Top 2008 Baby Names

Names do not follow the same rules as other words of a given language. The one thing that is always true about names is that there is NEVER any one correct way to spell a persons name sound. The only CORRECT way to spell a persons name is the way their parents spelled it on the birth certificate. Also, the correct pronounciation is the way the parents say it, regardless of the way it is spelled. The most outstanding example I have seen of that is [Featherstonehaugh], the name of a small state park near where I live. The park is named for the family of an inportant engineer that moved there from Englad in the 1800's. The proper pronounciation of this name (in England) is as if it were spelled [Shaw]

Other things being equal, it depends on where in the world you live. An earlier post mentioned once seeing Sonja as an alternate to Sonya. Go to Scandanavia and you will almost never see Sonya, they use Sonja. I have a sons named Kristofer and Karl, the Norwegian spelling in both cases as their maternal grandparents were both born in Norway.

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How on earth did this conversation turn into a race issue? I'm truly amazed ignorant many people can be.

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Oh, Lord ! Try living with a name like "Shawanna" ! I wish I had just a nickel for every time a man had asked me "Shawanna go to dinner?" or "Shawanna go to bed?" I would be the richest woman on this earth. Btw, Shawanna is an American Indian name and I am a white female of American Indian descent.

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I think the name Aiden is about the stupidest name anybody can name their child.

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We need a group of vigilanties to beat the hell out of the Hollywood fools who abuse their children with outrageous names. The poor children are helpless.

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30-something years ago, I wanted to name my daughter Courtney. My sister talked me into naming her Tiana. From personal experience, Tiana's thoughts are that no one should name their kid anything that can't be found printed on a pencil...

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Watch how many f'ing tards name their little tards Barack next year.

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My name is Kathleen, not an unusual name but I have met only maybe a handful of Kathleen's in my lifetime. They are all usually Katie's or Katherine's - nothing wrong with that but I like being a Kathleen. I named my son Michael, a still pretty popular name but we chose that one bc we liked it & it had meaning to us.
What I have a problem with is people naming their kids traditional names but completely changing the spelling & expect me to know how to spell it. I also have a problem with parents naming their kids really odd names & expecting me to immediately know to pronounce it just by looking at it.

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I am latina and lots of latin moms call their daughters ivelise angelis or anything with a "lis" on the end i wanted to name my daughter angela after my grandmother but my husband wanted to name her ivelis like everyone else. so we settled and called her angellise in english people call her angel eyes angelica angie angel and everything else they can think of with the word angel in it it is pronounced wrong whether u read it in english or spanish but its her name and she likes it!
btw its pronounced an-gel-ees
in spanish it would be : on-hay-gee-say
I just correct them politely ...its not ur fault we gave her this name.just be nice!!!
Everything doesnt have to be about race!

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To each their own when naming your children! My 13 year old son is named Braidon (Bray-den) I chose to spell it differently because 13 years (Well 14 yrs in March) i just knew it would become popular and i wanted it to be spelt different, but not crazy! And he has always been the only Braidon in his class or sports teams, however, i am beginning to see alot of Brayden's in the age group of 5 and under.
My daughter is 2 months old and we named her Lily. I wanted something that went well with Braidon. (can't really have a Braidon and then a Jen with it!!!) I liked Payton, but we ended up going with Lily because my son picked it. We named her Lily-Payton.....but now i see Lily's popping up all over.....hopefully when she starts school there won't be 5 Lily's in her class!

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