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.

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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.

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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.

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…

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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.

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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.

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....

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

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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.

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

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.

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.