A trip to the zoo

We went to the zoo today and found myself astonished by what a mix of names

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[name_f]Payson[/name_f]
Eysin
[name_m]Nazareth[/name_m] & [name_m]Azriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m]
Jayse
Horran
[name_m]Koda[/name_m]

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[name_u]Carter[/name_u]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] & [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f] & [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
Ryehleigh & Mahleah
Prynn
[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f]
[name_f]Princess[/name_f]
Ade_N( I almost fought with this mom because my face was priceless when she had to explain how to spell it)
Cannah (pronounced C-ann-ah)

[name_f]Payson[/name_f]- poor kid. Sounds like a trendy girls name
Eysin- uhm what
[name_m]Nazareth[/name_m] and [name_m]Azriel[/name_m]- interesting, not sure if these are actual names or place/word names but they work. I like [name_m]Azriel[/name_m] better
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]- love it!
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m]- ok
Jayse- love [name_u]Jace[/name_u] but automatic eye roll at this spelling
Horran- all I hear is whore-in
[name_m]Koda[/name_m]- makes me think of the movie Brother [name_m]Bear[/name_m]. Not horrible but I couldn’t picture this on an adult

[name_u]Carter[/name_u]- NOT A GIRLS NAME ARGH
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] & [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]- ok. Not my style
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]- lovely!
[name_f]Vera[/name_f] and [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]- nice but not my style
Rhyeleigh and Mahleah- what?? [name_u]Riley[/name_u] and…? I’m gonna assume this parent didn’t pass third grade spelling.
Prynn- uhm…not sure if this is a real name
[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f]- Addams family came to mind. Grim association [name_f]IMO[/name_f]
[name_f]Princess[/name_f]-I know a grown woman named this abd she is so embarrassed of her name. I have a hard time taking this name seriously
Ade_N- what in the actual Hell? Seriously. [name_m]How[/name_m] is this even pronounced? revoke this parent’s naming rights
Cannah- I would never guess how to properly pronounce this name solely based off the spelling. Looks like can-uh to me

[name_m]How[/name_m] did you find out each kid’s name?

The Great:
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] & [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f] & [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]

The Acceptable:
[name_m]Nazareth[/name_m] & [name_m]Azriel[/name_m] (sounds a little super villain-y… or four horsemen of the apocalypse-y)
[name_m]Koda[/name_m] (I kind of like this, but I think people would mistake it as a nickname for [name_u]Dakota[/name_u], which I don’t like at all)
[name_u]Carter[/name_u] (I wouldn’t name my daughter this, but eh)
[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] (Addams-ish and happens every week, but not unforgivable)

The Unforgivable:
[name_f]Payson[/name_f]
Eysin
Jayse
Horran
Ryehleigh & Mahleah
Prynn
[name_f]Princess[/name_f]
Ade_N (for real, though?)
Cannah

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[name_f]Payson[/name_f] - ugh.
Eysin - huh?
[name_m]Nazareth[/name_m] & [name_m]Azriel[/name_m] - nice! Though I prefer the [name_m]Azrael[/name_m] spelling.
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] - [name_u]Love[/name_u] it
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m] - not my style, but nice to see
Jayse - ugh.
Horran - is this even a name?
[name_m]Koda[/name_m] - meh.

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[name_u]Carter[/name_u] - ugh.
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] & [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] - NICE! I love [name_f]Persephone[/name_f].
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] - Pretty.
[name_f]Vera[/name_f] & [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] - I love [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]!!
Ryehleigh & Mahleah - …no. [name_m]Just[/name_m] no.
Prynn - I want to dislike it but I can’t. I don’t know why. Maybe because it reminds me of Prim, short for [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], which I like.
[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] - yes!!! I love this name because of the Addams Family. :stuck_out_tongue: I hope she doesn’t get teased.
[name_f]Princess[/name_f] - no thank you.
Ade_N( I almost fought with this mom because my face was priceless when she had to explain how to spell it) - nevermind how you spell it…how the heck do you pronounce it?!
Cannah (pronounced C-ann-ah) - Why not name the kid [name_f]Sienna[/name_f]? Why doom her to a lifetime of spelling out her name?

