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Very Unusual Name
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What do you do when someone names a baby what you consider to be a very odd choice. Obviously you don't want to upset them, but will have to make some sort of comment eventually.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.wait a while - the name may grow on them. Obviously this only applies if it's not a super way-out name (i read an article yesterday about a woman who took her 4 month old baby, django, to a rave - it took me a while to realise that was the baby's name)
My sister called her baby isaiah but now he's a nine year old it really suits him.
Otherwise just say "wow, what an unusual name"
My sister called her baby isaiah but now he's a nine year old it really suits him.
Otherwise just say "wow, what an unusual name"
Parents who give their child an unusual name ought to consider that, at some future date, the child's name is going to appear on the computer of someone who doesn't know the child, and cannot work out from the name if it's male or female. I have an uncommon first name, and I once accompanied a school party to an outdoor activities centre. The names of pupils and teachers were sent on a few days beforehand to the centre, so that the staff could allocate male and female accommodation. Nobody there could figure out if I should be put with the males or females, so they tossed a coin, and put me with the females. When I arrived, and they saw my bristly chin and manly physique, I was quickly moved to the male accommodation.