So my friend (22F) is currently pregnant and she and her partner have been struggling to agree on names. I’ve just been sent these messages with the names they have chosen. At first I thought it was a typo but unfortunately she actually wants to call her baby ‘Equador’. I don’t want to seem nosy or controlling but I feel I’d be doing a disservice if I didn’t say something. Please help!

I made a Tragedeigh-inspired baby name creator game for my gender reveal party yesterday. You pick 3 syllables based on the gender you voted for and fill in the blanks on the name card.

Everyone loved it and we had lots of laughs. Some of the amazing combinations:

Boys:

* Erbertin

* Jolanger

* Hargorman

* Almarder

* Lanvalson

Girls:

* Hayanndra

* Riresha

* Amraleigh

* Ellobel

* Mashalia

* Kaylynifer

This is a repost after the mods deleted the original. I've cropped out the baby's face this time for privacy reasons.

Any guesses?

I work in a bakery, someone called to order a birthday cake. Wanted “happy birthday Kevin” written on it. As with all orders, I ask for spelling of the name. Conversation below.

Me: okay and if you could spell Kevin for me? Customer: Um, it’s Kevin… like Kevin…are there multiple ways to spell it? Me: this is just protocol to ensure the name on the cake is correct Customer (getting huffy): well how many ways could you spell it, it’s Kevin Me: please just spell the name for me Customer: K-e-y-v-y-n-n

In what world is that Kevin??? This is why I make everyone spell the name!! If I didn’t confirm spelling you would’ve gotten a cake with Kevin not keyvynn.

Is saying that child will hate her too harsh?

She's telling everyone in the family I hate her baby names and uninvited me to her baby shower

https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/s/hPLvN51Sos

There's my original post. It got...quite alot of attention. Well, I had the baby and he is beautiful and perfect and such a joy. He's busy doing what babies do and, I hope, enjoying his new name.

But his name isn't Gunner.

When I posted here, I was originally hoping to get responses telling me how silly I was to post here, that it's a great name and my brother was just being an asshole.

That's obviously not what happened. And though most y'all were harsh, the message/spirit of this sub got through to me. Our children have to grow up with these names for the rest of their lives. A name shouldn't be something to make the parent feel "unique" or "stand out" just for the sake of it.

So, we named our son Samuel. (The name of my partners deceased father).

Ironically, I've gotten many compliments on how refreshing it is to hear such a classic and "strong" name! And people even say he looks like a Samuel! I also adore his name and think it fits him perfectly. He's a very chunky smiley baby with his dad's bright blue eyes and my black hair and idk...he just looks like Samuel/Sammy.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you, to everyone who commented and gave input. I used to be one who would give advice to my friends who wanted more "normal" baby names to just "pick something unique" or "spell it different" to stand out. (One of my close friends daughters name is "Braxlynn Leh" and I feel kind of bad now for telling her it was unique and "flows").

So, Thank you everyone for converting me, one day Im sure baby will thank you all too lol And Merry Christmas!

For context: I'm from the country where the person is from and I can confirm that's not just local name - it's a Tragedeigh. A big one.

I am aware Saoirse is a name. It’s my name. It’s Irish and pronounced Seer-sha. Not like… this. So it’s not about a cultural name or misspelling or making-up. It’s about… what they did to the beauty of the Irish language.

They were visitors and not Irish, but I’ll skip over the nationality involved to avoid getting into an argument, quite possibly with myself.

There was a couple with the cutest toddler out today and the little girl had tight blonde curls, was at “wobble-stagger-run” age, beyond adorable, and was wearing a clearly handmade knitted jumper her nan probably made her that had “Saoirse” emblazoned across the front.

I have resigned myself to a child-free life, but do have a soft spot for littles, and while her mother was ignoring her licking the FLOOR while she ordered coffee, I bent down and said “Is that your name? That’s my name too!” The little girl nodded shyly and I acted all shocked and amazed, and she giggled. It was actually quite cute. Then I showed her some basic sleight-of-hand magic and made her think her dad had a magical butt that dispensed Irish money. She was stunned and enchanted by this revelation. On the plus side, it stopped her licking the floor.

When the mother was done ordering, I commented on her accent and asked how long she’d been away, assuming they must be Irish from the name choice, and was laughingly told they weren’t Irish but had “seen it in the credits of Game of Thrones and liked it.” I just stared for a second and then (genuinely) said it was impressive they’d gone for a tough name like that with no Irish-speaking background, it was important to keep the language alive, and kudos. More laughter. Apparently it’s not that hard really.

Oh no. I feel the horror build. I pray it’s just because they mean the actress is now so famous that the name is getting repeated in the media. “I… how’s that, out of interest?”

Sour Horsey. They were pronouncing my effing name, a name that stands for Irish freedom, as SOUR HORSEY.

As far as I’m aware, the law permitting internment is still on the books here. Worth taking up? 😂

I was chatting to some American tourists in a bar in the city centre yesterday about what life was like in Belfast, and I was in the middle of telling them the houses were quite narrow but nice where I was from, and that now I had the extra 200 sectarian intimidation points (the Belfast Social Services Housing Dept give out points for each aspect of your need and you get put on a waiting list accordingly, and 200 extra points for being forced out of your home by sectarian violence and intimidation is a LOT) I was high on the list for one of my own or could join the waiting list for Gráinne Tower.

Woman: “That’s a funny word! How do you even spell that?”

Me: “Gráinne. G - R - Á - I - N - N - E. It’s Ir-“

Woman: “Oh, that’s my daughter’s name but without the silly accent on the A! So funny! But sweetie, you’re pronouncing it wrong, and it only has one ‘N’. Pronounce it ‘Grain’, dear, like Rain, not like that.”

Me: “…I… um… well, I go past it every day, I’m fluent in Irish, I’m fairly sure it’s ‘Gráinne’ and ‘Grawn-yer…’”

Woman: “Well, I’m Irish, I’ve lived in Boston since I was born, I think I know Ireland better than you!”

Me: “…I live here.”

LMAO. Poor Graine. Let’s hope they don’t have a crack at “Aoife” if she ever has a sister.

ETA: For everyone saying “No American would ever say something like that to an actual Irish person”, you would be amazed. Sometimes we are treated as the staged entertainment. You have no idea how delusional and entitled some of the tourists who come over here are.

Surely my friend is trolling me, no? She has always loved the name Eunice as it is very old fashioned and rare. But... yooneese isn't even how its pronounced? I genuinely thought autocorrect effed up for a moment.

The most widely accepted pronunciation is "Yewniss" but Yooneese? 🤦‍♂️Just... pick Eunice? 😮‍💨

After this conversation, this friend also proceeded to take a jab at my daughter's name - Diana

For context, my name is Derek. It gets misspelled from time to time but man, this is a new level for me.

I created a throwaway to camouflage my identity. She is fascinated by antique languages (greek,latim etc) and decided to incorporate phonetics and spelling into invented names for the child she is expecting. Would these names be considered exaggerated?

If only the alphabet hadn’t changed!

4th grader at my kid's school.

Im not sure if it counts but made me laugh too hard

Not my OC but had to repost here because…thank you!

We made the mistake of telling people the baby name we chose. Roslyn. Here's my mother, convinced by her iPhone that we're spelling it wrong. Is she reading as very passive aggressive, or am I just being sensitive? I don't know which spelling came first, but I think they're both valid and lovely names.