Opinions on Hemi?

[JohnsonsBabyPowder]

What do you think of the name Hemi? Is it pretty easy to spell/pronounce?

[Foureyesarebetterthantwo]

A quick Google tells me this is a Maori name, so if you want to reference that culture, it would work.

To me, it means half, like hemiplegic, hemisphere, so I don't like it.

[Elbi]

Makes me think of Born to Run 'Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard'

But that's not necessarily a bad thing!

[Missingthesea]

It makes me think of hemidemisemiquaver

[Ktown]

Yes I thought hemidemisemiquaver.
It also sounds like the heam- the prefix for some iron containing molecules.
Nothing weird, so if you like it then go for it.

[Thatextrainch]

I don't know how to pronounce it or spell it. HEMMY? Haymee? H'mee? H'MY?

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

yes..hemidemisemi...blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

is it really a name or just a sound you like?

I'd presume it was an odd sort of nickname, from a toddler mispronunciation tbh

[Rockaby]

Could you confirm how it is pronounced please OP? I would guess hem, (as in a hem on a skirt), and then ee, so rhymes with Emmy, but maybe some people would think hee-mee or something else.

[MyBootsAreMuddy]

Hemi is the Maori form of James. It is pronounced Hem-ee. It's one of my brothers names (I am Maori).

[ErrolTheDragon]

Reminds me of Demi in the Little Women series, a joke on 'Demijohn'.

I wouldn't unless you're somewhere Maori names are familiar.

[Dixiestamp]

There was a rugby player called Hemi Taylor - yes it does rhyme with Emmy.