Why do people make names hard??

[aylasmommy]

Originally Posted by jc12551 The name I am going for is Aylah/Ailah/Ayla. My g-ma's first name is Ila, but I don't like that spelling.

my daughter is Ayla pronounced eye-luh. We get A (rhymes with hey) -luh all.the.time. Blech.

Originally Posted by Joyful Tie Dyes We are thinking of Sebastian for #2 and I love it b/c no on can come up with any nicknames for

I know a Sebastian we call C-bass.

[Dory]

I don't understand the blegh or the when someone pronounces your child's name incorrectly if it's an uncommon name, especially if they're pronouncing the way the letters would be pronounced in the country you're in. Like the post above mine, just for example. Way, bay, cay, day, gay, hay, jay, Kay, lay, may, pay, ray, say, yay - those are -ay words pronounced ay. Don't be grossed out (because blegh is an onomatopoeia for getting sick) because the instinct of many people would be to call her Ay-luh.

Please don't feel singled out. There are many posts in this thread that work the same way. Seamus - I'd never even seen it in print until joining DS. Siobhan, same thing. Forgive my only knowing English for wanting to say these names the way they're spelled. And yes, there are consonant clusters in American English that don't make sense. Phillip, for example, but any adult who can read has encountered ph = f before. A lot of these, we have not.

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[crunch!910]

Originally Posted by Mama*Kim I don't get it either. Two of our perimeters in choosing names were: 1. will it be pronounced correctly? and 2. will it be spelled correctly?

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To add, we also made sure there was NO nickname/shortened version of the name that could be used that we don't like. For example, I like the name Joshua, but husband didn't like "Josh". Another example, a friend named her son Remington, but is getting mad when family calls him Remi. Duh, if you didn't like the shortened version, don't name him that, because everyone is going to try to shorten such a long name.

[aylasmommy]

You are misunderstanding me. I don't like the sound of her name mis pronounced; I don't believe everyone should get it right the first time. I know it's unusual .

[MavericksMama]

Originally Posted by MyLovely Oh, and I forgot to mention in my post that my first DD is to be named Kajsa. Pronounced Ky-suh. It's a Swedish diminutive of Katherine (my beloved great-grandma's name). I wonder how many people will think it's made up

<3 The only name my mom suggested with my daughter, was Kajsa. She said she had always liked the name : ) I'm glad you posted this, because I had totally forgotten about that, I need to write it down somewhere safe!

[loonyluna]

Originally Posted by aylasmommy my daughter is Ayla pronounced eye-luh. We get A (rhymes with hey) -luh all.the.time. Blech. I know a Sebastian we call C-bass.

I know another Ayla. If I didn't, I would probably read a-la too. Pretty name.

[mamashhon]

Originally Posted by MamaNae What is funny is my dad's name is Shawn and all his life he had people try spelling it Sean...

People do this to my Shawn. So annoying.

[Hillargh]

Originally Posted by TinaDeanette Well, it's messed up because saying the names are misspelled is stating that they made a mistake!

A family here was on the news (ridiculously facing charges for this, but that's another can of worms) for naming their child 4-Real. In no reality would I ever consider that to be an acceptable name. Anywhere. Ever. That's just ridiculous and IMO a complete mistake. So yes, I think some names can be considered mistakes. And if the person named that believes it, who are you to tell them they're wrong? It's no different than them saying the opposite.

ETA: DS1 is named William Alexander. Very easily recognizable, but honestly he was named after his godfather and that 'a' middle name fit best (ex and I both have 'a' middle names and carried that on). Soon to be DS2 will be named Atticus. Haven't decided first or middle placement, or corresponding name yet. I anticipate minor mispronunciation, but I don't find issue with it tbh. Cultural names intrigue me. Variations used to, but now not as much as there seem to be trends (aiden, Hayden, brayden, etc for example). So unless it's something very unique I don't bother asking about the background. I think there's a big difference in ridiculous and odd. I like odd. Ridiculous, not as much. Like the woman that gave her child the longest name in the world; including continents and countries. Really? While yay for record holding, that's a bit much IMO.

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[Palooka]

Originally Posted by CaliRoll This is what happened to us!! We both loved the name Seamus but figured we were crazy, LOL. DH's great grandfather was William James but we really didn't want him to be called Willy or Jimmy or Billy. So I'm looking at Irish names and find out Seamus = James. And so DS1 is Liam Seamus instead of William James. For some reason its easier to say "he's named after his great grandfather" rather than "we just really liked the name, so what, wanna fight about it?"

Love it!! That's what we do too! James is my husband's middle name and my brother's first name, so if people start to give us flack over naming our kid a "weird" name, we just explain it's both a family name and an homage to my hubby's Irish heritage. Of course hubby wouldn't budge on having John as a middle name, so I always wonder if someday someone will point out that our son should be Seamus Sean for consistency, instead of Seamus John.

P.S. My co-worker is also of Irish descent, and his kids are Liam and Flannery. Now Liam is a very chic name, but this was 15 years ago when it was another "weird" name. Liam Seamus is beautiful! Flannery is his daughter's name and I so want to steal it.

[TinaDeanette]

I hate this thread. I wish it would die.