And spoiler alert: No matter how uniquely you spell their name, your child will still have a last initial tacked onto it by teachers if there's another Emily/Emilee or Mayson/Mason in their class. Anything That Resembles the Coronavirus This year is pretty memorable for a lot of the wrong reasons—do you really want your child to carry that with them as Corona or Kovid? (It doesn't matter that Corona means crown in Spanish—it'll be forever ruined by its connection.) The only exception? Perhaps naming your child for a hero of the pandemic. We're predicting a potential resurgence in Anthonys in honor of Anthony Fauci, for instance.