Valerie (given name) Puns

“Oh, my mistake, I’ll just go and find them, shall I?!”

Telling me it’s the number you’ve been given doesn’t make it any less wrong, you tuna melt.

We’ve all seen those names that are super common that there are 10 million of them in every class every year, but what about the ones you see once in a lifetime? What’s the most unusual/ridiculous/downright bizarre name you’ve met a child or adult with? No “urban legend” names, please — only names you’ve personally seen given to a child.

Personally, I don’t know of many names that are so out-of-the-ordinary that they’re noteworthy, but I think Rayne is one of the cooler “unconventional” names I’ve seen!

I see a lot of posts mentioning the J names they didn’t use- especially when there’s a plenty of options and the Duggar’s still chose Johanna and Joy Anna. If you could go in and switch out names which ones would you pick?

Rules are: They still must be J names, 10 boys & 9 girls. You can keep existing ones you like! J’Tyler is not included.

Here are mine:

Boys: Girls:

1. Joseph 1. Joy
2. Jack 2. Juliette
3. Jason 3. Jocelyn
4. Joel 4. Jessica
5. Jacob 5. Jane
6. Jesse 6. Jamie
7. Julian 7. Joanna
8. John-Luke 8. Jolene
9. Justin 9. Julia
10. James

I was on the fence about so many things in the last couple weeks (am I really trans, do I want to change my name, am I actually non-binary, do I want HRT) and while I won’t claim to know everything, one thing has finally become clear - I will not be able to move forward with the same given name (I’m named after my father and we had an abusive relationship). It took him passing this year for me to truly process everything in my life.

Then it hit me - my name is Valerie and I am so excited to be who I truly am. I have an appointment with my psychiatrist and hopefully I’ll be able to get a referral for an endo this week ❤️

It’s a new day!!!

I just looked up mine (Googled my name + current street) to find any sites that list my current address and found 3. Each of them has fairly easy ways of requesting removal, and I guess only one of them is a pain about it (blockshopper).

I have had a few contentious patient interactions recently and got freaked out by how easy it would be to find out where I live. Two of the sites also listed my current cell phone number and my parents' address and number. Fuck this shit.

Just wondering how many players are referred to by their name (or nicknames based on it) more often than their last names

Off the top of my head,

India - Axar, Ashwin, Rohit, Kuldeep, Bhuvi, Rahul (?)

South Africa - Faf, AB

Just going off of the sub's comments here. I'm not super familiar with a whole lot of Australian and English nicknames.

She was born Stanley Ann Dunham. Her mother apparently was inspired by a character named Stanley played by Bette Davis in the film "In This Our Life", and thought that the name "Stanley" for a girl sounded sophisticated. She ended up going by her middle name, Ann.

I thought that was so fascinating! I like traditionally masculine names for girls (James, Wallace, etc.) but Stanley isn't really working for me. Just thought I'd share!!

https://twitter.com/DarrenHeitner/status/1380249698972413954?s=19

I just got off the phone with an older guy who refused to accept my shortened name I go by versus my full name I refuse to go by (I'm FtM). Let's say my name was Ashley but I go by Ash.

When he asked what my name was I said "Ash." He said "Is that the name that's on your birth certificate?"

Why the FUCK does that matter? Guys aren't asked that - only women. And I've never gotten it from a woman - only older men. Always. Older. Men.

Why. Just stop. My name is "Ash." Not Ashley. And don't assume it's Ashley either. So rude.

Edit: I apologize I typed this in a hurry while on the bathroom because I was fuming. A few important details:

• I work in the medical field. This conversation was done entirely over the phone.
• My name wasn't important AT ALL to the conversation.
• He asked me 3 times what my 'real name' was until he asked 'what does it say on your birth certificate?'
• Prior to demanding what my true name was, he went on a tangent about his ex wife and how much of a horrible bitch she was - also not vital to the conversation at all.
• I didn't mean to say every single guy on the planet was never asked their real name - but none of them have been asked like this.

Just curious from the Deaf perspective.

Is it a special thing to appoint someone a sign name, or is it common place and all in the name of convenience? Just wondering if the other side sees it as an equal mark of importance or if the importance has been "romanticized" by the hearing side. Interested in your opinions. Thanks for your time.

I've been watching a Thai show, and it seems that all the names are very long, but they have nicknames that are much shorter, and (from what I've seen) not a shortened version of their name. How are these names and nicknames assigned?

i've been thinking of getting a cat last year and my dad has been bugging me since so i've been researching. long story short, back in 2018 i was pursuing chemistry from my first to the beginning of my third year. during this time, i was going through some of the darkest parts of my life. things started to turn up once i decided to switch to a french major (and this was difficult coming out to my family because my parents are immigrants and so telling them was hard but they were very supportive) WHICH WAS quite pivotal because it re-sparked my passion for not only school, but living in general.

anyways, when i get my cat i want to name it based on a French name to signify an important part of my life. in english we call our cats Paws, Mittens, Whiskers, Purr, etc. i was curious to know what Native French speakers think about when it comes to cat names. any suggestion would be great! i'm open to anything whether or not you are French, Native, etc. :-)

Edit: actually, PLEASE suggest any name, but the more unique the better + the meaning of the name if any :-) !

