Irida for EN speaking country?

[Mum8]

Irida (Greek version of Iris) pronounced EE-Ree-Da

D in da is more like TH in the but in EN countries it will be more pronounced like D

Do you think it will work in an EN speaking country or are there risks for bullying? Do you like it?

[Growingboys]

It’s okay

[BlueberryIce]

It’s quite nice.

I can’t see anything that would make a child with that name get bullied, so I think go for it.

[Mum8]

I was thinking of word irritating but it may be just me, hope so
Ariadne was another name option but a cousin used it already though they live far away and we never see them ...

[vlooby]

My DH is cypriot and we spent ages looking for names that'd work in both languages. We didn't come across Irida but I really like it

[Mum8]

Thank you vlooby, what did you go for in the end?

[mynameisnotmichaelcaine]

Ariadne is beautiful, and, I think less likely to provoke confusion / teasing. I know it's not pronounced this way, but silly kids in my class would potentially come up with Irida bike etc. Also potential for them to come up with something "hilarious" related to ride, which can be slang for "have sex with". Again, I know it isn't pronounced "ride".

[BlueberryIce]

Ariadne would be more familiar to a British person, but I really wouldn’t worry about the name sounding non-English.

PP makes a good point regarding “ride”. I still think it’s probably fine though.

[Mum8]

Hm wouldn’t it be like stealing my cousin’s dd name. A friend mentioned to she wanted that name for her dd though she has ds only and said this is it for them
I like the meaning and unusualness of Irida more but Ariadne is nice too and may work better in the UK
Hard to decide...
DH hates using a name people we know used... hm so hard with this one

[Pemba]

Not heard of Irida before, but I like it. Nicer than Iris actually.

[EvilRinguBitch]

I think that anglophones will never get it right first time. Not one in a hundred would look at that spelling and come up with the right pronunciation. However I don’t think that matters particularly because it’s a basically simple set of sounds and once you’ve been told it once it’s quite easy to interpret as a foreign but obvious way to pronounce those letters.

It sounds a bit like a Kindle but since nobody actually calls them E-readers, they just say Kindle, and it’s not an embarrassing thing to sound like anyway, that’s not a problem either.

[Ohyesiam]

Beautiful name, and I don't think even creative bullies could get a foot hold.

[WildRosesGrow]

It made me think of 'irradiation' which isn't the prettiest of concepts. I speak a few languages and tried to guess the pronounciation, but didn't get it correct, so fear most people will find it tricky.

[Pemba]

Really? - it made me think of iridescence, and rainbows and so on - lovely associations. The 'ee' sound at the beginning is also nicer and softer than the 'eye' at the beginning of Iris (English equivalent).

[Mum8]

Wish more people saw it as positively as you Pemba. Are you in an EN speaking country? Just to see if others will see it in the same way

[Pemba]

Yes, I'm in England.

[Mum8]

😉👍

[cakeandteajustforme]

I’m loving it. Had Ariadne on my list (I’m not Greek just love it). It kind of reminds me of Areetha... which reminds me of RESPECT.

[Mum8]

cakeandteajustforme I assume you love Ariadne but not Irida?

[cakeandteajustforme]

No! I love Irida!

[Mum8]

Thank you Cakeandtrajustforme 👍😉

[Smoliver]

I like it. Makes me think of the word iridescent

[vlooby]

We couldn't choose so we ended up with Ada, as we thought Greeks shouldn't find it too difficult. (Some of them refuse to call her it though!)

Our second choice was eleftheria (no Effie) but we decided it was a bit too out there as we live in uk.
I thank that's why I like Irida as it's relatively short and easily pronounced. Boys name would've been much easier for us!

[BlueberryIce]

Is Alethia / Aleathia a Greek name? I’ve heard that one a couple of times in the UK. And Thespina.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Totally made me think of E-reader but I don’t think anyone under 90 calls them that

[Mum8]

Vlooby Ada is a lovely name! Blueberryrice yes Alethia is a Greek name meaning Truth and Despina too. Think we are leaning towards Irida now