Names from my school's yearbook...

General Name Discussion
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I am a 7th & 8th grade teacher at a school in [name]Alabama[/name]. We have 5th-8th grade kids at my school. The 2010 yearbooks were delivered today, and I did a double-take at some of the names! [name]Just[/name] curious what your reactions are to some of the ones I’ll share.

5th Grade
Jaikaylann
[name]Lemond[/name]
Keahja
Jaymeyune
[name]Nastassja[/name]
Tiaushja
Orlandez & Oviundra (twins)
Quotin
Sylandra
Warnesha
Zalyn (I kinda think this one’s cool in a weird way)
Dkembi
[name]Kimbria[/name] (I thought this sounded ok)
Kayedee (what a yoo-neek spelling!)
[name]Isis[/name] (I kinda like, but then my kids have names inspired by Greek mythology)
Michaln
Syheem

6th
[name]Justus[/name] (Maybe the child of a single mom? [name]Just[/name] Us?)
Zieteria
Karenton( not soooo bad imo)
Kentavious & Fontavious (twin boys)
Corltorria
Anieya
[name]Glendon[/name] (kinda like this one)
[name]Sonora[/name]
[name]London[/name] (used as a boy’s name)
Brentorreya

7th
Sychem
Krislyn (eh…ok)
Shalandria
Myesa
Quantara
Kel-Vonta

8th
Deandres
[name]Cullen[/name] (and he was born [name]WAY[/name] before Twilight)
[name]Topanga[/name] (obviously her parents watched “Boy Meets World” lol)
[name]Raja[/name]-Nae
[name]Bonnie[/name] (just seemed odd amidst all the others)
Alyxis
Erial
Lafeyette
[name]Stonewall[/name]

Funny how the names were stranger in the 5th & 6th grade class…does this mean that that particular generation of parents had serious naming issues???

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There are some real doozies there!! Maybe they were just part of a trend - I’m trying to think of what might have influenced the trend though. I feel so badly for some of those kids. I have a cousin called [name]Isis[/name], and [name]London[/name], [name]Cullen[/name] and Kayedee (even though I really don’t like creative spelling) are OK, but I really can’t imagine any of the rest of these names actually on people. I don’t mind [name]Topanga[/name], but maybe that is just in the context of the rest of the names I’m looking at.

Interesting list, thanks l_mc!!

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I showed this list to my DH and realized he couldn’t pronounce any of them right hardly at all! Soooo…I thought I’d repost the list with the pronunciations beside them.

5th Grade
Jaikaylann (Juh-kay-lyn)
[name]Lemond[/name] (Luh-mond)
Keahja (Kee-juh…the “j” makes a sound like in [name]Jacques[/name])
Jaymeyune ([name]Jay[/name]-me-un)
[name]Nastassja[/name] ([name]Nuh[/name]-stah-ja…“j” makes the sound from [name]Jacques[/name])
Tiaushja (Tee-asia)
Orlandez & Oviundra (twins)
Quotin (Quoe-ten)
Sylandra ([name]Sie[/name]-lan-druh)
Warnesha (War-nee-shuh)
Zalyn (Zae-lyn)
Dkembi (Duh-kim-bee)
[name]Kimbria[/name] ([name]Kim[/name]-bree-uh)
Kayedee ([name]Kay[/name]-dee)
[name]Isis[/name] (Eye-sis)
Michaln (Mi-caln)
Syheem ([name]Sie[/name]-heem)

6th
[name]Justus[/name] ([name]Justice[/name])
Zieteria (Zie-tear-ee-uh)
Karenton(Care-en-ton)
Kentavious & Fontavious ([name]Ken[/name]-tay-vee-us & Fon-tay-vee-us)
Corltorria (Corl-tor- ee-uh)
Anieya ([name]Ah[/name]-nie-uh)
[name]Glendon[/name] ([name]Glen[/name]-dun)
[name]Sonora[/name] (Sah-nor-uh)
[name]London[/name] (used as a boy’s name)
Brentorreya ([name]Brin[/name]-tor-ee-uh)

7th
Sychem ([name]Sie[/name]-shim)
Krislyn ([name]Chris[/name]-lynn)
Shalandria (Shuh-lan-dree-uh)
Myesa (Mie-ee-suh)
Quantara ([name]Quan[/name]-tear-uh)
Kel-Vonta (Kel-von-tae)

8th
Deandres ([name]Dee[/name]-an-draise)
[name]Cullen[/name] (and he was born [name]WAY[/name] before Twilight)
[name]Topanga[/name] (Tuh-pain-guh)
[name]Raja[/name]-Nae (Rah-jah-nay)
[name]Bonnie[/name] (just seemed odd amidst all the others)
Alyxis (Uh-lick-sis)
Erial ([name]Air[/name]-ee-uhl)
Lafeyette (Lah-fee-et)
[name]Stonewall[/name] (sounds like it’s spelled)

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Oh. My. Goodness.

I think a little piece of me just fell apart. Literally, I thought I was having a break from reality when I read the first list - fifth grade, was it? - as those most certainly were not names! Right? Please?

I give honorable mentions to just three of these names: [name]Isis[/name], [name]Sonora[/name], and [name]Cullen[/name]. [name]Isis[/name], because mythology is cool and so is [name]Egypt[/name]. Hey, [name]Alabama[/name] namers, want to be super cool? Try Ibis next time! [name]Sonora[/name], because it sounds soft and calm, even though it reminds me of snoring. Again, up the cool factor even more with something like [name]Honora[/name] or [name]Annora[/name]. And, finally, [name]Cullen[/name], because it precedes the Twilight time warp and presents a unique take on the surname name. What could be cooler?

Thanks for posting!

[name]Lemon[/name] :slight_smile:

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A [name]Lafayette[/name] and a [name]Stonewall[/name]? 19th century again.

Some (definitely Dkembi) are cases of completely non-European-origin names.

Sychem is a form of Shechem. I’ll assume Syheem is similar/related.

Some (Orlandez, Quotin) look like non-English last names as given names.

[name]Kimbria[/name] I’ve seen before. In an [name]Alabama[/name] accent, is this distinguishable from [name]Cambria[/name]?

Deandres is part of the familiar New Orleans-influenced pattern of De- and [name]Le[/name]- names.

[name]Nastassja[/name] - I’ve seen Natassja, not sure which Eastern European language that is.

Sylandra looks like a forgotten classic.

There are still a lot I don’t get.

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While most most of those names look and sound pretty awful to me, [name]Isis[/name] is a pretty, accessible mythology name, and I think [name]Bonnie[/name] is very sweet. I’m guessing (hoping) that the choices such as [name]Stonewall[/name] are family surnames, in which case while they aren’t my style, they don’t bother me at all.

I have to say, though, Kentavious and Fontavious are two of the most pretentious names I have ever come across!

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