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Ideal_Rock
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My son''s name, Jacob, was #15 in Québec in 2008. Apparently there''s a dude in Twilight called Jacob, so it might go up. DH and I are kind of bummed. We''re not into unusual names, but we didn''t want our son to be one of three in his class or something.
My name was #7 between 1985-1989, but I ended up not having other classmates with that name. The usual spelling is with two "n", but I spell it with one. It''s prettier (IMO), but it''s annoying to always have to mention it. It confuses people for some reason. It''s not as bad as my sister though. My parents completely changed the spelling of her name. She always has to spell it, people get confused and spell it wrong anyway... and she''s also had people mispronounce it. It''s annoying, but the result is often hilarious.
I also have to spell my last name, AND it''s hyphenated (mother''slastname-father''slastname), so my criteria for naming my kids are the following:
- Not too unusual
- Usual spelling
- No hyphenating
- DH''s last name, ''cause it''s common and they won''t have to spell it.
My name was #7 between 1985-1989, but I ended up not having other classmates with that name. The usual spelling is with two "n", but I spell it with one. It''s prettier (IMO), but it''s annoying to always have to mention it. It confuses people for some reason. It''s not as bad as my sister though. My parents completely changed the spelling of her name. She always has to spell it, people get confused and spell it wrong anyway... and she''s also had people mispronounce it. It''s annoying, but the result is often hilarious.

- Not too unusual
- Usual spelling
- No hyphenating
- DH''s last name, ''cause it''s common and they won''t have to spell it.