Comments on: Utah names! https://nathanshumate.com/utah-names-2/ I make things, and I make things up. Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:21:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: Ericb https://nathanshumate.com/utah-names-2/#comment-723 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:21:28 +0000 http://nathanshumate.com/?p=1757#comment-723 There is an actual “Name of the Year” bracket. for weird names I assume all the names there are real.

http://deadspin.com/presenting-the-2017-name-of-the-year-bracket-1793264800

]]> By: Ericb https://nathanshumate.com/utah-names-2/#comment-717 Sat, 11 Mar 2017 14:09:50 +0000 http://nathanshumate.com/?p=1757#comment-717 If the “Kortnee” parents really wanted unique they should have gone the extra mile and named their kid “Kortknee”.

]]> By: Nathan https://nathanshumate.com/utah-names-2/#comment-716 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:48:21 +0000 http://nathanshumate.com/?p=1757#comment-716 In reply to Bryce.

That’s definitely plausible, but I also know that in many cases parents consciously use “variant” spelling to make their child more “unique” — when in reality it just guarantees a life of correcting people’s spelling.

]]> By: Bryce https://nathanshumate.com/utah-names-2/#comment-715 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:17:39 +0000 http://nathanshumate.com/?p=1757#comment-715 Some of those are definitely made up but some seem like their parents just plain didn’t know how to spell.

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