Ruairidh spelling variations

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Scottishgirl85 · 31/07/2022 18:53

Just discovered our 3rd child is a boy after 2 girls!

Always loved Ruairidh (pronounced roo-ray). I'm Scottish, hubby English, we live in SE England.

Will Ruairidh just cause endless issues or should we be brave and go for it?

There are alternative slightly simpler spellings, such as:

Ruaridh (Scottish, but not technically correct spelling without the extra i)
Ruairi (Irish, but we're not Irish).

Please help!

(Note, Rory is a completely different name, not as keen)

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Whataretheodds · 31/07/2022 19:07

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 31/07/2022 19:05

Nobody in SE England will be able to pronounce this correctly on seeing it, or to be able to spell it. If you are happy for your child to live with those challenges then go for it.

That's rubbish. Not everyone will be able to, but plenty will, and more will be fine once they've heard it.

Are we all to be called Bob, Sam and Kate so no-one struggles?

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 31/07/2022 19:05

Nobody in SE England will be able to pronounce this correctly on seeing it, or to be able to spell it. If you are happy for your child to live with those challenges then go for it.

Zone2NorthLondon · 31/07/2022 19:04

with Both Ruairidh and Ruaridh you’ll encounter difficulties in pronunciation and spelling
it’s a great name, so yes expect some issues but don’t let that stop you using it
in fairness I’ve heard people mispronounce so called ordinary names eg Emma as Emmar, Ewan as YouHann
congratulations btw

Whataretheodds · 31/07/2022 19:01

Ruairidh will be fine i reckon

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