IT SEEMS like more and more parents are choosing unusual names for their little ones.
That’s what a teacher discovered when she received her class list for the new school year and it contained some pretty strange students.
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The sister started with a name that wasn’t all that unusual, but surprisingly popular. She said there are eight Hunters in the school year, so if you want your child to have something unique, you might want to leave that one out.
Many parents chose names with a different spelling, such as Ryiot and Xzayvyer.
Other unusual choices include Profit, Sativah, Deronica, Rest, Savior and Mention.
And one girl has not one but three names: Alexis-Rebel-Ann, much to the shock of some Reddit users.
“Xzayvyer is a criminal. It’s like they wanted to see how far they could get from Xavier,” one person commented on the post.
A second agreed: I hope this is a joke.
And someone else said: “Those poor kids, at least they do it together, haha.”
But they’re not the only unusual names that have been attracting attention lately.
A woman shared that she plans to name her two daughters after the same fictional character.
The Disney-mad mom said she already named her first child after Sleeping Beauty and called her Aurora, but she wasn’t going to stop there.
She shared that she is pregnant with her second child and that she wants to name her Briar Rose.
Disney fans will remember that this is the name the fairies give to Sleeping Beauty when she is hiding from Maleficent.
To go to Redditshe shared: “Weird to name my two daughters after Sleeping Beauty?
“To be clear, I’m not obsessed with Sleeping Beauty.
“I just like the names Aurora and Briar Rose.
“My daughter is named Aurora and I am expecting another girl. Is it weird to call her Briar Rose??
“My husband and I love the name, but we think it might be a little over the top.
“But another part of me doesn’t mind that it’s weird.”
The mother then asked other Reddit users what they thought of the name, and they left nothing to chance.
One of them said, “Name one of them, no, name both of them is definitely a bit much.”
A second wrote: “Yeah this is really weird. Your kids are not posters for your fandom.”
And a third noted: “That’s why people need pets.”
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.
