Ugh, I was given a unique name as a child. It sucks salty balls. Basically everytime I meet someone new the conversation goes like this:
Me: Hi, I’m Erysten. Nice to meet you!
Them: Hi Erik!
Me: nono, my name is Erysten.
Them: Oh, sorry Erin, isn’t that that a woman’s name though?
Me: No my name isn’t Erin, it’s Erysten. Spelled Echo-Romeo-Yankee-Sienna-Tango-Echo-November.
Them: Ereson?
Me: Whatever, close enough.
A:because the government made it cheaper to change your name as an adult?
Imma call him Shankentatiamby.
Short for Shane-Kenny-Tatiana-Liam-Debby
Tried to fit an X in there for Xamder but couldn’t make it work.
Because *I* am special so my kid is super speschiul and the name must reflect that.
Because people want their children to be able to pick an email address without having to add numbers to it.
I mean unique isn’t necessarily bad or weird. There’s really nice new names as well. Last year I had a class of 14 guys, three of which were named Thibault. That can’t be fun for those kids either if there’s always someone else with their name in any group.
I prefer having a unique name a lot more than if I were just another “Tom” or “Michiel”
Imagine going to declare your child: “I am sorry, that name is already taken. But Joe5729 is still available”.
Pffft, unique first names. This is half-assing it, needs more GUID.
508d415f-45b1-485e-8bcb-d9411894c567 is a little shit, but precious little 9bf1e32b-3097-4ddc-905d-aa0565a741f7 is an angel.
“None of that fancy name business for me! I’m just going to call my daughter Maneschijn Bloemencorso and be done with it”
– someone in 2035
Chesney, guess i am “the one and only”. 😉
Aja,.. kHaLeEsI…
Cant wait for those to grow up
*”My name means ‘queen’.. “*
No ma’am, go watch the tv show, it just means crazy lady
I legit have kids named Nala in the gymnastics club…
At least billy jean is somewhat an okay name but still…
In my town there are plaquets with baby names given in a certain year. Every year the names on these boards get more marginaal.
One would be glad to be named Kevin nowadays.
We chose a name that’s unique in Belgium, more common in scandinavia for our daughter. Yet, we found it important that the name could be easily pronounced, without any accents. We’re happy with our choice.
My name is also a quite unique one, but not too rare. I’m happy with my name.
I’m just glad I’ve got a pretty generic name which you can pronounce clearly and is known in so many languages.
Our baby shares a name with less than 50 other Belgians.
It’s a very normal European first name, not spelled weirdly, not basterdised or anything. Just not common here.
Not all uncommon names are weird. Most of them are batshit however.
Freakonomics had a wonderful chapter about it.
I love my special name /s
It gets misspelled a ton.
Also great when it rhymes with piss, bullying guaranteed from age 4 to 18.
Some people still call me by my nickname Panda, others say Lis, Limburgers say Liesje.
Being a parent that has kids with “unique” or at least rarer names, I of course applaud other parents that do the same.
Bringing back names from a few generations back or coming up with entirely new ones is, imho, better than going for one of the few “default” names.
However, we shouldn’t go too crazy with this.
Using foreign names (especially the US/English ones), using very foreign names (Welsh, Irish, old Scandinavian, other niche languages), using names from popular culture or using existing names with a more creative, alternative spelling can easily cause more trouble than it’s worth.
People should realise that the “cool” factor isn’t as important to a name. Having a deeper meaning or connection behind a name is very nice, but your kid might start hating you, if he/she/they have to explain the origins or spelling every time they meet someone new.
As a general test, next to the “Komen Eten” test, future parents should pretend to be in an important meeting of a big company and say out loud: “future child’s name”, do you have anything to add to this?
If it doesn’t sound like something a very serious CEO would say, you should probably skip this one and move on to something simpler…
My dad has an old sounding French name, compared to his brothers who have basic Flemish names. He didn’t want that for me so he (& my mum) picked out American “unique” names which means I was bullied as a kid and am stuck with a name I hate. I’m not dramatic enough to change it plus it would probably feel weird after all these years
My parents already chose a unique name for me back in 2001. They didn’t like each other ideas, so my dad mixed both of their names together. I was the first person with this spelling of the name in Belgium.
Waarom kunnen ze niet wat oud-germaanse namen gebruiken zoals Têtman of Têtwini.
