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I need help with a name for my baby

we want to name our baby kyle but were hoping we could spell it with a "c". any thoughts???


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GIVE a man a fish and you feed him for a day. TEACH a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

SADLY, most fishermen are afraid to touch the worm.

With the spelling of a name you can do anything you want. If the "C" is important to you, feel free to spell it that way. 

However, I would point out that having names that aren't commonly spelled, and/or are not apparent how they're pronounced can be a real burden on a kid (just look at my names, I've put up with it all my life.)

You should also be aware that every study I've read indicates that if the name is too far from the norm, children tend NOT to achieve as well as their peers with "standard" names. 

You'd be amazed at how stupid people can be when it comes to names. The "G" Geoff is the same as the American "Jeff" (g is the brit spelling), I've had people call me all manner of weird stuff, the most common is "Godfrey" and I say "there's no 'd' in that name" and the idiots say "godrey" right back to you. The Germans don't use a hard "G" so there I was called "Scheff" for 6 years. Goff and Gee-OFF are also common. Normally if they get out a "guh" or a "buh" sound, I end up responding. I tell people to think of 'george' (my Dad's name) without the 'r'. 

So, it's worth putting some serious thought into the name and how it's spelled. It seems that male children tolerate 'different' names less easily than do female children. 


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Every teacher he ever has will be calling him Syle for the first 3 weeks of school.  That will get all the kids doing the same.  I don't recommend it.  I can sympathize with Geoff.  My name is very unusual, and I have been called the most ridiculous names in the world.  It is almost like it is too much effort for people to look beyond the norm.  Just keep all this in mind. 


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It is what it is:)

Good thing this is yedda and we can all have a dif opinion :)) OK... I totally get the C thing (all my grls start with a C) and I get the dif spelling too... now... but when I started having children as stated above although I have a very common name my mother had spelled it dif leaving many ppl tripping up over a very easy name... she did it with my bro's name also... so agree with above that your child may not be so grateful for it when young... however now I love it... never met anyone who spells my name the same... and when I had my last child I made a new name up (Caterra)... And I recieve compliments on it often... However it is said as it sounds... Cyle.. Chyle??? Good luck:))


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Innocentthe best gift in life is life itself.

CIALE CYLE (LIKE YOU PRONOUNCE COKE) CAYLE CKILE CKYLE. GoOd LuCk. I always liked the name cristian, christan, cristan.


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Ckyle

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C. Kyle Walk


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