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I was looking at the birth announcements for our local paper and some of them definitely made me double take (and then immediately think of you guys.)  So I wanted to share.  Some I really like, some I don't know how to pronounce and some are, well, very phonetic.  

However, I wanted to make sure that sharing real life first and middle names (from the paper's birth announcement) wouldn't cross a line.  Opinions?

@MissFlipFlops:  Dang it!  I knew there already had to be an existing thread I could just add onto but I couldn't find it!  

Ok.  I'm glad I was on the same page as everyone else.  I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to raise the wrath of any momma bears.  ;-)  

And the names are: 

Jayce Maddex

Cheyenne Nancy Eve

Chezney Jo

Evelette Diane

Haylie Paige

Amelia and Tabitha (twins)

Karlee Kay

Atheana Evelyn (Do you suppose this is A-thee-ana?)

Daxtyn

McKinley Raegen

Alana Dale

Kenadee Elizabeth

Kynlee Nicole

Dalan Lee

Savaya Paige

Trigg Serey

Cory Jean

Bryson Merrill

Hailey Diane

Baylee Makelle

Adriana Ann

Aurora Valerie

Zion

Vyvyn (Pretty sure she's a future rock star)

Amelia Jane 

Rilyn Paige

Benjamin and Peter (twins)

Riley Robert

Wyatt Dee

Khylee Mae

Arianna Izabella

Samuel Elliott

Ellie Gwendolyn (I actually really like the way Gwendolyn goes with her last name.)

Raydon Matthew

Axle Dean

Sadie Harrison

Kayden Tyler

Kendra Ginny

Cannon Levi

Lonnie Rae

Scarlett Linnea

Keithalynn Aurora (Betcha can't guess her dad's name)

You can almost have a scavenger hunt!  How many ex-Presidential names can you spot?  Any elements from the Periodic Table?  Famous singers?  

Come across any good ones in your browsing?

Oh, and lest any one think that getting creative with spellings, etc is a new thing here are a couple of the parents' names...  (The gender is my just my best guess but it is a pretty conservative area.)

Doylenn (F)

Brittanie (F)

Vernie Mack (M)

Jobi (F)

Dewain (M)

Mikell (F)

Tawny (F)

Nikole (F)

Tasia (F)

Kalley (F)

Paublo (M)

Fololina (F)

Rusty (M) 

Jozepth (M)

Esefrain (M) (Any one know what heritage this one is from?)

Rustin (M)

@JeniRae:  That makes sense!  It's a lot harder to do while still keeping it easy to read than I expected though!  Think there are any names that are TOO individual that i should do that to?

@Boopers:  I don't mean to insinuate anything is wrong with any of the names.  Definitely to each their own.  And I posted all of them, I didn't want to single any out.  I agree that many are pretty common/normal/not weird/whatever you want to call it.  I just thought it was fun to see the patterns and different spellings in some of them.  

My name is Tabitha, and IMO it's nice to see someone using more normal spelling haha. Sometimes people spell my name with an 'a' which is fine (Tabatha) but I don't get when people spell it Taabbatha,  which I have seen twice haha. It's still the same name but it's so much harder to spell!

My mom's a kindergartin teacher and so she's really the first in the school to see the change in names. I help out in her class a lot and have noticed that many traditional names are being spelt in ways that don't make sense and there are many just plain odd names popping up in her classroom. We live in a very traditional small community so it's definitely a surprise to see many of the names on attendance sheets. I think parents want their child to have an original name and a name that won't pop up in classrooms multiple times. It kind of backfired if that was their plan though, many classes have repeated "unusual" names and only a few "traditional" names haha.

@Roux:  I was thinking the same as Miss Maine, Vivian without the a.  

@sugarpea:  People try and spell your name Taabbatha?!  That is definitely out there.  I think the "worst" I've gotten is maybe Katlynn.  No, that would make me Cat-lin, not kate-lan.  

Actually, on that note...  My mom told me she thought they were spelling my name the "normal" way!  Rather amusing since I've come across maybe two other people that spell it the same way.  Then again, I think I was 13 before I met anyone else with the name regardless of spelling.

@caitlanc: haha I know, it really surprised me when they did it. Now I just spell my name out to people by habit if they have to write it down. The first time it happened I was in elementary school and a substitute teacher wrote it down wrong and the other time was in grade 9 when the receptionsist at the orthodontist's office was making up my file during my first appointment haha.

@Mrs. DG:  Ha ha!  I was wondering if you would guess!  It is in fact out of Vernal.  ;-)  And I'm still trying to figure out how to cram 3 y's into Cadence!  Or two k's for that matter...

from a girl who has an "unusual name" i personally HATED it when i was younger. i always had to spell it out for people, and people never pronounced it right. drove me up the wall.

ive come up with funny sayings to help people pronounce it correctly.

Personally if i ever lose my mind and have kids (we are planning on staying child-free) i will not be doing the alternative names. Nice simple and normal are a-ok in my book.

I still remember going to places like amusement parks or gift shops where folks have their names on the license plates or key chains, and bursting out into tears because everyone had their name up there but mine. *pout* i think that if people want to get creative, change their own names - dont put that on your poor unsuspecting children.

AND theres quite a few studies conducted about children's names and what they grow up to be. If i can find it i will post it.

@spaganya:  Maybe it's just the difficult pronunciation that kids hate?  While my name isn't unusual it was very uncommon when and where I grew up and I still spell it automatically.  Like I said before, I never knew of another Caitlan until I was 13 or so and met only maybe 6 or so before I turned 20.  My best friend and I relished having unique names and while we would always look at the key chains, it was almost a point of pride that we could never find one.  

That study sounds super interesting to me too.

@ILikePink:  GAH!  Mone'y?  That's on par for La-a for me!  

@SBourgeous:  I rather liked Vyvyn too although I keep wanting to say it Vivian.  Doesn't it make it all the better that her last name is R0ck?

@WifeofBath:  You've seen Chezney before?!  I'm impressed!  I'd never heard of that one.  Savaya and Serey were new to me too but they seem more old/cultural/not recently made up.