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Spot on! My daughter Kalinda has a "different" "weird" name since she isn't a Caitlin, Kaylee, Ashley or whatever. My unborn daughter's name will be Anjali. Both names are Sanskrit in origin and have special meanings to me. I think different names give variety, and variety is the spice of life.
Nothing wrong with the name Caitlin. Actually hardly anyone spells it that way either.
Yeah, my cousin has a dog named Riley, a male. I work in a pediatric office where there are loads of little girls named Riley and I'm always expecting a boy when I see that name.
Nothing wrong with the name Caitlin. Actually hardly anyone spells it that way either.
Where in my post did I say that something was 'wrong' with it? Likewise, there is nothing 'wrong' with the name Kalinda simply because it isn't a Top 40 name like the aforementioned. My name isn't top 40 either. As for spellings of Caitlin, that's how it is traditionally spelled...
My opinion about the bias shown to people who have African and foreign sounding names is that if people are prejudiced, then that's what they are. Naming your child Gertrude Chen isn't going to change that. In my case, my first name is Spanish in origin and when I married, so is my last name. If people do not want to hire "Spanish" people, the surname Garza sure gives it away! Besides, you can't associate names with race anymore. There are a lot of white Keishas and black Johannas. The name Kali isn't Anglo.
I'm not against top 40 names, neither am I for naming kids names that have no real meanings at all -- i.e. D'Brickashaw, Pilot Inspektor, Bronx (what the heck?? I guess if you name someone brooklyn you mind as well do all the boroughs). However, I'm all for parents naming their kids a variety of names, whether they be an ode to their ethnicity, a Top 40 name or a foreign name that sounds "weird". Personally, I like Cecilio over Cecil (my father in law Anglicized his name) and I like Carlos Antoniho over Charles Anthony (my father's portuguese name). But that's here and there.
My opinion about the bias shown to people who have African and foreign sounding names is that if people are prejudiced, then that's what they are. Naming your child Gertrude Chen isn't going to change that. In my case, my first name is Spanish in origin and when I married, so is my last name. If people do not want to hire "Spanish" people, the surname Garza sure gives it away! Besides, you can't associate names with race anymore. There are a lot of white Keishas and black Johannas. The name Kali isn't Anglo.
I'm not against top 40 names, neither am I for naming kids names that have no real meanings at all -- i.e. D'Brickashaw, Pilot Inspektor, Bronx (what the heck?? I guess if you name someone brooklyn you mind as well do all the boroughs). However, I'm all for parents naming their kids a variety of names, whether they be an ode to their ethnicity, a Top 40 name or a foreign name that sounds "weird". Personally, I like Cecilio over Cecil (my father in law Anglicized his name) and I like Carlos Antoniho over Charles Anthony (my father's portuguese name). But that's here and there.
There's a big difference between an immigrant's name that comes from a foreign language and is common in that language, even if unfamiliar to English speakers and one that is obviously made up on the spot, including random English words and letters. The two are not comparable.
There's a big difference between an immigrant's name that comes from a foreign language and is common in that language, even if unfamiliar to English speakers and one that is obviously made up on the spot, including random English words and letters. The two are not comparable.
My post was not a comparison at all. Of course, there's a difference between a butchered English name and a foreign name (though not all people who possess foreign sounding names are first generation immigrants).
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