What a name!

[violiavampyr]

A woman came in today to see a leasing agent, so I asked for her name. She had a somewhat thick southern accent so I asked her to repeat.
At first I thought she said "Lashawn" or possibly "Lasawn". None of the above. The Swan was her name.
assuming she didn't change her name to that, why would someone name their kid that?

[Pixilated]

How old was she? Just wondering because back in the Purple Haze of the mid- to late 1960s and early 1970s a lot of people were naming their kids really bizarre things.

[violiavampyr]

Looked to be about 30, but she could have been as old as 40.

[MamaMootz]

When I was in the hospital having DD, the woman in the bed next to me had a girl also and named her Dragyn Ravyn Moonstone something or other. All I could think was "that poor kid".

People do weird things with names. Be grateful you didn't meet this guy:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1190410.html

[lobo94]

How old was she? Just wondering because back in the Purple Haze of the mid- to late 1960s and early 1970s a lot of people were naming their kids really bizarre things.

I lucked out, then. In those purple haze days, my parents were a little old for the counterculture, having been born in 30 and 31...I was named after my father. Thankfully, Lobo Sr had a name you might find a lot of in the Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia phone books.

My mother, on the other hand...Granny liked unusual names. Thankfully, nothing that made Mom want to change it. Oddly enough, she hated her middle name.

Though my family did end up calling me by a couple of nicknames to distinguish me from my father.

[PepperElf]

When I was in the hospital having DD, the woman in the bed next to me had a girl also and named her Dragyn Ravyn Moonstone something or other. All I could think was "that poor kid".

that sounds like what some of my yahoo chat friends would name a kid
and be serious about it too

[MoonCat]

Waaaay back when I was in high school, I remember seeing a poster on a bulletin board about some kind of contest. Some kind of scholastic thing, I guess. It had pics of winners from schools all over the country.

One girl's name was given as September Swann.

[Draper Mel]

A friend and I once went to an art fair where we had to park and take a shuttle to the site. They were using school buses as shuttles, and the one we were on had kids' first names up on placards all over the place. One girl was named...Takila. I wonder if she had siblings and what their names were?

[telecom_goddess]

When I was in the hospital having DD, the woman in the bed next to me had a girl also and named her Dragyn Ravyn Moonstone something or other. All I could think was "that poor kid".

People do weird things with names. Be grateful you didn't meet this guy:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1190410.html

This dude has a facebook account too... Weirdo!

[Amina516]

I gave my kids "unique" names, but i made them the middle name, that way they only share what it is if they feel like it. They have very simple, short first names.

[Crossbow]

Naming rule #1 according to my friend: Which sounds better when placed in front of your child's name? "Supreme Court Justice" or "Now appearing live on center stage"?

If it's the latter, rethink your name choice.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Heh. My mom sometimes likes to browse the baby name boards on Yahoo Answers or similar, and we always despair at the "unique" spellings that people give their children's names.

[Flying Grype]

One girl was named...Takila. I wonder if she had siblings and what their names were?

I'm wondering if her middle name was Sunrise or Mockingbird.