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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying too hard names - Hugo, Gunnar, Zane
anything starting Mc-
and I've always hated names like Hope, Joy, Chastity, Faith, Charity, etc... Grace is okay.

Gunnar is not trying too hard if one is just passing on a Scandinavian family name....

Dear Gunnar fan,

I'm sorry but the name is terrible! If the named is being passed down through generations it means that one of your distant relatives tried too hard and now their descendants are perpetuating it.

Harh, whatever. While I have no Gunnars in my family, I have to chuckle at the image of any of my Scandinavian ancestors or relatives trying too hard. Axel, Lars, Per, Thor - folks aren't trying hard. It just is what it is.

I knew a Mabel - except she was Hispanic and her name pronounced with that accent was gorgeous.

As for alternate spellings of Natalie - I have a friend whose mother is from Luxembourg and her name is Nathalie with an H. While you see it as an alternate spelling, to her it is the "normal" spelling. Americanized spellings are NOT the only way to spell many names.

And I stand corrected - someone did finally bring up my child's name. Eh, whatever - I didn't name her to make anyone else happy. I probably don't like your kid's name either, but it isn't like I am going to dislike someone for what they decide to name their child. Unless, of course, you think naming them Adolf Hitler yourlastname is cool

Anonymous wrote:In a lot of families---children are named after relatives. My kids and their cousins are named after various grandparents and great grandparents....so bascially if someone on a forum said they didn't like the name it would mean nothing to me.

The names hold a lot of significance as they were in honor of loved ones.

Of course....no one is disputing this. This post is all in fun....don't take it so seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike the name Mary. I have two friends that named their baby girls this.

I also hate the name Mary but its because it reminds me of catholic school-I went to an all girls catholic school for middle school and HATED it!!!

My friend just named her baby Mary Elizabeth

Mary as a first name just lends itself to calling the child by both their first and middle names at all times which is another thing I can't stand. For whatever reason it just doesn't stand alone. Two word names sound very pretentious and/or southern to me and my friends that have named their children this way are New Englanders.

I also hate the name Alice.

In a lot of families---children are named after relatives. My kids and their cousins are named after various grandparents and great grandparents....so bascially if someone on a forum said they didn't like the name it would mean nothing to me.

The names hold a lot of significance as they were in honor of loved ones.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike the name Mary. I have two friends that named their baby girls this.

I also hate the name Mary but its because it reminds me of catholic school-I went to an all girls catholic school for middle school and HATED it!!!

My friend just named her baby Mary Elizabeth

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Anonymous wrote:Aw, c'mon, there are worse Scandinavian names for Americans. Like Jorunn.

Why, just because it sounds like "Urine"?

I would say because people associate it with the douchewad who killed Natalee Holloway. And to make this post relevant, I'm not a huge fan of "alternative" spellings of Natalie.

Anonymous wrote:I dislike the name Mary. I have two friends that named their baby girls this.

I also hate the name Mary but its because it reminds me of catholic school-I went to an all girls catholic school for middle school and HATED it!!!

Anonymous wrote:Aw, c'mon, there are worse Scandinavian names for Americans. Like Jorunn.

Why, just because it sounds like "Urine"?

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Anonymous wrote:Trying too hard names - Hugo, Gunnar, Zane
anything starting Mc-
and I've always hated names like Hope, Joy, Chastity, Faith, Charity, etc... Grace is okay.

Gunnar is not trying too hard if one is just passing on a Scandinavian family name....

It's not trying too hard in that case. Nonetheless, it will be constantly misread, in the U.S., as a "gun" name. So people might except siblings Remington, Colt, and Winchester.

I'm not at all fan of Mackenzie and Mackenna, in all their various permutations and spellings.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah Hazel, Pearl, Mabel, Inez, Esther but I like Ruby.

I dislike these too (except Ruby). I think Mabel is especially awful

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah Hazel, Pearl, Mabel, Inez, Esther but I like Ruby.

I dislike these too (except Ruby). I think Mabel is especially awful

Aw, c'mon, there are worse Scandinavian names for Americans. Like Jorunn.

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Anonymous wrote:Trying too hard names - Hugo, Gunnar, Zane
anything starting Mc-
and I've always hated names like Hope, Joy, Chastity, Faith, Charity, etc... Grace is okay.

Gunnar is not trying too hard if one is just passing on a Scandinavian family name....

Dear Gunnar fan,

I'm sorry but the name is terrible! If the named is being passed down through generations it means that one of your distant relatives tried too hard and now their descendants are perpetuating it.