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Anonymous wrote:Ada, Ava, Eva, Una, Uma, Lila, Leela, Layla

and any other nonsense variation on the above

Una? There is an Irish name "Oonagh" that is pronounced like "una."

My brother married an Irish woman, who had a sister named Oonagh. Oonagh lived in the US, and said that people always had problems figuring out what her name was--like on teacher's roll call on the first day of school they would ask for "Oo-nag" or even "eggnog".

My friend named her daughter Oohagh.

Friend of a friend is named Grainne (Irish name that I believe means "Grace" that is pronounced similar to Gron-ya) and someone once told her "Grainne? It's like Tonya, only worse."

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And Hadley. Did no one actually read that book? Why would you name your daughter after such a weak, spineless character?

What book would that be? A biography of Ernest Hemingway?

"The Paris Wife," about Hemmingway's wife. Was hugely popular last year and spurred this Hadley name trend.

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Anonymous wrote:Ada, Ava, Eva, Una, Uma, Lila, Leela, Layla

and any other nonsense variation on the above

Una? There is an Irish name "Oonagh" that is pronounced like "una."

My brother married an Irish woman, who had a sister named Oonagh. Oonagh lived in the US, and said that people always had problems figuring out what her name was--like on teacher's roll call on the first day of school they would ask for "Oo-nag" or even "eggnog".

My friend named her daughter Oohagh.

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Anonymous wrote:Ada, Ava, Eva, Una, Uma, Lila, Leela, Layla

and any other nonsense variation on the above

Una? There is an Irish name "Oonagh" that is pronounced like "una."

My brother married an Irish woman, who had a sister named Oonagh. Oonagh lived in the US, and said that people always had problems figuring out what her name was--like on teacher's roll call on the first day of school they would ask for "Oo-nag" or even "eggnog".

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And Hadley. Did no one actually read that book? Why would you name your daughter after such a weak, spineless character?

What book would that be? A biography of Ernest Hemingway?

Anonymous wrote:Ada, Ava, Eva, Una, Uma, Lila, Leela, Layla

and any other nonsense variation on the above

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Anonymous wrote:I hate when people actually give their child a nickname as a full name. It is just wrong. Nicknames are cute and endearing but people deserve proper names folks. Jack is a nickname. John is a proper name. Charlie is a nickname. Charles is a proper name. Give your child a chance at a good job and some dignity. Don't set your child up by giving him or her a cutesy name in place of a proper name. Don't make up names. Don't spell names in an odd way. It's not cute. It's not fun. It's not special. What it is, is a crappy thing to do to a person. You may as well attach an addendum to your child's birth certificate that says, "I come from a low class and uneducated background," OR, "my mom was a striper with a 6th grade education."

John is a New Testament name. If you name your son John, just call him John. For Jews, Jack is a first proper first name. In fact, it is for non-Jews too. It's hit the "proper" name status. Deal with it. Signed, a mom who did not name her son John or Jack.

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And Hadley. Did no one actually read that book? Why would you name your daughter after such a weak, spineless character?

Anonymous wrote:I just read through this entire thread and am happy to report that neither of my DC's names were on it.

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Anonymous wrote:There are some really hideous seventies names out there--Michelle, Tracy, Donna, Brenda, Dawn, Sharon, Barbara, Denise, Deborah, Rhonda, Paula, Sheila... The list goes on and on.

As a child of the seventies I was given one of these hideous names. Thanks.

I have one, too, but I was a child of the sixties!

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Anonymous wrote:I hate when people actually give their child a nickname as a full name. It is just wrong. Nicknames are cute and endearing but people deserve proper names folks. Jack is a nickname. John is a proper name. Charlie is a nickname. Charles is a proper name. Give your child a chance at a good job and some dignity. Don't set your child up by giving him or her a cutesy name in place of a proper name. Don't make up names. Don't spell names in an odd way. It's not cute. It's not fun. It's not special. What it is, is a crappy thing to do to a person. You may as well attach an addendum to your child's birth certificate that says, "I come from a low class and uneducated background," OR, "my mom was a striper with a 6th grade education."

Are you over 50? What you say may have been true years ago but certainly not today. Even proper old England has embraced nickname names. Take a look at their equivalent to the SSA list sometime. It's pretty eye-opening.

If you think all of England is proper and does not have its share of bumbling idiots, you must never have traveled or lived there. I would no more follow their example than the man on the moon.

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Anonymous wrote:There are some really hideous seventies names out there--Michelle, Tracy, Donna, Brenda, Dawn, Sharon, Barbara, Denise, Deborah, Rhonda, Paula, Sheila... The list goes on and on.

As a child of the seventies I was given one of these hideous names. Thanks.