[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t see why [name_f]Payson[/name_f] is so disliked but yeah, some of those are really bad!

Seeing some of these names make me think that naming laws should definitely be a thing. Ryehleigh, Mahleah, Prynn and of course Ade_N are just awful. I do really like [name_m]Nazareth[/name_m] and [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] though…

Is Ade_N even legal? Genuinely- I didn’t think you were allowed to have underscores in names.

I am very surprised to see some of my favorites - [name_m]Lucian[/name_m], [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] ([name_f]Vera[/name_f] is nice too!), [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]. And [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] is pretty awesome. Whenever I encounter children in public their names are always [name_u]Ashley[/name_u], [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], etc. Nothing as fantastic.

I am the same. I try my best to hear what the exact name is and end up sitting in a cafe with little Dans, Alexandras and so on. I would love to meet a [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] or a [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

[name_m]How[/name_m] the hell do you even say Ade_n. Is it [name_u]Aidan[/name_u]?

oh my…

[name_f]Payson[/name_f] - I vastly prefer [name_u]Payton[/name_u], but it’s nice enough.

Eysin - how in the heck do you say this?!

[name_m]Nazareth[/name_m] & [name_m]Azriel[/name_m] - I’m all for religious names, but that’s too far.

[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] - too close to [name_m]Lucifer[/name_m] for me.

[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m] - how do you say this? Neh-hee-my-ah? Nay-heh-my-ah?

Jayse - [name_u]Jace[/name_u] is like, my number one hated name, this just makes it worse.

Horran - where they 1D fans by chance? All I think of is [name_u]Niall[/name_u] Horan from One Direction…

[name_m]Koda[/name_m] - pretty sure this was a bear in a Disney film too, not a fan but still not that bad.

[name_u]Carter[/name_u] - there was a really cheesy Disney [name_f]Channel[/name_f] movie my sister used to make me watch with her that had [name_f]Selena[/name_f] Gomez playing a girl named [name_u]Carter[/name_u]. It was a bad choice on Disney’s part, and a bad choice here too. It just looks like they were hoping for a boy and couldn’t be bothered to find a girl’s name.

[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] & [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] - lovely, but I can’t get past the death connections with [name_f]Persephone[/name_f].

[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] - lovely :slight_smile:

[name_f]Vera[/name_f] & [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] - gorgeous! Definitely my favourite!!

Ryehleigh & Mahleah - Ryehleigh is horrid, but sadly, I do know a Mahleah. It’s bad, but poor Ryehleigh takes the awful cake here.

Prynn - no, just no.

[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] - welcome to the Addams family, come into the Addams family…:wink: Sorry, haha all I think of when I hear this. I would feel compelled to ask if her mum was Morticia.

[name_f]Princess[/name_f] - just no. It didn’t work for [name_f]Katie[/name_f] [name_m]Price[/name_m] and [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_u]Andre[/name_u], it doesn’t work on a non-celeb either.

Ade_N - this makes me want to cry, and I would have screamed at the woman “IT’S [name_u]AIDEN[/name_u] AND IT’S A BOYS NAME UGH YOU PEOPLE!” then calmly walked away.

Cannah - what on earth is this…??

We do a home schooling class there where each child has to wear their name on a name tag

Some mom was shocked cause I spell my daughter’s name [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] apparently that’s uncommon :roll:

These boys names are fine…

Nazareth & Azriel
Lucian
Nehemiah

These are awful…

Payson
Eysin
Jayse
Horran
Koda

These girls names are lovely…

Persephone & Aurelia
Seraphina
Vera & Daphne

These are pretty bad…

Carter
Ryehleigh & Mahleah
Prynn
Wednesday
Princess
Ade_N
Cannah

Sometimes the animals at the zoo have better names than the children do. That’s sad.

Where is the Like! button? I remember I once saw a horse or a giraffe, I don’t quite remember, named [name_m]Solomon[/name_m]. Isn’t it good?
Their names may be the inspiration if you are lacking ideas so don’t just go with Layden because you can’t find anything else.