Pronouncing baby's name wrong

Ralph Lauren is pronounced like the girls name isn’t it? According to Rachel from Friends anyhow

Sorry it is Sofia Loren. Either way everyone says Ralph Lauren wrong especially us brits

If you are very close I would (gently) say something like:

'I think your daughters name is beautiful either way but I feel like I should let you know something... just in case you weren't aware. The diaeresis on the i technically makes the pronunciation An-ay-is... of course it's up to you to say it how you want but I wouldn't like to say nothing and let you and her have trouble later. Just in case you didn't know. That's all'

Basically tell her, but suck up.
I'd be passed if I got something like that wrong and friends didn't tell me. xx

Poor kid.

i think if there is only one way of pronouncing the name then it should be corrected. All it does is popularise the wrong pronounciation because people think that they should be polite over being correct! When two people have differing "opinions" they can't both be right.

Think of all the other girls (fair enough not that popular name) who would have to correct everyone to the correct pronounciation of their name because Annay had become so popular.

If I got something wrong because I've never heard it say correctly - I would like to know sooner than later.

They can pronounce the child's name how they like, but written down it will not say annay however much they want it to. I'd probably keep quiet but I'd find it hard

Do they spell it with the umlaut thingy? If not then maybe fair enough to pronounce it Annay. Otherwise the poor girl is in for a lifetime of correcting.

Pretty sure its Sofia Loren (not Sofia Lauren)

1. I would pronouce this Ann-ace (rightly or wrongly)
2. I used to pronouce the perfume Annay Annay (weirdly not Ann-ace, Ann-ace); I suppose cos I was trying to do posh French twazzock on simple GCSE French knowledge
3. This girl is in for it two-fold as she will have name spelling & pronunciation hell & then struggle with filling applications in because not all online forms will recognise the "accent", poor lass.

People have posted links to the ad of the perfume on this thread. The S is very clearly pronounced.

Act surprised and tell them you’ve never heard it pronounced ‘Anay’ before and tell them how it should be pronounced ...

Anaïs, Anaís or Anais, (French pronunciation: [a.naˈis]), is a female given name. It is widely thought to be a French Provençal and Catalan version of Anna. Some suggest it is derived from Anahita, the name of the Persian goddess of fertility and healing.[1]

Loo-see-a is definitely a perfectly valid pronunciation in much of Europe.

Wouldn't Lucia be nearer to Lu sia in Spanish though? Randomly I think I remember a character in Lost called Ana Lucia - she berates someone for calling her Lu chia because she's not Italian.

Also e.g Ralph, Clara...I know there are plenty more examples that are slipping my mind 😏

sunshine11 but there are many names which have regional pronunciations or perfectly legitimate different pronunciations (e.g Evelyn) so are all these parents 'massive twats too?!'

I used to teach a boy called Aron, pronounced ‘air-on’. He had some complex needs. Every single time he encountered a new adult who hadn’t been warned in advance, they would innocently pronounce his name as it was spelt and he would become incredibly frustrated. Every new encounter with an adult became negative.

I’m not for a moment suggesting that the confusion over his name caused any of his other difficulties at all. Nevertheless, for a young man who already found daily social interaction very difficult it was an additional frustration for him and the effect was cumulative.

So, no. I don’t believe that parents have the right to decide that their child should have an illogical or downright incorrect pronunciation or spelling. They don’t have to live with it.

I would pronounce Lucia Loosha or maybe Looch ee ah

Hear hear.

Yes, it can be a problem. I know SO whose child is called Lucia. They pronounce it Lucy-a, not Lewchia. I know its so wrong and perhaps I am a pedant but I would never correct them as however it is spelled or pronounced, that is the name they chose for their child. But it is wrong! 😉

Quite frankly anyone who gives their baby a name where there are multiple different pronunciations and scope for error is a selfish twat. I say this as someone who has a difficult name and has ended up with a complete variation on what my parents originally called me because of being too shy to correct teachers when I was in primary school.

Do your child a huge favour and give them a name where the pronunciation is obvious!

Yes, it can be a problem. I know SO whose child is called Lucia. They pronounce it Lucy-a, not Lewchia. I know its so wrong and perhaps I am a pedant but I would never correct them as however it is spelled or pronounced, that is the name they chose for their child. But it is wrong! 😉

I had to look up how you pronounce Caoimhe but now I know its Kee-va that's fine!

Beau for a girl drives me mad but then boys names like Dylan and Charlie drive me mad for girls too

done

They should have been down for child cruelty!