“Those are just letters,” people say when mother announces her daughter’s unique name
Choosing the perfect baby name for your child is no easy task.
Parents can take inspiration from family names that have been passed down through generations and even from fictional characters. Some even go so far as to name their children after inanimate objects.
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But one mother left people stunned when she announced her daughter’s name after her birth.
The mother announced the name on social media and it quickly went viral.
One person shared it in the Facebook group, That name is not a tragedy, it’s a murderand added their thoughts: “1 point for creativity?”
The name was written on a board above the baby.
It read: “We are so honored and excited to announce the birth of a beautiful GIRL.
“Khoviley McJaimz.”
People were shocked by the name, with many wondering if she had been playing Scrabble while giving birth and if she had been inspired by the jumble of letters.
American architect Alfred Mosher Butts invented the game in 1938, in which players score points by placing tiles with one letter on them on a game board divided into a grid of 15×15 squares.
The tiles must form words that can be read, crossword style, from left to right in rows or from bottom to top in columns and which appear in a standard dictionary or lexicon.
The post went viral, receiving more than 500 likes and hundreds of comments.
Someone wrote: “I can read damn well and yet I can’t. How are you going to teach your child to read?”
Another commented, “I’m trying to win a game of Scrabble.”
“They are all letters indeed,” wrote a third.
Meanwhile, a fourth said: “Maybe she was playing Scrabble during labour and just went along with it.”
Are Unique Baby Names Worth It?
You may think that a unique name will make you stand out, but is it really?
Josie Griffiths, deputy editor of Fabulous, talks about the problems she had with her name as a child.
As a child, I wanted nothing more than a personalized keychain with my name on it.
But it wasn’t. The closest I could get were Rosie, Joseph (not so nice for such a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, a French first name, and I’ve been in my twenties without ever meeting anyone with the same first name.
When I try to introduce myself to people I get called all sorts of random names like Tracey and Stacey and it can be quite annoying.
Although I’ve met a few Josies in the past year (there are a few around my age), it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends’ names.
Overall I don’t mind it, at least it’s not crude or spelled weird.
And that means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just calling myself Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my last name. It’s not considered cool or feminist these days. I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths because I always just say ‘Hi, I’m Josie’ when I call a friend.
I like being unique and I will definitely try to achieve this when naming my own children.
You have to watch out for the crude names, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I will definitely avoid them.
“My brain can’t even figure out how they want to pronounce this,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “OMG. Poor baby.”
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