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This is my daughter Ardra.
You say: What a pretty name
You think: Different, not horrible

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This is my son Merrick.
You say: What a handsome name
You think: I like this, but it sounds like you're trying a little too hard (like he'd be pretentious or snobby)

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This is my daughter Meridy.
You say: How unique
You think: How odd, but not awful

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This is my son Ivor, we call him Ivo (EYE-vo).
You say: How unique
You think: It might grow on me

I say,

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This is my daughter Ardra.
You say: Wow. Beautiful
You think: Seriously? It's different. I've never heard it before.

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This is my son Merrick.
You say: Cute and unique
You think: A male Mary?

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This is my daughter Meridy.
You say: That's...special
You think: HUh? I can't even say that...

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This is my son Ivor, we call him Ivo (EYE-vo).
You say: Very strong name.
You think: Why didn't you just name him Evo then?

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-Samantha

as you did mine... :)

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This is my daughter Ardra.
You say: Hi Ardra
You think: to many r's for me.

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This is my son Merrick.
You say: Hi Merrick.
You think: Well, I've hear worse.

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This is my daughter Meridy.
You say: Wow, that's unusual.
You think: Meridy? Reminds me to much of Mandy.

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This is my son Ivor, we call him Ivo (EYE-vo).
You say: Nice to meet you Ivo.
You think: of Ivory. But not bad, a nice strong suonding name.

This is my daughter Ardra.
You say: What a pretty name
You think: Well, it might be pretty, the jury hasn't come to a conclusion, but it gets points for being unique

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This is my son Merrick.
You say: How sweet
You think: Meh.

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This is my daughter Meridy.
You say: That's an nice name
You think: It's interesting. I kind of like it.

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This is my son Ivor, we call him Ivo (EYE-vo).
You say: That's an interesting name
You think: It sounds sort of like Evil

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~ Arcadia

This is my daughter Ardra.
You say: "Ardra? That's different."
You think: "Too different."

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This is my son Merrick.
You say: "Merrick is a wonderful name, isn't it?"
You think: "Why? Why?"

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This is my daughter Meridy.
You say: "How do say it?"
You think: "What the...?"

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This is my son Ivor, we call him Ivo (EYE-vo).
You say: "I'll call him Ivo too."
You think: "I vo, I vo, so it's off to work I vo..."

This is my daughter Ardra.
You say: That's an interesting name.
You think: Not anything I would ever use. It seems to rough sounding, and a bit hard to pronounce. But cool, it's the same backwards!

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This is my son Merrick.
You say: That's a unique name! I like it!
You think: Ditto.

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This is my daughter Meridy.
You say: That's an interesting name.
You think: Where did they get it?

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This is my son Ivor, we call him Ivo (EYE-vo).
You say: That's a cool name!
You think: Ditto. But I prefere Igor or Ivan.

This is my daughter Ardra.
You say: What a unique name.
You think: It's kind of hard to prounounce, I hope she doesn't have much trouble with it.

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This is my son Merrick.
You say: That's a name you don't hear everyday.
You think: I prefer Derek in those types of names.

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This is my daughter Meridy.
You say: Your name sounds very pretty.
You think: It's a nice name, but I prefer Melody

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This is my son Ivor, we call him Ivo (EYE-vo).
You say: You probably don't know many with your name.
You think: It's the the worst name, but it's definately not my style.