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Giggsie · 2025-06-11T20:53:42+00:00

I expect the answer is to keep quiet but I fear by future grandchild will be teased mercilessly.

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BreatheAndFocus · 12/06/2025 14:35

DrLottie · 12/06/2025 14:25

My daughter is called Lowri, it is a Welsh name and equivalent to Laura. Her nickname is Lo and it's perfectly fab, I really wouldn't worry, you'll get used to it

The name is not Lo! It is Ɪo - look at it carefully. The first letter is a capital i NOT an L! It’s pronounced ‘EYE-oh’ and is a lovely classical name.

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 14:30

Applesonthelawn · 12/06/2025 12:05

I jest ye not. It was Primrose Hill.

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Actually for a split second I thought you were announcing another name. It wouldn't surprise me.😂

DrLottie · 12/06/2025 14:25

My daughter is called Lowri, it is a Welsh name and equivalent to Laura. Her nickname is Lo and it's perfectly fab, I really wouldn't worry, you'll get used to it

Newnamesagain · 12/06/2025 14:18

Could you maybe suggest a different name? I'm all for greek names but someone famous for being raped seems a smidge unusual. It's like naming your baby Paris because of the sex tape.

YYYDlilah · 12/06/2025 13:52

@HolidayBrochure , it's correct in English.

Picklelily99 · 12/06/2025 13:49

HolidayBrochure · 12/06/2025 11:18

No, the OP, and obviously her daughter as well (which is worse) have the pronunciation wrong - it's Eee-oh

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That IS worse; sounds like a yorkshire exclamation!

CointreauVersial · 12/06/2025 13:41

I had this from my mum.....she wasn't impressed with DD2's name, said no-one would ever be able to pronounce or spell it, blah blah blah. it's an Irish name, as DH is Irish.

I didn't care, to be honest, and went with it anyway. She now loves it.

I like Io....no-one is going to be reaching for the ancient Greek pronunciation. Once people know her name it will be easy to remember, pronounce and spell....which is more than I can say for DD2's name!

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 13:40

Calliopespa · 12/06/2025 12:21

Do children actually sing that now? I did; I don’t think my Dc have.

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💯 youtube one of the latest uploads,May 2025 over 72,000 views & that's just one.

OpheliaNightingale · 12/06/2025 13:38

I actually know someone with that name! She changed it to that from a very common name.

Maddy70 · 12/06/2025 13:35

I think Lo is a nice name tbh

Saturdaybloodycleaner · 12/06/2025 13:33

Def the Io I know is pronounced eye-oh.

usedtobeaylis · 12/06/2025 12:50

I wouldn't really be keen on people suggesting alternative names to me to justify shortening into Io, it changes the whole idea of a name.

MotherofPearl · 12/06/2025 12:44

I also know a teen Io and she is fine. It’s really not that strange.

BooneyBeautiful · 12/06/2025 12:34

LBFseBrom · 12/06/2025 01:29

Leda.
Have you told the parents that Leda was a rape victim? If they don't already know, they will change their minds quickly! Everyone should look up name meanings before giving one to a child. If they do know, they're bonkers. One thing is certain, she will not like Swan Lake.

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I know! Some names have very poor meanings.

With my two DC, we obviously knew the first and surname, but for reasons I won't go into because it is too outing, I wanted a friend of mine to come up with a selection of middle names for us to choose. For my DS, one of the names she suggested was Claude. It means 'the lame one' or 'crippled'. I pretty quickly crossed that off the list!

Tiswa · 12/06/2025 12:28

I also think that children nowadays are desensitised to names and don’t actually tease anymore just the adults who frankly now should be old enough to know better

DS has a girl in his class called Dolly Bow and can’t work out why I think it is an odd choice. Different names from different cultures means they give it far far less thought than we do. And also are happy to say how it’s pronounced and stick with it

Io won’t even appear on the radar as being odd. Plus it is common nowadays if you have a name you don’t like in High School or isn’t you uou change it

Calliopespa · 12/06/2025 12:21

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 10:50

This is without a doubt. I can envisage this child in the middle of the playground with children running about singing this popular ditti 😥

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Do children actually sing that now? I did; I don’t think my Dc have.

