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Spanish names. Is this cruel of me?

27 replies

1Catherine1 · 17/10/2010 21:15

My partner and I have been choosing names and I'm really keen on keeping a Spanish connection. My OH is Spanish but we both live in England. I think it is important that my child has strong connections with Spain and the Spanish language. We have been name picking this week and have hit on a girls name that we both like "Estrella". The problem is this is only easy to pronounce if you have a basic understanding of Spanish and know that a double l is pronounced as a "y", so it is pronounced "Ess-stray-ah".

Do you think I'm making my child's life unnecessarily hard by doing this? I know us English are naturally lazy and want to abbreviate any name more than one syllable long so what do you think it might get shortened too? My OH says there isn't a shortened version of it.

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autodidact · 17/10/2010 21:23

Think the pronunciation ignorance will be widespread in England but can't think of a shortening. It will be fine though- people will learn to say it right with practice. I think having a Spanish name is a great idea.

Needaname · 17/10/2010 21:21

Maybe get shortened to Strella I'd have thought. If you have an easy surname I'd say it's not that big a deal to correct people if they mispronounce it. Where do you live? Does it still sound nice in your regional accent? Where I am in London it might not be so pretty!

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