<p>Go with Jocelyn if you go that route. All the other spellings will be mispelled by everyone else, you don’t want to go the rest of your life going “That’s Joslyn J-O-S-L-Y-N” </p>
<p>Why not sell your naming rights on E-Bay? A woman did this not to long ago and got $15,000 for it. (It might take some getting used to being called “Goldenpalace.com” or Pokerstars.com, but thats alot of money)</p>
<p>?? wat do u mean by sell my naming rights?
thats an interesting story
Iono…somehow i think Jocelyn is weird cuz i would pronounce Jocelyn like Jose - lyn instead of Joss lyn.</p>
<p>what about Gertude or Helga or Bertha</p>
<p>Get a baby name book or look at a baby name website. There are tons of names that begin with “P” from all sorts of ethnic origins. Lets try to find CasperLoveUCs a nice “P” name!</p>
<p>Must admit, I jumped when I saw the thread topic…</p>
<p>… My (pet)name’s Jalyn.</p>
<p>Therefore I’m biased. :)</p>
<p>Some P-names are nice. Paige or Penelope are really nice. Just a thought. :)</p>
<p>Do you want a feminine name, or a neutral name? Trendy or classic? What do you want your name to say about you?</p>
<p>I vote for Jaelyn. </p>
<p>But don’t just choose a name because it is “easy to spell” or common, you should go for one that is unique to you. Who cares if you have to correct people everytime when pronouncing/spelling it? That very thing is what makes you YOU, don’t change it for anyone else!</p>
<p>Your name is all you have, don’t change it because Americans mispronounce it. Insist that they pronounce it correctly. I can’t remember where I read it, but I read an essay about a girl who finally reclaimed her real name after going by an American nickname for years. Or at least, think about this decision a lot before changing your name to Jalyn, which you’ll probably regret some time down the line. Good luck on the name search!:)</p>
<p>yea…i forgot to say wat type of name i want or how it represents me.</p>
<p>i don’t think classic names or names that end in letter “a” fit me cuz those names r mostly feminine.</p>
<p>I like neutral names that sound cute but not too cute that i’d be embarrassed to be called later on at work.</p>
<p>n most importantly, i don’t want a common name =) (but not too weird that no1 ever heard about)</p>
<p>thanks again for all the help !!</p>
<p>Jaclyn…nice and easy, classic and no one will screw it up.</p>
<p>Phinn - pronounced Finn (covers the PH)</p>
<p>A friend of my families just had a child and named her Muffy… no joke. No offense if anyone on here is named that but I just couldn’t do that to my daughter. </p>
<p>When I was little I wished my name was Rosalie… now I like my name but I used to hate my name because no one had it. </p>
<p>I think that Jocelyn is a neat name. </p>
<p>I know a girl name Phaellen… kind of odd, but cute… but she goes by Ellen.</p>
<p>Are there any names your relatives have that you like, a lot of people are named after someone in their family. </p>
<p>I got my name from my grandma</p>
<p>leona, rosalyn, raven, naomi… get something kind of exotic! i wish i got to choose my name…</p>
<p>darn i still can’t decide</p>
<p>i guess i’ll go w/ the majority n choose the name Jaelyn</p>
<p>…still deciding…</p>
<p>jaelyn is a cool name.</p>
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<p>You can. Just like Casper is choosing one. You don’t need to be a foreigner to change your name.</p>
<p>I will someone if they name their baby ‘Raven’ <shudder> Now if they named their baby ‘Brown’ that would be acceptible.</shudder></p>
<p>You could do the George Costanza thing and re-name yourself Seven.</p>
<p>Also, you spelled Joslyn phonetically, making it “Joss lyn”. What about just putting in a second ‘s’, calling yourself Josslyn? That way, you’d get a lot of misspellings but not so many mispronunciations.</p>
<p>If you want something starting with a P… You’ve got Paloma (as in, Picasso), Pamela (more traditional), Persephone (from mythology), Petra (means ‘stony’ in Greek, I think), Pilar (if you want something with a little hispanic ethnicity), Paz (means Peace in Spanish, pronounced “Paahs”), Piper, Portia (Shakespearean character), and Parvani (Hindi for “full moon”, also a character from Harry Potter, if you’re looking for something topical).</p>
<p>By the by, my name is Amy Barr and people <em>still</em> misspell and mispronounce my name. It happens to everyone. You can’t escape it.</p>