Posted on 06/15/2018 5:05:19 AM PDT by Simon Green
Naomi Tomky was still laid out on the operating table after an emergency C-section when the earliest pangs of regret kicked in.
“The baby was being lifted over my head,” the 34-year-old freelance writer remembers, “and the anesthesiologist was like, ‘what’s her name?’ I started explaining and was like, oh God, what have I done?”
Tomky’s now 8-month-old daughter is Tove (pronounced TOH-vah), a Swedish moniker that’s typically said like TOO-vah, but in this case, the expectant parents from Seattle changed the pronunciation for a twist.
“My husband has Swedish heritage and then Tova, or Tovah, is a common Hebrew name, which I liked because I’m Jewish,” says the mother of two, laughing. “When I was pregnant, we loved the idea of combining them. Now we know we doomed her to a life of spelling it for other people.”
Would-be adventurous parents, take note: The name that calls out like a siren’s song from the page of a baby book might turn strident upon repetition. Baby name shame is real, and with unusual appellations such as Kairo and Zayd (for boys) and Oaklynn and Paisleigh (for girls) on the rise — per the Social Security Administration’s most recent fastest-growing baby names report, released in May — it’s likely to become an increasingly common phenomenon.
“People are working a lot harder to come up with a name that is really distinctive and has a lot of personal meaning,” says Pamela Redmond Satran, co-founder and CEO of baby naming site Nameberry.com.
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I have a better idea: Read your Bible. Find names there.
People with ‘interesting’ names are usually very boring.
tru dat.
My oh so hip and progressive cousin and her equally metro husband named one of their kids after a beach in Australia.
Bondi. I forget the other kid’s name. It’s equally dumb.
I guess “Moon Unit” was taken.
“Duc” ? Pronounced “Douche.”
I was always fond of Mephibosheth.
While picking biblical names, Judas, Korah, or Herrod may not be on the A-list.
Geez, no mention of the real hipster names that come from the inner cities.
So you think people will have problems pronouncing “Tove”? My older sister’s name is Siobhan.
All the old names are back! Evidently, they are novelties to the young generation. Max, Anna, Sophie, and Tommy are all just starting to walk.
I wanted to name my youngest daughter Recompense...but that’s a boys name. I always liked the Colonial era names.
“Belshazzar” is right out.
A friend named her daughter Caitlyn because she wanted something unique.
When she went to school, there were 4 Caitlyns in the first grade
Maybe I could name a baby girl Myth-Ann Fetamean.
'Twas Brillig, and the slithy Toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
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Bergstein is upset with whites naming based on Euro heritage.
Its somehow threatening.
She would never detail the ridiculous urban names we are all expected to unblinkingly put up with.
My dad’s name was Emmett, he hated it.
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