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tishy
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 1:38pm |
Ok i've been thinking about this since yesterday, lol.
Personally I can't see how Shawn can be classed as a non-gender name. Regardless of how you spell it, it's still a boys name.
But maybe it's just me as I've never heard of Shaughnessy being used as a first name before either.
I don't mean any offence,I'm just giving my opinion.
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 1:55pm |
I have heard of a girl called Shaunie I don't know if it was short for something else. Others names for girls I have heard that are usually boys names are Johnie, Frankie and Stevie. I LOVE Stevie for a girl but DH despises it so that will never happen!
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 2:10pm |
Another possible name is Sian. It's s welsh variation. Pronounced 'Shaan' I believe
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 4:54pm |
i agree with the others above.. no offense intended either!!
i grew up with spelling my name every day and also with a girl with a name normally for boys and she was always put on the boys list and always it was assumed she was a boy until people met her.. really irritated her!:)
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 5:11pm |
caitlynsmygirl wrote:
My cousin is called Siobhain (they are irish) I call her Sio -Bane to piss her off .
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Heh, my little sister is called Siobhan, and I call her Sio bane too.
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 5:12pm |
tishy wrote:
Another possible name is Sian. It's s welsh variation. Pronounced 'Shaan' I believe |
It can also be pronounced See-Arn
It is a lovely name.
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 5:44pm |
the deputy principal at my school was Mrs Shaughnessy and I spent far to much time in her office so couldn't name a child after her  I quite like Shawnee though and I think Belle is a beautiful name!
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 7:59pm |
I disagree - I think variations of Shawn and Shane are non-gender specific. I am aware of girls named both of these names.
I really like Shaughnessy, but agree that it could be spelt so much easier for a little one to learn. Is that spelling important to you or your heritage?
I quite like Chaunessy, Shaunacy, Shaunacee or equivalents? I think the first one with a C looks quite feminine when written.
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 9:11pm |
tishy wrote:
Another possible name is Sian. It's s welsh variation. Pronounced 'Shaan' I believe |
I was going to suggest this too....didnt know it was Welsh. I always thought it was Irish....but you'd know better than me Tishy
I think Sian is a lovely name but I also dont like Shaughnessy. JMO
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 11:22pm |
I think with Shaughnessy , its the G that might make the spelling difficult , without the G it might be easier Shaunessy
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Posted: 06 March 2010 at 11:24pm |
another one I found (I googled girl names that sound like Shawn ) was Shawnae
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 2:02am |
Hmm not really a fan, sorry... I think you would be setting her up for a lifetime of getting irritated when people inevitably spell her name wrong, and having to repeat it and spell it out constantly. One of my best friends name is Carlamia (which seems a normal name to m enow, but in the 70s and 80s ina sea of karens, louise and kellys, it was weird) and when I was preg with #1 she begged me to give baby a name s/he wouldn't hae to explain, repeat or spell. JMHO though, not everyone wants to name their kids vanilla names!
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 2:07am |
Actually without the G does make it a lot easier to read on a page and instantly recognise how to pronounce it... still not a name I'd choose but its nothing to do with me and if you and your DH love it then that is all that matters!!!
Sian is lovely, as is Siobhan, I guess I like quite traditional names and have never really understood the point of 'making up' a name - however all kids 'become' their name in a very short time, good friends called their little boy Lance and at first it felt like a 40 yr olds name but actually within weeks it was very natural and he owned that name IYKWIM.
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 5:38pm |
Sheza wrote:
tishy wrote:
Ok i've been thinking about this since yesterday, lol.
Personally I can't see how Shawn can be classed as a non-gender name. Regardless of how you spell it, it's still a boys name.
But maybe it's just me as I've never heard of Shaughnessy being used as a first name before either.
I don't mean any offence,I'm just giving my opinion.  |
Yeah I have to agree on this one, Ive never heard of it, but it doesnt sound like a first name..or a girls name..no offence as well
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i'm with them on this one...
and also fats about setting them up with a name they will get irritated about having to spell and explain.
i know that it is fun to give your kid a unique and unusual name but will they really thank you for it at the end of the day.
i agree too that the length of the name can be a hard thing for little kids and if you give them a long name but call them a shorter version then they still have to have the long name at school and such. so i would probably give them the shorter version that you want to use instead.
i always liked Ronnie as a girls name though, so you can discount everything i said if you want... lol!
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 6:13pm |
I know someone (with an unusual name) that called her kids Sandra, Jack and Emma coz she never wanted her kids to have to spell their names or get annoyed with people not saying their names right. she also had (a hard-to-spell) maori last name so was really glad when she got married and her husband had an easy last name
in saying that DPs name is a boring common last name so i want to name my kids with a different (strong) first name to balance out the last name
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 7:42pm |
my gf and i were discussing this today. she (sapphira) and her brothers have unique names. her cousins have "normal" names. she wants to name her kids rather top 20 names, while the cousins have some out-there names for their kids. funny how things work out.
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 7:52pm |
I really like the name Shawn for a girl  And I like Shaughnessy. I don't think you will be burdening her with a long, hard to spell name - no doubt your kid will grow up to be intelligent enough to spell her own name
Anyway, I have quite a common name and people still ask me how to spell it - is it with an E Y, or just a Y, or an I E..... And they often call me Tracey instead - even people who KNOW my name is Stacey, they just forget.
It's in the same league as calling a girl Charlie, which I also happen to like
But it's just different peoples tastes in names! I think it's great! Other people don't. In the end it's your choice
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 8:15pm |
she might be able to spell her name, but it doesn't mean others will , and from someone who always had to spell her (sur) name for people , it gets annoying and I always wished I had a name that needed no explanation
I don't know what it is , but Shaughhnessy makes me think of an irish pub,
Shaunessy on the other hand doesn't , Shaunessy Belle is even kinda cute, not my cup of tea, but cute none the less
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Im not a fan of Shawn for a girl , I think their are some names that can be passed off as feminine, I read Shawn as Shorn , and to me thats masculine sounding , mind you , i don't like the name Shawn for a boy either, I know too many Shawns and they are all bumheads (no offense to anyone related to or that has themselfves , a Shawn /Shaun or Sean )
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 8:15pm |
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