New York's Top Baby Names Not As "Twilight" Inspired

Who picks a name out of a book?

I'm gonna spell it weird! Like Khrystynha or Jyllyian!

no offense but Jaya Saxana is a pretty fucking weird name.

Not as weird as Jaya Saxena.

Just be thankful that your name isn't Listeria.

Females Peytons are disturbing.

Jaya - PLEASE look up the meaning of "begs the question."

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

No one seems to get it right.

Very few things "beg the question", a very specific phrase.

Many things "raise the question"

Jaya, indeed, look it up.

Per good old Wikipedia:

Modern usage

More recently, "to beg the question" has been used as a synonym for "to raise the question": for example, "This year's budget deficit is half a trillion dollars. This begs the question, How are we ever going to balance the budget?"

Using the term in this way, although common, is considered incorrect by some usage commentators.[10] Arguments over whether this newer usage should be considered correct or incorrect are an example of debate over linguistic description and prescription of a living language.

Ritchie - The problem is that its incorrect usage is not really due to any sort of evolution of language; it's due to rampant and simple misuse, especially by media talkers/writers (except for Ted Koppel, I might add), and it has been picked up by people who know no better. We're all witnessing a pretty spooky dumbing down of humanity, e.g., I am sure that there are those who think that writing "U" for "you" is really okay in all contexts. Being ill-informed, uneducated, or anti-intellectual, especially when one performs the work of a journalist, fact sharer, etc., and thinking oneself so thunderously bright and capable, is really over-rated. (And to invoke Wikipedia, even though they preceded your cut-and-paste with a reasonably comprehensive discussion of the true meaning, is a disservice and another example of where we're going wrong.)

oh, not in utica. no, it's an albany expression.

(still hiding)

And you call them steamed hams despite the fact that they are obviously grilled.

hey, did you go to the simpsons upstairs junior college too?

that was a reply to jaya.

"Chayas" sounds like an old sneaker line.

"Makaylas" spells way to close to a disease.

with that being said, i'm sure your kids are going to be just fine -- don't let an internet commenter ruin your kid's life.

ok, i'll confess my utter stupidity. when i posted the original comment, i had thought that those pluralized names were in their singular forms, i.e. chayaS and makaylaS. so after i'd realized that the names were chaya and makayla, i started to think that those weren't bad names at all -- and i actually know a few makayla's as well. and of course, putting an 's' at the end of a perfectly fine first name is never a good idea; just ask "jacks" in "feeling minnesota."

well, stupid me.

anyways, i'm starting to get used to hiding. i'll be in here if anyone needs me.

ciao.

Chaya is a Hebrew name.

d'oh!

"spells way [too] close to a disease?"

Help me out here.

oh, did i type 'a disease'? i meant 'at ease'.

makayla spells way too close to 'at ease'. that's how i say 'relaxation' -- it's a regional dialect in upstate new york.

(hiding)

1. What are you smoking? 2. May I have some?

actually i haven't smoked for a whole year, mainly due to my inability to find another good seller with a pure and clear conscience.

but almost exactly a year ago i believe it was cali orange, and it was the best body-high i'd ever gotten.

you think i'm being crazy now? wait 'till i go visit california and come back.

Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard that.

*chayla, makayla

*chaya... poop.

" which begs the question of whether it's religious or whether those parents are just huge Phil Collins fans". neither. Super Nintendo just doesn't roll off the tongue as well.

"Jayden"? Christ.