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Emma'Ryiá
More names from a Facebook page I follow:Emma'Ryiá (pronounced Emma-Riah, according to the mom. She was going to use it with Penelope as the first name, but her family is making crude jokes about Penelope so shes going to use it as a first name.)
Braylen (m)
Lakelyn
Talon (m)
Gracelyn
Jarith
Kaliyah
Abigel (mom claims its the "English spelling.")
Kaylyn
Evlyn (mom says because its pronounce "Ev" not "Eve.")
Gean (m)
You guys, why are lyn/lynn names so popular? I don't get it. I don't like the name Lynn, so seeing it everywhere is really annoying. It almost seems like an afterthought to make a name feminine. Whats wrong with Lake, Grace, or Kay?

This message was edited 10/10/2015, 1:35 PM

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Emma'Ryiá... diarrhea.I can hear it on the school yard already.Apparently Abigel is the Hungarian spelling... however I just read it, Abby-gel.Kaylyn is popular here, so is Gracelyn. Don't get the -lyn love either. I certainly am not feeling it.
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Emma'Ryiá is a dang mess. That poor little girl is going to be correcting people's spelling her whole life - that is, if she doesn't eventually legally change her name to just Emma (which she'll likely go by). I'm also scratching my head as to what crude jokes the poster's family could be making about Penelope that are turning her off of the name...?Braylen (m)... ugh. I have an adorable (girl) cousin named Braelyn (which is the usual spelling of the name, though the name itself is fairly... uh, new). It took me a while to get used to the name, since "Brae" reminded me of a donkey bray (and other relatives had mentioned to me that the "Brael" part reminded them of braille), but it is my little cousin's name. So now that I've heard it for about 9 years or so, it sounds like a name to me - not one I'd ever use personally, but a name nonetheless.
A girl's name. I'm struggling to figure out what could possibly be perceived as masculine about it. What, Brayden wasn't trendy enough?
I'll write here what I wrote about that (boy) Celebrity B.A. a week or so back named Josey: This is like "A Boy Named Sue." He's doomed to grow up fighting.Lakelyn - I'm with the poster who said this sounds like a gated community (Lakelyn / Lakeland). Also, the -lyn suffix comes from the Welsh word for "pool," so the name essentially means "lake pool." Also, this name is terrible.Talon... you know what, I think this name is kind of cool. For either gender. Maybe because I'm a fantasy nerd.Gracelyn - I don't get this. I'm not a big fan of Grace to begin with, though I seem to be in the minority. But adding -lyn to this reminds me of Graceland, which... is not that impressive, actually, if you ever visit it. It's just a large house with interiors that are almost stereotypically 70s (including a room that's entirely yellow). That's what I think of when I hear Gracelyn: a giant yellow 70s TV room.

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I'm not sure why -lyn names are popular. Maybe it's an honoring thing. I've met a Lakelyn, a Talon, and a Gracelyn.
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Emma'Ryiá - just looks like a mess; Emma-Riah or Emmariah would be better, although I definitely prefer Penelope to those, tooBraylen - sorry to all the Braylens out there, but this always makes me think of the bray of a donkeyLakelyn - it sounds like a town or a gated community or something; I don't like itTalon - makes me think of predators and video games, but not in a good wayGracelyn - I've seen this used; it makes me think of Graceland (and Elvis)Jarith - looks jarringKaliyah - it doesn't bother me; it's prettyAbigel - it looks like "a big gal" to me, which is weird because I don't think that with Abigail...probably because I'm so used to itKaylyn - I don't hate it...I grew up with a Kaylin; I dislike the double-y, thoughEvlyn - why not Evelyn? it seems sort of squashed without the extra 'e'.Gean (m) - I'd prefer Gene or Gian, but I don't particularly like those eitherCompound names have always been popular where I live. Adding suffixes like -lyn and -lee is basically a tradition for some people, or at least they're just really familiar with it (so names might seem incomplete to them without a common ending). Or, they mistakenly think it looks more sophisticated...(and there are names like Evelyn and Jocelyn that I like)...could be lots of factors contributing to that trend.

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This girl has really bad taste in names. No offense. I went to school with a Kaylynn and a Kailin so I like Kaylyn. I played softball with a Braylen. Evlyn looks like a bad spelling of Evelyn. Abigel, this spelling makes me very uncomfertable.
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They aren't all from the same person but a group of people.
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The first thing I thought when I saw Emma-Whatever was a crude joke, so not an improvement over Penelope.ETA I misunderstood the last part so I edited it out.

This message was edited 10/10/2015, 10:34 PM

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