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Scheherazade

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HoneyandRum · 16/02/2014 12:55

How should this name be pronounced?

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Zhx3 · 17/02/2014 02:02

Lovely piece of music, one of my favourites to hear live at a concert. Not sure I'd call my daughter it though.

Onepactupac · 17/02/2014 00:57

Scheherazade McGonnigal Grin

Actually really love this !

hickorychicken · 17/02/2014 00:51

It reminds me of a pokemon.

freerangeeggs · 17/02/2014 00:49

This name is too amazing. Too amazing to use unless you're super posh, unfortunately.

Maybe in the middle...? I don't know, if I met one I'd just be jealous because it's so awesome.

everlong · 16/02/2014 19:32

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nicename · 16/02/2014 16:13

Only if the surname is something like McGonnigal. That would have a certain je ne sais pas I think.

sonlypuppyfat · 16/02/2014 16:10

Tell me you are not thinking of using it.

nicename · 16/02/2014 16:01

She heh reh zaad.

Please don't.

akachan · 16/02/2014 16:00

Like in this song -

m.youtube.com/watch?v=YXf6fZPW2gU

NinjaCow · 16/02/2014 15:56

I don't know the pronunciation, but my cousin emailed me that she'd named her pet rat this!

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HoneyandRum · 16/02/2014 15:10

And apparently I can't spell it either!

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TaraLott · 16/02/2014 15:06

Affected.

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HoneyandRum · 16/02/2014 15:04

And her given name was Sharon.

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squoosh · 16/02/2014 15:01

I bet 90% of people would get the pronunciation wrong.

Reminds me of Zac Goldmsith's ex wife.

Clawdy · 16/02/2014 14:06

She will probably get "Sherry" for short....

StolenShortcake · 16/02/2014 13:55

I presume that the OP has met someone with a baby/child called this, rather than actually considering it for themselves!

MuttonCadet · 16/02/2014 13:52

I really like it, and I'd agree with fairycake on the pronuncation.

coffeeinbed · 16/02/2014 13:46

It's perfect name.
For a cat.
Grin

I do like it actually.

RalphRecklessCardew · 16/02/2014 13:43

Love the name, but it's spelt Sheherazade.

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HoneyandRum · 16/02/2014 13:40

I'm not giving it to my daughter, never said I was.

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HyvaPaiva · 16/02/2014 13:36

If you click here you'll hear it pronounced.

ImperialBlether · 16/02/2014 13:36

OK I'll bite. Please, OP, please don't give your daughter a name you can't pronounce. There's a reason why some names aren't popular.

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HoneyandRum · 16/02/2014 13:32

Sorry for typo: compiled.

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HoneyandRum · 16/02/2014 13:31

Female. Legendary Persian Queen and a character and storyteller in "One Thousand and One Nights" complied in Arabic.

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Innogen · 16/02/2014 13:22

I think I'd probably pronounce this to rhyme with Lucozade.

I have never come across this name before. Is it male or female?

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