Am I dooming my future children?

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Yes and no.

Children will be able to taunt anything if they think hard enough, so whether or not your children will be taunted is kind of down to whether they make friends or are social rejects, which is kind of beyond your control.

However, there are names which you can give children which will result in them being taunted no matter what you do. Lyra and Maes I think are okay, probably Lyra has already been used ever since His Dark Materials came out, and Maes is interesting enough but not so different that children will mock it right off the bat.

Stuff like 'Apple' 'Prince Michael' 'Dweezlebub' and 'Moon Unit'. These are names which are going to get your child mercilessly mocked. And although celebs' kids probably won't be, it's when idiots see that their favourite celebrity has named their child Apple and decides to follow suit, except that instead of being Gwneth Paltrow they're Shannon Jones who works at TESCOs and the kid goes to Cringleford First and Middle School. That's when poor Apple would get taunted.

Generally I think you can choose exotic and interesting names as long as they aren't too 'out there.' Also, don't spell a normal name differently just to be different. Holli with an 'i' is just retarded, and since it won't sound any different when your child is learning to say it, don't bother.

 

[Gjerulf]

Those names should be fine, but isn't Maes pronounced as Mahs?

A name like mine on the other hand. I'm actually the only one in my country named like that, and I can see why. In my language there are like 5 things wrong with that name that I have to explain every single time, and people don't remember more than 3 of those things, so they get it wrong anyway.

 

[StormShaun]

No, I dont think your dooming them at all, I think its better to have an uncommon name, I would like to name my son Cyrus or something like that and for a girl, Mikan...its cute!

 

[Evidencebased]

Naming a kid after a hobby or TV show seems a little cruel and shallow. Might as well name the kid "Nyancat" or "iPad" or something like that; none of our favorite pop culture things will still be relevant by the time your poor offspring is an adult and has to explain the dated reference. Neither of my parents named me after 80's fads, thank FSM.

 

[lettucethesallad]

I have an uncommon name, and sure, I was picked on it a bit when I was a kid. Now, I don't mind, it makes people remember me, and I would feel odd changing it for something more average.

 

[Hexenwolf]

Another thread has brought up the issue of parents giving their children easily taunt-able and generally goofy names. My question to you all is this: am I dooming my children to the same fate by giving them uncommon names (Daughter: Lyra; Son: Maes - - yes, my wife and I are super nerds)

Also; any of you giving/or gave your children unique names?


EDIT: Maes is pronounced Mays

Lyra is a fine name, but Maes is just asking for trouble.

 

[Nickompoop]

Maes isn't so bad, it's just that teachers will have an extremely hard time pronouncing his name. This isn't unusual though, as they have trouble pronouncing anything more original than Joe Smith.

Lyra, however, is a badass name.

EDIT: If I wanted to curse my children, their first name would be something that sounds like "Are you". My last name sounds like "sure" so their name would be "Are You Sure".

 

[Treefingers]

Maes? I dunno, kids can be creative with their insulting...

MAES... more like GAYS!! MAES GAYS!!

Kids are dicks.

Seriously though, i think those names are awesome. I'm into unique names for sure, as long as they aren't too out there, and I reckon your choices fit nicely.

EDIT: A lot of dislike for Maes I see here. I actually like Maes a lot... more so than Lyra. Lyra makes me think of Lycra. But I still like Lyra.

 

[dyre]

Uncommon is fine, as long as the names are nice.

Lyra's a fantastic name, but Maes...sucks. It's awful :|

 

[ImprovizoR]

Nothing wrong with Lyra. But Maes? You should get shot if you name your kid like that. Why not simply George?

 

[Treefingers]

EDIT: Maes is pronounced Mays

You realise that `maes' is `field' in Welsh, right? If he ever goes to Wales then people would pronounce it `mice'.

Interesting, but I reckon that's just over thinking it. Unless this guy already lives in Wales, what people who speak other languages interpret the name as shouldn't really matter.

On that topic the word 'mimi' in Maori (my language, that of indigenous New Zealanders) means urine. Or to urinate.

Spoiler: So whenever I see this...

...I can't help but imagine Mariah Carey pissing herself.

 

[Baldry]

I'm naming my male child Chewbacca Gatsby Alexius Oliver Rockerfeller Baldry...So no, those are not weird names.

