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I have a coworker who named his daughters Summer and Montana because that is his favorite season and state. You often hear celebrities naming their children strange names like Apple or Chastity. I personally dont believe in using words as names, I prefer traditional names.

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But aren't traditional names actually normal words? Take my daughter's name, "Claire". It comes from a French word, and basically means "clear". "James" means "supplanter" in Hebrew. So, if a person names their baby Faith or Chastity, they are following the same tradition.

I certainly agree, though, that some people go way too far. "Moon Unit" is one extreme example. Some children get saddled with some pretty horrible names, as Johnny Cash pointed out in his song, A Boy Named Sue.

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In 1974 when I was in Big Sky Montana, there was a young couple there who had named their daughter Blueberry. They told me that is was a Family name. You know, that name truly fit that little girl! I don't know how to describe it, but it really fit her.

In doing my genealogy I have come across some wild names, mostly for the females: Mindwell, Bashabel, Mehitable, Tamar, Arvilla, Wealthy, Tryphena,
Hepzibah, Experience.

Then the males: Elkenny, Medad, Orange, Bazaleel.

My girlfriends daughter named her son Dakota, and her youngest daughter Aberdeen. When she told me this, I was thankful she didn't name them Moon Dust and Star Gazer!! I know a gal from high school who did name her kids that! When they turned 21 they went and had their names legally changed.

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Hmm... I've heard names like Hunter, Sapphire, Ruby, Dawn, Misty, Stormy (Her last name was Night which I thought was awesome.)

Ready for this one? My uncle has a friend who named her two twin sons...

Orangejello
and
Lemonjello


Pronounced : Or-ahn-gel-o and lem-ahn-gel-o.

Cool, eh?

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My sister-in-law's name is Delight, which is a family name. I had never heard of that one before.

Does Dawn count?

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Hun, you forgot Iris, too. In fact, there's plenty of flower names for girls that are common enough, Rose, Jasmine, Lavender, and a few other's I've heard but can't conjure from my head at the moment. Glory, Rusty (for red-heads), too.

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One thing that amuses and somewhat saddens me a little are children who get stuck with names whose parents don't know their root origin (when there is one). For example, girls named Porsche and boys named Ford. Geez- what were they thinking?

Then there's those who end up bearing names of status material items, mostly after vehicles. I'm sure somewhere on this wacky globe there must be at least one kid named "Beamer" for BMW, a "Lexus" or two... Royce (after Rolls) has been used a fair amount. I'll pay someone $20.00 (in wooden nickels ) to name their kid "Lamborghini"!!!

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I did not know that the two favorite names I have for girls were so common in Utah. I still have to convince my husband if we could name our daughter "Emily", I just LOVE that name and "Emma" also!

From Deseret News:

BOUNTIFUL - Emily Adams and Emily Fox are "best" friends. But they quickly add they're also friends with Emily Benson and Emily Gordon.
Ravell Call, Deseret Morning NewsEmily Adams, left, Emily Fox, Emily Gordon and Emily Benson are all in one third-grade class at Valley View. These girls share the second most popular female baby name in Utah for 2005, according to a March 2006 report from the Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics.
Emma is the most popular girl name. More 2005 birth certificates may trickle in, but Emma appears to have a comfortable lead over Emily.
The Emilys in this story are all in the same class at Valley View Elementary - good for these four friends, not so much for third-grade teacher Linda Eddington.
"I'm terrible with names," Eddington said in an interview.
So, the girls and their teacher agreed at the beginning of the year that the initial of their last names would accompany Emily.
Not so good for the girls.
"Now I'm Emily A.," Emily Adams said. "I don't like my last name being used all the time."
It may be important to report that Mrs. Eddington still has all of her hair, what with two Annies and two Sams (one boy, one girl) also in her class of 24 students.
For the boys, 2005's en vogue name appears to be Jacob, but barely in front of Ethan and Joshua, all in a three-way race for king of the boy names in Utah...."

https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635201353,00.html