Normality is relative

Just when I think I've heard all the strange names out there, another parent finds our little school and fills out a registration. We have many children with normal names, most on the border, and yet, inevitably, some weird parent looking for individuality or something stupid, names their child something odd.

Under the catagory of normal I have a Jack, a Katie, a John, a Morgan, a Maya, a Samuel, and a Mark.

On the border are names that though not heard very often, are still recognizable as names: Kenya, Landis, Sullivan, Lela, Felix, Sebastian, and Nadia. Still normal, not overused, but interesting.

(Of course, there are the normal names spelled all weird. Mikaila, that's not a spelling I'm accustomed to. )

Then come the strange ones. How many kids in the world do you think are named Jaxton? Bliss? Posie? Meadow? Amaris? Grafton? And here's the best one I've ever heard: Orion.


Jenn, thank you for naming your daughter Ella!