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Hate DD’s planned baby name. Is it ever ok to say that?

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Giggsie · 11/06/2025 21:53

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

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Taytayslayslay · 12/06/2025 10:25

MermaidMummy06 · 11/06/2025 22:04

It's odd, but not offensive. She'll be constantly correcting people, but, then again, we all have normal names and everyone gets them wrong anyway.....

My daughter Lyla has been called Layla, Lola, Isla 😂

shakespearetower · 12/06/2025 10:24

Eh? I thought this was going to be some kind of ridiculous name, but it is not. Io is beautiful.

It's not exactly out there either. Am in my late 40s and went to school with one. (And tbh, Io is easily a nicer name than some of the other whacky names of people I did my A-Levels with in mid-90s North London/at a college where a lot of famous people sent their ridiculously named children).

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YYYDlilah · 12/06/2025 10:24

The name is fine, @Giggsie , but look at how many of the replies think it's Lo, and who don't seem to know how to say it. There's also the Eye-o being Ee-oh in many countries.

Has anyone suggested spelling it so that the pronunciation is more obvious yet?
Eighowe perhaps?

DataColour · 12/06/2025 10:22

@OofyProsser2 Actually, among those names, Stephen would be the more unusual name around where I live!

Cattenberg · 12/06/2025 10:19

RavenclawWitchy · 12/06/2025 09:44

I would struggle naming my child after a woman who was turned into a "horned heifer" by a man to "protect" her...

I agree, it's such a misogynistic and batshit story. When I was considering it as a middle name, I imagined that when my DD looked up the origin, it would make her feel sad and confused.

Naming a girl Artemisia after Artemisia Gentilischi would be completely different! Now, she was inspirational, although her life story and some of her paintings aren't very suitable for children.

Genevieva · 12/06/2025 10:18

I know Phoebe is a bit popular at the moment, but there are so many other classical Greek names:
Daphne
Ariadne
Persephone / Cora
Athena
Iris
Hebe
Selene
…

OofyProsser2 · 12/06/2025 10:16

I really like it. IME children do teased for names but it’s generally not because of the name but just because a bully has targeted that child. So you can have kids walking about unbothered while being called Io, Calliope and Dido while another kid is being mercilessly mocked for being called Stephen.

SerendipityJane · 12/06/2025 10:15

Imagine meeting a 40 and 39 year old brother and sister, Kylie and Jason ....

SerendipityJane · 12/06/2025 10:14

user2848502016 · 12/06/2025 10:10

I don’t think it’s that bad tbh. She will probably have people asking how it’s pronounced all her life but apart from that it’s not an awful name

There really aren't many better ways to build an incredible confidence - especially when dealing with adults.

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 10:13

My work can wait 😂

AngelinaFibres · 12/06/2025 10:12

user2848502016 · 12/06/2025 10:11

I actually like Eryx too - shame they aren’t having a boy really!

Or twin boys.

Piccante · 12/06/2025 10:12

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 10:11

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

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To be fair, my oldest went to school with a set of twins called Nathan and Nathaniel, so anything's possible😀

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 10:12

AngelinaFibres · 12/06/2025 10:08

Pretty name.
Vanishingly small chance she'll marry a man called Money.

😂😂😂

user2848502016 · 12/06/2025 10:11

I actually like Eryx too - shame they aren’t having a boy really!

Piccante · 12/06/2025 10:11

Giggsie · 11/06/2025 22:43

They have chosen it for the Greek myth not after Jupiter’s moons. DD is a classicist and intends to call any other kids after Greek mythological characters. If this has been a boy he would have been Eryx.

I absolutely love both of those names!

Coolcalmmoments · 12/06/2025 10:11

Applesonthelawn · 12/06/2025 08:53

I think names just get normalised and she won't be teased at all. Years ago my DS had three friends called Titus. They were never teased, which was inexplicable to me.

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

user2848502016 · 12/06/2025 10:10

I don’t think it’s that bad tbh. She will probably have people asking how it’s pronounced all her life but apart from that it’s not an awful name

AngelinaFibres · 12/06/2025 10:08

Pretty name.
Vanishingly small chance she'll marry a man called Money.

Tiswa · 12/06/2025 10:05

RavenclawWitchy · 12/06/2025 09:44

I would struggle naming my child after a woman who was turned into a "horned heifer" by a man to "protect" her...

And the other parts when she became human and strong

how a man treats a woman doesn’t define her
and it certainly shouldn’t define a name

Moveoverdarlin · 12/06/2025 10:03

Topsyturvy78 · 12/06/2025 01:39

It's Lo just Lo as in how low can you go.😀😀😀

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It’s not. It’s not an L then an O. It’s an I then an O.

So pronounced Eye-Oh.

Can you imagine the poor kid dealing with this in school? Or on the phone? ‘So Capital eye, then an Oh. Yeah just two letters. Eye oh.

Mothership4two · 12/06/2025 10:01

@oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends

I suppose Eryx is better than Pollux.

Oh God, imagine that boy's childhood!

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 12/06/2025 09:56

Giggsie · 11/06/2025 22:43

They have chosen it for the Greek myth not after Jupiter’s moons. DD is a classicist and intends to call any other kids after Greek mythological characters. If this has been a boy he would have been Eryx.

I suppose Eryx is better than Pollux.

SerendipityJane · 12/06/2025 09:55

DataColour · 12/06/2025 09:44

@SerendipityJane sorry what's G&S?

Gilbert and Sullivan.

Gloriously British, and rollicking good fun.

(Hums the Major Generals Song.....)

Major-General's Song - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-General%27s_Song

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 12/06/2025 09:51

Agapornis · 12/06/2025 09:38

Agree. I share the name of an ancient rape victim and no one has ever mentioned it. She stood up to the rapist and got revenge. Lots of paintings including by Artemisia Gentileschi and Rubens. I'm very proud of my namesake.

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Judith slaying Holofernes is a bomb ass story! Great heroine.

Orphlids · 12/06/2025 09:50

I met a little girl named Io a couple of weeks ago. I loved the name, and chatted with her mum about it. Mum was intelligent, friendly and articulate. The little girl was gorgeous and confident. I see no reason any child would be teased over such a name. Children are teased if they are vulnerable to teasing, not simply because of an unusual name. Don’t say anything. It’s a great name, just not to your taste.

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