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

[Anonymous]

bye Felicia. And I’m a middle school teacher. So, you can imagine how that went for about 4 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child’s name starts with a silent W and the kindergarten teacher tried to get them to go by their middle name at school because she thought the silent W would confuse the other children about the sound W makes when they were learning to read.

My kid’s name messed up the teacher’s lessons about the sound each child’s name started with. 🙄

What name starts with a silent W? I am so curious.

Wren

[Anonymous]

I feel horrible for all of the Alexas in the world. I think you generally cannot predict which names might give you trouble 10 years later.

But both of my kids have names that are not in the top 100 but are easy to say and spell and people usually know one or two of them in their lives so its not a surprise name but also not at all common. And I love it and would reccomend it to anyone considering names. It is a relief to not have to worry that teachers, doctors, camp counselors, random paperwork people will get my kids names wrong, but its also nice being the only one in their class with that name. Neither of my kids have ever shared a name with a classmate (though I think both might have had a kid in another grade with the same name). I feel bad for Thomas B., Thomas J., and Thomas S. all in the same 3rd grade class.

[Anonymous]

Teachers especially need to get it together when it comes to names. I teach high school, and recently wrote down a kids name in front of her - common enough name, unique spelling. Her face absolutely lit up "you spelled it right!! Teachers NEVER spell it right!" It's not that hard to learn a name and spell it correctly. I also always ask if I'm pronouncing it right, and write it down phonetically until I remember it correctly. Basic human respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has your child's name caused problems in their life?

Has having an awkward / ill-fitting / uncool name, or any kind of name that someone in showbiz would feel compelled to change, harmed your child in detectable ways?

Its better to pick an easy, generic, mainstream name or you give racists and bullies an excuse to show their colors. It can even effect college and job applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was the teacher, not the parent. You need to read better.

Anonymous wrote:

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....

This is my son's name and never ever in 12 years has he had this problem.

You also need to parent better.

Regardless. Axel is a Scandinavian/Germanic name that doesn’t sound at all like the word the PP was referring to. Honestly…

NP. That has absolutely nothing to do with the “you need to parent better” comment.

[Anonymous]

My name is Kayleigh - often used as an example of kr8tyv spelling, but it's just the names Kay and Leigh combined. Often misspelled and/confused with similar names - Hailey, Kelsey, Kaitlyn etc. Didn't love when it was trending on twitter during the Trump admin either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was the teacher, not the parent. You need to read better.

Anonymous wrote:

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....

This is my son's name and never ever in 12 years has he had this problem.

You also need to parent better.

Regardless. Axel is a Scandinavian/Germanic name that doesn’t sound at all like the word the PP was referring to. Honestly…

No, unfortunately it totally can. I was at a kids sporting event and half the crowd was cheering on Axel by name and the other half was looking horrified at what it sounded like people were yelling.

[Anonymous]

Yeah I know a Siri and an Alexa (same frosh dorm hall!) and they used to like their names.

[Anonymous]

We have friends who named their baby girl a name that is a top 10 baby name right now EXCEPT they switched one letter in the name to make it different and original. I don’t want to say what the name is in case they are on this forum. It is such a hideous name, it’s also an English adjective/comparative word, think like Softer or Louder.

When they first posted the birth announcement I thought they had a typo. The kid is still a baby so it’s tbd on future ramifications. But people are too focused on picking a name that is original, like who cares if you meet someone else in life with the same name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have friends who named their baby girl a name that is a top 10 baby name right now EXCEPT they switched one letter in the name to make it different and original. I don’t want to say what the name is in case they are on this forum. It is such a hideous name, it’s also an English adjective/comparative word, think like Softer or Louder.

When they first posted the birth announcement I thought they had a typo. The kid is still a baby so it’s tbd on future ramifications. But people are too focused on picking a name that is original, like who cares if you meet someone else in life with the same name?

I'm wracking my brain trying to figure this out now! Sharper instead of Harper? 😄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to predict. My friend had a name similar to Monica Lewinsky and life was difficult for her for a few months in high school. But who saw that coming? It's a perfectly reasonable name.

Worked with a Scott Peterson. Of course he couldn't see that coming but how unfortunate. I've also worked with a Bruce Willis and a Steven Tyler

I went to high school with a Michael Jackson. Until all the molestation sh¡t came out I thought it was pretty cool.

[Anonymous]

No, but my child has now decided to go by their middle name, and I don’t understand why they are unnecessarily creating this annoyance in their life. Both DH and I go by our middle names, through no decision of our own (our parents did this to us) and know first hand what a PIA it is. But whatever, DC will either grow tired of it or just learn to deal.

As an aside, they don’t hate their first name, they just want to use their more unique, “edgier” middle name.

[Anonymous]

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…

[Anonymous]

A little bit. A name with an L for a kid with a speech problem and a more feminine name for a kid who prefers a less feminine name (and in fact has changed their name, not officially, but goes by a different name 100 percent of the time).

I don't think those issues were foreseeable, though. No regrets.