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Originally Posted by Redlemon
But people will continue to write it down as 'Micheal'. It's been in the top 5 names for approximately forever, and yet people still can't spell it right. Yes, my name is Michael. I don't expect people to spell my last name correctly, but my first, c'mon, what's your problem?!?
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No kidding.
I was at a job interview a couple of weeks ago and the fellow interviewing me invited me to sit down. He had my application in hand and as we were sitting down he says, "So......Michael??? Is that it?" and he waited for me to pronounce my own first name.
My cursive is truly something to behold, but my printing is just fine, thank you very much.
As for naming your kids...
That list was, for the most part, spot on. I would only like to add two..
1- No excessive vowels. Naming your kid Aandrea (I kid you not, it was in my local paper's birth announcements) is not an interesting take on an established name. It only proves that you can't spell.
2- Stop trying to "remake" names. Your child doesn't need interesting, twisting, phonetically spelled names like Dwan, DeWayne, Dwain, Duwain, DeWaan, Dewaine or variations thereof such as Duante when the classic will do you just fine. Call him Duane, damn it. He's probably going to have a hard enough time in school without having to spend the extra time in learning how to write his name.
Just a bit more....
My niece's name is Elizabeth MacKenzie (proper spelling and all) and my nephew's name is Jordan Travis. Everyone else calls them Kenzie and Jordan, which isn't too bad, I guess....
I'm just happy that my sister and my mother listened to me and gave them 'normal' names as well in case they opt out of those later in life.