 

[SpecJoe Magic]

We named our daughter Eisley, which is uncommon, but I don't foresee any teasing. The only problem I see with it is some people want to pronounce the long "E" sound instead of the long "I" sound, but I explain to them that it's like the name Eisenhower or Einstein, and then it makes complete sense to them. I'm baffled that some people don't already know that.

My wife wanted to name our daughter Lyra originally, but I talked her out of it because my sister's name is Laura, and I think those names sound too much alike. I do like the name, though. I don't see any problems at all arising from that name.

I'm not a fan of Maes. It's almost too peculiar in my opinion. I don't hate it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it creates some confusion, though I don't see why it would be a tease worthy name. That said, what do I know? Our daughter's name has already created some pronunciation confusion, so maybe I'm not the best one to ask.

The bottom line is that you have to be comfortable with it even if some others think it's weird. Kids will find numerous ways to tease other kids. If it's not name teasing, then it might be some other type of teasing anyway. There's just no way to know for certain. A word of advice, choose a middle name you like that is more common, so that he could always be called by his middle name if he so chooses. That's why our daughter's middle name is Ruth.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

My kids will nerve exist, so I can't answer that, but I think the girl's name is fine, though your son's potential name is an easy target. I probably wouldn't go with that.

 

[Knusper]

Well speaking as someone who has a weird name (Crispin), I think that weird names are a blessing rather than a curse. I get more compliments about my name than I have been teased (Crispy Lee, Crispy Bacon, Crispy Duck, Rice Crispins...) and that was more in my early years, and most of it was just joking rather than actual teasing.

 

[Android2137]

Another thread has brought up the issue of parents giving their children easily taunt-able and generally goofy names. My question to you all is this: am I dooming my children to the same fate by giving them uncommon names (Daughter: Lyra; Son: Maes - - yes, my wife and I are super nerds)

Also; any of you giving/or gave your children unique names?


EDIT: Maes is pronounced Mays

Lyra is passible, but your son is going to have serious issues growing up. Change it to something more masculine for his sake. I know it's "Mays", but "May" is a girl's name and the s isn't going to help any.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

The names you've chosen aren't bad, or I don't think they are. Trust me if someone named 'Marijuana Pepsi' can become successful despite her name - then you'll be fine with these choices.lol. Even though I don't have children, don't really like then, and probably wont have any on purpose - my spouse and I seem to enjoy long and elegant name choices.

Such as:
Elizabeth
Augustine
Genevieve (zhan-vee-EV)
Evangeline
Vivianne

The middle name choice for a girl always being, 'Louise' , after my husbands sister who passed away by unnatural means when she was nearly ten. And for a boy a middle name would be, 'Sven', for his brother who shared the same fate.


I can see those names being hell for a child just learning to spell and has to put her name on all of her papers, but she'll get over it. I haven't really thought of boy's names as much, because well,..I don't really like any of the ones I've heard. Besides perhaps, 'Spencer' or 'William'. Vincent perhaps. However, I was hovering over to my Mother's side for names such as Sidro. We pronounce it, 'See-Dro' with a rolling 'r'. Or, Gutamea pronounced 'Wa-ta-meh-ha' - for my Native grandmother.

So many choices and options, it's a wonder people can choose at all. lol

 

[KaizokuouHasu]

You're a legend! We need more unusual names out in this world. It kind of sucks to have one of my country's most common name as my given name. You can be sure if you stand in the middle of Stockholm and shout my name out at least 600 people will answer. ¬_¬

 

[Artina89]

I like the name Lyra, but I am not too sure on Maes, but I used to live upstairs from a girl called "Storm". I have heard of plenty of strange names, so I don't really see a problem with it as long as you give them a relatively normal middle name. My favourite name though, is courtesy of a friend of mine who like me, is really into David Lynch gave her son the name Lynch. I don't know why, but I really like that name.

 

[Aethren]

Geralt would be a fine name. Tracey too. Either gender is fine.

We named our daughter Eisley, which is uncommon, but I don't foresee any teasing.

You named your daughter after a spaceport commonly described as: "A wretched hive of scum and villainy"? The Star Wars fans are gonna be all over that.