Posted on March 5, 2019
(Tuesday of the first full week of March)
The first full week of March is Names Week, and I've already written about all the other special name days:
Wednesday - Discover What Your Name Means Day,
Thursday - Nametag Day
Friday - Middle Name Pride Day
Saturday - Genealogy Day
This coverage left a gaping hole on Tuesday of Name Week, but never fear, there IS a special name day: Unique Names Day.
Here are some problems with unique names:
- Often, nobody knows how to spell them, or pronounce them. So someone with a unique name has to spend their entire life correcting people or slo-o-o-owly spelling and then respelling their name.
- Being teased or laughed at.
- Sometimes unique names become not-so-unique!
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| The name Beyoncé was totally unique when the famous singer's mom gave it to her - but now there are at least 2,000 women named Beyoncé in the U.S. - most of them between the ages 10 and 15. So.... that name is no longer unique! |
Here are some good things about unique names:
- Standing out, being noticed, being remembered.
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| Not every celebrity can go by just one name. "Michael"... "Jennifer"... we need more to know who you're talking about! But "Oprah" is all we need! |
- Being able to go by just one name.
- Not having to turn around every three minutes as someone calls out an all-too-common name.
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| Apparently, for decades every elementary classroom had at least two Erics/Eriks/Ericas/Erikas. A few might have had three! |
Here are some examples of unique names:
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| Nicole Richie and Sparrow |
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| Lucky Blue Smith and Stormi Bree named their daughter Gravity. |
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| Kate Winslet and her husband chose to name their son Bear Blaze, so Ellen DeGeneres gave her some great gifts! |
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| Mariah Carey and Moroccan |
Parents who look far and wide for a great baby name - looking through baby name books and fiction and ancient history and mythology and maybe even atlases - often come up with first names that are not exactly unique...but that are very, very unusual. Kier, Kinsley, Khaleesi, Kiefer, Kayden, Kailani, Keyla, Kaven - just to name some "K"s - these are all unusual names, not unique in the whole entire world, but quite possibly unique in one's community.
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| Some of these "K" names are more common... |
Also on this date:
Saint Piran's Day in Cornwall
Town Meeting Day in Vermont
(First Tuesday of March)
(Shrove Tuesday)
(Shrove Tuesday)
(Shrove Tuesday)
(Shrove Tuesday)
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