In the last two days I have seen two names that may or may not be what I see them as, but either way they give me an idea. Here are the names: Tameron and Tauren.<\/p>\n
Both could easily be well-established names I just haven’t encountered before. But they hit my eye as “Cameron with a T” and “Lauren with a T.” They reminded me of other similar naming situations where adding or subtracting or substituting a letter can make a remarkable difference:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Madison to Addison, Madelyn to Adelyn
\n\u2022 alllll the Aidens and Cadens and Haydens and Jadens
\n\u2022 Kyla, Myla, Isla, Lila
\n\u2022 Riley and Miley and Kiley and Briley
\n\u2022 Kevin and Evan and Devin
\n\u2022 Lesley and Wesley<\/p>\n
I wondered if any of us would have fun trying to create some new names in this way from existing names. This is not one of my strong points: I wouldn’t ever have thought to form Tameron or Tauren, but as soon as I saw them I thought “OH!!” and could picture them working. Tameron in particular seemed workable as an updated\/freshened version of both Cameron AND Tamara. (Meanwhile when I try to come up with anything I end up sounding like I am singing The Name Game: “fee fie fo FEVELYN!”)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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