Society & Culture Terrible baby names

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miss_kate18

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I've taught kids whose parents have given them non-traditional spellings of common names. They are forever spelling their names to people who just assume the traditional spelling.
I actually did a lesson earlier this year where we read a book about names and a lot of the kids with more out there names said they were jealous of the kids named Alex and James.
 

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Petrina is a name I've heard before, but not Patrina, could be linked to the 'e' name though. I also know a Katina, it's Greek. I'd put them in the category of quirky and maybe even not very nice, but not terrible.
 
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******* stupid game
I imagine that comes down to whether you prefer "Kat" or "Pat" for short given most people would refer to them that way. I do prefer Katrina but I've seen worse bastardisations that Patrina.
Patrina isn't a bastardisation. It comes from the Latin patrician. (I've known a Patrina for decades).

On the other hand, there's a girl at my kid's school called Paris Francis. Who the **** does that to a kid???
 
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