I found this article really interesting:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/07/who-wins-in-the-name-game/374912
And the comments a bit funny 
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Interesting - I knew a girl in High School named Con-E (connie) - why not just name her Connie???
I don't like made up names
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@Mamaof2: wow, really? I thought the "weird name" game started more recently than that. Like "L-a" (where the dash isn't silent).
I like names that are traditional with the traditional spellings of them. I'm not a fan of this trend of using y's where there used to be an i or an o (like Landyn).
I think I had read another article about this same type of problem and they had done a study on people with "typical black" names and people with "typical white" names. Same resume. The typical white names got called back more times than the people with black names.
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Makes sense... we do tend to form opinions of people in the first few minutes we know them, and name is one of the things we learn about a person first.
How white, male names tend to do best on resumes is part of the reason my SIL named her daughter Dylan.
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@mediagirl:
(From STFU Parents)
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@pui: vomit.
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@pui: good grief!!!
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@mediagirl: I think it would actually be KSK.
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@MsLipGloss: Ah, I missed the M, I was so focused on the K's and all the crap in between. K-MKS.
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@pui: No, just not. How do you even pronounce that?!
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Wow just wow. For people that aren't going to read the article here are some choice quotes.
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People with easier to pronounce names are also judged more positively and tend to be hired and promoted more often than their more obscurely named peers.
Teachers tend to hold lower expectations for students with typically black-sounding names while they set high expectations for students with typically white- and Asian-sounding names.And this early assessment of students’ abilities could influence students’ expectations for themselves.
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Very good read.
Reading through the comments now.
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@mediagirl: Or KMKS or KKS . . . *oy* Any way you slice it, it's a hot mess!
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I agree with most of this article.
@pui: @mediagirl: @MsLipGloss: and did you guys notice her sister's name is khayleigh-huntyr?!
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@Mrs. High Heels: I'm so not surprised...
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@Mrs. High Heels: @mediagirl: That announcement is enough to induce vertigo! Seriously. *myeyes!*
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@Mrs. High Heels: @mediagirl: and I am (only) half surprised they didn't use *Kyndergarten* . . .
ETA: Make that *Kyndergartyn*
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@Mrs. High Heels: Lol yep. Makes me wonder what they'd name a third child. Maybe Kaylyn-McKhaydynnce Kaytryna?
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I used to wish that my mom and dad had given me a White name. I have a name that is very common in the Black American community and have often wondered if my resume had been passed over simply because of my name.
@Mamaof2: But all names are made up!
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I love this article. People get too weird with their kids names, like they're naming a pet or a baby doll instead of an actual person....also, I like the suggestion (in the article) of Dale for a girl! We may have to use that one day!
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@mediagirl: Steve Levitt (Freakonomics) had a paper - "The Causes and Consequences of Distinctly Black Names." One of the chapters in his book talked about names, which was really interesting!
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@mediagirl: @pui: Or this one...
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@loveisstrange: D:
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@pui: speechless
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I feel like our children are going to grow up with "weird" names and different spellings, so there won't be as much judgement with those names. Maybe it is just the circle I run in, but most of the names I hear on a daily basis are not as traditional as Michael/William/Anne/Mary etc.
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@loveisstrange: hahaha I remember seeing this and thinking how ridiculous these name spellings were!
We named ds "Ava" and have had a few people question if it was spelled with an E.. sigh..
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@loveisstrange: what the..... No.
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@pui: @loveisstrange: these are jokes, right?
@littleredhairedgrl: Eva can be pronounced ee-va, eh-va, or ay-va. Technically Ava and Eva can be pronounced the same way but (in my area anyway) Eva tends to be pronounced as ee-va more often.
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Although both of my boys have Hindu names, I wonder if people will think we just made them up (especially people who only interact with me and don't realize they are 1/2 Indian). My husband has survived despite a Hindu name that is actually a common word, so, eh!
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@beaker: I've had students with both of your boys' names! I think they're beautiful names.
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@pui: So many letters. I don't know where to look. Poor poor kids.
@loveisstrange: those are EXACTLY the names I hate. Ones that are completely made up.
My name is whacko. I love it but it's definitely a hard to pronounce and wtf name. I named Truett specifically so he would have a unique name, but would be easily recognizable and easy to spell and pronounce.
We've been toying with the name Luna if we have a girl for our second but I've been hesitating for the reason of this article.
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Good grief. I have a common name spelled differently and I swore I would never do that to my kids because everyone spelled it wrong and although it's very common I could never get anything with my name on it. My sister was the same way, super popular name just one letter off. Thanks mom & dad!
@mediagirl: I'm blown away by how many variations of your DDs name that there are. Like seriously, it's crazy. So I'm sure she will thank you one day for spelling it properly so the girl can get a bike license plate with her name on it.
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@loveisstrange: also here's the "rest of the list" from her blog
Taylee
McKarty
Nayvie
Maylee
Kamree
Nykee
Taislee
Taigley
Tenley
McKamey
McKartnee
TayvieI'm glad she picked Lakynn
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@Danizaur: Truett sounds like a rich white boy name to me, I think he will do just fine on resumes
love it by the way.. Feels like he should be in a romance novel!
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@MrsTiz: Hahaha DH and I got a kick out of that!
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@swedishfish: aww
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@swedishfish: yeah that's true! I guess I just didn't think it would be tricky in NJ
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@littleredhairedgrl: bahaha, the tri-state area is very sophisticated and worldly!
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@swedishfish: lol!
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@Danizaur: I
T's name! That girl's list is horrific. Taylee? Nykee? Nayvie? NO.
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I thought this was interesting from the international perspective. Since DH and I are from different countries we wanted our kids names to be more "international" sounding and easy to pronounce. We have no idea where they will end up living, so I didn't want them to have difficult names.
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