What Xzayvior Taught Me

Diane Vanaskie Mulligan
7 min readApr 1, 2019

In this post, an East Coast liberal struggles with her inner bitchy flibbertigibbet to overcome her irrational dislike of unconventional names.

The other day read a newspaper article that mentioned a young boy named “Xzayvior.” I found this name mind-boggling. In some ways, I admire it because it leaves no doubt about how to pronounce the child’s name, but my honest knee-jerk reaction was, admittedly, judgmental. Did the…

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Diane Vanaskie Mulligan

novelist, teacher, sourdough enthusiast, dog-lover, folkie and a whole bunch of other things, too.