These names?

Question

What do you think of Hagen (Hay-guhn) for a boy? What about Lachlan for a girl?

Answer 1

I do genealogy as a hobby. Whenever someone has an odd name, I know I'm in trouble; just for one example, I will have to spend 2 - 5 times as long looking for them in the census images I subscribe to, and sometimes I won't know if it is him/her.

If you give a child in the USA an odd name, you can guarantee he/she will be recorded wrong by county clerks, newspaper reporters, census enumerators - all manner of officials. I can see that from 100 years away, looking back at my Wyssmann (Wiesman, Weisman, Wiseman . . .) ancestors, and, just today, at a woman named Matissa who went down as Melissa half the time.

What that means for a child born today (or next month) is that every time he / she enrolls in school, has a substitute teacher, graduates from high school, makes restaurant reservations, orders things via an 800 number, meets people at parties, graduates from college, goes to job interviews, . . . that people will get the name wrong 1, 2 or 5 times out of 10.

If you admired one of your grandparents, and they had a name like Stephen or Paul, Elizabeth or Margaret, - somehting that has been around for 500 years and everyone knows how to spell - use that. It will make the child's life easier and please the Grand Parent.

I have another relative - of a friend, not my own. His mother saddled him with "Lewellen", which, in west Texas, sounds like "Lou Ellen". From the second grade on, he was "Luke", thank you very much, or someone went home with a face full of sand. He grew up fast and tough; In the second grade he lost the scuffle half the time, but by the fourth grade they didn't debate the point. If you make the name too odd, don't be surprised when the child tells everyone to call him "Chuck" or her "Sandy".

I'd be willing to bet large sums at long odds that if it is a boy and you go with "Hagen", his schoolmates who can get away with it will call him "Hagar", after the comic strip viking.

If you are in a country where they have as many Hagens as Americans do Michaels, ignore everything I said, but please be more specific if you post another question.

Answer 2

I actually like Lachlan for either boy or girl....
Hagen is alright, but most importantly is what YOU think!!
I learned NOT to tell people what I was going to name my child once I decided because you will get an opinion! It was terrible when I had chosen a name, told someone and they would say how much they disliked it.
Here is fine because you're asking strangers but once you pick, don't tell!!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Honestly, I can see a child being teased a bit with these names. I'm so sorry to say that. I like to be creative when choosing names for my children too, but these seem a bit out there.

What about Hayden?
Not sure how you are pronouncing the girl name, but I pronounced it (Lock-lan).
I can't really think of another name like this off the top of my head, but I wish you the best!

Answer 5

Very creative. :)

Our opinions aside, if you like these names--go with them! Society has reached a point in which it is acceptible to name children a variety of different things and "odd" names are in.

No one can tell you what to name your child but you. I can promise you that whatever you choose to name your child you won't regret it or obsess over it after its on the birth certificate like you think you will. You'll be far, far too busy caring for the new baby to worry about it.

Best of luck, and have fun picking the child's name!

Answer 6

I could give my opinion that can be positive or negative, what I think is unfair is that we never have the chance to ask our children about their names. Therefore, I have always belived that more ordinary names are most of the time more suitable because the children will have less things to complain.

Answer 7

I think both of those names are interesting. If you like both of those names then i would go with your first instinct or else you will get all mixed up since there are so many different names out there now a days.

Answer 8

I like Hagen, it is different. i don't really like the girl name, though.

Answer 9

Very creative, but kinda wierd. If you like creative names, try to go for the more creative normal but not common ones.

Answer 10

jus pick a common name
i saw on 20/20 dat people with common name is more lkely would b picked first
n odd names would not have a good chance