Tadhg or Paxton

Tadhg since yous are both half Irish. Tadhg fionn, tadhg Connor, tadhg Rory?

I know a Dublin Tadhg known as Tady, and a Cork Thaddeus knows as Ted.
Also several generations of Cornelius in Cork who vary between Niall and Conn.

Paxton - dreadful. Surname or stuffing for a chicken.

I don't think outside of Ireland people will be able to say Tadhg without help.

Paxton to me is one of those naff American names that sounds like a surname.

I’d go with tadhg (I’m Irish) so Have no issues with pronouncing

I hate when people start saying you shouldn’t use a name censure you are in England - why not?
People need to learn new names and how to pronounce names from different Countries - and they will - everyone you know will only need to be told once

I don't know...would it?
I pronounce Yvonne almost like Ee-vaughan though.
That's what I mean about accents

It's not good. It would be like saying Sean to rhyme with John.

I'd say it's more like Shivaughan. But Shivonne isn't bad - a lot depends on accent really.

It's not Shivonne though is it.

Names that aren't obviously said the way they look get missaid. For example, Siobhan might get called Sigh-o-ban, and after correcting them get called Shivonne.

Which suggests that people are listening and making an effort, rather than ignoring three correction because they dislike being corrected, as you claimed in your post.

Shivonne Is close enough to the correct pronunciation, given that there will obviously be some variation in the way people say things based on their accents.

Not at all Ochon. I live in an area where people have all sorts of first names.

Names that have sounds not in the English language get mispronounced. An example might be Khalid - some will say Kahl-id, some Hal-eed, others Kal-eed etc.

Names that aren't obviously said the way they look get missaid. For example, Siobhan might get called Sigh-o-ban, and after correcting them get called Shivonne.

Those are real life examples that I have witnessed.

You can correct people, but their ears won't hear the subtleties between sounds.

And you have people who can't say certain sounds - like those who say Theo as Feeo.

I have a Tadhg! Traditional name in my husband's family (DS is the 8th Timothy/Tadhg/Thady) I love it. It's becoming a little more popular here. It's a bugger to get people to spell correctly though, even here. They often put the 'h' on the end.

I actually think Tadhg might get as popular as Seán, and be headline news on a crazy day like today.
@mathanxiety you might be right but maybe I'm not entirely wrong either.

@MikeUniformMike - yeah right.

Maybe you just live in a Little Englander environment where people can't fathom that name that is not English, but in the real world, people generally have no issue with a name outside their experience.

@OchonAgusOchonO, yeah right.

@MikeUniformMike - You end up correct a lot of people in a lifetime, and people generally don't like being corrected. As a kid you get the unpleasant Ooooh! comment, and as an adult you get ignored.

Only if you're dealing with assholes. Most normal people have no issue with someone correcting a misprononciation of a name they're not familiar with. Only someone who is not only ignorant, but who also takes pride in their ignorance, would have an issue.

Tadhg

That sounds like an 'English people's problem' though. The name itself isn't the issue.

The bearer of an unfamiliar name can always choose what to make of the unpleasantness. I personally use any mangling of my Irish name the second time it's done as a way to sort people according to listening skills and further botching can lead to all sorts of entries in my mental spreadsheet.

correcting not correct

It's everyone you meet for the first time mathanxiety.

If I hadn't seen it on here I would have guessed it to be pronounced Tie or Tayg.
You end up correct a lot of people in a lifetime, and people generally don't like being corrected. As a kid you get the unpleasant Ooooh! comment, and as an adult you get ignored.

If your son is going to be growing up I the UK, I think it's a bit mean to subject him to a lifetime of explaining how to pronounce/ spell his name.

Are the English really that closed minded and /or stupid though? All of them?

I would suspect a Tady or Ted/ Tad pronunciation is related to use of Thaddeus on official documents. Working backwards, the initial Tad sound of Thaddeus may have seemed to justify using the Tady pronunciation of Tadhg.

I suspect the current split in spelling between (vast majority) Tadhg and (occasional) Tadgh is the result of careless typing, and possibly also a lack of understanding of Irish orthography.

Paxton does not sound at all like a first name (and makes me think of Paxo stuffing and Jeremy Paxman) so I would go for Tadhg but prepare to correct people’s spelling and pronunciation!

@LaVitaPuoEsserePiuBella - I'm so sorry .... they are both absolutely awful... the spelling of the first is just so ugly, and I hate names that are originally surnames.

Maybe broaden your horizons a little? There's no need to be rude just because you're too insular too recognise that foreign does not equal ugly.

In my family Tadg was pronounced Ted or Tady in Irish, with Tim as the alternate.

I've never heard Tadhg pronounced with a d sound, and I know several, including my father.