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Knottie23738778Knottie23738778 member
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We pretty much have our names picked for either gender. Just want some opinions.
Boy: Connelly Maverick C___ll
Girl: Mallori Imogene C___ll
(Mallori is spelled that way because my mothers name is Lori)
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  • parenthood4parenthood4 member
    I have to agree with previous posters. I'm not a big fan of Connelly, and it seems like it might be a mouthful with your last name.

    I like Mallory, but do not like the spelling Mallori. I understand you want to honor your mom, but I would find another way to do it.
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  • gonetotheseagonetothesea member
    Imogen is lovely. Connolly is okay. Not a fan of the other names.
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  • ashleyandelyashleyandely member
    Not diggin' these names. Mallory is okay.
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  • LinsbinsLinsbins member
    Mallory Imogene is nice, especially with nn Lori.

    I kind of like Maverick as mn. Interesting. But I dislike Connelly, I have heard it too much as a last name and I don't feel like it translates well. I do like Conner though. If you want something a little more different, make a new thread and give your original idea and some parameters. The ladies here are awesome at name ideas.
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  • MamaWren919MamaWren919 member
    I don't hate Connelly. It isn't something is pick, but it isn't horrible. Maverick is horrible, but at least it's a mn.

    I don't believe in yooneek spellings, even if it is to honor someone. Poor thing will be correcting people her whole life. I love Mallory though. It's one of my favorite girl names.
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  • jessielynn1jessielynn1 member
    If you want to honor your mom then name her Lori. If your going with Mallory spell it right. Mallory Imogen is nice. I don't like anything about the boy name.
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  • magsugar13magsugar13 member
    Mallory is a great name. 
    mallori not so much

    Connelly is not good at all
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  • sorarosesorarose member
    Sorry, not a fan of any of the names because they are either misspelled or scream trendy.


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  • CaboBride2015CaboBride2015 member
    Mallory is fine, your mn choices are nms but ok. Connelly is a last name. And don't mess with the spelling of your daughters name to honor your mom, she'll just be annoyed at having to explain the ridiculous spelling of her name for the rest of her life.
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  • breezycatbreezycat member
    I hate both Connelly and Maverick. Connelly sounds like a last name and Maverick is kind of silly. It just makes me think of Top Gun.

    I like Mallory just not Mallori. I love Imogene but I don't know if that's the proper spelling of it. I thought it was Imogen (I might be wrong though.)
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  • KMorley3KMorley3 member
    Not a fan of any of these, sorry.

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  • Knottie23738778Knottie23738778 member
    I do appreciate the feedback, however I think a lot of you are under the assumption that people with names spelled in "non-traditional" ways grow up to hate their names... That is not always the case. I have many friends who love that their names are spelled differently. My name happens to be Toni which is spelled with an i (and is masculine) but I love it. Just to name a few friends with non traditional spellings.
    Marli (girl)
    Aleks
    Ashleigh
    Gabi
    Ambur
    All of these people embrace their names.
    I do appreciate your honesty and opinions. As far as Connelly goes, that is our favorite name. It seems a lot of people have something agains surnames as first names and I understand that. Just not my opinion. I guess I just need to get ready for the side eye
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  • Knottie23738778Knottie23738778 member
    Also Imogene can be spelled both ways and it originally come from someone mispelling the name "innogen" I just thought that was kind of ironic.
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  • wassuphoeswassuphoes member
    Knottie23738778 said:
    I do appreciate the feedback, however I think a lot of you are under the assumption that people with names spelled in "non-traditional" ways grow up to hate their names... That is not always the case. I have many friends who love that their names are spelled differently. My name happens to be Toni which is spelled with an i (and is masculine) but I love it. Just to name a few friends with non traditional spellings. Marli (girl) Aleks Ashleigh Gabi Ambur All of these people embrace their names. I do appreciate your honesty and opinions. As far as Connelly goes, that is our favorite name. It seems a lot of people have something agains surnames as first names and I understand that. Just not my opinion. I guess I just need to get ready for the side eye
    I mean, a lot of us also speak from experience as far has having misspelled names for names and finding them to be a hassle, in addition to anecdotal evidence and studies that show creative names can be passed over when job hunting, 

