everyone is so weirded out by my name

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Registered: 09-29-2004
everyone is so weirded out by my name
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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.
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Registered: 09-29-2004
Fri, 03-31-2006 - 9:25pm
Obviously, It has been a while since I've had a chance
to defend myself and my newborn son's name
I gave birth and had hoped to read through my posts
and hear a few encouraging comments. First of all, Do you really
think I would name my son a unique name just for the
sole purpose of him being teased, and therefore building
his character. I was only using myself as a reference
to unique names.
I studied this name through and through before I decided on
it. It was a name my husband had chosen for his first born son
when he was only a child. Based on a character from his favorite television
show, Air wolf. Believe me I thought the name a little too unique as well.
But, I researched the name and found the name to mean, "Of the Lord".
Elijah means "Man of God". I loved that the names fit together and
from carrying my son for nearly 10 months, I knew it would fit him.
And it does, perfectly. I would not choose another name for our beautiful
little man. Thanks for all of your criticism and opinions. As for me and my new
happy family, we love our Synjin Elijah just fine.

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Registered: 03-31-2006
Fri, 03-31-2006 - 10:35pm
While I wouldn't personally pick that name for my son, I don't see why the people on this board feel the need to be so harsh; it's not as if you're naming their kids, and if they need to express their disapproval, like it matters, then they should be able to express themselves more tactfully. If you love the name and your husband has had such a long attachment to it, then who cares what everyone else thinks. I don't think it's "too unique." As for nn, if you're that kind of person, Jin (Jyn) would be very cute. Anyway...Congratulations on your new little boy!
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Registered: 03-31-2006
Fri, 03-31-2006 - 11:36pm
oooo! i love it!!!
luv, Aly
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Registered: 02-24-2005
Sat, 04-01-2006 - 2:05am
whoa-tough crowd! In terms of the 'sin' part, my name is Cindy and people have called me 'Cin' a lot in my life and while it's not my favorite, it doesn't really bother me and never did. Where did all of you guys go to school that kids did nothing but make fun of each other's names? I never got picked on for mine nor do I remember other kids in my classes getting picked on for thiers to terribly. Anyway, I think if you like the name then go for it. I agree that a vowel instead of the y might make it easier to read. Then again, my kids are named Kinto and Aviva which a lot of people don't like so I might not be the best person to ask. I tend to like the less conservative overused names.
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Registered: 12-08-2004
Sat, 04-01-2006 - 1:02pm

"As much as I wanted to hear your opinion on the name I had already chosen and love for my son, I am put off by your criticism."

You should be. You asked for opinions, and more than 20 people felt compelled to comment because they thought the name was so awful. If you didn't want to know our honest opinions, then you shouldn't have asked. If you don't ask, we'll just nod and smile along when introduced to a child with an awful name (and even more awful spelling). We'll pity him but chalk it up to parents with weird taste. You knew going into it that most people wouldn't like the name (look at the title of your post!), but you asked anyway.

Even if I had decided on my child's name, AND even if I loved it dearly, I think that I would certainly at least reconsider (and to be honest, I'd probably change it), if nearly 30 people expressed their vehement hatred for the name, as has happened here with Synjin.

Of course you wouldn't deliberately name your child in order to get him teased and build his character! That's insane, and people who suggested it were just trying to make a point. I don't think they were serious, and if they were, then I just don't know what to say about that. But, even though you're so against naming him something IN ORDER to get him teased, you've still named him something that almost certainly WILL get him teased...and nearly 30 other women have told you the same thing. Is that fair to him? The world is hard enough already!

And, by the way, if I named my child the name that I picked out when I was little, and if I based it on my favorite television show, I'd likely have a child named Fraggle Rock or Rainbow Bright. Children grow up, and unfortunately, yours now will grow up with "Sin" or "Synjin the Injun" for a nickname.

I'm very happy for your new addition, and I wish you all the happiness in the world. Babies are truly a blessing, whatever they're named.

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Registered: 10-27-2005
Sat, 04-01-2006 - 2:31pm
hi! first time on this board. I like that first name. I saw it (spelled differently) in a book, but probably same pronunciation. Kind of a play on St James i think, i think it is nice

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Sat, 04-01-2006 - 6:08pm
It sounds "ethnic"??? Okay.....so, does that make it ugly?????
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Registered: 10-14-2005
Sat, 04-01-2006 - 7:08pm

I'm sorry that you got your feelings hurt. But when you posted, you didn't say that the name was set in stone, otherwise, I'm sure you would have gotten a couple of half-hearted polite replies, along the lines of, "It's not my style, but I'm glad you found something you love."



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Sat, 04-01-2006 - 7:29pm

The problem with basing a name on a childhood memory is that it can be wrong. The character in Airwolf, played by Barry Van Dyke, was Saint John Hawke.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166030/

Congratulations on the birth of your son. I wish you much happiness.

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Registered: 10-14-2005
Sat, 04-01-2006 - 9:02pm

The problem with basing a name on a childhood memory is that it can be wrong. The character in Airwolf, played by Barry Van Dyke, was Saint John Hawke.


Interesting. This makes sense though. As many of us discussed earlier in this post, Sinjin is the phoenetical pronounciation of the name St. John. So Synjin is actually a creative spelling of the phonetical spelling of the name St. John.


(Also, where was I in the mid 80s? I don't remember this show at all!)




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