It seems being unique has become the one defining characteristic for baby names in TBM family...but why bother...they may as well name the next kid...babygirl3657....
A cousin of ours just recently named their son a variation of Mordecai too. But to be unique, of course, they had to change the spelling to Mordiki or something like that made my first thought was that there will be embarrassing mispronunciations throughout his life whenever people don't have time to think about it for a sec ... I first read it as 'More' 'diki' or something like that just be ause it wasn't the traditional spelling of a no traditional name. (Edited to correct a typo)
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Yes, it's a very common name in Ireland. While I was in Dublin for my friend's wedding, I met the groom's cousin Declan. He went by the nickname Deco, and we were told it was a common nickname for it.
I'm part Irish, so we considered it as a name for our son, but ultimately didn't use it.
PS- It's pronounced Deck-lan, not Dee-clan, and the nickname is pronounced Deck-oh.
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How about Moses, or for a Polish irish boy, Hugo, named after Hugo Boss a diehard german Nazi.
I have nieces and nephews with such weird names I can't remember them. It's like a competition to choose the worst name they can come up with. Those kids will grow up someday and want to know whats up with the name.
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If I had kids, girl will be Karen, Boy will be Frank or Frankie.
None of the Utah Mormon crap like charitee, Truly, Makissa, Von, Lynn, Lavene, Tag, Willard, Parker, Jarom, Jared, Brett Orville, Heber..... You know what I mean!
I already have a dog named Picasso Luigi Francois.
Now good simple 20th century names from the 1950's are what I like.
It's a common Irish name. This is not a case of weird Mormon or Utah names. I happen to like it a lot. I would have put in a a short list of boy names to consider myself.
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my tbm niece and her husband are raising a future prophet. yes, you heard that correctly... their first son, is going to be a prophet.
apparently there are many perils when you're raising gawd's elect, but my favorite one turns out to be MORMONS! yes my niece and her husband are so judgmental of others, and so convicted in their quest to shield their prophet/son from every negative aspect of living that they have stopped attending church because the rank and file mormons don't live up to the high standards they have for who gets to be around the prophet/son.
i know that this all sounds like a joke, but it's the truth, and i can assure you that i have not exaggerated the details in the least!
my niece and her husband were happy atheists before she became unexpectedly pregnant. the fear of parenthood somehow scared them back into the cult, and in the process, made them uber fundamentalists too. i guess that they figured if they were going to raise kids, they might as well raise the most important one.
i think that they named him before they realized that they had the big guy on their hands. he has a hippy name. i'd give it, but it is WAY to obvious. but it's along the lines of 'tree' or 'field'.
it seems that it is common for certain tbm's to feel above the rules. they actually see living the letter of the law as something that the plebs do. my niece and her husband see themselves as much better mormons even though they don't actually attend church. you'd think that they had received the second anointing...
that are quite common in the US..but this isn't one of them. No doubt that there are names with a US origin that would sound equally odd in the Irish culture...
Not everyone will like the same music, colors, foods, or names. Having differing likes and dislikes does not incicate or require the good old mormon standard accusation of ***offense.***
Personally, I love the name Declan. I lived in Ireland for five years and knew a few Declans there, including one guy who was incredibly hot. :-)
Also, I give the OP's relatives credit for choosing an Irish FIRST name for their child, as opposed to the trend for the last several years of Americans bestowing Irish (and Scottish) surnames as first names on their children: Kennedy, MacKenzie, Darcy, Brady, etc.--even when they have no Irish or Scottish ancestry. I personally don't care what people choose to name their kids, but friends in Ireland and Scotland I've talked to find that practice ludicrous.
I'll tell you which name has to stop: ZANDER. MY tbm homely ass stepsisters named her boys zander and Dexter. Ooh, yeah, x's and Z's are so cool and geek chic! Gag.
All of you who believe parents should be restricted in the names they choose for their children should move to Iceland. There the government has a list of over a thousand boy names and over a thousand girl names. Every child born in the country must be given a name from this list. Currently, a girl is challenging the law; her name means "Little breeze" in Icelandic and she thinks it's a fine name. The matter is going to court.
Controlling names has to be the ultimate nanny state stupidity. It probably reflects the desire of most Americans to be just like everyone else--same style clothes, hair, etc. Long live originality!
As long as a name isn't going to cause a child to be ridiculed it is really no one' s business what someone names their kid. Tastes differ. Declan is different now, but by the time the kid is in school it could be the top name. I have heard of a Merry Christmas and a Dick Balls. Those kids will have problems,but Declan should be okay. I taught in a private school for a while. There were a lot of foreign kids whose names were different for Americans such as Kushiboo, Apostoli and Elpitha Those kids were accepted by their American peers. It didn't seem to be an issue