I think it definitely still holds true that kids will make fun of certain names, yes.

And is there a wrong/bad way to name a child? Yes. Groupon had a deal recently to name your baby, it was $1000. You paid the company that amount and they would name your baby for you (the name was "Clembough"). Can you believe that!

Yes, it annoys the crap out of me when someone names their child "Ashlee" or "Meshell" or "Cynthya" or "Brytannie".  For reals, stupid!  I'm annoyingly outspoken about this.  lol  Your kid isn't any more speshal because you spelled their name wrong! 

I accept variations like Kristie/Cristie/Christie because they are ancient and come from various countries where Kristine and Christine are just spellings of different cultures or whatnot.  Or names like Stacy/Stacey/Stacie which are forms of Anastasia and no set diminutive.  But not Staysea for heaven's sake!

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - I agree, I hate it when people try to find creative ways to spell their kid's name.  Especially Michaela.  I've seen it every other way.  Let your child's creativity shine through their actions and art, not their name.

@sarahsmurfette@xanga - I went to school with a harry dick, and a Sunny Dawn Daylight

I think some parents just don't think. I never knew anyone with a really outrageous name but I know people with names spelt in really unconventional ways, and it STILL causes them problems now when they're looking for work. 

I would never name my child anything odd or spell one of my children's names in a cutsie way.  A long time ago, a woman wanted to name her child Nina but she wanted to spell it Knina.  She got upset when we thought it was ridiculous.  We told Xher that we weren't telling her not to name her daughter Knina, but she should expect people saying what we said and worse.

I knew two sets of Sisters whose names were Justice, Peace, and Liberty and the other set of sisters were April, May, June, and July (Julie).  I remember thinking that their parents were so weird.  

It's funny how names trend though...Leroy used to be popular, but our family's reaction was, "WHY ON EARTH would you ever name your child Leroy? That poor baby!" To them, it was just as bad as Shithead.

@sarahsmurfette@xanga - LOL, I would have considered it - Clem was actually on the list of possibilities for us. I would have put the money into a college fund!

The one rule I would add is not to name your kid after a body part. I say this after I found "Hymen" recommended as a boy's name once. I still don't understand why a parent would name their child that.

@emily_shannon@xanga - It's SO funny you mention that- my son's name is Jaime, and he goes by the spanish pronunciation "High-may". I cannot tell you how many people hear that and say "Hymen?" Yes. I named my son Hymen. And one guy heard "Homie". *shrug* I assumed he'd go as "jay-me", but he just doesn't. meh. 

Here's another question... Do you think your name choice reflects on you as a parent, and does that matter to you? When I had a boy named Lyfe (pronounced "life," or something between that and Leif!) in my Sunday school class, I had to do a double take on his mom to see if she looked "normal." Now that may not have been fair of me, but that's what happened! I tend to want to know what drove a parent to choose a name like that.

And when I hear someone naming their kid "Draygan" I tend to think they've been reading too many fantasy novels. Is it okay to be obsessed with fantasy novels? Sure. Should your child reflect your obsessions? Hmmm... No judgement from me if that's your name choice, but I will think to question your motives behind choosing such a name.

   I was born in the early 70s, and up til then, Tracy had been a boy's name.     Yet suddenly it became a popular girls' name, and I became known as "Tracy without an E".  Still.  I don't understand people who do even worse creative spelling.  It's terrible for teachers.  Even something as simple as Ally vs Allie vs Aly.  Which one is "right"?

I have heard of La-Dasha ("La dash a") and twins named Lemon and Lime.  As a substitute teacher, I got to see other interesting names.  Up here in Ontario, they don't get too wacky, but it makes me sad when I see a good name like "Jackson" (my mother's maiden name, which we almost used for my 12 year old until I started to hear it everywhere), spelled "Jaxen".  And yes, I do think creative spellings might cause unintented career issues---what would you think if you came to court and the judge was "Rainbow Smith".  That her mother was a freak, so how could she be normal?  So, it does make the mother look bad but the child gets the brunt.  Unless it's a child who changes their name to be unique from others with the same name ("Maaddii" instead of Maddie).

I went to school with a boy who was Indian by heritage, so he translated his name from script and then matched it as closely to a name as possible. The result was first name 'Isaac' and second name 'Isaac'. He was Isaac Isaac. His older sister was Raheema Isaac.

There was a kid a few years younger than me who mainly got bullied for his mum being a stripper, but his name was also pretty ridiculous. His name was Ailsa. Ailsa is a local bird sanctuary, and the name of the local mental hospital. I've met girls by that name, but he was the only boy with that name.

I had two headteachers called Mr Bone. I often corrected the wiki article about the school to Boner :P

I don't like when people name their kids weird names ._.