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How would you pronounce "Shai" & do you like it?

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happytobemrsg · 04/01/2018 19:55

DH & I will be TTC #2 in a few months. DS is called Noah & we want to pick another Hebrew name for #2.

We both like the name Shai for a boy however I don't want to have to always be explaining how it's pronounced. That will annoy me & him!

So how would you pronounce it & do you like it?

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gingerbreadmam · 04/01/2018 20:01

I like Shay. Shai (shy) makes me think of a really very sad book I read about child abuse which is all I think of when I hear the name.

Cheekyandfreaky · 04/01/2018 20:01

I would pronounce it ‘Shy’ not keen. If it’s supposed to be prounounced ‘Shay’ I would spell it ‘Ché/ Che’

AfterSchoolWorry · 04/01/2018 20:01

Shy.

I'm afraid I don't like it much as a name.

autumncolour · 04/01/2018 20:01

Without knowing the origin, I would pronounce it 'shy.' I think I would worry DC might get nicknamed shite. Sorry.

MrsHathaway · 04/01/2018 20:00

Shy

I knew one at university (he studied Hebrew as it happens) who would put me off using the name by association. But I don't think it's too "out there".

Noah is very mainstream at the moment. Equivalents would be more like Jacob, Isaac, Reuben - all Torah names!

FizzyGreenWater · 04/01/2018 20:00

And yes if it's Shay I don't like it at all. Not sure why.

Fekko · 04/01/2018 20:00

Sh-eye?

Shalva1970 · 04/01/2018 20:00

Shay

FizzyGreenWater · 04/01/2018 19:59

I'd say Shy.

It's ok. Not lovely, just ok. Not much to it. Noah is much nicer.

TabbyCat864 · 04/01/2018 19:59

I would pronounce it 'Shay'. I quite like it.

PringlesPirate · 04/01/2018 19:57

I’d pronounce it “shy”

Casmama · 04/01/2018 19:57

I think it would be pronounced like shy and I do quite like it. If it is pronounced shay then less keen.