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This is my son JAMES
You say: hi james
You think: beautiful classic name..love it!

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This is my son JASPER
You say: hey jasper
You think: cool name, hope it doesn't get too popular, he'll be artsy

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This is my son RYSHAD
You say: hi ryshad
You think: ry is a nice nn, sounds a little made up and makes me think of phylicia rashad (who i love, but who is a woman)

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This is my son TRISTAN
You say: hi tristan
You think: love love love it

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This is my son LANCE
You say: hi lance
You think: ugh, too romance novel

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This is my son IAGO
You say: hi
You think: evil shakespearean character, he'll never live it down. also disney character. reminds me of igor

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This is my son EDWARD
You say: hi edward
You think: kinda stuffy and old-manish

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This is my daughter CERIDWEN
You say: hi ceridwen
You think: that was a mouthful, hope i pronounced it right. sounds a bit like a man's name

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This is my daughter EIRLYS
You say: hi erilys
You think: what a beautiful welsh name, cute and should age well. hope people don't butcher the spelling!

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This is my daughter CALLIOPE
You say: hi
You think: like calli(e) as a nn, but sounds like a constellation and has pee in it :(

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This is my daughter ESYLLT
You say: could you repeat that please?
You think: like yseult/iseult better, and either way it's mabye a bit too obscure/archaic

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This is my daughter FELINA
You say: hi felina
You think: reminds me of filly...sounds like a horse

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This is my daughter GWENAËLLE
You say: interesting name
You think: what a burden! sounds made up and unattractive to me

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This is my daughter HEFINA
You say: hi
You think: oh dear. heiffer meets hugh heffner...i bet she and felina are sisters

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This is my daughter IZAR

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This is my son JAMES
You say: Your name is so classic
You think: more of a middle name for me

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This is my son JASPER
You say: That's unusual
You think: Jasper Carrott

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This is my son RYSHAD
You say: How do you spell that?
You think: What, Riyadh, Richard?

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This is my son TRISTAN
You say: Hello Tristan
You think: Why does everyone want to call their son Tristan, yuck!

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This is my son LANCE
You say: Hello Lance, nice to meet you
You think: This is awful, so poncy

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This is my son IAGO
You say: What a cool and spunky name you have Iago
You think: Yeah, it's cool, but was it not the name of the parrot in Aladdin?

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This is my son EDWARD
You say: Hello Edward
You think: This is growing on me, but far too boring

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This is my daughter CERIDWEN
You say: Hey Ceridwen, nice to meet you
You think: I like Welsh names, but this is not my style at all

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This is my daughter EIRLYS
You say: What an interesting name. How do you spell it?
You think: Nice, but a bit of a mouthful

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This is my daughter CALLIOPE
You say: Hey there
You think: There's something about it I just don't like, so many other Call- names are much prettier. I like the meaning though

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This is my daughter ESYLLT
You say: What an interesting name
You think: WTF? That's just random letters!

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This is my daughter FELINA
You say: That's unusual
You think: Yuck, I love cats, but come on!

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This is my daughter GWENAËLLE
You say: That's interesting, how did you pick the name?

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