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Name Teasing: Is it Dying Down?

Name Teasing: Is it Dying Down?

On our message boards recently, someone–who happens to be a teacher– expressed the opinion that in the new name landscape, which encompasses so many multi-ethnic names, word names, unusual spellings and “unique” names, Greek god names, etc, etc, today’s children are much more accepting of the wide variety of their classmates’  names and therefore less prone to teasing.

And yet this still seems to  remain one of parents’ greatest concerns, as they weigh every possibility of a name’s susceptibility to other kids’ mocking.  But are we overthinking this, our references being back to our own childhoods, where there was such a thing as a “normal” name?

That’s today’s Question of the Week: Is name teasing now less of a concern?

Do you think it differs depending on where you live; is this less of an issue in places where unusual names are the norm?

Have you or your child ever been made fun of because of a name?

About the Author

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at InstagramTwitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.