http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/26/news/economy/applicant_names/index.htm
Gah, if I can’t link stuff from the school library, but here are a couple “unofficial” articles to pursue. It happens, it’s real. These two mainly deal with the racism behind it, off to find a study done relating class and “level of education” and the names used by different groups.
Also, yes - [name]Lexie[/name] is very often used in the adult entertainment industry, so that remark wasn’t far off the mark. I’m not trying to be nasty, it’s just truth.
And so are a lot of names, I bet you can find [name]Jessica[/name]'s, [name]Brittany[/name]'s, etc… it’s not fair to just bash [name]Lexie[/name]
Well Racism and Sexism are also causes, Names aren’t the only thing. Discrimination is everywhere from your hair color to your heritage. I don’t think a name should play into that because in the end you could have a normal name like [name]Sarah[/name] and still not get hired because you are green…
Honestly I’d be more likely to hire a [name]Lexi[/name] than a [name]Genevieve[/name] or [name]Juliet[/name].
I wasn’t just bashing [name]Lexie[/name]. I would also advise against people using my OWN name as a full name because it’s commonly used in the adult entertainment industry.
Yes, but the only way people would know that are people who watch that stuff and kids don’t so I don’t see any teasing… and the people who know that stuff aren’t people you’d want your kid around anyway…
Well, then you’re an odd one out because honestly? [name]Genevieve[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name] sound way more educated than [name]Lexie[/name] - sorry, but it’s true. They have substance and history and class to stand on. But that’s not what this is about.
Yes, discrimination happens - but why set someone up for it? You can’t help what skin color you have, what gender you happen to be, but it’s selfish to realize the potential impact of your chosen name and still bestow it on your child. You would have to actually be called in for an interview for them to see what color your skin is - just sayin. 
Did I say anything about teasing? No. Your children around around adults, no? Adults - even perfectly respectable, well rounded adults watch porn, visit strip clubs…Google names and have porn stars pop up as their first search result. The stigma is there.
Well if there is no teasing, then what is the problem? I don’t watch porn obviously since when I hear [name]Lexi[/name] I don’t automatically think stripper. Maybe if her name was [name]Candy[/name] or [name]Diamond[/name]… but those are bad names to begin with. I know plenty of people who don’t watch porn…
The problem is the stigma. It’s a cutesy and it rhymes with “sexy”. I’m not saying everyone watches porn, I actually don’t care for it, but people [name]DO[/name] watch it, A LOT of people, hence why it’s a multi-billion dollar industry.
[name]True[/name], but even if there is a stigma, it shouldn’t matter since no one is likely to say anything. If anything the child can prove the stigma wrong… Also there are plenty of people with the name [name]Lexi[/name] who aren’t strippers…
http://names.whitepages.com/first/Lexi
http://names.whitepages.com/first/Lexie
I don’t think just because it’s a popular stripper name, it can’t be used… I don’t think very many people are automatically going to think stripper…
Plus even if she uses a full name, she still plans on using [name]Lexi[/name] as a nn, so the child would still be called [name]Lexi[/name]… there’s no point to finding a longer name…
Also, I tried googling [name]Lexi[/name]: lexi - Google Search
Nothing about porn popped up :\
The point is not porn. The point is not teasing. The point is that as an ADULT - she should have a substantial name with options and a backbone that does not rhyme with words like “sexy”. As an adult, she should be able to fill out a resume and not have it thrown away because someone with the same credentials comes in and has a name that actually makes them sound professional and adult. Yes, full names matter. There’s a [name]REASON[/name] my mom named me [name]Cassandra[/name] even though the only time I’ve been called [name]Cassandra[/name] is when I’m in trouble. I am able to use it for resumes and feel like a mature, grown woman and not like I’m 5. I go by [name]Cassie[/name], but when it comes to work, it’s nice to separate myself outside of work and be able to go in and feel powerful and professional.
I suppose. I wouldn’t know though since I never really had a nickname. I just went by [name]Diana[/name]. At work everyone has nicknames, but it’s not based on their name, it’s just because our boss is hilarious and can’t remember names so he gives us names. There’s a Coach, Huggy [name]Bear[/name], Joker, etc… I’m actually called Viper at work. It’s totally not my character, but it makes work fun.
