Why do parents name their daughters stupid names like Precious and Princess?
They're not precious or princesses. Geesh.
sharePeople seem to name daughters like they would name a dog or cat, while sons get more serious normal names.
There used to be a trick that when you are considering any baby name, imagine that person as a grown 40 year old man or woman with that name. Then imagine that name on a doctor's office or a legal firm letterhead, or on a strip club marquee. Which place does the name look more appropriate?
Recently I worked with a gal named Precious and thankfully, I never had to use her name out loud (she worked in a different department). I just couldn't imagine having to say, "Hey, Precious, can you..."
My thought is, why not give your child a 'normal' name officially, and use that cutesy, trendy name you just love as a nickname? I knew my sister was a bit of a flake when she and her husband named their son Skeeter. If he'd been a girl, he would have been stuck with the name Coco. Yikes. Not sure which is worse. 🙄
Skeeter definitely needs to be a nickname!
Trendy names are bad enough but at least there will be millions of other people their age with the same silly name. It does not seem quite as silly when there are 2 or 3 in your class with the same name.
When they try to make 'unique' spellings of normal-sounding names, you are basically making your child look like their parents are illiterate, and also condemning your child to a lifetime of correcting people who spell their name the normal way instead of the 'creative' way.
And no apostrophes in names! You can't use an apostrophe in an email, so just spell out Mikayla instead of M'kayla (or whatever).
Some email providers do allow apostrophes but many websites won't recognize them so you can't use that email to register for things. Just skip the apostrophes. Save the grief.
What if someone named their daughter "Snowflake"? And that someone also named their son "Deadbeat"?
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