everyone is so weirded out by my name
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everyone is so weirded out by my name
| Sat, 01-28-2006 - 3:12pm |
I will give birth to my first child in 2 weeks, (I HOPE). Since I first
learned that he will be a boy, MY husband and I had agreed on the name.
SYNJIN ELIJAH!!!!! And we absolutely love the uniqueness of this name. As far as the
rest of our families.....they would prefer a more practicle name. I am not going to change my mind, but I would like to hear the opinions of the rest of the board. This
is my son and don't want him to hate me for naming him such a different name. I had a
unique name growing up and I got teased but I also believe it made me strong enough to take criticism well. Tell me what you think, please.
learned that he will be a boy, MY husband and I had agreed on the name.
SYNJIN ELIJAH!!!!! And we absolutely love the uniqueness of this name. As far as the
rest of our families.....they would prefer a more practicle name. I am not going to change my mind, but I would like to hear the opinions of the rest of the board. This
is my son and don't want him to hate me for naming him such a different name. I had a
unique name growing up and I got teased but I also believe it made me strong enough to take criticism well. Tell me what you think, please.

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The reason I don't care for it is because it sounds negative because of the Sin part. It also sounds very ethnic to me so if you are, and the name means something special to you and your culture then I think it's fine. However if you picked it out of the blue then I'm confused.
People always tend to shorten names (even mine--I'm Amy and people leave off the y all the time) So I would hate for people to be calling him Sin.
Hi,
Congratulations and good luck with your delivery!
While I don't hate the name, it is extremely unusual. Consider how this will affect him when he goes for a job interview. I can tell you from conversations I have had that many people, when screening applicants' resumes, will automatically toss out any that have a "weird" name, because they assume that the person will be weird too. Not fair, and very prejudicial, but unfortunately it does happen.
If the name really means a lot to you and if both you and your husband have agreed on it, then stick with it and be happy.
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Let me get this straight - you are intentionally picking a strange name for your child in the hopes that he will get teased? I am sorry, but that is just sick. What happens if he doesn't have the inner strength that you somehow possess? Have you ever seen the victims of bullying? Have you seen the despair that some of them feel?
Yes, bullies will pick on things other than names, but why go out of your way to inflict this on our child?
Also, two things you said directly conflict each other. <<>> and <<>> Taking criticism well, IMHO, means considering the comments of others and learning from them. It does not mean deciding to ignore them before you even hear them.
I very rarely read through all the responses, but on this one I had to, because I know a teenage boy named this - spelled Sinjin - he is on the high school basketball team (junior varsity) at our high school, so I just came across him this year. I keep the scorebook for the basketball team.
at EVERY game, the other team's scorekeeper has asked about his name.
Today on this board is the first I ever knew it had anything to do with Saint John. And I'll be honest - to name a kid Saint John or St. John would be worse than naming him Sinjin
I started looking on IVillage's baby name site to see if there is any reference to this name and below is what I found
SINCLAIR: A French contraction of Saint Clair. There are several contractions akin to Sinclair (such as Sinjon for St. John). Sinclair would work well for a girl, too. Namesakes: Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair.
That was the only reference to it - it does not come up in the dictionary of S names - nor does Saint John spelled out and it doesn't come up with anything if you put it in for a meaning or anything using any spelling
I definitely don't like the Synjin spelling at all. Sinjon, as in the above explanation about Sinclair coming from Saint Clair is about the best I think
It is awfully weird. I can completely understand the family reaction to it. I think I'd have reacted the same way before I met this kid I know with it.
I'm sure he gets asked about it constantly. I'm half tempted to talk to him about it at our game tonight.
The reason I am not crazy about this name is that it sounds to me like "injun".
Also, it will be difficult to spell, and the spellings of his name will be all over the place.
St. John is pronounced "sinjin" if you use an English accent, if you are interested in an alternative spelling.
Also, I wouldn't name a child a different name to purposely have him teased to make him strong. I don't think that is what you are doing, but you do mention that in your post as a positive thing. If you are doing that, I think you should really rethink this. Naming a child a name to provoke teasing is just wrong.
Edited 1/30/2006 4:48 pm ET by doun2others
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