#unique names

[soundlessdragon]

Opinions on having a name that you have to explain pronounciation for at least 50% of the time

I hate it & I have one

I hate it & someone I know has one

I don't mind & I have one

I don't mind & someone I know has one

I love it & I have one

I love it & someone I know has one

Voting ended onJun 23

[intothestacks]

3 books that celebrate having names that are considered "different" where you live

That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed

Mirha is super excited to start school… until none of her classmates pronounce her name right. Now she’s starting to think that maybe it might just be easier to have a new name. But is she right?

My Name Is Saajin Singh by Kuljinder Kaur Brar

Saajin loves his name, but on the first day of Kindergarten, the teacher and his classmates pronounce it differently. He figures that this must be how his name is pronounced outside the house, but it makes his tummy feel kinda funny. Eventually, he comes to learn that even grownups can make mistakes, and it’s okay to politely correct someone when they say your name wrong.

Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

A little girl is frustrated that no one at her new school could pronounce her beautiful name. Is something the matter with her name? No, her mother assures her, all names are beautiful, because all names are a song. She just needs to help her classmates learn its rhythm. A celebration of names new and old from around the globe.

[assi9]

introducing myself with my very unique name and seeing the other person form new neural pathways to process it like ooohohho you're in for it now buddy

[hometoursandotherstuff]

As a children's librarian, the names I see are sometimes clever, but sometimes, I wonder how can you do that to your child?

I had a girl whose name was La - a. The staff called her La. I said, "No, I think it's Laya." The mother called and yelled at us for calling her daughter by the wrong name. It's La Dash A. Get it, the dash in the middle is pronounced.

My neighbor's tenant admired The Pagans Motorcycle Club, so he named his son Pagan. I was saying, "No, I think it's Hagan."

Another man who was a Navy veteran named all of his children after Naval titles: Captain, Admiral, etc.

[cosmozoa-sys]

⋯ paleontology themed id pack !!

names ⁘

fossil ⋄ trilo ⋄ dino ⋄ cambria ⋄ amber ⋄ nuna ⋄ shale ⋄ marrella ⋄ archo ⋄ azhdarcho ⋄ strata ⋄ phyla ⋄ devon(ia) ⋄ mosa ⋄ darwin ⋄ finch ⋄ kimberella ⋄ pteraspi ⋄ stega ⋄ raptor ⋄ burgess ⋄ holocene ⋄ lichida ⋄ luca ⋄ zircon ⋄ ediacara

trilo: as in trilobite | cambria: the cambrian period | amber: where many insects are preserved | nuna: one of the oldest supercontinents | archo: as in archosaur | azhdarcho: as in a group of large pterosaurs | strata: as in stratigraphy | devonia: the devonian period | finch: darwin's finches | stega: as in stegosaur | burgess: the burgess shale, british columbia | lichida: a group of trilobites | luca: last universal common ancestor | zircon: a crystal that can help search for early microbial life | ediacara: the ediacaran period

pronouns ⁘

paleo/paleo ⋄ fossil/fossils ⋄ dig/digs ⋄ dino/saur ⋄ dino/dinos ⋄ geo/geology ⋄ phy/phylum ⋄ tri/trilobite ⋄ bone/bones ⋄ mammoth/mammoths ⋄ flora/fauna ⋄ zo/zoa ⋄ tetra/tetrapod ⋄ evo/evolve

titles ⁘

The Most Ancient ⋄ (prn) Who Swims with Ichthyosaurs ⋄ The Fossilized One ⋄ (prn) Who is Encased in Stone ⋄ The Ancestor of Life ⋄ The Driver of Evolution

system names ⁘

the burgess shale ⋄ the fossil dig ⋄ the cycling lands ⋄ prehistoric pack ⋄ mesozoic menagerie ⋄ the index ⋄ heart of ediacara

As a certified paleontology nerd with a tattoo of a cheirurus trilobite and an anomalocaris.... this was absolutely necessary. -Iris (she/her)

credit: 1, 2

[unbfacts]

Michael "Rooster" McConaughey, Matthew's brother, named his son Miller Lyte after his favorite beer and his daughter Margarita Olympia, blending a cocktail and beer brand.

[fayvrse]

doing a project in a graveyard for college, and I saw the prettiest names. my absolute favourite was Abina, whose nickname was Bunnie. and then there was also Hanora, which i'm assuming is a mix of Hannah and Honora (which is another name i love by itself)

honestly, if you're a writer, just go into graveyards. even if you don't find some unique names, you're still visiting graves that may not have been visited in who knows how many years, which is very sweet. so it's still a win

[icezeebee]

Having a semi unique name makes the chances of hearing your name in a piece of media slim but not impossible.

Everytime this has happened I've had to run the show back because I thought I heard wrong.