US names
May 14th 2005, 3:08 am
#106
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Re: US names
Well I thought when having my children I would stop with the boring names that all my friends where calling theirs, like Jake and Harry. So my boy is called Truman-James and my daughter is called Montanna and they love it and now we live in the USA we have met one other Montana (spelt with one N) Having children is a special thing and I wanted to give my kids special names. And I'd do it all again if only hubby would give in LOL
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
I have an ex-coworker who is now living in WA. She's Canadian (Quebecoise actually) and her husband is Australian. Her daughters (both American born) are named Indiana and Sage!
I think both names are pretty odd but perhaps she mixes with a crowd whose children have equally exotic names.
NC Penguin
I think both names are pretty odd but perhaps she mixes with a crowd whose children have equally exotic names.
NC Penguin
May 14th 2005, 6:53 pm
#107
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Re: US names
I like the inventiveness of Americans, though when I first came to the U.S. it took me a while to figure out that a name like D'Anne was pronounced "Deanne" and not "Dan"!
Personally, although I think some of the newly-invented names can sound quite nice, I stuck to good old-fashioned names for my two daughters and gave them slightly more daring middle names. The good thing is that in the U.S. the convention seems to be if you don't like your first name, you can just put the first name as an initial and use your middle name
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Personally, although I think some of the newly-invented names can sound quite nice, I stuck to good old-fashioned names for my two daughters and gave them slightly more daring middle names. The good thing is that in the U.S. the convention seems to be if you don't like your first name, you can just put the first name as an initial and use your middle name
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May 15th 2005, 3:35 am
#108
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Re: US names
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I was one of an endless number of Amys in the US and my mother also swore that no one she knew was named Amy until AFTER she named me...
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I know a few Gemmas here, but no Tamsins, for example (Tamsin is a variant on Thomasine!). A very few hip Siobhans. Devin/Devon is used as both a boy's name and a girl's name.
Originally Posted by Duncan Roberts
I went to school with a guy (who I hope doesn't read this site!) whos last name was Gay.
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I heard on the radio once a family with the lastname 'Leer' called their daughter 'Crystal Shandy', why do parents do these things?
Originally Posted by TRPardoe
There's a weatherman called Stone Phillips...
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
Actually what's with American's giving their twins rhyming names?
~ Jenney
May 15th 2005, 11:39 am
#109
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Re: US names
Originally Posted by dbark
I work in pre-school and also see some ridiculous names. Kyler, Skyler (boy), Skyla (girl), Zane, Tesla (apparently a rock band?), Hunter, Gunner, Boyd, Mason, Karsun (what's with the spelling??), Dawson (no prizes for guessing where that one came from!), McKenna, Casyn, Kamryn, to name but a few.
since I saw the list. Ooops guess the name we decided for our baby girl is on your list.. No worries, no offense taken. My name is unusal and I didn't want a common name so I picked a unique name for our girl who's due in September -- Hunter Anya
May 15th 2005, 5:03 pm
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Re: US names
There's an AFL player called Stacy Evans, yes it's a bloke.
