Do you judge parents by their child's name?

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FYI, an interesting article that touches on this subject from a teacher's perspective:

http://nameberry.com/blog/schoolroom-names-one-teachers-take

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are named Karim and Timur. I'm European White. Will that get me judged?

Not at all, but those names will be mispronounced often in school.

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Given your logic, what do run of the mill names say? That you f*ed up your own life, have no aspirations for your kid, and you've simply given up, PP?

Not the PP, but here's what I think. Say I have a daughter named Catherine. In 20 years, she sends out a resume and about all anyone can tell from her name is that she's female. Otherwise, there is pretty much nothing you can surmise from her name, thus allowing her resume and interview to stand on their own. Now say I named my daughter Cardinal. First off, who can tell if that's male or female? It's not even a name. Second, whoever sees that resume is going to think about how it affects their organization to have someone named Cardinal on staff. For some places, Cardinal might work out well, but for others...not so much. And Cardinal might have to work much harder than Catherine to be taken seriously.

So I think that a parent who gives their kid some kind of weird or mis-spelled name is not taking their child's life into consideration. It's all about them as a parent, when they should be thinking about how their child will be perceived not just as a baby and child, but as an adult.

You are such an asshole. And it's kind of sad really, because you clearly have no idea. Perhaps if you spent less time thinking about how people may perceive (aka discriminate against) your child's name in some future, fictitious resume drop (and thereby justifying such actions), and more about how you treat your fellow moms (who all love their children just as much as you love yours) you would learn how to be a better peson. But judging by your post, probably not.

So you gave your kid a stupid name, but I'm the asshole? Okie dokie. Are you seriously so dense that you can't understand that people perceive names differently? I might think that Apricot is the cutest name ever, but I bet you anything that a majority of people would meet little Apricot and think WTF? And it's not Apricot's fault, it's MY fault.

Hey, now THAT'S a great name for Gwyneth's next child. Apple and Apricot! Love it!! Maybe one or both could be called Appie?!

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Annabelle

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Anonymous wrote:I met a baby Sophie this weekend. I told the mom that there were a few Sophie/Sophias in my son's pre-school class. She looked embarrassed.


sucks to be so unoriginal.

F-you bitch! Why would you say that to someone? You are arrogant. What makes you so much better b/c you didn't choose the name Sophie?

Signed, mom of a Sophie who loves the name and could care less if what you think but does have a problem with you purposefully hurting someone else's feelings b/c they exercised the right to name their kid whatever the F they wanted to.

FWIW, I really love the name Sophie--a lovely name!

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Anonymous wrote:I met a baby Sophie this weekend. I told the mom that there were a few Sophie/Sophias in my son's pre-school class. She looked embarrassed.


sucks to be so unoriginal.

F-you bitch! Why would you say that to someone? You are arrogant. What makes you so much better b/c you didn't choose the name Sophie?

Signed, mom of a Sophie who loves the name and could care less if what you think but does have a problem with you purposefully hurting someone else's feelings b/c they exercised the right to name their kid whatever the F they wanted to.

FWIW, I really love the name Sophie--a lovely name!

Sophia is my grandmothers name and a family name, but when I went to look at daycare there was at least 1 sophia, sophie or the like in every class I saw. Sometimes more. So I didn't use it. At my office 5 women have DD named sophia. It's a bit much.

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Anonymous wrote:I met a baby Sophie this weekend. I told the mom that there were a few Sophie/Sophias in my son's pre-school class. She looked embarrassed.


sucks to be so unoriginal.

She was obviously embarrassed for you, because you are so socially awkward. I always cringe when I meet someone that clueless.

And no, my child's name is not Sophie or Sophia, but I like the name Sophie. It is common but....who cares.