<p>EK- I don’t care if the names reflect a diverse population but I wish publishers would remember that the names have to be short and easy to pronounce. It is hard on first graders, who are learning to read, to come across a complex name in the middle of a sentence made up of one or two syllable words.</p>
<p>I just have to put this out there—last year I had a client who named her child “Moronika”</p>
<p>Yes, the child’s real name. On her birth certificate and her social security card.</p>
<p>I am not sure what the woman was thinking. I feel like she has doomed her daughter from her very day of birth.</p>
<p>There’s a deceased state senator from this area who was named Larcenia. Kind of an unfortunate name for a politician :-S </p>
<p>Moron…ika?</p>
<p>yes, Moronika----
I should have included the “backstory”
The mother liked the name Veronica–and wanted to name the baby after her grandfather who raised her–Morton.
She wasn’t the brightest client I have ever dealt with.</p>
<p>I should probably confess that my favorite female name is Angharad. (It’s Welsh.) It is beautiful when pronounced correctly. 
It is the name of the oldest sister in How Green Was My Valley, and the name of the actress who played Demelza in the British TV series The Poldarks (set in Cornwall circa the American Revolution).</p>
<p>Hahahahahahah - LOVELOVE LOVE Poldark!!! I wonder if it is on Prime? As a kid I loved the name Rowenna based on that show.</p>
<p>They would have been better off with Veroniton.</p>
<p>There were one or two Marthas in my graduating HS class. (2010)</p>
<p>I met a Warrior the other day. She seems normal. </p>
<p>My aunt named her new baby Sophia last week. She seemed worried about the popularity of it but her 3 year old LOVES Disney’s Princess Sofia and has been calling her new sister Sophia since they found out it was going to be a girl. So that was sweet but there’s going to be 10 other Sophias in her grade. </p>
<p>I am not sure what a person is thinking by mocking a client on a public forum. It is a small world. </p>
<p>@Annie2015 I can’t imagine that mom hanging out on CC. And making mention of it here on CC is light weight compared to what her life will be like…especially in school. I have an interesting/odd name which I’ve always hated. My parents have nice plain/sensible names. I grew up in the 70s & 80s and caught hell. Parents who give their kids odd names are idiots. Mine are.</p>
<p>I liked the Gaelic woman’s name Sibohan since I first heard it heard it years ago, but darned if I can ever remember how to pronounce it correctly. LOL.</p>
<p>I googled “Moronika.” Apparently it’s a kingdom from the Three Stooges.</p>
<p>I have an “Elvis” colleague, and a “KY”</p>
<p>@NewHavenCTmom the mom might not, but it is a small world and you never know. My real name is not Annie, so I know what it is like to have an unusual name. I hated my name growing up. It was not as bad as Moronika though, and while I might think his client is an idiot, I would never ID a client of mine on the Internet and mock them, no matter how deserving it might be. </p>
<p>I’m uncomfortable with people making statements about particular names, seeming to give an unfavorable opinion, considering the child of someone here could have the name. Some posted are not unheard of. Yes, it’s a small world.</p>
<p>I am sure lots of people wouldn’t choose my kids’ names, but I wouldn’t be offended to read a poster’s comment criticizing them (“Why would anyone pick such boring traditional names for their kid?” and so on). This entire forum is about preferences–with college and other life choices–and we are all different. I love my kids’ names. I am proud of the choices we have made throughout their lives. I don’t come here looking for affirmation from others, and I’m guessing most other people here don’t either.</p>
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<p>It’s spelled Siobhan, and pronounced sheVAUN with a short e.</p>
<p>I was born to Nigerian parents, so they gave me a Yoruba first name. However, I also have an Arabic last name. People commonly mispronounce my first name when I meet them, but they remember it easily after a couple of attempts. Probably because it’s so unique! I was also the only Nigerian American in my school (my little sister is joining me in the high school next year). </p>