https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:13:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-116533 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:40:07 +0000 skibobrown 116533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is somewhere in between. It's not very common, and I've only met a small handful of people with my name in my entire life... but it's still just a name that can be found in most baby name books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-116521 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:34:04 +0000 LuLu Mom 116521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jessie, pretty common, however at the time being a "just jessie' was very uncommon in a decade that Jessica ruled the world. I love it , but growing up I hated having a nickname where teachers would just assume my fullname was jessica. </p> <p>I was announced at both college graduations by the wrong name, I guess Jessie is just too weird for some people to understand as a stand alone name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115509 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:38:22 +0000 looch 115509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My name is a common ethnic name in the country of origin but not in the US or where I currently live. I really think people would know it was me if I posted my name, which is why I never put it online, ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115501 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:35:45 +0000 pelikila 115501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted other as my name isn't common but it isn't unusual either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115446 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:58:11 +0000 mediagirl 115446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a Jill - not a Jillian. Yes, I got asked a thousand times if I was a Jillian. I like my name and its simplicity. I also like that it wasn't super popular when I was a kid. Or today, for that matter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115435 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:50:38 +0000 HabesBabe 115435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My "American nickname" is a common name (Annie), but my Vietnamese name is an uncommon name with an uncommon spelling. There's another girls' name that is very similar, but has a different meaning and spelling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115146 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:57:03 +0000 littlebug 115146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an Erin. Spelled just like it always is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115141 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:52:47 +0000 twodoghouse 115141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an Ashley born in 1984. Super common and the most common spelling too. My husband has a pretty common name too - Alex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115136 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:51:17 +0000 Modern Daisy 115136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a common name that is spelled two ways so everyone always spells my name wrong :)</p> <p>My last name is actually an unusual name that is a regular word. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115133 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:47:22 +0000 yoursilverlining 115133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a sort of unusual name, but it’s just a name (i.e., not a word like Apple, River or Brooklyn), and I don’t think it’s a very weird name. It’s just not a very common name. It’s constantly confused with the male version of the name, so it’s generally mispronounced and misspelled when people first meet me, or read my name aloud (so, so annoying). LO’s name will be straight forward and easy to spell – in a non kreatyve way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115126 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:40:22 +0000 volksgirl64 115126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm Jackie spelled Jacque. People I e-mail through work think I'm a guy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115070 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:58:06 +0000 tequiero21 115070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Common name here spelled the common way. Same for my Los. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115067 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:55:55 +0000 mrsjazz 115067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted other. My name is/was fairly common in the Black American community (it was a popular name given in the 70s/80s). And there are so many different ways I've seen it spelled. </p> <p>If I'm around a lot of Black people, I can usually find some other women with my name. But everywhere else, my name is uncommon. I've been the only one with my name at all of my jobs and at grad school &amp; college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115010 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:33:23 +0000 SugarplumsMom 115010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted usual name that's unusual, but it's just a not-so-common name that's spelled in the common way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-115001 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:04:24 +0000 joyjoy 115001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is unusual, but I don't think it's weird. It's a combination of my mom's name and both of my grandmothers' names, so it sounds like a name. It's also hyphenated with Joy, so I got the weirdness of a hyphenated first name going on, too. </p> <p>@msmamabear: Me, too! If you google my first name, I'm the only person who comes up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114988 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:17:39 +0000 lovehoneybee 114988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a Sarah born in the mid-80s...there were 3 of us just in my group of high school friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114976 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:29:15 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 114976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119 it's ok, I'll forgive you this one time :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114969 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:09:39 +0000 Mrs. Pen 114969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMamaBear: now you have me so curious :)</p> <p>Mine is pretty unusual, but it's not "weird", I get comments on it all the time that it's s beautiful name. I love my name and definitely would never change it. There are a few different ways to spell it but it's one if those names where one spelling isn't necessarily more common. I usually spell it out of habit so people don't have to ask. But I love having a different name. I think I have met only about 5-10 people in my life with my name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114967 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:06:55 +0000 mynoahbear 114967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a japanese first name so it's not common in the US at all but in Japan it's very common. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114965 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:05:31 +0000 chopsuey 114965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: I've been pronouncing your name incorrectly in my mind all this time!! I thought it rhymed with Donna! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114962 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:51:56 +0000 DigAPony 114962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an Andrea. Easy to spell, though strangers always pronounce it wrong (I'm a plain old Ann-dree-uh, and most people call me An-dray-uh at first). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114937 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:56:26 +0000 cheesetomywhine 114937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted that I have an unusual that is unusual. It is a real name but not common at all! I love it :) Though people do have a tendency to spell it wrong and confuse it with another (popular) name that isn't really similar at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114933 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:49:37 +0000 bpcmarj 114933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted other. My name is certainly a real name and spelled in the "usual" way, but it's not very common at all (at least in people under 70). It peaked in the 1920's I believe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114926 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:29:43 +0000 MsMamaBear 114926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unusual...so unusual, if I posted it here, and someone IRL saw it, they'd know it was me. I don't think anyone else has it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114917 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:16:48 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 114917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted unusual. I've never met anyone with my name, although I know there are others. My name is Tana and the way it is pronounced it rhymes with banana. Most of the time people pronounce it or spell it wrong on the first try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114903 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:04:09 +0000 chopsuey 114903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Susan spelled Susan. Woot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114902 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:02:40 +0000 MamaMoose 114902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a somewhat common name spelled in the usual way. It certainly not unusual.. But as far as popularity it peaked in the 50's. What's annoying is its VERY similar to a much more common name so people often call me by the wrong name which is annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114889 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:51:21 +0000 Rubies 114889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put "other" because my name isn't unusual but it isn't necessarily common. It's an old lady name, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114878 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:33:33 +0000 heffalump 114878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMini: I'm an '83 baby. Half my friends are Jennifer. It's a pretty name!</p> <p>My names not too common but not too uncommon either. And it can be spelled two ways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-name-do-you-have#post-114873 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:29:26 +0000 Meridian 114873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is Charlene which I think of as a common name. Although many people throughout the years have commented that it's an uncommon name! </p>