Go for the classics!
Older, lesser used names; those are cool
Naming your kid like a dog or Shaniqua? Gtfo
People are becoming weird, it’s time to move from Belgium
We gave our 2 daughters rather unique names (less than 5), but they are easy to pronounce and have an origin in our geeky culture. People used to find names in the bible. So if I hear a name that I like in my culture why wouldn’t I name my daughter after her?
As long as my daughter can be proud of her own name, that’s my most important requirement.
Niet alles hoeft tegenwoordig nog afgeleid te worden van de bijbel, de koraan en andere heilige boeken
Aanstellerij
Alles doen wat een reactie kan uitlokken bij iemand dat is onze samenleving
We named our daughters after our favourite grandmothers. Not very unique ( cause everyone decided to go for old names again ). But at least they have a personal meaning to us.
Smells like marginaal to me…
Also… Some parents are not aware that their child will end up abroad someday, and have some kind of ‘modern’ or ‘new age’ name that’s unpronounceable or just downright funny in other languages. Thinking of my friend Siemen who found out his name sounds a little weird in English when we travelled to the USA.
My name is surely not unique but I mostly hear it in people older than me. Also it has a few different ways of spelling so even though it’s a pretty common name, I still have to spell it everytime.
As long it ends on a y…
My name has an extra vowel in it, that’s the only thing making it “unique” and it’s already a nuisance to have to spell it, clarify it, “why is the extra vowel there?” ‘my mom thought it was quirky’ “oh…”
Think Thiebault instead of Thibault or Judieth instead of Judith, it serves no purpose other than having to spell your name forever until you give in and not bothering anymore unless it’s official documents.
Don’t do this to your kids. Emma and Sam may not be unique, but they are just better than Keight-lynn or any name ending in -tje
Because they’re twats
Dylanitcio. Kwestie da em zich kan inschrijven voor het 48ste seizoen van Temptation Island.
I actually have quite an unique name and, in contrast to the other people in this thread I’m quite happy with it. I guess it’s not really a pop culture name so I’ve got that going for me.
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Ugh, I was given a unique name as a child. It sucks salty balls. Basically everytime I meet someone new the conversation goes like this:
Me: Hi, I’m Erysten. Nice to meet you!
Them: Hi Erik!
Me: nono, my name is Erysten.
Them: Oh, sorry Erin, isn’t that that a woman’s name though?
Me: No my name isn’t Erin, it’s Erysten. Spelled Echo-Romeo-Yankee-Sienna-Tango-Echo-November.
Them: Ereson?
Me: Whatever, close enough.
A:because the government made it cheaper to change your name as an adult?
Imma call him Shankentatiamby.
Short for Shane-Kenny-Tatiana-Liam-Debby
Tried to fit an X in there for Xamder but couldn’t make it work.
Because *I* am special so my kid is super speschiul and the name must reflect that.
Because people want their children to be able to pick an email address without having to add numbers to it.
I mean unique isn’t necessarily bad or weird. There’s really nice new names as well. Last year I had a class of 14 guys, three of which were named Thibault. That can’t be fun for those kids either if there’s always someone else with their name in any group.
I prefer having a unique name a lot more than if I were just another “Tom” or “Michiel”
Imagine going to declare your child: “I am sorry, that name is already taken. But Joe5729 is still available”.
Pffft, unique first names. This is half-assing it, needs more GUID.
508d415f-45b1-485e-8bcb-d9411894c567 is a little shit, but precious little 9bf1e32b-3097-4ddc-905d-aa0565a741f7 is an angel.
“None of that fancy name business for me! I’m just going to call my daughter Maneschijn Bloemencorso and be done with it”
– someone in 2035
Chesney, guess i am “the one and only”. 😉
Aja,.. kHaLeEsI…
Cant wait for those to grow up
*”My name means ‘queen’.. “*
No ma’am, go watch the tv show, it just means crazy lady
I legit have kids named Nala in the gymnastics club…
At least billy jean is somewhat an okay name but still…
In my town there are plaquets with baby names given in a certain year. Every year the names on these boards get more marginaal.
One would be glad to be named Kevin nowadays.
We chose a name that’s unique in Belgium, more common in scandinavia for our daughter. Yet, we found it important that the name could be easily pronounced, without any accents. We’re happy with our choice.
