Irida for EN speaking country?

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Mum8 · 07/11/2017 06:04

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?

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mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 07/11/2017 07:13

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".

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Mum8 · 07/11/2017 06:34

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

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vlooby · 07/11/2017 06:31

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

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Mum8 · 07/11/2017 06:25

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 ...

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BlueberryIce · 07/11/2017 06:20

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.

Growingboys · 07/11/2017 06:10

It’s okay

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