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my problem is i’ve decided on a name for my unborn son and its Jordan , but i have had alot of people tell me that is a girl name, I have heard of boys named Jordan but i dont want to give him a girl name, what should i do?

Last names and rivers – now with genders.

My name is Myndi as opposed to Mindy, my sister is Arika not Erica, my brother is Ethyn not Ethan. My boyfriend’s family’s tradition is two middle names. His is Tony Marc Joshua. My new baby girl’s name had alot to live up to. The final decision?

What…I get to pick? Hmm, well….I appreciate the boy getting smacked with a random Y for a change…so how ’bout Yvytty instead of Yvette?

My family’s tradition is to spell a normal name unusual.

OK. “U-N-U-S-U-A-L.” Pronounced “Cynthia.”

Im having twins , but I want a common first name and uncommon middle name how does this names sound:
girls: Valerie Brigail and Juliet Alelanie
or
boys: Santiago Joeaziel and Omar Aaron comments?

What the living hell? (How’s that for a comment?) The girls’ middle names are part of the Syllable Exchange Program and the boys names make me ponder what ethnicity this woman is, and what ethnicity she thinks her son will magically have.

I feel a little bit differently. I think that if kids want to make fun of one another they will find a way. Name your child what you feel is best and do not worry about later on down the line, besides teasing is a part of life and helps mold us to who we are, I have never heard of no one ever being teased.

Like hell! I knew a kid named No One Opielynn Amstellina Rock Fflur and he was teased like crazy!

‘Til he brought that Uzi to school.

Can I get some thoughts on naming a girl Emerson? There’s no reason behind it, I recently met someone with the name and fell in love.

Does your husband know?

I haven’t decided the middle name yet – Emerson Michelle
Emerson Anne
Emerson Mae

I got an e-mail on this one from a lady who met another woman with a girl named Emerson. It went predictably.

Mom: “…blah blah blah named Emerson.”
E-mailer: “That’s nice, like the poet?”
Mom: (blank stare)
E-mailer: “Like Ralph Waldo Emerson?”
Mom: (blank stare. Probably accompanied by sound of crickets.) “WHO???”

Stupid public schools.

Here are some unusual girls names (and some weird):
1. Vadan
2. Jayken
3. Tamree
4. Cheyenne
5. Shayla
6. Luche
7. Velandra
8. Electra
Good luck to all the parents wanting the best names possible for their little Darlings.

Well, it’s finally happened. I’m speechless. Utterly, utterly speechless. She coughs up (and I mean that literally) some of the dumbest names I’ve ever, ever seen, after reading hundreds of these stupid, stupid entries and then ends it with that sanctimonious crap about how parents who give their kids stupid names are the ones who want the best for their kids. You know, most people put out an effort to find the worst possible names for their kids because they don’t realize they’re “little darlings.” Not until Super Name Lady points it out to them.

I just….I think I need a good cry now.

I named my little girl Tenlee, simply because My husband and I liked it. It is pronounced just like it sounds. I hope she loves her name as much as we do.

Yes, she’ll love sounding like a teabag.

“It is pronounced just like it sounds.” If it weren’t Dadaism would have a new leader.

My to-be husband has a thing for “unique” names. He likes names such as “Veto” and “Enobi“. I like what I call “cool” names. Then names such as “Kiki” and “Jack”. We were having dissagrements with baby names till I smacked him upside the head and phrohibid him from naming my children.

Well, I phrohibid you from having kids at all.

Although, it is nice to know who originated the slang use of “cool” – it’s this lady! (“They’re what I like to call –big finger quotes– COOL names.”) And now we know she’s prone to violence against her fiance for wanting to name kids Veto so they can star in Schoolhouse Rock segments about the three branches of government!

Help me, Kobi-Wan Enobi, you’re our only hope!

I knew a couple who likes baby names that are active verbs. They named their daughter Meander, she is called Mea for short. If it would have been a boy they liked the name Run. Another choice for a girl was Harmony.

OK. Number 1: Meander and Run aren’t active verbs until they’re placed with an object, as in “I meander in delirium thinking ‘Run’ is a good name.” Number 2: I dare…I double dog dare these people to name a girl the verb form of Harmony, Harmonize. I fuckin’ dare them! Then have a boy and name him Simonize. Number 3: While I’m at it, I dare them to save everyone the trouble and name Run “The Shits” instead.