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This is my son, Tennessee.
You say: What a fantastic name!
You think: What a fantastic name! I wonder what nicknames you would use, though? I can't think of any I would like.

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This is my daughter, Starling.
You say: How cute.
You think: World's most annoying kind of bird! Make the flashbacks stop!

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This is my son, British.
You say: Hi British.
You think: Yikes.

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This is my daughter, Fagan (faygan).
You say: Hi there.
You think: I'm so sorry.

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This is my son, Montana.
You say: Hi Montana.
You think: As in Hannah? The kid's in for some teasing. Hopefully they will call him Monty, even though I don't like that nn.

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This is my daughter, Sabella.
You say: Hi Sabella.
You think: Sa-what?

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This is my son, Cairo.
You say: Awesome name!
You think: Awesome name!

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This is my daughter, Basil.
You say: Hi Basil! What a cute name!
You think: It is really cute. Different, cute.

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This is my daughter, Petrova.
You say: Hi there. Where did her name come from?
You think: Pretty name.

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This is my daughter, Pierre.
You say: Hi there.
You think: Nooooooo!

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This is my daughter, Orchidea.
You say: Orchids are the most beautiful flowers!
You think: That's quite a mouthful, but it's cool.

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This is my daughter, Teal.
You say: What a sweet name!
You think: I love it!

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This is my daughter, Quinn.
You say: Hi Quinn.
You think: I really can't say why that name irritates me so much.

his is my son, Tennessee.
You say: "Tennessee. A place name."
You think: He'll have trouble spelling it.

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This is my daughter, Starling.
You say: "Starling darling!"
You think: Sterling silver.

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This is my son, British.
You say: "Brit?"
You think: Why nationality?

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This is my daughter, Fagan (faygan).
You say: "Fagan. Interesting name."
You think: Reminds me of pagan. A bit too masculine.

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This is my son, Montana.
You say: "Ah..."
You think: Name Fagan Hannah instead.

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This is my daughter, Sabella.
You say: "Do you call her Bella?"
You think: Never heard that name before.

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This is my son, Cairo.
You say: "Another place name."
You think: Cairo? I can bear with that.

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This is my daughter, Basil.
You say: "A rather rare name."
You think: "Basilia will be more appropriate."

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This is my daughter, Petrova.
You say: "A twist on the surnaming!"
You think: Nadia Petrova.

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This is my daughter, Pierre.
You say: "Pierrette?"
You think: Pierre is masculine. Pierrette is feminine.

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This is my daughter, Orchidea.
You say: "Orchid."
You think: Interesting...

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This is my daughter, Teal.
You say: "Teal flows nice off the tongue."
You think: Rather name her Azure.

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This is my daughter, Quinn.
You say: "Quinn is getting popular for girls."
You think: And I hate that.

This is my son, Tennessee.
You say: Are you from there?
You think: What an awkward name. Any nn would make it even more awkward (Ten, Tennes, Nessee?)

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This is my daughter, Starling.
You say: Hi Starling!
You think: Reminds me of Silence of the lambs, I believe this was the LN of the FBI agent.

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This is my son, British.
You say: Are you from there?
You think: Bwahaha

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This is my daughter, Fagan (faygan).
You say: Nice name Fagan.
You think: It sounds nice, but would prefer it spelled Faegan (bc I'm tempted to say FAH-gahn), Fay is a cute nn.

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This is my son, Montana.
You say: Are you guys from there?
You think: I hope they call him Monty and don't tell people his real name. If anything, I think Montana is more suitable for a girl (possible nns Mona or Anna)

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This is my daughter, Sabella.
You say: Very nice name you have, Sabella.
You think: Awesome *does mental happy dance*

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This is my son, Cairo.
You say: Hi Cairo!
You think: I think they've never even seen the place :/

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This is my daughter, Basil.
You say: Hi Basil!
You think: Hmm, might grow on me. Basil is a herb, so that makes it tolerable for me to see it on a girl, but I'd prefer it for a boy.

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This is my daughter, Petrova.
You say: Interesting name you have there!
You think: That's an okay name actually.

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This is my daughter, Pierre.
You say: Hi Pierre
You think: How ridiculous.

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This is my daughter, Orchidea.
You say: Hi!
You think: I can barely pronounce that... (but I hope they don't call her Orcha for short :P)

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This is my daughter, Teal.
You say: Hi Teal
You think: Love the colour, but it's not a name to me. I wouldn't mind it as a boys MN though.

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This is my daughter, Quinn.
You say: Hi Quinn
You think: Okay name, not something I would choose and I prefer Quinn as a MN, but not bad

This is my son, Tennessee.
You say: Hello.
You think: It's okay. I just hope he or his parents were from there.

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This is my daughter, Starling.
You say: Hello.
You think: Ew. It reminds me of like, some weird aliens saying "We are starlings. Children of the stars," with creepy smiles on their faces.

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This is my son, British.
You say: Hello.
You think: Really? British? Even if he is, this name is ridiculous. If not, it's worse.

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This is my daughter, Fagan (faygan).
You say: Hello.
You think: It's interesting. Kinda cool.

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This is my son, Montana.
You say: Hello.
You think: Oh! He must be Tennessee's brother. But seriously, this name is too feminine sounding on a boy, imo.

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This is my daughter, Sabella.
You say: hello.
You think: I like Sabella. A lot.

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This is my son, Cairo.
You say: Hello.
You think: Eeee-gyyypttt! Eeee-gyyyptttt! Sorry, inside joke.

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This is my daughter, Basil.
You say: Hello.
You think: Keep it on the boys, please!

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This is my daughter, Petrova.
You say: Hello.
You think: Interesting. Trova would make a cute nickname.

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This is my daughter, Pierre.
You say: Hello.
You think: Pierre is the name of every fictional French man, and someone gave this to a poor little girl?

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This is my daughter, Orchidea.
You say: Hello.
You think: Is this some weird feminine form of Orchid? It's kind of neat, but weird.

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This is my daughter, Teal.
You say: Hello.
You think: I really like it!

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This is my daughter, Quinn.
You say: hello.
You think: Eh, ugly.