Che

[Ladypug]

Am I mental for even considering this name for a boy?

[Toadsrevisited]

Yes. It's a nickname.

[RiverTam]

It's a bit try-hard. I wouldn't go for a name that is associated with only one person. They'd probably end up being a Tory as well .

[CruCru]

It's a bit of a stereotypical name. I can't imagine a Che as an accountant.

[VulcanWoman]

I like it but people won't pronounce it correctly most of the time.
Would you pronounce it as Che Guevara.

[Ladypug]

Haha thanks everyone, not that I should be getting name inspiration from the X factor but just heard the Che on there and really like it! Yeah I did think of the Che Guevara link but figured people might forget that once they got to know him?

[Ladypug]

Yeah pronounce the same and perhaps put the accent on the 'e' so people would know how to pronounce

[VulcanWoman]

What about Shane.

[Ladypug]

Don't like Shane :-(

[F0xglove]

I'd go with Shane, Shay for short. I'm sure Shane gets hate on this board but it's a normal name. Ok they're all in their forties now, but I've never bet a grumpy mean shane. shanes are good fun.

[F0xglove]

x post!

[Ladypug]

I really dislike Shane a lot! :-( and I've seen Che spelled 'Shay' which I think is a bit chavvy. Might just leave it but thought I would put it out for opinion in case!

[VulcanWoman]

People will pronounce Che like Chee but Shane will be shortened to Shay thus sounding like Che but hey ho and fair enough.

[ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged]

I love Che, but maybe add a middle name so that if he turns out to be less revolutionary than his namesake he has a simpler name to fall back on

[BlueEyeshadow]

Che was Guevara'a nickname because of a vocal ticket that he had, or something to do with his accent, can't remember which.

[Ladypug]

I think with the accent people will probably know how to pronounce it, I couldn't bring myself to spell it Shay as it will put a soft 's' on it too and it feels a bit made up. Good idea about a sensible middle name!

[myotherusernameisbetter]

There is also the Irish Gaelic name Sé pronounced Shay.

[florascotianew]

Che Geuvara's real name was Ernesto. Che was a nickname. It means something like 'brother' or 'hey you' . It is even as used a filler in conversation, such as 'OK, right..'

Unless you are Latin American and/or a revolutionary, I can't really think how or why Che would be appropriate.

[FedUpWithJudgementalPeople]

What about Chae - Scottish abbreviation of Charles and pronounced so as to rhyme with hay but with a ch (if that makes any sense).

Chae was Chrissy's husband in Sunset Song (set text in Scottish schools at one point) but it's quite unusual - I know only one person who goes by this.

[Loula117]

Che as in Che Guevara is pronounced Chay not Shay.

It's my DS's middle name, he has a Hebrew first name as he has a Jewish background although we were also including Guevara in our thinking (we went to Cuba on honeymoon). I like it (obviously!) but didn't consider it as a first name.

[wigglesrock]

My dds go to school with a couple of boys called Shea - it's reasonably common in their school. I'd know about 5 maybe under 15. It's not shortened from anything like Seamus - they're just Shea.

[VulcanWoman]

Yeah, Scottish Chae.

[Ladypug]

This is really interesting! I didn't know there was Shea as a name. I did know Che was Ernesto and it was a nickname but seeing the guy on X factor made me think it was a 'real' name, might be a bit too out there!

[Ladypug]

Ps Scottish sounds good but no links to Scotland!

[F0xglove]

Shea is a 'butter', or some moisturising product from the shea tree. if that matters. If you can have Rowan as a name, why not Shea