Anonymous wrote:Nevaeh. UGHHHHH. just awful

Why?

I have a pediatrician friend who had a patient named "A-a." Pronounced "A-dash-a." WTF. I went to school with a girl named "Enuf." She was the last of five kids, her parents named them in alphabetical order.

Chanel and Dior - two sisters. Maddyn for a girl is awful too. My daughter goes to school with one. It actually means little dog!

A boy named Casual (nn Cash)

Neighborhood child named D'areeyai, pronounced. "D, R, E, A". Another one name Dajonay and pronounced like lunch in French, but she didn't know it meant that.

Nyla
Kirklyn
Harley
Brighton

Anonymous wrote:April May (first and last). She was born in June.

I went to HS with someone named April May! Don't know her birthday, though.

Anonymous wrote:Just meet a Harleigh

Weird names from preschool:
Ocean (for girl of lesbian couple -- my kid talked for days about whether Ocean was girl or boy)

Then the place name girls all in the same class:
Paris
London
Brooklyn
France (not Frances, just France)

And I interviewed a girl named Pochonotas for a job....didn't give her the job but we talked about her name

Seriously? All in one class? Ugh.

When I was in second grade in 1978 there was a new immigrant girl in my class from somewhere in South-East Asia and her name was Fuk-Yoo. We called her Mary.

"Harper is a person who plays a harp. Harper is the first name of Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Wiki says:

Nelle Harper Lee, the youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch, was raised in Monroeville, Alabama. Nelle, her first name, was "Ellen", her grandmother's name, spelled backward.

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Martin Martin (first and last name)

Yep - and Phillip Phillips (first and last name) from American Idol.

Nicholas Nicholson.

Anonymous wrote:I used to babysit for a boy named Liberty.

Also knew twins named Lexus and Armani.

LIttle girl named "Liberty Anne Justice."

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Anonymous wrote:Hunter - why name your kid that???
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Sequoia

I like Hunter. I like Harper, too.

Hunter - kills animals
Harper - harpie/ harp on smth

These are the associations I have with these names, but I'd like to change my perception, esp. since they're becoming popular. I would really appreciate someone chiming in and giving me the background of these names, or more positive associations. I'm not being derisive - just an immigrant with ESL.

Hunter is a clan name in Scotland. It's not that unusual to see it as a first name for boys in areas of the country that have a big Scots or Scots-Irish population. (That's why people here are calling it a redneck name.) Vice-President Biden has a son named "Hunter." Hunter S. Thompson is a famous writer who created "gonzo journalism." There is a college named "Hunter College." "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" is a novel by Carson McCullers.

Also, hunting is a common sport in the United States. You may find it repulsive, but most Americans probably do not.

Harper is a person who plays a harp. Harper is the first name of Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird." That novel is much loved. There is also a college named "Harper College." There are several towns in the US named Harper.

Sorry, but I wouldn't chose a name based on what an ESL speaker thinks.

I used to babysit for a boy named Liberty.

Also knew twins named Lexus and Armani.

Princess - co-worker
Beyonce and Ashanti - preschool classmates