Popular and Unpopular Names

[Tyler Hewitt]

Pshemekan wrote:
In Poland, child's name must not be made up; there is
in fact a list of permissible names (so no names like:
Sunshine or Bill (since William is correct) are not
permitted.) Also law states: "Child's sex must be 
distingushible from name", so _all_ female names (with
one exception: Mercedes) are ending with letter 'a'
(pronounced as in word 'as').


ME:
This remends me of an amusing story-about a decade
ago, I was teaching nursery school, and we had a
parent from Poland enroll her daughter Maja at our
school. Later, she had another daughter, and named her
Inka. Both of these were common Polish names, she
explained, but she joked that if she had a third child
it would have to be named Aztec!



When I was born, my mother wanted an uncommon name for
me, and named me Tyler. As a kid, I was the only Tyler
I knew, and it used to annoy me that I could never
find personalized little toys, etc. with my name on
them. Now, Tyler seems quite popular as a boy's name.
After spending most of my life as the only Tyler, I
still am startled when I'm out in public and hear
someone calling their kid by that name.


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