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Tsiphonie. I've only seen it written, so I'm not sure how to pronounce it. So far I've been able to come up with "kind of like Tiffany"...
Quote from: Pen^2 on June 07, 2013, 06:28:52 AMToday there was a woman at the supermarket whose name, according to her nametag, was 'Dog'. I really hope it's a cruel and inappropriate joke done by her coworkers, and not a parent who would have done such a thing...Why cruel and inappropriate? When I worked fast food we had all sorts of made up names on our nametags. Maybe they're doing something silly like "put the name of your favorite animal on your nametag today!" or if it's engraved it might be the defacto "I forgot my nametag at home today " replacement. I wore one that said my name was Jason tor 4 months (I am female) because when I lost mine it was the only spare I could find. My boss thought it was funny so I was Jason for 4 months.
Today there was a woman at the supermarket whose name, according to her nametag, was 'Dog'. I really hope it's a cruel and inappropriate joke done by her coworkers, and not a parent who would have done such a thing...
Quote from: bansidhe on June 07, 2013, 06:47:51 PMQuote from: Tea Drinker on June 06, 2013, 12:32:57 PMThere are a very few names that say "specific religion" to me, but only a few: I would advise against naming a child Christian, Christine, or Christopher if you aren't Christian, and against Mohammed if you aren't Muslim (in both cases so a child doesn't have to keep explaining that s/he doesn't go to church, or that yes he eats pork).My husband's name is Christian. He's an atheist, as were his parents. I don't think many people associate that name with religion at all, and I doubt anyone associates Christine or Christopher with religion.I don't associate Christine or Christopher with religion but Christian? Oh yeah, since that is the name of the religion.
Quote from: Tea Drinker on June 06, 2013, 12:32:57 PMThere are a very few names that say "specific religion" to me, but only a few: I would advise against naming a child Christian, Christine, or Christopher if you aren't Christian, and against Mohammed if you aren't Muslim (in both cases so a child doesn't have to keep explaining that s/he doesn't go to church, or that yes he eats pork).My husband's name is Christian. He's an atheist, as were his parents. I don't think many people associate that name with religion at all, and I doubt anyone associates Christine or Christopher with religion.
There are a very few names that say "specific religion" to me, but only a few: I would advise against naming a child Christian, Christine, or Christopher if you aren't Christian, and against Mohammed if you aren't Muslim (in both cases so a child doesn't have to keep explaining that s/he doesn't go to church, or that yes he eats pork).
I have a high school classmate who named her daughter Nori. She gave the meaning she was going with (which I can’t remember now), but I kept wondering why she had named her after the seaweed common in sushi.
It's been reported that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their baby North making her full name......North West. Just when I believe I can't think less of them, they always top themselves.
Quote from: rose red on June 21, 2013, 08:07:00 AMIt's been reported that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their baby North making her full name......North West. Just when I believe I can't think less of them, they always top themselves.You know what's funny? When I found out that that was the real name and not a lame late night joke... I couldn't help but think how boring a name that is. Here they had such an opportunity to go big (given the certainty of coverage of everything they do ever) and that's what they came up with? It reaches for originality but ultimately lacks imagination and interest, IMHO. Now if the baby's middle name was Bynorth...
Quote from: lilfox on June 21, 2013, 11:18:09 AMQuote from: rose red on June 21, 2013, 08:07:00 AMIt's been reported that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their baby North making her full name......North West. Just when I believe I can't think less of them, they always top themselves.You know what's funny? When I found out that that was the real name and not a lame late night joke... I couldn't help but think how boring a name that is. Here they had such an opportunity to go big (given the certainty of coverage of everything they do ever) and that's what they came up with? It reaches for originality but ultimately lacks imagination and interest, IMHO. Now if the baby's middle name was Bynorth... CRUD MONKEYS!.... now I need to go clean up the snorted diet coke on my keyboard.
