TB wherein a member noted that names like "Happiness" are the norm in African culture: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/comment/87170671#Comment_87170671
(albeit spelled correctly. I knew a kid named Denym. Not the same, but hey...)
And, finally, while on the subject of spelling, this argument rocks and all should give it a glance-over at least, IMHO: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12327146/why-name-spelling-matters/p1
Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016
Trapper, their kid... not their dog... Trapper?!
But the kid is flipping adorable, so there's that. It's a heck of a lot better than some I've heard.
My BFF looked at me like I had 3 heads when I mentioned liking Kealy/Keely. She then told me there was no way that was a real name (we went to school with 2, one of each spelling) and asked me if I meant Keel-E-uh. Uhhhh da fuq and I'm the one making up names?! (In retrospect it's actually not a terrible name, kind of pretty, but I was shocked that was her response.)
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Riley is also our chosen girl name. I think it's super cute. Haha I also liked Harper Avery but I don't think the DH is keen on us naming after Grey's Anatomy. Our dogs are already pop culture references, Dunder Mifflin and Regina George.
Regina George?! You're my new best friend.
Are my kids names that hard? They are said EXACTLY how they are spelled. I don't get it...
BFP 12/31/14, EDD 9/08/14 ~ Natural M/C 2/21/14 at 11.5 weeks
BFP 5/24/15 - EDD 2/4/16
I'm a teacher and some of the names I see are, uh, interesting. I have no problem with ethnic names, it's made up names I find surprising. Anything with an apostrophe or multiple capital letters is cause for trouble. I hade one a few years ago N'Dia. To me it would be Nnn-d-ee-uh. Nope, India, like the country. One of the best kids I've ever had the pleasure of teaching. That one isn't too far off, I'm not comfortable posting others that may be searchable due to uniqueness. And yes, I've had tons of variations of Unique, Precious, Heaven, Nevaeh, etc.
Good luck