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Re: "American names"? Part 1
Archer -- you find this occasionally
Arnel-- never heard it
Banner - huh? I don't think so!
Bannock - nope
Bay - I've seen this a couple of times
Bear - getting more popular for babies, but still pretty rare
Brazier - never seen
Camus - where did they get this one?
Case - there are a few, esp. as a nn for Casey
Cack- huh? This is awful and I've never even seen it!
Deston - occasionally as Destin
Duran - only as a last name
Everest- nope
Finch - no way
Fleet - ack, nope!
Free - was used occasionally by hippies, short for Freedom sometimes
Jaxson - unfortunately, this is fairly popular for the under-10 crowd
Jededish - I bet this is a typo for Jedediah
Jerran - sort of, more often Jaren
Jevin - it's possible, but I've never seen it
Kalen - more popular as Kaylin and for a girl
Kipp - my uncle's name! It's a family name, as a fn, more common as Kip, but still pretty rare
Kivi - never seen this
Kodiak - in the 90s you found this occasionally as a long form of Cody
Lawyer- uh...
Lucky - sometimes a nickname
Pardee - huh?
Parish - shows up occasionally (last name name)
Park - never seen one
Pepper - I've seen this on a girl once or twice
Powell - there are a few
Rand - not unheard of
Rider - unfortunately, getting more common. Usually found Ryder, though
Smokey - hahahahahah! I'm sure there are a few of them out there
Tanier - never seen
Tannis - never seen
Tannon - never seen, but doesn't look too out-there
Teger - huh?
Trail - maybe Sarah Palin should name her next kid this! Otherwise, never seen
Trout - HAHAHAHAHAH! Never seen (thank god!)
Tupper - never seen
Turk - seriously?
Wesken - never seen this
Zethus - sounds biblical. Never seen it though.
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Oops, and Cack should be Dack. I blame it on my cold :PBut Jededish is not a typo.
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Dack?I've seen Dack (also Dax) here and there. I meant maybe Jedidish is a typo in the book? Lots of books have typos in them; you come up with some funny names that way! One book I have actually has, I kid you not, Sarh instead of Sarah.
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Sarh, oh, how beautiful! Just kiddingMakes me think of SARS.
No the book SAYS Jededish, pronounced je-de-DEESH. Maybe someone once spelled Jedediah wrong and thought that "well, Jededish actually sounds beautiful".
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