My Daughter's Name Matches Her Birthday!

In 1957, when I was born, my mother named me Gay, as in Happy. By the time I was a teenager my name took on a different meaning which made me very sad. When I became an adult I changed it to Gayle and haven't looked back.

June is a standard name just like April or May. June Allyson, June Lockhart and June Carter Cash come to mind. I've known 2 Junes in my life. Both were nice, well-liked girls and I never thought to ask them when their birthday was let alone if it was in June. I never heard anyone tease them for their name either. If someone is a bully or jerk, they'll find a way to tease your daughter no matter what you name her. There's no reason to speculate about what your child might encounter with her name as long as it's not something totally weird like Water Melon. Should Princess Diana not named her son William because someone might call him Silly Willy or Chilly Willy? You picked June before you conceived and who knows she may come early and be born in May or late and born in July. June is a nice name no matter what month she is born in.

Really ?

So.....your daughter goes through life responding to "How do you pronounce that?"

I love that name - Bronwyn! It's been around many, many centuries and yet has a very "modern" sound. I named one of my daughters Meagan, looking for that old-new sound and a few years later everybody was naming their girls Meagan (or some alternate spelling of that name.) You never know whats going to become popular.

Bronwyn was on my mothers baby name list for me (child of the mid-80's), and not only do I think it is a pretty name ... I'm pretty sure that the majority of English speaking people would / will pronounce it correctly.

Tony: If your friend, Tuesday, married your friend, June (in a couple of states this could happen), then divorced her and married the actor Colin Firth, her name would be Tuesday, June Firth.

Sorry. Toward the end of the weekend I tend to get a little crazed.

If Totie Fields married Truman Capote, she could be Mrs. Totie Capote. I was born in July and they call me Mike; to avoid confusion on the whole name/month thing, I go by Skip to make it easier.

Now lets not get silly. Naming a girl Hank is a little weird. But perhaps not as odd as some of the names and spellings I'ver encountered in 30 years of teaching., My bigger concern is for the parent who is so concerned about what others say about a name. What other things will she worry about?. The child is hers and her mates, not the family, friends, and neighbors. The best advice I ever got was when people offered advice, smile sweetly, nod politely, and ignore everything they said. It is the only advice I pass on.

At least you could shorten it to Sky or even Walker, which are two pretty good names! Still Skywalker is pushing it. Maybe you could suggest Luke which is a really good name.