That’s something I really love about a lot of the names on my list (Elisabeth, [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Timothy[/name_m], etc.) They have so many beautiful international variations, and I think it would be so cool if I end up with little globe-trotters who get to use some of those variants!
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I had a friend in high school who was so totally engulfed in this mindset and convinced she’d live in different countries a lot (which ended up true), so she was literally like “I like the name [name_m]Andrej[/name_m]. If I have a son in [name_f]France[/name_f] he’ll be [name_m]André[/name_m]. If I have a son in the US he’ll be [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]. I hope I don’t have a son in [name_m]Germany[/name_m] because I can’t stand Andreas.” I told her to simply not use a name if she doesn’t like it but she was convinced that’s just how it works.
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Did you ever play around and try out the nicknames? so curious!
The US should allow some accent marks (diacritics) in names, especially the Spanish ones as it’s a commonly spoken language here. Most states don’t allow accents of any type in names.
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Few experiences are more frustrating than when I love a name until I hear myself or someone else say it out loud and then immediately despise it.
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I think the only worse one I can think of right now is when you love a name but then you hear of or meet a terrible person with that name and then you suddenly hate it.
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Building on that, if I hadn’t met/known ‘_’, would I have liked the name - my endless wonder about any ‘Ben’ names
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my toxic naming trait is that I am convinced that, if xyz name weren’t already used by a family member or friend, then it would be The Name and I wouldn’t even need to think about names
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[name_m]Or[/name_m] like the constant “what if” of if XYZ hadn’t been used, would it be at the top of my lists right now? Would my style still be consistent? Would I even have the same favorites 
I’ve been seeing [name_m]Bellamy[/name_m] pop up a little bit on the Forums and find myself wondering if in another world, I would’ve liked the name because whenever I see it, all I can think of is [name_m]Craig[/name_m] [name_m]Bellamy[/name_m] (former NRL player and current coach for [name_m]Melbourne[/name_m] Storm) and the fact that everyone refers to him as ‘bellyache’ 
I was sitting with a group of adults all making fun of a little girl’s name (Lavender). They were all “poor kid, she’s gonna get bullied” and I’m just like, “How?!!” None of the people claiming every name less familiar to them than [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] seem to have an example of how the child will be bullied, it’s just this thing they say when they want an excuse to bully a child.
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I think that there will be some teasing opportunity for every name and every kid. I’m not at all saying “every kid should be teased” but you can pick apart any name to get to a joke. I’d rather have a name that was chosen with love/care/joy than to have a “tease-proof” name.
Plus a lot of the jokes that I heard in school stemmed from last names which are largely out of the parents’ control anyway (there is a 0% chance that my parents anticipated someone in my Latin class calling me Ranch based on my last name).
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It’s always the adults and never the kids 
Adults should know enough to be mature and kind!
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yes! when adults say “oh that poor kid will be made fun of” what they really mean is “i think that name is funny and i want to make fun of it”
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More of a positive rant, but do you ever meet a person who is just so lovely that you start thinking more highly of their name?
I feel like I spend so much time sad over the beautiful names held by people I don’t get along with that I can’t recognize this little fun beautiful thing!!
For example, I’ve recently been becoming friends with the sweetest girl named [name_f]Lia[/name_f], and it’s given the whole name a new light in my eyes!! I’ve always preferred [name_f]Leah[/name_f], but now [name_f]Lia[/name_f] just looks so light and spunky and fun to me!!
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