Once today's parents had run through the "SUV/place names" (Dakota, Austin, Brooklyn, etc.) and Kreaytiv Spellings had run their course, I thought they might resort to symbols in their arms race for cuteness and "uniqueness."

Looking forward in 2050 to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Tiffynyee Somethingorother.

Euripides Pantzoff?

> Posted by: Jeff at April 20, 2014 12:01 PM

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Hmmm......I gave my daughter a name from Greek mythology, Calypso. We call her Callie though, which was apparently quite popular in the 1880s. LOL

Jenny 1, Jenny 2.

> We call her Callie

I always thought that if I had a daughter I'd name her Epiphany, but around the house I'd caller her Piffers.

My name is Tiffany, which apparently originated from the Festival of the Epiphanies and was often given to Catholic girls born in January. Aside from the Catholic part it otherwise fits me, but I was named after my dad's favorite character on Charlie's Angel, although nobody ever remembers Shelly Hack playing Tiffany Wells on the show.

Tiffers could work.

That's what my husband calls me. :)

> Kreaytiv Spellings had run their course

Dood. It's Kreeyativ...

Why not Lysistrata?

^ Isn't that the name of a group that advocates world peace and getting rid of the military (or something like that)?

Sort of... she and her friends decide to stop war by telling their husbands they won't have sex until they make peace. The rest of the play is them moaning about how horny they are.

I googled.

http://www.lysistrataproject.org/aboutus.htm

I took a class in high school (Latin 1) that had 13 or 14 kids in it. THREE were named "Jennifer Kim" (none had a middle name). They were referred to as, "Jennie with an i-e," "Jenny with a y," and "Jennifer."

As for "unique" spellings, some are actually historical and/or are transliterations of names from completely different alphabets. Sort of like there are several spellings that are acceptable for Hanukkah (e.g. Hanukkah, Chanukah) because Hebrew doesn't transliterate nicely into English.

I know it's hard to think of, but not that long ago illiteracy was pretty common, so many people spelled phonetically. This is how you get historical spellings (e.g. being named after a great-grand-something) that are considered by some to be wrong (Aron/Aaron, Josef/Joseph, Gorge/George, Sean/Shawn).

Worth noting, spell check didn't identify any of the names above as incorrect.

When we were selecting names for our kids, I actually tried to look up "correct" spellings for several names (having seen several and not being sure which were... kreeativ - I am a terrible speller), and it was an impossible task. Even older name books would have Carolyn, Carolin, Caroline, etc. for a single entry.

I like unusual names...but thought best to not use a too unusual name or spelling. My daughter will always be saying "Kassandra with K" (I believe that is the original Greek).

Though I would have loved to have a daughter named Athena...I am not Greek but always loved the Greek myths.

I always liked the name Eudoxia…Doxie for short. But I heard in the UK that Doxie can mean prostitute….so a name also should be appropriate for the name bearer's place.

I really wanted a Persephone-didn't happen though. I also like Farrah Jane or Cicely Jane. I've got greek named kid, a southern Gma named kid, a traditional boy named kid that wasn't in the top 20 names, and an unusual but not kreativ named kid. I have a name NO other person has (seriously, I'm the only one on FB) so can't imagine sharing my name commonly. How irritating to be Jenny A Jenny B etc.

I really loved Ava, but it became popular the year I started having kids. Hubby liked Mariska but I was NOT naming my daughter after someone he had a crush on on tv. Nope.

I met a Yessica the other day. I couldn't decide if her parents hated her, or if maybe it was a Hebrew spelling.

Southern Gma = ?

My husband keeps suggesting Penelope for this baby if it's a girl, but I refuse to have a trendy Kardashian name for my kids. If not for that I wouldn't mind so much. I suggested Persephone as an option since he liked Penelope and it's similar, but no word on like/hate from him. I have every intention of calling the baby Pippie as a nickname (I met an absolutely brilliant, adorable girl with that nickname and have been stuck on it), and would use it as a full given name except I don't see it as aging well or being particularly professional (Judge or Dr. Pippie _________ doesn't sit well with me). Because of this I'm hunting for "P" names or names with P's in them that I could sort of get away with it not being completely random or oddball. My favorite right now is Ophelia, but not a strong tie to the nickname. Hubby isn't sure what he thinks of it, says he's never heard of it, but our just turned 3-year-old tries to say it all the time because it's in one of his Veggie Tales movies (one of the ones where they do Shakespeare). It's very hard for us to agree on girl names.

Greek doesn't have the letter k (or any other of our letters), but that makes my point about transliteration from other alphabets :)

Ahh the baby name game. Find a name that 1. won't make your kid sound like a dolt when they are an adult; and 2. a name that doesn't rhyme with something truly awful. My niece named her oldest son Tucker...as soon as I heard the name, all I could think was at some point, some kid at school was going to call him Tucker the little Fucker.

I gave my girls all pretty good names, that have worked well for adulthood: Alexandra, Veronica and Amelia and none of them have shortened versions of their names, but they do have family nicknames. My favorite is Amelia's...her sister started calling her "Weenie" years ago, and it stuck. Now her nephews call her Auntie Weenie.

My daughter is named Elizabeth, but I really wanted Mnemosyne or Chrysanthemum for her.

I also wanted to name my son Ronald Reagan, but I didn't want him to be judged because is parents are nuts. His name is Nathan. (Thought not Nathan Hale, another of my suggestions.)