Am I dooming my future children?

[Mr. Google]

I don't think so I have a uncommon name and I have never been made fun of because of my name.

Really? I would think people would make fun of "Big Cat" a lot...i mean cat rhymes with a lot of stuff!

 

[Mr. Google]

The thing is, aside from "teaseable" names, you have to consider whether you're giving your child a name they'll be forced to spell for the rest of their life. This doesn't seem so bad, but I have a name that's not even that unusual, just slightly antiquated, and yet my doctor can't spell it right, and my taxes are all made out to "Andres" (not even close to my actual name). Don't get me wrong, I love my name. It's fairly unique, and it fits me well, but just consider whether or not you're setting your kids up for hardships. The names you've picked seem nice, and if you think the value you put into them outweighs the drawbacks, then go for it. My main beef is with people who name their kid something like Connor but spell it, Khonner. Your kid will have an entire lifetime of spelling out their name to people for no good reason.

Yeah thats how I am. Jarred has 500 different spellings and my mom picked the single least common one. oh well i love my 2 R's

 

[thiosk]

Name your son Billy. Middle name maes.

A man's name.

 

[Dango]

Those names aren't bad, I like the sounds of Lyra, but I can understand some confusion about "Maes".

 

[Foxblade618]

Name your son Billy. Middle name maes.

Ah yes, that is how his surname was spelled wasn't it? Oh well, I guess it's nice to pay tribute to the dead, however unintentional and indirect.

 

[kayisking]

Maes (i think pronounced "maze") is referring to Maes Hughes, the slain Brigadier from Full Metal Alchemist...

you and your wife ARE nerds...

and i fully support both names as 100% awesome

Yes! Awesome that you knew that

A: Daddy, where does my name comes from?

B: It comes from a Japanese cartoon I liked a while ago.

Don't do this to your kids, please.

I am named Kay. I was named after one of the charecters in the dutch nobel "The Ice Queen". I do not see the difference.

 

[Xeros]

I don't have any kids, and won't for quite some time, but I was always quite partial to Silas. Not really original, but very old-school.

 

[Lem0nade Inlay]

Mays? Sounds like maze.

There are definitely certain names I really like, but I'm not going to give my kids a name which will allow them to be bullied.

 

[Rabish Bini]

lololol, Lycra

So long as you don't name your daughter Moon Unit or your son Dweezel, you should be fine.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Maes (i think pronounced "maze") is referring to Maes Hughes, the slain Brigadier from Full Metal Alchemist...

you and your wife ARE nerds...

and i fully support both names as 100% awesome

Yes! Awesome that you knew that

Hughes was awesome indeed. I think those are pretty cool names with no major teasing triggers. My son's name is Malcolm Flynn Hancock. I know he'll catch crap for our last name, since I have, but I think he's got a nice unique name that people should be able to figure out. However, we've already had people spell it Malcom for some reason. I have never seen that spelling in my life.

 

[Rpground]

just dont name your boy jason xD ah but seriously just dont name him anything stupid like something elvish,dont play too much with names your children will have for the rest of their lives...your names you picked are ok they sound normal at least.

and now off-topic:

HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO TYPE THIS CAPTCHA!?

is that even possible on ANY keyboard!?

 

[boyvirgo666]

i wonder if my considering naming my future daughter pandora will make her not like me. but just imagine the jokes i can make with her future husband about thrusting hope back into pandoras box

 

[kouriichi]

Me and my wife agreed on "Tor Exdee Blain" for our son's name.

Ive always thought that 'Tor" was an amazing name. Nice and strong.
And "Exdee" come from when we text each other. We use the "xD" face alot. "X" "D", Exdee.

Sure, were horrible people for deciding on it. But oh well.

 

[Foxblade618]

Maes (i think pronounced "maze") is referring to Maes Hughes, the slain Brigadier from Full Metal Alchemist...

you and your wife ARE nerds...

and i fully support both names as 100% awesome

Yes! Awesome that you knew that

Hughes was awesome indeed. I think those are pretty cool names with no major teasing triggers. My son's name is Malcolm Flynn Hancock. I know he'll catch crap for our last name, since I have, but I think he's got a nice unique name that people should be able to figure out. However, we've already had people spell it Malcom for some reason. I have never seen that spelling in my life.

That spelling is, I think, the common way to spell that name when it is a last name. Such as Dr. Ian Malcom from JP- if memory serves

 

[RootbeerJello]

If this is a Fullmetal Alchemist reference, you have the full approval of a fifteen year old, and really, what matters more than that?

 

[Gaiseric]

snip

Johnny Cash - "A Boy Named Sue"

well i want to name my daughter after a war pigeon so its not too weird for me! lol

Wouldn't happen to be Cher Ami would it? Only pigeon I've ever heard of with a name.

 

[Ris]

Lyra is fine, but Maes sounds too much like May - a girl's name. I actually kinda like it (even though I don't get the reference), but it definitely sounds like something he'd be teased for for the first 15 or so years of his life.

 

[Pat8u]

Probably not. Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda, so Maes isn't horrific by comparison.

I plan to name my son after Deathwing, so in class he can say, "My name is Neltharion and MY HATRED BURNS THROUGH THE CAVERNOUS DEEPS"

the funny thing is neltharion would be a badass name

No your not ruining their futures they sound like good names

 

[Singularly Datarific]

I don't mind unusual names, but mispronouncable names are annoying to have. My last name, for instance, is mispronounced every time. I know a few people in my class who are doomed to have similar first names.

 

[Inquisitor Slayde]

I think I can contribute to this discussion in a way few others can. My parents gave me a pretty unusual name. I'd rather not say what it actually is but it's a latin word that shows up in scifi writing fairly regularly.

I do not like it.

I won't bore you with a lot details, but nothing positive has ever come from it. Mostly I just have to correct people, repeat myself and spell it for them. Also, I'm really tired of the 'That's an unusual name!' conversation.

I have given serious thought to changing it but dispite how much I dislike it it is part of my identity now and I can not decide on a 'normal' name that I'd like to go by instead and doing so really is a lot of trouble to go through. I might still change it one day though.

I have never told my parents I wish they'd just given me a normal name and I probably never will.

So, from someone who has an unusual name, don't do it. Do not make your child carry that (admittedly fairly small) burden because you think it's cool.