Yeah, one day I heard it was originally a boy name. I was like, “Ehhhh…” But then I suddenly liked it, and now I can’t even think of it as a girl name.
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I would love to use [name_m]Ivo[/name_m] (it would honour my Karelian/Slavic roots) but I don’t think I could deal with always having to correct the pronunciation here from EYE-vo to EE-vo. 
(Aivo, pronounced EYE-vo, means brain 
in Finnish and that’s not what I want my child to be called. Sigh.)
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I have the same issue. One of my favourite names ever is [name_m]Ivar[/name_m] (Ee-var) but it would be prononced Eye-vor here and I don’t like it! 
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Oh gosh, the Ee/Eye pronunciation differences affect so many lovely names. 
Not really a “rant” but I was testing out my name prediction skills on a family having their third boy. The first two have spunky, fairly unusual names. I was guessing maybe [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u], [name_u]Wolf/name_u, [name_m]Alby[/name_m], [name_m]Baxter[/name_m], [name_m]Otto[/name_m], something like that. The name? S@wyer - I was not close at all haha
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I like [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] for a boy now…
Why? I had a dream last night where a really hot guy was named [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] 
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This reminds me of a family I know. The two boys have INCREDIBLY unusual names, so unusual to the point where I can’t say the names because they are the only people with their names in the entirety of [name_u]New[/name_u] Zealand (where we live)
The third sibling? A girl…
Named [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f].
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Literally nothing feels right because my anxiety is telling me everyone’s secretly judging me for liking trendy names or calling them all boring or tr*shy, or making fun of the spellings bc social anxiety is fun like that 
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I received an official document with my first name spelt wrong! They assumed that I had made a spelling mistake on my own name and decided to correct it! NOOOO! I know my name, thank you.
(but my last name was spelt properly, so at least something went well 
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This happened to me once! [name_f]My[/name_f] name was spelled as [name_f]Hailey[/name_f] on a class register for college I had to fight through so many hoops to get it fixed because my school email, student card, etc were all going to be wrong if I didn’t fix it LOL
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It drives me nuts when people spell other names wrong. It’s basic respect to not make mistakes on names.
Also I remember clearly writing a E on my name and not a A… because it’s been a E for ever. Never a A. 
[name_f]My[/name_f] boss is getting the updated documents so that’ll be sorted soon I hope. 
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I get it if they’re just guessing how to spell it, but if it’s written out right in front of you and it’s literally your job to input names correctly, then it’s just annoying I have an aunt who after 25 years still hasn’t bothered to learn how to spell my name right 
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That seems so annoying!
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My last name starts with something that’s a common name (and often paired with my fn, I met more “myname thatname”s than just “myname”s) so people think my name is double barrelled!
I definitely get it. Most of my family can’t spell my name right, including the person who gave me the spelling of my name. [name_f]My[/name_f] mom wanted to give me a more traditional spelling, but my dad waited until she was exhausted from giving birth so he could get the spelling he wanted.
People can’t figure out if I’m supposed to be male or female prior to meeting me and many still can’t figure out my name even when I’m sitting in front of them with me telling them how to pronounce it and the spelling written out in front of them.
I had a teacher in elementary school who gave out candy or a “prize” to each student whose name she either mispronounced or misspelled in the hour proceeding. I got something every hour for the entire year except one, the only hour she never attempted to say or spell my name. The real prize would have been to have my name said and spelled correctly. Btw she was the language arts teacher who had my name written out in front of her every time she attempted to say or spell it. Not only that, but the other students all made an effort at correcting her every single time, and she still didn’t get it.
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Man oh man, I feel like I’m going to be using this thread pretty often. lol! Here are a few things that have been bugging me lately.
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Okay, I know that I don’t HAVE to call my child by a nickname that is related to their full name. However, I know that with some names it will probably be inevitable that others probably will call them by a nickname. I’m definitely not anti-nickname, but there are some that I don’t care for. For example, I LOVE [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] and [name_f]Madeline[/name_f], but I am not a huge fan of [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] and [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]. Nothing wrong with those nicknames, but they just aren’t my style. If I used one of those names and my child preferred the nickname over the full name, then, I would call them that, but inside I’d be like, “that’s not your name!” Some names I think are just to beautiful to shorten. Call me crazy, but I do think about this kind of stuff. lol
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I am so sad my favorite boy names ([name_m]Wesley[/name_m] and [name_u]Asher[/name_u]) are in the top 100! [name_u]Asher[/name_u] is like top 40 and has been for awhile, but [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] just entered top 100 (#99). I mean, I get why because they’re fabulous names, but I don’t want my kids to be one of 10 in their class.
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For a year my name was shortened to “[name_f]Maddy[/name_f]” (which I hate) and the teachers always called me [name_f]Maddy[/name_f] instead of my full name or preferred nickname. I hated having to put [name_f]Maddy[/name_f] [lastname] on all my papers.
And, even now, sometimes I don’t get called [name_f]May[/name_f] (simplified spelling of nn). I have Youth group at church, and we do weekly Zooms. I know the majority doesn’t know my nickname, so I put [name_f]May[/name_f] [lastname] for my Zoom name to clarify, and I still get called [name_u]Madison[/name_u] 
I mean, if someone puts a certain name as their Zoom name, you ought to call them that, right?
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I found the perfect girls name for our baby due in [name_f]Spring[/name_f]…and we found out he’s a boy.
Absolutely so thrilled (we had no preference at all!), but I don’t love ANY boys names. I’ve been through thousands and nothing resonates with me the way our girls choice does.
I know I have a while yet, I’m only halfway through the pregnancy but I cant see myself falling in love with a boys name any time soon
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I forgot about the Spanish teacher I had in high school. She decided from day one that she didn’t like my name, and though she said everyone was getting a “Spanish” name, I was the only one whose name she changed. She couldn’t figure out my name and decided I would be known as [name_f]Marta[/name_f] or [name_f]Martha[/name_f] in her class. I hated it. It didn’t help that she took every chance to remind me the name means bitter.
How hard would it have been to at least attempt my name before deciding to change it? If you demand we have enough respect for you to get your name correct, please have the common courtesy to do the same for us!
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Congratulations! I hope you are able to find a boy’s name you love soon!
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