Character names? What do you think?

[Koa]

But I do realize it's not common and it gets misspronounced all the time. People want to call me 'Shee-a', and I have to tell them that it's pronounced like Shea Stadium in NY, where the Mets play baseball.

I was actually wondering how to pronounce it... in my mind i read it as 'she-a' but as i can see it's wrong (i do read things 'my way' in my mind all the time, cos i sometimes tend to read it in my italian way, not as an english speaker would- that's probably rather normal). So, how is it pronounced? Never heard of that stadium, so the example won't help me... My alternative guess was 'she'...like the pronoun...

[Shea]

It's pronounced the same as "day". Also because of the pronunciation, people spell it wrong. It's been spelled Shae, Shay, or Shey. I had an uncle once who couldn't get away from calling me 'Shoe'. Though he was a drunk which is why my aunt divorced him.

[Koa]

thanks- wow i would have never guessed that!

[Shea]

No problem! 8)

[Koa]

Yesterday i heard on the radio that a couple in Sweden wanted to call their child SUPERMAN cos they are fond of this character But when they went to register the birth, it was refused to prevent the child from future humiliations.
And apparently the couple replied 'always better than Tarzan...'

(i don't know if it's true, it's just what i heard...)

[faith]

I like when theres a story behind a name. I was named Laura and have no idea why. Was the only reason that it recembled Lars, my dads name? Stupid. Orthen not so stupid, cos it meean Im named after dad, and I love him, so thats great actually. Well, on top of all my mum keeps saying Laura wasnt at all a common name in the 80s when I was born, when I complain that everybodys got the same name as I. Too bad Ive found out Laura was in the name top10 the very year I was born. And in the 90s it just raked higher. Im for orginal names, cos its stupid with people with the same name in the same class at school. Confusing.

[amuse]

an instructor told us of a girl who was named female, because her mother pronounced it (soft e and o) fe-mol-ee - and really liked it. when her daughter was born, she didn't have a name, and so the hospital designated her female X, as opposed to male X.
another woman was extrememly woozy from her epidural, and named her child nosmo king, because she'd seen those signs all around the hospital.
which is a true story. i wonder how he dealt with that growing up, fortunately king was his middle name...

[Koa]

@ faith: it's strange cos I would have never thought that Laura was a popular name in Finland!!!! It doesnt feel Finnish to me... I know the problem cos my name is one of the most common, especially among girls of my age or 1 or 2 years younger. I find it so annoying...

But still it's at least better than having an embarassing name...

[Lolita]

My english teacher is named after a place in the Highlands of Scotland (Morar), which I think is a lovely name.

I don't want kids (don't shoot, I'm 18 and at the moment I'm allowed to not like babies.)

[emily655321]

When I was young I thought names like Joy, Faith, and Gloria were the most beautiful names in the world. Of course, that's also when I believed in God. If I were to name a girl after a character it would be Viola. I think it's important when using character names not to choose the name of a bad character.

I always wanted to be named Ramona. I thought Emily was sooo ugly, but I don't mind it anymore. When I found out that my parents had planned to name my brother Nathalie if he was a girl, I was so mad they didn't save the name for me. Now I want to name my daughter Nathalie. Simon has been my favorite name for a boy for as long as I can remember. And Sergei and Dmitri.

As a general rule, I tend to like French names for girls and Russian names for boys. But I don't like it when people name their children names from countries they aren't related to; my friend knew a boy named Dmitri, even though none of his ancestors were from Russia! And what's with celebrities naming their children freaky names? Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin (Coldplay) just named their kid "Apple." But by far the worst offender is Frank Zappa -- "Moon Unit"?? WTF is that?

[Koa]

Yep... a friend of mine is in a phase where she likes the name Nikita for a male child (after she read some russian stuff)... Now that would be highly ridicolous in Italy, moreover her bf has a typical southern Italian surname...it would sound like some mafia guy... sort of Al Capone...

I really don't want any kids, but I like to think of names... Lately I've been considering the name Veronica (even if everyone tells me it sounds like a name from a soap opera), cos it reminds me of Verona (the city where I live for those who dont know) and it would have sounded nice with the English surname of the guy I had... It would have sounded Italian enough, but not ridicolous in English... I think that a name, besides not being ridicolous, has to sound good with the surname... And in most cases I cant stand short names with short surnames...If the surname is short, the name has to be long!

[Shea]

And in most cases I cant stand short names with short surnames...If the surname is short, the name has to be long!

That used to work with my maiden name, now both names are one syllable, I agree it doesn't sound as nice. Sometime's I have to be careful not to say them too fast because people think the whole thing is my first name! (which would be a very strange name!)

[fayefaye]

In all fairness, I think naming kids after cities is a pretty bad idea...... ok, whatever you do, don't name your kid
-Gertrude
-Garfunkle
-Britney
-hansel......
well, I can go on, there are THOUSANDS of bad names in the world....
my mum gave me a Chinese name, [as well as an English one] pain in the *** thing is that so many people mispronounce it. Give your kid a name people can pronounce so they don't have to spend their life saying 'no, it's pronounced MAY'

come to think of it, Garfunkle's kinda cool as a name... 'Hi, I'm Garfunkle' :P

[Isagel]

But what do you think future generations would appreciate in names?

- I think that children to be will appreciate that the names do not rhyme with anything silly. Giving a child a name that is not easily turned into a stupid nickname is a very nice thing to do. Apart from that I think that it is beautiful gift to give a name with a story to it.

(Just realised I can never marry my fiance - at least not change my name. If I do I will have the initials SS. Not a good thing! )

[papayahed]

I'm named after my Grandma. She had an old German name when I was younger I was a little embarrassed by it, but since it was my middle name nobody really knew it until my senoir year of high school when everybody went around calling me "hedlick". As I've grown up I kinda like the name and I'm glad I have that connection with my grandmother.