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baby names. will it still mean the same if i slightly change spelling

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juice · 04/01/2006 15:32

hi, i have found a name i really like but want to change the spelling slightly, just one letter. so people will spell it properly. i cant seem to find it spelt the way i want to on name sites. so just wondering if it will mean the same

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dizzydixies · 20/03/2010 14:06

I've only ever seen it spelt as Taryn and I live in Scotland too

littlemissm · 20/03/2010 12:53

You do know this thread is four years old??? hmm You have had opinions. You just don't like them. Time to leave it I think

Oh my i didnt see the start date that is quite funny

ShowOfHands · 18/03/2010 19:02

I don't like it when you do this. I get confused at all the old-timers seemingly returning or genuinely think it's 06 and I still have a pre-child figure. Desist. It's upsetting.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 18/03/2010 18:53

gemcgem where the hell did you find this thread? Were you the OP?

justallovertheplace · 18/03/2010 17:25

You do know this thread is four years old??? You have had opinions. You just don't like them. Time to leave it I think

mathanxiety · 18/03/2010 17:23

Torrin seems the closest you're going to get to the A sound you want.

littlemissm · 18/03/2010 10:34

Spell it how you want huni i have a friend who's daughter has the name Taryn & another has a son Torrin.

cyteen · 18/03/2010 10:16

How about Torin, if it's for a boy?

PuppyMonkey · 18/03/2010 10:15

How on earth does the y or the i affect the tar bit???

lifeas3plus1 · 18/03/2010 10:13

Or as someone else explained better Tarrin.

lifeas3plus1 · 18/03/2010 10:11

I have Taryn on my list for a girl spelt that < < way. I would pronounce it TA-Ryn.

gemcgem · 18/03/2010 10:08

i like esmae an have had none stop battering for changing the spelling as it should be esme but to me thats es-me not es -may an we like may not me, so i know how your feeling , just do what you feel is right its your baby not ours! x

spruceylucy5 · 04/01/2006 21:40

I have a maltese friend called Tarren, pronounced (ta run). She's a girl by the way.

bigfatmother · 04/01/2006 21:33

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zippy539 · 04/01/2006 20:15

As the mother of a dd with a name which no one can seem to pronouce (despite the fact that it is spelt very simply) I would say that spelling it with an 'i' or a 'y' wont make any difference. If you like the name and it seems appropriate, just go for it and live with the mis-pronounciations. If you can't live with them then change the name. I say this cause at times I really regret giving dd her name cause I know I've sentenced her to a life time of 'what? how's that spelt?'. Despite that, I still love the name (and yours).

tegan · 04/01/2006 20:07

I really like Taryn and you can spell it anyway you like.
I have a Tegan which should be spelt Teagan and a Sidney which people keep spelling Sydney.

foxinsocks · 04/01/2006 19:04

I would also pronouce it Tarrin - I have some distant girl cousin called Taryn (spelt that way) and I always thought of Taryn as purely a girls name - I haven't ever heard of a Tar-in. Sorry.

Mud · 04/01/2006 18:56

I would pronounce that with a short a no mater how it is spelt - sorry

tribpot · 04/01/2006 18:53

Yup, I'd pronounce it Tarrin as well, like Karen or Karyn or Karin. (Or indeed Karrin). How about Tahrin?

LIZS · 04/01/2006 18:43

me too - tbh think I'd go for something more straightforward as first name and save it for middle one , if mispronunciation will bug you that much.

SoupDragon · 04/01/2006 18:38

I'd automatically pronounce it Tarrin too, regardless of whether it's a Y or an I. unless, of course, I'd been told it was tar-in!

Aloha · 04/01/2006 15:57

I honestly don't see why you think changing the i to a y would influence the pronounciation or the spelling. I have never seen this word before (is it really a name or are you just using at as a name?) and I would pronounce Taryn as 'Tarrin' and if I heard someone calling their child Tar-in I wouldn't ever guess that it was supposed to have a y in it.

Tbh I think the whole idea that names mean something is pretty bogus, unless it is a name which is actually also another word, such a Felicity or Grace or Patience, and even then the meaning is largely irrelevant IMO.

Kelly1978 · 04/01/2006 15:51

If you are really bothered about people pronouncing it wrong choose antoher name. My dt1 is called ravi, which we thought was easy but nearly every white person gets it wrong. It doesn't bother me too much, but it drives my dp nuts. It's the same with his name, rishi, he gets called everythign from REEshi to Rasher!

WigWamBam · 04/01/2006 15:49

I went to school with a girl called Taryn, spelled just that way. Only she pronounced it TA-rin, with the emphasis on the TA. I would think it would still mean the same thing, and really it's what it means to you that counts.

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juice · 04/01/2006 15:48

sorry was suppose to put yes instead of no

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