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[quote=Anonymous]What were you thinking 15 years ago OP? As 99% of posters have agreed, Sharon is a horrible name to give in 2010.

I knew a girl born in 1965 named Sharon. When she was 20 in 1985, she legally changed her name to something else (can't remember what). But 25 YEARS before your daughter was born, people hated the dated sound of Sharon.

It is not like Emma or Sophia. Sharon is in the Bertha, Mildred, Agnes, Edith, Linda, Lisa, Barbara, Nancy bin.

Cherry is way better than Sharon, but some mean people will tease her about popped, and lots of strippers are named Cherry or Peppermint or Cinnamon, so there could be some teasing there too.

But even with that possibility, Cherry is 10x better for a teen today than Sharon.

Fast forward to her mid 20's and working. If I were told the new hire is named Cherry, well it's not the most professional sounding name so she will still have some challenges.

If she was open to suggestions, Ellen or Ellie is so much better. Is Shelly too dated too? But they're kind of better than Cherry. Definitely better than Sharon.

A few posters have said they have students named Cherry and think it's cute, so if she sticks with it, I wish her the best. Maybe it will become more common again.

But if she keeps Sharon legally, she's going to get called Sherry instead of Cherry a lot. Even if she legally drops Sharon, people will mishear Sherry for Cherry and she will forever be spelling and correcting her name into retirement age.

Now, your penance for giving such an awful name in 2010 will be to do your best to try and call her Cherry. And if she sticks with it, by 17 you will help her legally do the paperwork to change it before she goes off to college.[/quote]

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