I beg of you, all of you, please keep in mind that these children will be in school some day. I'm sorting through the mailing list right now for our school and well, every year they get more and more interesting.
Unique names are one thing because you might have a shot at spelling it. One that always drove me crazy was "Amberly" It's like two parents couldn't agree on Kimberly or Amber so they made up a name. But at least I can spell it.
Crazy re-spellings are another story all together. I've seen Apryl, Alyx, Alysyn, Melyssa, etc. What is the obsession with Y's? Also, what everyone thought would be unique is not. Trust me. There are always 15 Mackensie/McKinsey/McKensey's, 10 Taylors, 18 Catelyn/Caitlyn/Katelyn/Kaitlynn/Katielynn/etc!, etc. There are so many more "unique" names we have a multiples of. So these "unique" names are no less common than the Mikes and Beckys and Jessicas.
Also, parents name their kid, say, "Michael John" and then call him "Nick" If you name your kid Michael and call him Mike or Mickey that's fine. Don't name him Michael and call him Nick. NAME HIM NICK. Or Michael Nicholas. Or somehow name him so that regular people can figure out who on earth he is.
The most frustrating thing is when they tell me their name and I write "Katie" and then they get mad that I didn't write "Kaity" or "Catee" !! They will need to get used to having their name spelled wrong. Generally it will be right on official documents because those are all computer generated, but when someone just write their name down they WILL need to spell it for them.
Anyway, I'm not putting anyone down or any of these names down, I just want you all to try to see the other side. If you still like the name "Rybekkah" then go nuts.