Applesonthelawn · 12/06/2025 12:05

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 10:11

Is this another wind-up. You have to love this thread 😂

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I jest ye not. It was Primrose Hill.

HolidayBrochure · 12/06/2025 11:50

FormerTeacher · 12/06/2025 11:46

@HolidayBrochure in English, Classical Greek words, including names, are usually pronounced in an anglicised way, aren’t they? That is also how the language has historically been taught in school in the UK. The name Iris is “Eye-riss”, not “Ee-riss” as it is in modern Greek.

I suppose you're right, anglicisations do say eye, doesn't mean it's correct however. I would go with Eeee-oh as I know some greek.

It just shows how bloody confusing the name is going to be. I would avoid it.

FormerTeacher · 12/06/2025 11:46

@HolidayBrochure in English, Classical Greek words, including names, are usually pronounced in an anglicised way, aren’t they? That is also how the language has historically been taught in school in the UK. The name Iris is “Eye-riss”, not “Ee-riss” as it is in modern Greek.

SummerShimmer · 12/06/2025 11:34

I quite like it. I have an unusual name and spend my life hearing it mispronounced but it doesn’t bother me. It’s a conversation starter - so much so that I use a different name entirely for coffee shop orders to avoid having to talk about it or spell it.

YYYDlilah · 12/06/2025 11:28

@HolidayBrochure , Io (mythology) - Wikipedia, Io (moon) - Wikipedia

I've only ever heard it said as Eye-o. Similarly, Diana is Die-anna, nor Dee-anna.

HolidayBrochure · 12/06/2025 11:23

Grammarnut · 12/06/2025 09:29

Io is fine, It's pronounced 'Eye-o'. If you are really irritated by it you could suggest Iolanthe (Yolantha - though some might say it 'Eye-o-lanthy) which is similar in style. Classical Greek names are in. Many Greek myths involve forcible seduction (i.e. rape) in some form or another but the names of the victims also have huge resonance and meaning behind them.
Io was a princess of Argos and her descendants include Perseus (winged-horse and Medusa), as well as Herakles - they never mention any female descendants! Another version of her name is Isis, but I don't suggest this as an alternative these days! One might go for 'Iris', also fashionable, I suppose - and also Classical Greek, being the rainbow?
As to being unusual/rare, my name is a rare one (Cornish) and I have had to spell it all my life. It has never bothered me. I doubt it will bother your DGD that she has an unusual name - and it's better than being called Sydney or Brook et al. And remembering Io and her rape is an act of solidarity with women through all time, I think - truly feminist.
In the end it's your DD's choice, not yours. Personally I rather fancy Io Phoronis as a girl's name!

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It is not pronounced eye-oh! it's flipping EEEE-oh

I really really hope she doesn't choose this name, the fact that there are so people who appear to be quite knowledgeable about greek mythology don't know how to pronounce it is baffling.

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 12/06/2025 11:19

Anonycat · 12/06/2025 11:10

When it only concerns ourselves, fair enough. When it’s a question of knowingly setting a child up for being teased, I don’t think the noble principle of not bowing to the lowest common denominator is actually very noble.

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Kids will tease about ANYTHING. I have an awful surname that kids teased me about but my parents parented me and it was water off a duck’s back. I didn’t change my surname when I got married.

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 11:18

HolidayBrochure · 12/06/2025 11:15

No, the correct pronunciation is EEEE-oh, not eye-oh

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It gets worse 😳

HolidayBrochure · 12/06/2025 11:18

Picklelily99 · 12/06/2025 00:54

As in 'old Mcdonald had a farm, ee I, ee I O'?

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No, the OP, and obviously her daughter as well (which is worse) have the pronunciation wrong - it's Eee-oh