    But yes, in the end you can name your child whatever you want. They may love their name, they may hate their name, there's really no control over that whether you name your kid Mary or Mairyeeex.
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  • fwtx5815fwtx5815 member
    Knottie23738778 said:

    I do appreciate the feedback, however I think a lot of you are under the assumption that people with names spelled in "non-traditional" ways grow up to hate their names... That is not always the case. I have many friends who love that their names are spelled differently. My name happens to be Toni which is spelled with an i (and is masculine) but I love it. Just to name a few friends with non traditional spellings.
    Marli (girl)
    Aleks
    Ashleigh
    Gabi
    Ambur
    All of these people embrace their names.
    I do appreciate your honesty and opinions. As far as Connelly goes, that is our favorite name. It seems a lot of people have something agains surnames as first names and I understand that. Just not my opinion. I guess I just need to get ready for the side eye

    It's more than just how your future children will feel about a given name. Names precede us in many important things in life (job applications, college applications, just to name a few obvious ones) and people form opinions about who a person is before they even meet them. In a perfect world everything would be based on merit and skill but that's not the world we live in. There's a certain assumption about people that have misspelled or made up names, and it reflects on the person who carries the name as well as their parents. Right or wrong, that's how it is.
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  • kayway85kayway85 member
    I have a super trendy 80s name: Kristen. There are multiple spellings of this name that are generally accepted, including Kristin, krysten, christen...etc. It's so so annoying to have to be in my thirties and be like it's "Kristen with a K and an E" and most of the time I still have to spell it. I feel like it would be even worse for Mallori since Mallory really is the only generally accepted way to spell this name. Lori, on the other hand is a beautiful name. (Mallory's meaning always bums me out) or even Lorelei would be a nice way to incorporate your moms name if Lori is too simple for your taste.
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  • neverblushedneverblushed member
    You can name your daughter Mallory and still be honoring your mother.  The name doesn't have to include the letters in your mother's name for it to count.  My grandmother was Melvina, and my parents named me something that also starts with "m" after her but was more accepted than Melvina (which my grandmother hated!)

    You don't have to saddle your daughter with a name that will be misspelled.  Your name, Toni, has become a common enough female name that no one gives it a side eye.  But your child will be correcting people about Mallori her whole life.

    I'd seriously think twice about it before committing to that name.
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    Knottie23738778 said:
    I do appreciate the feedback, however I think a lot of you are under the assumption that people with names spelled in "non-traditional" ways grow up to hate their names... That is not always the case. I have many friends who love that their names are spelled differently. My name happens to be Toni which is spelled with an i (and is masculine) but I love it. Just to name a few friends with non traditional spellings. Marli (girl) Aleks Ashleigh Gabi Ambur All of these people embrace their names. I do appreciate your honesty and opinions. As far as Connelly goes, that is our favorite name. It seems a lot of people have something agains surnames as first names and I understand that. Just not my opinion. I guess I just need to get ready for the side eye
    Toni with an i is usually female, so not sure with what you're going for there. Honestly, if you don't want people saying negative things about your choices, don't post them here. When you do this, people give you honest opinions. Personally, if I had someone apply for a job with the names you've provided, they might go to the bottom of my pile.


