nPosted on March 5, 2019
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n(Tuesday of the first full week of March)
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nThe first full week of March is Names Week, and I’ve already written about all the other special name days:
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Sunday – Namesake Day
Sunday – Namesake Day
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nMonday – Fun Facts About Names Day
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nWednesday – Discover What Your Name Means Day,
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nThursday – Nametag Day
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nFriday – Middle Name Pride Day
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nSaturday – Genealogy Day
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nThis coverage left a gaping hole on Tuesday of Name Week, but never fear, there IS a special name day: Unique Names Day.
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nHere are some problems with unique names:
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- Often, nobody knows how to spell them, or pronounce them. So someone with a unique name has to spend their entire life correcting people or slo-o-o-owly spelling and then respelling their name.
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- Being teased or laughed at.
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- Sometimes unique names become not-so-unique!
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| The name Beyoncé was totally unique when the famous singer’s mom gave it to her – but now there are at least 2,000 women named Beyoncé in the U.S. – most of them between the ages 10 and 15. So…. that name is no longer unique! |
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nHere are some good things about unique names:
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- Standing out, being noticed, being remembered.
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| Not every celebrity can go by just one name. “Michael”… “Jennifer”… we need more to know who you’re talking about! But “Oprah” is all we need! |
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- Being able to go by just one name.
- Not having to turn around every three minutes as someone calls out an all-too-common name.
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| Apparently, for decades every elementary classroom had at least two Erics/Eriks/Ericas/Erikas. A few might have had three! |
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nHere are some examples of unique names:
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| Nicole Richie and Sparrow |
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| Lucky Blue Smith and Stormi Bree named their daughter Gravity. |
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| Kate Winslet and her husband chose to name their son Bear Blaze, so Ellen DeGeneres gave her some great gifts! |
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| Mariah Carey and Moroccan |
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nParents who look far and wide for a great baby name – looking through baby name books and fiction and ancient history and mythology and maybe even atlases – often come up with first names that are not exactly unique…but that are very, very unusual. Kier, Kinsley, Khaleesi, Kiefer, Kayden, Kailani, Keyla, Kaven – just to name some “K”s – these are all unusual names, not unique in the whole entire world, but quite possibly unique in one’s community.
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| Some of these “K” names are more common… |
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nAlso on this date:
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nNational Cheese Doodle Day
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nGeographer Gerard Mercator’s birthday
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nZoologist Sir Charles Thomson’s birthday
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Saint Piran’s Day in Cornwall
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Town Meeting Day in Vermont
Town Meeting Day in Vermont
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nMardi Gras
(Shrove Tuesday)
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nCarnival
(Shrove Tuesday)
Kanaval in Haiti
(Shrove Tuesday)
Kanaval in Haiti
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(Shrove Tuesday)
(Shrove Tuesday)
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nPancake Day
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(Shrove Tuesday)
(Shrove Tuesday)
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nInternational Pancake Day Race
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(Shrove Tuesday)
(Shrove Tuesday)
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