has your child's name caused problems in their life?

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Anonymous wrote:The names Kristin, Kiersten, and Kirsten come to mind. I have a cousin called Kristin and the other two are coworkers and I can't keep them straight in my head EVER. I don't think Ive once called them by the right version of the name.

I have friends named Kira, Kyla, Kaya, and always have to think hard about the name of whichever one I'm about to see.

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I have no middle name and it's never been an issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Our child’s name is Ulysses (we call him Uly) and you would not believe how many people are totally flummoxed by the name. “You-ee? Julie?” It doesn’t faze me, but we warned that what you think may be a totally normal name might in fact be foreign to the average population.

Um, there's no world where that's a normal name.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no middle name and it's never been an issue.

My grandpa had no middle name and when he became an adult he gave himself one. Donald. Oh well, at least his first name was cool.

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Anonymous wrote:Our child’s name is Ulysses (we call him Uly) and you would not believe how many people are totally flummoxed by the name. “You-ee? Julie?” It doesn’t faze me, but we warned that what you think may be a totally normal name might in fact be foreign to the average population.

cmon, you must know that Ulysses is not a common name and the average non-college educated person would not be familiar with it.

I think Ulysses is a pretty familiar name albeit uncommon in the modern era. I’d have no problem with that. Now being told the child’s name was Uly at a noisy playground without context, I’d have no idea what you were trying to say. And I know someone called Yui, so I might guess that.

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What kind of parent would call her daughter “Ripley”?

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of parent would call her daughter “Ripley”?

I mean they named her Ripley.

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Anonymous wrote:Had a kid in my kindergarten class named Axel. At pick up time - there were older kids there (pick up rooms were organized by family). The older kid asked Axel - what's your name.

Axel

What?!? Your name is A$$hole?? (this was shouted)

I jumped up to intervene. There were other parents coming in -- then I apologized to Axel's mom who said:

Oh that's OK -- my mom said people would think his name is A$$hole.

OK then....

I always felt sorry for a very nice classmate of my kid whose name is Uriel (I actually think it’s beautiful).
Bumped into him again in middle school- he grew into a very handsome super popular young man and was going by Oreo.

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Anonymous wrote:Our child’s name is Ulysses (we call him Uly) and you would not believe how many people are totally flummoxed by the name. “You-ee? Julie?” It doesn’t faze me, but we warned that what you think may be a totally normal name might in fact be foreign to the average population.

cmon, you must know that Ulysses is not a common name and the average non-college educated person would not be familiar with it.

I think Ulysses is a pretty familiar name albeit uncommon in the modern era. I’d have no problem with that. Now being told the child’s name was Uly at a noisy playground without context, I’d have no idea what you were trying to say. And I know someone called Yui, so I might guess that.

Ulysses is a name most English-speakers know, but Uly is definitely not. I can't imagine that it would occur to me that it was a nickname for Ulysses - I would be picturing Yuli and would think it was a foreign name I didn't know.

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Anonymous wrote:Our child’s name is Ulysses (we call him Uly) and you would not believe how many people are totally flummoxed by the name. “You-ee? Julie?” It doesn’t faze me, but we warned that what you think may be a totally normal name might in fact be foreign to the average population.

cmon, you must know that Ulysses is not a common name and the average non-college educated person would not be familiar with it.

I guess so! I mistakenly assumed people would know Ulysses Grant or James Joyce or Greek mythology or even the Spanish name Ulises, but oh well.

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Anonymous wrote:Our child’s name is Ulysses (we call him Uly) and you would not believe how many people are totally flummoxed by the name. “You-ee? Julie?” It doesn’t faze me, but we warned that what you think may be a totally normal name might in fact be foreign to the average population.

cmon, you must know that Ulysses is not a common name and the average non-college educated person would not be familiar with it.

I think Ulysses is a pretty familiar name albeit uncommon in the modern era. I’d have no problem with that. Now being told the child’s name was Uly at a noisy playground without context, I’d have no idea what you were trying to say. And I know someone called Yui, so I might guess that.

Ulysses is a name most English-speakers know, but Uly is definitely not. I can't imagine that it would occur to me that it was a nickname for Ulysses - I would be picturing Yuli and would think it was a foreign name I didn't know.

Agreed, I think it's just that the nickname is short and vowel-heavy and not familiar.

If I were a parent to a Ulysses (which I think is a fantastic name) I'd just tell people "His name is Ulysses, Uly for short." Yes, it's a bit more to say, but not overly cumbersome and then people won't get confused. I too might think your saying Yuli or even Juli or Ooly. We live in a very international area and I hear names all the time that are new to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a kid in my neighborhood named Craven. I guess it sounds kind of cool, like Raven, and that’s what the parents were going for, but the dictionary definition of the word “craven” is, essentially, “cowardly”.

I just cannot understand why those parents didn’t take 2 secs to google the meaning. I wonder if they know…

I know a Gleb (American born to foreign parents). Glib?!

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Anonymous wrote:Our child’s name is Ulysses (we call him Uly) and you would not believe how many people are totally flummoxed by the name. “You-ee? Julie?” It doesn’t faze me, but we warned that what you think may be a totally normal name might in fact be foreign to the average population.

cmon, you must know that Ulysses is not a common name and the average non-college educated person would not be familiar with it.

I think Ulysses is a pretty familiar name albeit uncommon in the modern era. I’d have no problem with that. Now being told the child’s name was Uly at a noisy playground without context, I’d have no idea what you were trying to say. And I know someone called Yui, so I might guess that.

Ulysses is a name most English-speakers know, but Uly is definitely not. I can't imagine that it would occur to me that it was a nickname for Ulysses - I would be picturing Yuli and would think it was a foreign name I didn't know.

Agreed, I think it's just that the nickname is short and vowel-heavy and not familiar.

If I were a parent to a Ulysses (which I think is a fantastic name) I'd just tell people "His name is Ulysses, Uly for short." Yes, it's a bit more to say, but not overly cumbersome and then people won't get confused. I too might think you’re saying Yuli or even Juli or Ooly. We live in a very international area and I hear names all the time that are new to me.

You’re right, I will probably do that from now on. His teachers have always known immediately what Uly is short for and his friends never have trouble. He’s a little cutie pie and his little friends always say “bye Ulyyyyy” after school, so no harm.

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Anonymous wrote:Registrar here.

I do wonder about children given names containing “s h i t” for example, Ashita. There are several other names containing this letter combination.

Saw a girl’s name: Swastika. Indian surname.

There is a girl on that Indian matchmaking show named Shital and she talks about all the grief she got.

I know a person by the same name IRL

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Anonymous wrote:The names Kristin, Kiersten, and Kirsten come to mind. I have a cousin called Kristin and the other two are coworkers and I can't keep them straight in my head EVER. I don't think Ive once called them by the right version of the name.

My name is Kristin and for some reason, it’s super common for nurses in doctor’s offices to pronounce it as “Christian” when they call me back. I always wonder how they think Christian is spelled if they are pronouncing my name that way.