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    Knottie23738778 said:
    I do appreciate the feedback, however I think a lot of you are under the assumption that people with names spelled in "non-traditional" ways grow up to hate their names... That is not always the case. I have many friends who love that their names are spelled differently. My name happens to be Toni which is spelled with an i (and is masculine) but I love it. Just to name a few friends with non traditional spellings. Marli (girl) Aleks Ashleigh Gabi Ambur All of these people embrace their names. I do appreciate your honesty and opinions. As far as Connelly goes, that is our favorite name. It seems a lot of people have something agains surnames as first names and I understand that. Just not my opinion. I guess I just need to get ready for the side eye
    It's great that these people have embraced their misspelled names. . . . since they are stuck with them.  Reading them here makes me feel bad because it seems like the parents that named these children just have horrific spelling abilities.  I would feel the same way about Mallori.
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  • flasflas member
    Since most NN's don't have all the same letters as the FN (for example I go by Cathy and my name is Catherine) I'm not sure why you would feel the need to change Mallory to Mallori just so it has Lori in it.  Just NN her Lori.  Also not sure if you can even interchange the Y for the I and have it sound the same.  I would pronounce this as Mal-or-eye not Mal-or-ee.  Maybe talk to some english teachers or professors to see if interchanging those vowels will keep the name the same before slinging her with a name that isn't what you thought it was.  And yes I'm being serious and not snarky.
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  • LadySamLadyLadySamLady member
    @Knottie23738778 I am also a fan of surnames as first names and I like Connelly a lot!

    I'm sure my favorite names would get the side-eye here so I'm not quite as courageous as you to ask for feedback :) I think you have to take it with a grain of salt though, what matters most is that you and your SO love the name you choose. 



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    TLDR; I like neither name.

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  • jessielynn1jessielynn1 member
    Mallori Ambur would look great on a business card. It can be all pink and sparkly.
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    jessielynn1 said:

    Mallori Ambur would look great on a business card. It can be all pink and sparkly.

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    wassuphoes said:


    Knottie23738778 said:

    I do appreciate the feedback, however I think a lot of you are under the assumption that people with names spelled in "non-traditional" ways grow up to hate their names... That is not always the case. I have many friends who love that their names are spelled differently. My name happens to be Toni which is spelled with an i (and is masculine) but I love it. Just to name a few friends with non traditional spellings.
    Marli (girl)
    Aleks
    Ashleigh
    Gabi
    Ambur
    All of these people embrace their names.
    I do appreciate your honesty and opinions. As far as Connelly goes, that is our favorite name. It seems a lot of people have something agains surnames as first names and I understand that. Just not my opinion. I guess I just need to get ready for the side eye

    I mean, a lot of us also speak from experience as far has having misspelled names for names and finding them to be a hassle, in addition to anecdotal evidence and studies that show creative names can be passed over when job hunting, 

    But yes, in the end you can name your child whatever you want. They may love their name, they may hate their name, there's really no control over that whether you name your kid Mary or Mairyeeex.


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    I'm not a fan of these names either, but if you're citing studies, they also show that women are regularly passed over for men. Even when the resume is exactly the same, one with a male name is viewed more favorably than the same resume with a female name at the top.
    Yet this board seems to dislike masculine names for girls.
    I'm hoping the next wave of business practice does away with names on resumes, to avoid all these biases (women, minorities, hipsters, etc.). Otherwise everyone will just need to stick with WASPy male names, if we really want to get precise about naming our children in response to job hiring practices.
    OR, Connelly M. Connell can be so fantastic at his job, it won't matter wtf his name is. If you're moving beyond your first job and throwing your resume into a large pool of applicants, with no savvy to put you at the top of the pile, it's not your NAME holding you back...
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  • virginiaunicorn11virginiaunicorn11 member
    edited October 2015
    ^To be clear, I was not advocating using male names for females. I was just pointing to the folly of naming your kid based on what research says about job screenings. And saying if you do that, any female name is not as good as a male name.

    (I'm a believer in traditional names. I just really hate the "resume test." It's ridiculous.)
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  • wassuphoeswassuphoes member
    virginiaunicorn11 said:
    ^To be clear, I was not advocating using male names for females. I was just pointing to the folly of naming your kid based on what research says about job screenings. And saying if you do that, any female name is not as good as a male name. (I'm a believer in traditional names. I just really hate the "resume test." It's ridiculous.)
    That makes sense. I just think there's a, scale so to speak. Like no, you don't have to name your kid John Smith so no one passes over his resume, but there's a world of difference between naming your kid Esther or Zappella.
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