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Naming a kid Cheyenne, Dakota, etc. are like naming a kid Canadian, French, or British to me. It also strikes me as disrespectful to the Native Americans who originally called themselves these names.

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More specifically, Cheyenne is very trendy. It also has an unattractive meaning: "unintelligible speakers".

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But for goodness sake don't misspell it! Cheyanne, Shyanne, etc. are all really, really tryndee, tacky, and icky to me. (Shyanne reminds me of, well, a shy Anne.)

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Other -anne names in BtN's database (asterisks indicate ones I like):
Adrianne
Anne* (why not this, all by itself?)
Arianne
Brianne
Christianne
Deanne*
Dianne
Hanne*
Florianne
Janne*
Jeanne* (pr. ZHAN, not JEE-nee)
Joanne*
Johanne*
Julianne
Leanne*
Lianne
Lilianne
Lisanne
Luanne*
Lysanne
Marianne*
Maryanne*
Orianne
Osanne*
Ozanne
Rebeccanne
Rexanne*
Rosanne
Roseanne*
Rowanne
Roxanne
Rozanne
Ryanne
Sanne*
Sarahjeanne
Susanne*
Suzanne*
Sylvianne
Vianne*
Vivianne

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EDIT: Also, please see this post of mine again: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=568902&board=baby. This is the fourth thread you've started today!

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Miranda

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Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.

This message was edited 6/26/2006, 6:37 PM