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11-20-2012 at 2:36 PM
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Is this a doozy, or am I just being mean?

Haven Rehlihan

My BFF's cousin's baby's name... I dont even know how to pronounce the middle name.
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11-20-2012 at 2:39 PM
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Could it be a family surname? I give a broad pass on family names for middle names.
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11-20-2012 at 2:39 PM
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Haven is NMS at all, but it's not terrible.  At least it's not Heaven or Nevaeh.  The mn looks like re-lion.  Weird.
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11-20-2012 at 2:45 PM
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Definitely a tongue twister of a middle name, but I like to give people a free pass for the MN spot. In the end I don't think the MN matters too much, it will hardly ever be spoken/used. It's probably a family name, or holds some type of significance for the parents.

I don't like Haven at all but I've seen worse.
 
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11-20-2012 at 3:06 PM
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I asked if it was a family name, and it's definitely not.. they came up with it... I think she musta been on something ;-)

It's pronounce Ray-Lay-Han
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11-20-2012 at 3:09 PM
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Is Haven a girl or a boy? It's never good when I can't tell.
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11-20-2012 at 3:13 PM
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SLaBM2B:

I asked if it was a family name, and it's definitely not.. they came up with it... I think she musta been on something ;-)

It's pronounce Ray-Lay-Han

 

Well that's.... creative? I don't understand how they got that pronunciation. At least it's not the first name! 

 
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11-20-2012 at 3:58 PM
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Interesting. Wonder if it was a weird smash combo of names or something?
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11-20-2012 at 6:11 PM
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I don't think Haven is terrible, but it's definitely NMS. I'm assuming the MN is a family name or cultural name.
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11-20-2012 at 6:18 PM
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beebanjo:
SLaBM2B:

I asked if it was a family name, and it's definitely not.. they came up with it... I think she musta been on something ;-)

It's pronounce Ray-Lay-Han

 

Well that's.... creative? I don't understand how they got that pronunciation. At least it's not the first name! 

This.

Also, having lived in New Haven, I feel about the name Haven the way a lot of people on this board feel about Camden.

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11-20-2012 at 10:52 PM
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I would pronounce that middle name Rell-i-han.
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11-20-2012 at 11:07 PM
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One of hubby's friends named their daughter, HayVin... Not Hayvin...but HayVin...

 

I find it awful.  
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11-22-2012 at 11:57 PM
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I read it as Ray-lee-ann right away, I had no problem with is. It ok NMS but not horrible.
 
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