I am very sensitive to the teasing potential of our surname.
hunt.
I have decided never to use C names with [name]Hunt[/name]. Never. [name]Ever[/name], ever. I have been tempted, but it is a no-go due to teasing potential.
Hypothetically, for future use, I love the name [name]Kate[/name]. Would you recommend against [name]Katherine[/name] ([name]Kate[/name]) with that surname?
K@therine / K@te [name]Hunt[/name].
Am I being over sensitive? Is it too harsh? [name]Do[/name] you hear a bad word in there or am I imagining it?
I see it and it would probably bother me… if her name was ever put down as K. [name]Hunt[/name] or something. [name]Even[/name] worse if [name]Katherine[/name] was spelled with a ‘C’!
I’d actually be more careful to avoid what Dovah suggested. [name]Lyric[/name] [name]Hunt[/name] is going to be in much more trouble than a [name]Chloe[/name] [name]Hunt[/name], but both aren’t advisable. I’d also stay away from [name]Katherine[/name], too- kids in junior high are mean.
I would back away - read: run away - from using [name]Katherine[/name]. It’s just too much with the last name [name]Hunt[/name], especially if you plan to use [name]Kate[/name]. Which is a shame, since you love it, but your hypothetical future daughter will thank you for not using it.
I wouldn’t, especially because in some automated email addresses (like at many schools) your daughter’s name will be abbreviated to khunt which makes it very obvious.
I would like to say I have a friend with that name [name]Kathryn[/name] [name]Hunt[/name]. Although it was never a problem for her when she was at school I will say that kids today know lots more swear words at a younger age, and I would advise against using it. I ruled out the name [name]Hunter[/name] because of the sweetened association. Honestly, it would bother me and it is very obvious to me if someone has a name like that.
I would avoid it, especially as someone said, emails often get shortened to “khunt” or “chunt” and then it’s just too obvious for teasing. Plus if I knew about it, I would be uncomfortable knowing that despite knowing it looked like the bad word, I used the name anyway. If it was an accident like I didn’t realize it, then it would be different.
I wouldn’t do it if I were you. It definitely has teasing potential. [name]Say[/name] “[name]Kate[/name] [name]Hunt[/name]” out loud. I know what kids would heard, and it isn’t pleasant.
Gosh I hate to agree with everybody but its true. Its too easy to turn that into something harsh. In school one our favorite games was play around with first and last names. And in your case you need to be extra careful. gosh that it is a bummer. I recently had to turn away my favorite name [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Claire[/name] Because my last name starts with a K. Her intials would be FCK =( So I understand your hesitance to let [name]Katherine[/name] go.
It’s a petty reason, but I’d suggest against any K/C name for the sake of spoonerism, simply because I know of a K. [name]Hunt[/name] who gets teased about it.
Spoonerism is basically the switching of the first letters of two words/names e.g. [name]Shiloh[/name] [name]Pitt[/name] -> Piloh Shtt.
So as you can see [name]Kate[/name] [name]Hunt[/name] -> Hate Knt. Not a great result.
Yea, it’s a shame, but I have to agree with everyone else. There are a lot of pretty names that don’t contain any c or k sounds, be it at the beginning or end, so it would be doing your kid a favor to pick something else. Sure, pretty much any name can be made fun of, but why make it easy by providing an obvious route to a dirty word?