splck

I'm a guy with a name I've had to spell to everybody all my life and resented it everytime. I refused to name my children with a name they would be forced to spell or one that people couldn't pronounce. While it might be cute to spell a name in a wierd way, I wouldn't subject my children to that. I'm glad my wife agreed with me

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nice line eh?

flamingpeach

http://www.ariagiovanni.com/ NSFW of course.

Sounds like your bf has a bit of a crush

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Blonddie

We have Alexandria Ann-- first name hubby and I liked, middle name is the same as mine
Aaron James-- wanted it to be another 'A' name, saw a show on Elvis Aaron Presley and liked the name, middle name is my maiden name
Ashlyn Elizabeth-- first name hubby picked, middle name is from my side of the family.
I wanted my kids to have name that had alot of nickname options because as a child I didn't like my name and had no options. So all of them could change to various things through the course of their life if they wanted to.

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spindles

I'm with you on the siple bit. Just named our first son Rory. His middle name is my wife's maiden name - which is also rather short "Marsden", so it's not too much of a mouthful.

Why did we pick Rory? No significance - it's not very common and we both liked it.

Nicknames - currently we are calling him "snorty" because he snorts and shuffles a lot!

choskins

That is hilarious!

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Derwood

So did I. And my sister. And my mom. And my dad. And now my daughter. I haven't resented it about myself though. I do find myself doing my best to make sure I know how to spell other people's names though, and people who don't care to spell people's names right bug me. But I don't hate my parents because my name is uncommon.

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