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Opinions on this unusual name?

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Meganoctavia · 22/05/2021 21:45

So i was planning on naming my daughter Raven, she's due in September, but i found a really nice unusual name but i don't know what other people would think about it, Shado. What do you think of the name Shado? TIA

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GreyhoundG1rl · 24/05/2021 22:00

@SunflowersAndLavender

Shado looks like it should be pronounces Shay-doe not Shadow. If you really want Shadow then just spell it like that.

It's bloody awful, it sounds like the name of a dog or a horse, but it would be even worse if no-one pronounced it properly.

This. Imagine all the years of people mangling the pronunciation, and the looks she'll get when she says "Actually, it's pronounced shadow" 😂
Imcrc · 24/05/2021 21:57

Love love love Raven!!

SunflowersAndLavender · 24/05/2021 21:43

Shado looks like it should be pronounces Shay-doe not Shadow. If you really want Shadow then just spell it like that.

It's bloody awful, it sounds like the name of a dog or a horse, but it would be even worse if no-one pronounced it properly.

lljkk · 24/05/2021 21:40

I think I'd go grand & goth on middle name, too ... list here

lljkk · 24/05/2021 21:36

Octavia is a great surname.
Shadow is ok, not a bad name imho. I just don't think it lives up to being paired with Octavia.
Raven would work well enough, can hold its own with Octavia.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/05/2021 21:29

Shad-ow and Shaydo are 2 different pronunciations. Its either one or the other. Confused.

I actually like the sound of Shadow but I don't think a 15 year old girl would thank you for it.
Im the opposite with Raven. I think it has cool free spirited vibe, but I'm not keen on the sound.

Tal45 · 24/05/2021 19:35

Sounds like you made it up and can't spell. Raven is much better - unless they're blonde and then it wouldn't work for me.

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 24/05/2021 19:27

At best Shado sounds like something you'd name a German Shepherd.

cookiecreampie · 24/05/2021 19:02

Raven is passable. Shado is terrible.

CaffiSaliMali · 24/05/2021 18:57

I also assumed Shado was pronounced Shaydo, not Shadow.

If you're looking for something a bit more unusual and with a slightly dark beauty, how about:

Morven
Hester
Marissa
Mara
Demelza
Morgana
Sabrina
Morwenna
Marisa
Seraphina
Iseult/Isolde
Cassandra
Ursula

Newmum110 · 24/05/2021 16:20

Raven is nice, maybe not everyone's cup of tea but we are all different.
I would definitely pronunce Shado as Shaydo so I think you would be setting your child up for a lifetime of issues.

finallychangedmyusername · 23/05/2021 22:27

Maybe you like dark/mysterious/gothic names?

Rowena
Ursula
Adrienne
Luna
Sabrina
Sylvie/Sylvia

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 23/05/2021 22:10

Raven is fairly uncommon but has a nice sound and seems perfectly reasonable/not weird since Robin and Wren are well known names used for people. I wouldn't use Shado - misspelt and more of a pets name (lots of people with black haired/furred pets seem to call them Shadow).

ILoveShula · 23/05/2021 16:27

Awful.

StevieNix · 23/05/2021 15:56

If your going to use Shado please just spell it like Shadow

naturallyred · 23/05/2021 15:32

Sorry but I hate it.

SoupDragon · 23/05/2021 15:29

It's an awful name.

MadeOfStarStuff · 23/05/2021 15:22

Shado is absolutely awful and looks like you can’t spell

Raven isn’t my taste at all but is better than misspelled Shado

Although as PP said Raven would be a bit of an odd choice on a blonde haired blue eyed baby

Serpenta · 23/05/2021 03:30

I know a girl called Shadow. Her sister is called...Amanda.

So weird.

RainingZen · 23/05/2021 02:46

Both idiotic, like a bad YA book.

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 23/05/2021 02:11

I think I both are awful. Raven if you had to pick. Shado makes you look like you can’t spell. Also calling your child a shadow seems odd and kids might tease her and call her saddo. Not for me!

cariadlet · 23/05/2021 02:06

I like Raven but Shaddo sounds made up and a bit odd.

DPotter · 23/05/2021 02:05

I saw 'Shado' and said 'Sado' so it's a no from me.

Poor child will spend forever saying 'there's no W in my name'.

Raven I can just about get although it's a stretch,

RustyBear · 23/05/2021 02:01

Her grandparents will probably remember it as the acronym for the Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation in Gerry Anderson's UFO...

merrymelody · 23/05/2021 02:00

Or Teen Titans. Stupid autocorrect.