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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's probably veracity (meaning truthfulness) not voracity (meaning hunger). Is it Chasity, which isn't a word, or Chastity?[/quote]

Ha ha This is probably correct? It seems to fit the pattern. It is spelled Chasity per a gift bag she wrote her name on. [/quote]

So what you are really asking is why do people not give their kids white bread, mainstream names like you did? [/quote]

I'm not the OP, but yes, I wonder the above.  And I marvel that you (and others) view "mainstream" names in a negative light.  And I marvel that you think unusual names are cool or interesting.  My children's' lovely mainstream names have personal significance to our family and honored family members and their heritage.  I have plenty of creative outlets, and so do they; their damn names don't need to be one.  [/quote]

But why, though? And stop the assumptions. One of my sons is named John. Can’t get more mainstream than that. He is named after DH’s dad and my grandmother.

Why do you care, truly, why people name their kids something different? How does it affect you? Why does it bother you if someone names their child something “extra”?

Note - nothing I said was negative.[/quote]

It always seems to be the folks who gave their kids the "extra" names who are casting insults at the "mainstream" namers.  "White bread" was clearly meant pejoratively above.  We're the parents who are deemed "boring" and lacking in creativity.  Talk about "assumptions" -- it's a name!!

When I hear a very "extra" or very unusual truly "wild card" name, I do wonder why the parents chose it.  Do I "care", nah.  But I do wonder ... and, I think it's a pretty safe assumption that those parents wanted me to.

And speaking of assumptions, why do parents assume that their kid would rather be named Poot than be Jennifer S in a class with four Jennifers.  Like, is the former really a better fate?

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