tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809804055343960626.post4961113133193595591..comments2024-03-01T17:17:46.832-05:00Comments on Art by Dea: Does Your Child's Name Prejudice How They Are Perceived?Dea Lenihanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06645541444644856770noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809804055343960626.post-84493040703942744692012-05-02T08:32:14.659-04:002012-05-02T08:32:14.659-04:00I like the name Laurel, or almost any name of a fl...I like the name Laurel, or almost any name of a flower or something that grows. I like Daisy, Heather, Rose, etc. I wonder if your mom always hated her name, or hated it after kids said things about her with the name attached. I went to school with a boy named Robin who simply hated that name, and the minute his mom let him, he had it legally changed to Robert. My husband wanted to name my son Seamus, but I have a thing with nicknames--I do not like it if the name can be shortened or rhymed with something negative. So names are interesting and I love talking about them. And I love Kirsty, by the way...Dea Lenihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645541444644856770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809804055343960626.post-71315111470813600292012-05-01T10:39:17.426-04:002012-05-01T10:39:17.426-04:00[Seems, I'm not allowed to comment on my iPad....[Seems, I'm not allowed to comment on my iPad... Very annoying.]<br /><br />My mother was named Laurel. Well, Laurel Rea, but it wasn't meant to be one name, always the first and middle. My mother HATED both her names. Not just as a child, but as best I can tell, until she died... She hated/disliked her name. As a child, other kids would ask 'Wasn't Laurel the fat one?' to which there wasn't a good answer, since he wasn't... But he was the stupid one. No one could spell it, she received odd looks at it and I think all that helped to encourage her dislike.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, other people loved it.<br /><br />She was an introvert and from what my dad said, as well as her own comments, she took years to come out of her shell. I could believe that part of that was due to her different name. If her name had been more normal, she may have been a different person. Course, I was very happy with who she was.KCareyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164872734905800292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809804055343960626.post-34962881067149453242012-05-01T07:05:56.387-04:002012-05-01T07:05:56.387-04:00I think Jacob is a nice, strong name, and it was v...I think Jacob is a nice, strong name, and it was very popular before the movie. There were many Jakes and Jacobs in my son's grammar school five or six years ago. <br />Edward is the other main character in the Twilight series, yet I did not see that name on the popular list. Maybe Edward has one of those negative connotations attached to it and no matter what kind of sparkly, gorgeous vampire has that name it will not become an "it" name.<br />Another thing--it does seem the little girls get saddled with the odd names more than the little boys.Dea Lenihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645541444644856770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809804055343960626.post-14183402731844798922012-04-30T17:46:03.153-04:002012-04-30T17:46:03.153-04:00It's a good name. Distinct.
I think Moon Uni...It's a good name. Distinct. <br /><br />I think Moon Unit, Apple, Blue Ivy, Pilot Inspector, and the rest might end up wanting to kill their parents...<br /><br />I used the name Jacob for one of my characters, but the man is, in the main part of the book, fifty years old, not a teen like Dog Boy in those Books That Shall Not Be Named. I wanted that name because of the Biblical context, the man who wrestles with God.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.com