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Our criteria for names for our kids

Posted by Reagen Jan 14 '21, 09:19

* had to pass the Resume or College Diploma Test
* Initials couldn't spell anything (ruling out most A names with an S last name)
* Normal or standard spelling with maximum one clarification
* Familiar name but preferred not at the top of name lists (Screw you, Will & Kate!)

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Your daughters name with a C was an option for us also :) -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 10:00
My wife and I are both teachers, so that got rid of a BUNCH of names right off the bat. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jan 14, 09:57
this might be a little inflammatory (not at you, just in general)... so here goes... - colin Jan 14, 09:49 7
- I briefly looked at Polish names but most are of the *slap hands on the keyboard* variety - Reagen Jan 14, 09:55 6
  - Half of my coworkers are polish, we have an office in Wrocław. Trying to guess at pronouncing their names is fun. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 10:08 1
    - w's are v's. the rest is a guessing game. took me forever to pronounce Wrocław. - colin Jan 14, 10:11
  - Polish? No. Irish? Dear God, no. Ok, not using historical names. - spamlet Jan 14, 10:05 2
    - I taught a kid named Ceilidh, which is pronounced Kay-Lee but means - Reagen Jan 14, 10:10
    - Sinéad O'Connor still messed you up? -- nm - colin Jan 14, 10:07
  - it doesn't help that polish has letters we don't have in english. i do really like the name Pavel. - colin Jan 14, 10:03
I'm sure I've said before that art and joyce named us ann and mary because you can be anything you want with those names. - amanda jeans Jan 14, 09:41 1
- I mean, don't close any doors. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:44
Back on my grandfather's side the family had a company that did silver and leaded glass stuff. I had thought about naming kids as Sterling and Crystal - zork Jan 14, 09:26
Bart, Cart, Dart, Eart... sounds good! -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 09:25
I love both their names. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 14, 09:24 1
- She keeps rejecting Charlie as a nickname but it would fit so well. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:26

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