We number our Congressional districts in America: CA-15, NJ-12, etc. In the UK, each Parliamentary district has a name, typically a place name. If we changed the districts from being numbered to named, would we see an increased interest in them?

Otherwise, you have people fucking up their kid's future by naming them something like Bartholomew or X Æ A-Xii. Imagine being bullied because your parents decided to name you something stupid. Or losing out on a job interview because the interviewer looked at your resume and saw your name is Bagpipe.

You think parents would have the common sense to not name their kid something that'll have people laughing at them, but nope. And yes, I know some names are illegal in some places, but it's usually only numbers in names that are illegal.

My parents named me Mohammed.

Being given a exclusive arabic name even though I not arabic is annoying. On top of that, it being a religious name even though im not religious is also annoying.

Being named after someone I despise is infuriating.

When police swooped on an unassuming house in the semi-industrial Perth suburb of Kewdale in late 2016, it was immediately apparent this was no ordinary arrest.

It was a hot December day, three days before Christmas, and the police presence outside the modest fibro house was substantial.

A team of officers from the Tactical Response Group had swarmed on the property shortly after 7:00am and soon there were multiple police vehicles surrounding the area, including a large police forward command van parked out the front.

The police media unit was initially tight-lipped and journalists mused that it could be a big drug raid, perhaps linked to bikies?

Then came the news nobody was expecting — sources confirmed the raid was connected with the Macro Taskforce, the special unit set up to investigate the so-called Claremont serial killings of two decades previous.

Police raided the Kewdale house just before Christmas in 2016.

That case, the sudden disappearance of three young women late at night from the upmarket Claremont entertainment precinct in the city's wealthy western suburbs, traumatised the people of Perth and left a lingering stain the passage of time had failed to heal.

Two of those young women — 23-year-old Jane Rimmer and 27-year-old Ciara Glennon — were subsequently found murdered, their bodies discarded in bushland settings to the south and north of the city respectively, and only discovered by sheer chance.

The body of the third and youngest victim, 18-year-old Sarah Spiers, has never been found.

Now police had finally arrested a suspect, and it seemed incredible that the long-running case that many had assumed would never be solved, might finally be brought to a conclusion.

Tomorrow we will learn whether that is indeed the case — whether Bradley Robert Edwards, a 51-year-old telecommunications technician — is the the Claremont serial killer.

DNA strongest evidence

Edwards' murder trial is believed be the most expensive criminal trial in the state's history, spanning seven months and hearing evidence from more than 200 witnesses in person, as well as scores more who provided written statements to the WA Supreme Court.

Cost have already exceeded $11 million, and the evidence amassed total

I know what it’s like to be me. I have an image for myself, for what I look like. I know, technically, I am a part of a person. But I am also a part of a person for a reason, and I dealt with things that other parts of this person couldn’t. It feels so strange to say, “This person,” because I have a self, and so do a lot of other “parts,” in this body.

I feel like a full person. I feel like a full, well developed person. But I know I’m just a part of a self that could not integrate, and in all honesty that’s a little upsetting to write out. After everything I’ve been through, that we’ve all been through, our personhood was stolen from us. I think a big part of it for me is knowing that I’m a result of trauma, knowing I’m not the same as a “true,” person—it feels upsetting. It’s worse knowing that the personhood that was stripped from us was because of events outside of our control, events which we did not deserve. I feel like I’ve lived through enough to the point where I have earned the right to my own personhood, especially considering everything I’ve dealt with that led me to be here in the first place.

So is it wrong for me to think of myself as a person, even knowing I’m a part? I know, at the end of the day, it’s not hurting anyone because I don’t hold anyone else accountable for respecting me as a person in my own right. I don’t get upset when someone doesn’t call me by my name, because no one KNOWS my name, because I don’t want them to know.

As an alter, is it my duty to recognize myself as an unintegrated part as opposed to a person in of myself? Especially if we are not seeking fusion as a treatment option?

Sam calls it our, “Existing Nonexistence.” That phrase feels about right.

I think it’s less about identifying myself as a person, in all honesty, and more about seeing myself as less than. The only reason any of us exist as we are is because we underwent a lot of stress in early life and continued to do so. So it’s less about being able to claim personhood, and more about being brushed off as merely a coping mechanism. Yes, this is what our brain did to keep us safe, but I am not just a “coping mechanism.” I have my own thoughts, beliefs, goals, wishes and desires. I long to be free of this shared body and mind, to be able to live a life of my own even though I know I will never get that.

To be brushed off as a “symptom of a disorder,” or a “coping mechanism,” feels almost condescending, and to think of myself as such is to deny m

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