Interesting local article on baby names

Kari wrote:

And Jaden (Jayden)
sounds girly but I've only heard it for boys.

/bitch slap
*I* have a Jayden, who is a male, I'm highly insulted ;-)

I like to hear a name
and know if its a boy or a girl without having to wonder.

Well I've never in nearly 14 years of having a Jayden have
anyone confuse it with a girls name, but then using it as a
girls name seems to be only a recent thing and it hasn't
really caught on here yet.
My name is Andrea, which most people here consider to be a
girls name, but in other cultures is used as a boy's name.
Practically any name could be unisex depending on the
parents, my son has a male friend from Indonesia whose name
is Meredith, and that is mostly considered a girls name too.
I wouldn't consider any name pathetic, parents, as I'm sure
you know being one, go to a lot of trouble to chose the
right name for their child, and most put a lot of thought
into it.


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Andrea

If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a
horrible warning.

Last time I checked I wasn't a celebrity, well maybe in my
own mind, and I have a Jayden.


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Andrea


Um you're famous here, does that count? Lol.

"Tatjana Farkin" wrote in message
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"Daye" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
So we were left with "Emerson". According to a name site, it is
German in origin and means "Industrious". Is it commonly used as a
first name in Germany? No clue.

I've never heard it in Germany at all - neither as a first name, last
name or just *word*. If it's German, it must be a rather rare and
antiquated word (I studied German linguistics).

I'm happy to be corrected, though, should anyone know more :-)

My personal suspicion is that it's from the Latin emereo, a verb meaning "to
obtain by service, earn completely". Emeritus, as in "professor emeritus" is
derived from the same root. If Emerson is supposed to mean "industrious",
then it almost certainly comes from that root.
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Nina wrote:
"P. G. Chavez" wrote

I don't get Gabriel as a girl's name. Who would think
this was a
girl? Has anyone else heard of this?


I know a Gabriel in Australia from another NG. It took
over a year
before I realized she was female.

Gabriel is a comon girls name here in New Zealand but is
usually shortened to Gabby. You don't hear of any boy's here
names Gabriel.


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Andrea

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horrible warning.





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Andrea

If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a
horrible warning.

Circe wrote:


Well, I could certainly *hear* the difference if anyone I
knew
pronounced it differently.

Sorry what I meant was as a nation you say it differently
due to your accent so you'll obviously come to accept that
as the way it's pronounced if I'm making sense. I didn't
mean that you alone hear things differently to everyone
else...lol


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Circe wrote:
"Taniwha grrrl" wrote in
message
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Lol. I'm with you. I don't know how someone doesn't
know
Joaquin is not JoeACKwin for goodness sake.

Raises hand....see my reply to Hillary...lol
It look's french...really, I don't see how you could get
the
other pronounciation out of it...lol

Try Wah-KEEN. That's pretty close. There may be slight
variations
between Mexican Spanish pronunciation and Spanish Spanish
pronunciation, though.

I think my problem with it is I see the letters and jumble
them in my minds eye as Jacques which is French, and then
the qu I want to pronounce in English with the Kwuh sound.


--
Andrea

If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a
horrible warning.

Circe wrote:


Of course, Spanish-speakers call the Jesus of the loaves
and fishes
"Hay-soos", too!

lol...well they would I suppose wouldn't they
Like you said live and learn ;-)


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horrible warning.

In article ,
says...
On 25 Sep 2003 09:04:38 -0400, Wendy
wrote:

I mentioned that "Kali" was a
particularly brutal and bloodthirsty Hindu Goddess. She thought I was
being ridiculous to raise that objection because NO ONE knows
that. (Well... no... )

She obviously doesn't know many Hindus or Pagans. I have friends that
are Hindu and Pagan. They would know right away that it was the Hindu
Goddess, and then question her if she was named for her?

Kali isn't just about destruction. She does have positive aspects as
well.

And I believe Kali IS a relatively common name in India.

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Sophie wrote:


Interesting cos I've *never* heard it pronounced
May-or-ee. Always
Maori (I have no idea how to spell out how to pronounce
that - lol).
'
Maybe it was just the times I was watching then...lol
Plenty of people here get lazy and pronounce it Mah-ree, but
that has a lot to do with our kiwi accent. But if you can't
even get the residents of a country to pronounce it properly
I guess I shouldn't be so hard on the rest of the world for
getting it wrong now and then...lol


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Andrea

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Sophie wrote:
Last time I checked I wasn't a celebrity, well maybe in
my
own mind, and I have a Jayden.


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Andrea


Um you're famous here, does that count? Lol.


Of course it counts, to me anyway :-)
I'll put it as a character reference on my resume, "well
know on usenet group MKP"...lol


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Andrea

If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a
horrible warning.