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Help[Opinions] Re: Genypher?
in reply to a message by Elena
Actually she'll probably be the only one around. Jennifer is a pretty dated name no matter how you spell it. It's ugly so I get what you mean.
However I know a Jennyfer and she has it so much easier because her parents slightly altered it. Her last name is something super common (something like Smith). Only because she spells it differently am I able to find her on the internet and I guess it helps with stuff like mail not being misdelivered (there must be several Jennifer Smiths in our neighborhood but there's only one Jennyfer Smith). So yeah I don't think it's entirely true that changing the spelling doesn't change anything, it can be helpful to have a different spelling of a common name.
There was a horror story about some guy who was denied credit because he had debts, supposedly. Turned out those weren't his debts but those of a guy with the exact same name (also something common) so I'd actually rather be Jennyfer Smith or Cateline Johnson than having his problems. This is only for when you have a super common surname, though.
However I know a Jennyfer and she has it so much easier because her parents slightly altered it. Her last name is something super common (something like Smith). Only because she spells it differently am I able to find her on the internet and I guess it helps with stuff like mail not being misdelivered (there must be several Jennifer Smiths in our neighborhood but there's only one Jennyfer Smith). So yeah I don't think it's entirely true that changing the spelling doesn't change anything, it can be helpful to have a different spelling of a common name.
There was a horror story about some guy who was denied credit because he had debts, supposedly. Turned out those weren't his debts but those of a guy with the exact same name (also something common) so I'd actually rather be Jennyfer Smith or Cateline Johnson than having his problems. This is only for when you have a super common surname, though.
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Jennifer might have been more popular in the past and seem dated, but it's still pretty popular. In the US, Jennifer is just outside the top 10 - making it more popular than Piper, McKenzie/Makenzie, Ashlyn, Jordan, Summer and other more modern names which you might expect to be more popular than "dated" Jennifer.
So Genypher might not be the only Jennifer around.
So Genypher might not be the only Jennifer around.
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Not really. It's not just out of the top 10, it's at number 119. Piper and Summer aren't common, from my experience. Ashlyn, Jordan and McKenzie, Makenzie are but you forgot to count in the more common spellings. When you combine Ashlyn and Ashlynn and Mackenzie with McKenzie and Makenzie they are way more popular than Jennifer. Also Jordyn is more common that Jennifer and Jordyn and Jordan together are way more common.
I am pretty sure she'd be the only one around. I didn't meet many people with names below the top 50 from the year I was born in and there were more babies named with common names back then. There wasn't as much variety. Except for some names that were unusually common in my area at the time such as Bella, Ava, Anna and Chloe.
So I'd say when it's out of the top 100 you aren't likely to meet many. Unless the name is unusually popular in your state or area. Just from my experience, though.
I am pretty sure she'd be the only one around. I didn't meet many people with names below the top 50 from the year I was born in and there were more babies named with common names back then. There wasn't as much variety. Except for some names that were unusually common in my area at the time such as Bella, Ava, Anna and Chloe.
So I'd say when it's out of the top 100 you aren't likely to meet many. Unless the name is unusually popular in your state or area. Just from my experience, though.
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That's actually happened more than once to a friend of mine. He has the same name, Michael James Smith, as a local repeat offender. He was once denied the lease on an apartment because of it, and by the time it was sorted out, the place had been rented to someone else. If he gets pulled over for a traffic violation, it takes the cops forever to make sure he's not the Michael James Smith they always seem to have an arrest warrant for because, as bad luck would have it, they also look a lot alike. It's a big hassle.
If I had a common last name, I'd never pick a common first name (especially since I wouldn't want to misspell it to make it different!). One thing I like about my super-rare last name is that I feel the whole popularity spectrum is open to me.
If I had a common last name, I'd never pick a common first name (especially since I wouldn't want to misspell it to make it different!). One thing I like about my super-rare last name is that I feel the whole popularity spectrum is open to me.
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Neither would I. But if you really love the sound of Jennifer and must have it it would be an option. Or giving her an unusual middle name. And if I was Michael James Smith I think I'd add a middle name or change it somehow. That must be so awful :(
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He's thought about it, or at least about changing his middle name to something that would give him an unusual middle initial like U or Y, but...he likes his name, changing it is a pain and an expense, and there's a bit of a pride issue also, a "Why should I change my name?" thing.
The really crazy thing is, despite his own troubles, he named his daughter Madison! How many Madison Smiths must there be? She does have an unusual family name as her middle name, though, so at least there's that.
The really crazy thing is, despite his own troubles, he named his daughter Madison! How many Madison Smiths must there be? She does have an unusual family name as her middle name, though, so at least there's that.
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That other guy should pay him so he can add a middle name :P That way he won't really have to change it.
Yeah Madison is super common but at the moment not as many babies are named with top names and she also has an unusual middle name so I guess she'd be ok :P
Yeah Madison is super common but at the moment not as many babies are named with top names and she also has an unusual middle name so I guess she'd be ok :P
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Maybe he should have named her Madyson ;)
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