My name is also a quite unique one, but not too rare. I’m happy with my name.
I’m just glad I’ve got a pretty generic name which you can pronounce clearly and is known in so many languages.
Our baby shares a name with less than 50 other Belgians.
It’s a very normal European first name, not spelled weirdly, not basterdised or anything. Just not common here.
Not all uncommon names are weird. Most of them are batshit however.
Freakonomics had a wonderful chapter about it.
I love my special name /s
It gets misspelled a ton.
Also great when it rhymes with piss, bullying guaranteed from age 4 to 18.
Some people still call me by my nickname Panda, others say Lis, Limburgers say Liesje.
Being a parent that has kids with “unique” or at least rarer names, I of course applaud other parents that do the same.
Bringing back names from a few generations back or coming up with entirely new ones is, imho, better than going for one of the few “default” names.
However, we shouldn’t go too crazy with this.
Using foreign names (especially the US/English ones), using very foreign names (Welsh, Irish, old Scandinavian, other niche languages), using names from popular culture or using existing names with a more creative, alternative spelling can easily cause more trouble than it’s worth.
People should realise that the “cool” factor isn’t as important to a name. Having a deeper meaning or connection behind a name is very nice, but your kid might start hating you, if he/she/they have to explain the origins or spelling every time they meet someone new.
As a general test, next to the “Komen Eten” test, future parents should pretend to be in an important meeting of a big company and say out loud: “future child’s name”, do you have anything to add to this?
If it doesn’t sound like something a very serious CEO would say, you should probably skip this one and move on to something simpler…
My dad has an old sounding French name, compared to his brothers who have basic Flemish names. He didn’t want that for me so he (& my mum) picked out American “unique” names which means I was bullied as a kid and am stuck with a name I hate. I’m not dramatic enough to change it plus it would probably feel weird after all these years
My parents already chose a unique name for me back in 2001. They didn’t like each other ideas, so my dad mixed both of their names together. I was the first person with this spelling of the name in Belgium.
Waarom kunnen ze niet wat oud-germaanse namen gebruiken zoals Têtman of Têtwini.
Go for the classics!
[Bron](https://taaldacht.nl/germaanse-namen/)
Older, lesser used names; those are cool
Naming your kid like a dog or Shaniqua? Gtfo
People are becoming weird, it’s time to move from Belgium
We gave our 2 daughters rather unique names (less than 5), but they are easy to pronounce and have an origin in our geeky culture. People used to find names in the bible. So if I hear a name that I like in my culture why wouldn’t I name my daughter after her?
As long as my daughter can be proud of her own name, that’s my most important requirement.
Niet alles hoeft tegenwoordig nog afgeleid te worden van de bijbel, de koraan en andere heilige boeken
Aanstellerij
Alles doen wat een reactie kan uitlokken bij iemand dat is onze samenleving
We named our daughters after our favourite grandmothers. Not very unique ( cause everyone decided to go for old names again ). But at least they have a personal meaning to us.
Smells like marginaal to me…
Also… Some parents are not aware that their child will end up abroad someday, and have some kind of ‘modern’ or ‘new age’ name that’s unpronounceable or just downright funny in other languages. Thinking of my friend Siemen who found out his name sounds a little weird in English when we travelled to the USA.
My name is surely not unique but I mostly hear it in people older than me. Also it has a few different ways of spelling so even though it’s a pretty common name, I still have to spell it everytime.
As long it ends on a y…
My name has an extra vowel in it, that’s the only thing making it “unique” and it’s already a nuisance to have to spell it, clarify it, “why is the extra vowel there?” ‘my mom thought it was quirky’ “oh…”
Think Thiebault instead of Thibault or Judieth instead of Judith, it serves no purpose other than having to spell your name forever until you give in and not bothering anymore unless it’s official documents.
Don’t do this to your kids. Emma and Sam may not be unique, but they are just better than Keight-lynn or any name ending in -tje
Because they’re twats
Dylanitcio. Kwestie da em zich kan inschrijven voor het 48ste seizoen van Temptation Island.
I actually have quite an unique name and, in contrast to the other people in this thread I’m quite happy with it. I guess it’s not really a pop culture name so I’ve got that going for me.
So… Hi, I’m Conan.