Anonymous #1 1d

Okay okay thank you so much for the explanation, I do genuinely appreciate it

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Anonymous #2 1d

Odessa is a fairly common older feminine name, I think you would be surprised how many names are also towns.

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Anonymous OP 1d

Odessa reminds me of I think a town in Ukraine that got invaded… also isn’t it spelled “Seraphina” (after the angelic seraphs or seraphim)?

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Anonymous #4 1d

It’s good that she’s not your baby then!

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Anonymous #3 1d

We liked Sara better because it does give her the option for a shorter name without changing spelling if she wants. If we end up going with that one, we will think about spelling some more

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Anonymous OP 1d

If she really must have one of the names on the list, I don’t think it’s unheard of to have a nickname that doesn’t have the exact spelling of the full name (Jackie from Jacqueline comes to mind), so you could have Seraphina with a Sara nickname quite easily.

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Anonymous #5 22h

I have had a “not normal” name my whole life. I was never bullied for it. If you’re the kind of person who would bully someone because of their name, then shame on you. If you’re not, don’t worry about it

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Anonymous OP 20h

Do u want your child to get bullied?

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Anonymous OP 9h

I’ve had a “not normal” name my whole life and I got bullied for it all the time in my youth. It was traumatic. Unless the names actually mean something deeper than some performative quirky pick, save your child the trauma. And given that ur posting this poll on Sidechat, I don’t think it is.

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Anonymous #9 9h

Thank you!

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Anonymous #9 7h

It’s their kid. If they want to get creative, let them. God forbid people have some creativity with names these days. All I ever see are the same lame ass names over and over Good on you OP for trying something new! And congrats on the child!

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Anonymous #9 7h

So we’re upvoting you bc you had a traumatic experience and downvoting OP bc they didn’t as if their experience lessens yours somehow? Please see the sun

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Anonymous #13 7h

It sucks getting bullied, but that doesn’t mean your experience is the “correct” version of having a unique name. Nothing pmo more than people who use a shitty experience to farm for engagement rather than sympathizing and supporting similar experiences in others. My god

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Anonymous #13 6h

Nothing pmo more than people who reduce people’s genuine childhood self-esteem to “engagement farming.” Kids these days are BRUTAL. And when you’re young it hits u WORSE. Why tf would u subject your child to this? This is not just my experience, I’ve met a lot of ppl with similar experiences, and OML just use ur fucking brain, ppl bully ppl who are different that’s just how humans operate. Expecting them to be nice is just delusional.

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Anonymous #13 6h

It’s the kid’s name. They don’t deserve to be bullied just for their parent’s selfish desire to feel quirky and different.

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Anonymous #9 6h

It’s not a desire to be quirky 😂 I don’t want her to have to be called by her first name and last initial, and I love these names. I think they’re beautiful. Why wouldn’t I want my child’s name to be something I truly love? And I’m sorry, but being bullied for a name is stupid. She will have a middle name she can go by if she wants to. That doesn’t last long. It’s good to have tough skin.

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Anonymous #9 6h

I’m a teacher. I’ve worked with kids for years. I swear this is the dumbest reason to disagree with the name choices. They’ve all been common names and most of them have extremely common nicknames.

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Anonymous OP 6h

yeah i’ve seen so much worse working retail 💀 i’ve posted it before but i had siblings named Tequila, Hennessy, and Jack Daniel’s who all had fetal alcohol syndrome. we also had a Kheryti (pronounced Charity bc apparently her mother thought Ch and Kh were interchangeable). these options are reasonable

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