I just don’t see it being a huge issue. I think [name]Lexi[/name]/[name]Lexie[/name] is common enough that it wouldn’t get tossed. Some places don’t go by first names, but last names. So even if she was doctor, she wouldn’t be called Dr. [name]Lexi[/name], she’d be called Dr. [name]Thompson[/name] or w/e her last name is.
I guess I’d just like to hope that in the modern world, names weren’t an issue for jobs… I never knew of anyone who had an issue and I met people with strange names… I mean I know [name]Roxie[/name]/[name]Roxy[/name]'s and they have no issues with their names and that one is kind of like [name]Lexi[/name]…
I think someone should set up a separate thread about this nickname/full name matter and we can all debate it there instead.
[name]Lexandra[/name]
[name]Alexa[/name]
Alexana
[name]Alexane[/name]
[name]Alexandria[/name]
[name]Alexandrina[/name]
Alexiane
[name]Alexandrine[/name]
[name]Alexandrie[/name]
[name]Alexine[/name]
[name]Alexina[/name]
[name]Lexa[/name]
[name]Lexia[/name]
[name]Lexina[/name]
[name]Lexine[/name]
Lexana
[name]Yamilex[/name]
That’s all I can think of.
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judging by what you said, it is basically the same if you have a goofy sounding name and being listed ["]here]([url=http://www.ehow.com/how_4864432_background-check-company.html). I can’t imagine people making decsion on hiring someone solely on the basis of their name. after all, it is not like its their decision…
Well, it happen’s - a lot. I’ve written papers on it and I would link some very reliable sources, but I’m not allowed to link to the schools library since the publications are journals that the school pays for.
A simple Google search will show you I’m not the only one saying this - it happens and it happens a lot. I don’t agree with it, but to think people are not so petty as to call back one person over another based on their name is pretty ignorant. In fact, I know for a fact that there are employers out there that instruct their hiring managers to throw out any application or resume with an undesirable name on it - meaning one that’s got an awkward spelling, is difficult to pronounce or sounds overly ethnic. No, it’s not legal at all, but it happens all the time. This especially happens when the position they are hiring for is one that will deal directly with the public - no one wants to approach someone whose name they can’t pronounce or they feel uncomfortable with and employers are aware of these feelings.
I’m not defending the practice, I do not agree with it at all and I do not participate in it, but it DOES happen.
I also do not see the point of trying to find a longer name to fit with a name you love. While it may be that today the name lexi appears to some to be a child’s name, there are so many kids in this generation being given names such as daisy, poppy. [name]Alfie[/name], [name]Charlie[/name] that may appear to be ‘cutesy’, by the time they’re applying for jobs no one will think twice. As someone from the uk I am quite astounded by the names that are mentioned on this site. There are so many people naming their kids with ‘surnames’, names that are traditionally given to the other gender, made up names, made up spellings, random word names, colours and some quite frankly weird concoctions that I really don’t think anyone will think twice about a lexi.
I think people should use whatever name they love. [name]Even[/name] if they call the child a ‘respectable, professional’ name (whatever that may be) who’s to say that the child won’t hate it and want to change it anyway. Or who’s to say they won’t bring out a film about a porn star with that very name that becomes a box office hit and that name is forever thought of alongside porn!
I also do not see the point of trying to find a longer name to fit with a name you love. While it may be that today the name lexi appears to some to be a child’s name, there are so many kids in this generation being given names such as daisy, poppy. [name]Alfie[/name], [name]Charlie[/name] that may appear to be ‘cutesy’, by the time they’re applying for jobs no one will think twice. As someone from the uk I am quite astounded by the names that are mentioned on this site. There are so many people naming their kids with ‘surnames’, names that are traditionally given to the other gender, made up names, made up spellings, random word names, colours and some quite frankly weird concoctions that I really don’t think anyone will think twice about a lexi.
I think people should use whatever name they love. [name]Even[/name] if they call the child a ‘respectable, professional’ name (whatever that may be) who’s to say that the child won’t hate it and want to change it anyway. Or who’s to say they won’t bring out a film about a porn star with that very name that becomes a box office hit and that name is forever thought of alongside porn!
I don’t think [name]Alfie[/name] or [name]Charlie[/name] would be good on an adult, either. [name]Every[/name] child goes through a stage where they hate their name - I hated mine for ages, but I [name]DO[/name] appreciate that I can put a name on a resume that makes me sound like a professional adult.