Re: Common Names - was reminder, Troops

[Guest guest]

Yup...it can get terribly confusing. My sister's name is .

Her kindergarten year, there were two other s in her class:

, and McGinty. So, the class had a M., a

N. M., and a , since they didn't use last names on their

papers. The three of them were in class together until about 3rd grade, when

there were only the two 's left. Totally confused the teachers

unless last names were used when speaking about them.

That's why I wanted an uncommon name for my daughter. I wanted something

different, but not so different she'd be made fun of for it. (I'm sure that

kids will find plenty of other things to make fun of her for...kids always

do...but I didn't want to directly cause it.)

Shanna

mom of Triana, age 2 wcf

reminder, Troops

Now that we do have a " MariAn " with and " a " in the last syllable, I

am signing my posts with first and last name: n Rojas--I am the

one with the " O " as in MariOn Rojas. To make it worse, for those of

you who are on any other lists, there are numerous of us with both

spellings. The only thing worse that I can think of, in terms of confusion

are the many s and Merandas, the Jen, Jenns, and Jennies, and

even the Kelleys and s. The men seem to have distinct first names.

n Rojas, musingly