Here on ApMtn, rarely do we run into kids called Maia-Jai or Oliver-William.  Perhaps that’s because few people actually go through with the insanity of hyphenating two first names together to create a Frankenstein of a baby name.
Or perhaps it’s because, in common use, it is quite difficult to make a “double-barreled” name stick. [...]

I’m no grammar snob, but back in the good ol’ days, an apostrophe meant something. They were not viewed as little more than garnish.
But some modern parents seem to feel that merely swapping out an “i” for a “y” does not go far enough. No, they will not rest until Kayla becomes La’Keylah [...]

How is it that A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y create such unpardonable havoc here on Appellation Mountain? Throw in an H and an N, swap out a C for a K and you have raw, unbridled baby naming madness.Yup, I’m talking about kreeatif spellings of popular names. In my not-so-humble [...]