Sibling Can't Pronounce Name

hairybabysmum, I have a Finlay as well, but my 20 months old DD is insistent that his name is Bumble as she can't say the "f" sound. We all call him Bumble now as a result.

OP, your DS will get it eventually, so I wouldn't worry too much.

DS1 called DS2 Linley (for Finlay), he can say it propoerly now but we still call him Finlay-Linlay sometimes.

I love Seth, would have used it but surname for boys begins with S so a no no with the initials really.

DD2 has a lisp and calls DD3 Bessany

my middle sister's real name is Valerie Ann. Her older sister could only say 'walulie'. 58 years later my sister is still Lulie.

DD calls her little brother wollyver. It's very cute!

Noonki -- was that in Darwen? Or, god help 'em, are there Succour schools everywhere? (We used to call them the Suckers. At least, I think we did. Maybe everybody else was shouting something worse.)

My friend's daughter is Evie - her little brother is nearly 2 and calls her 'wee-wee' to much hilarity from all the adults!

When I was little my mum's best friend's son was Jeremy - or as I liked to call him 'Jermy'.

I don't think it's worth worrying about TBH.

DS2 called DD 'Willy' for the first 2 and a half years of her life

DS1 has just managed to get DS2's name but we have gone for a 4 syllable name for DS2 which for any 2 year old (as he was when DS2 was born) was quite hard. DS2 (now 2) has a nickname for DS1 as he can't pronounce his name.. It really isn't a worry.

Go with the name you mentioned - sounds lovely

my dd1 when she was little could say her friends name and he ended up being Jabot instead of Jacob, weird thing was she could say jay and cub but couldn't put the two together.

My sister is also called Tora because dd1 couldn't say victoria.

Go for it

I think it is very cute even if it is death!

My DSS had a speech impedement and went to a catholic school called 'Our lady of perpetual succour'

unfortunately he said his 's's as 'f's

sounded terrible on the bus..

just say 'our ladys' we would say
'no no' he would shout as only a 4 year old can

'she is a perpetual f**ker'

to this day I don't not what Succour is but we giggle everytime we drive past his old school.

If you love the name, I don't think you should be put off if your ds can't pronounce it yet; it's likely he'll learn before too long. My dd2 (3 and 3/4) can't pronounce dd1's name properly yet, but it sounds cute and hasn't harmed the relationship between them at all.

However, I did feel sorry for a boy I saw on a kids' TV programme once who was 5 or 6 yo and couldn't pronounce his own name; he said 'Jaywoc' but later the narrator said his name and it was actually pronounced Jayroc. With an unusual name like that people wouldn't know what the name was 'supposed' to be when the boy said it.

I know an Elizabeth whose 2 yr old sister when introduced to the new born sibling with "this is Elizabeth" replied "a little Biff" and so Biff she still is 50+yrs on, to absolutely everyone!

My godmothers youngest daughter is called Margaret, her older sister couldnt pronounce it so called her Moggy.......their mothers twin sister was called Yvonne and they(and us) call her Weeone!!

My partner couldnt say his brothers name when he was 3, its Jonathan but he called him Jof. 25 years later and thats still what everyone calls him!

Kerthbert!!! Bless her for still answering him though!

not a sibling story, but an incident on the way home from school reminded me of this thread.

There is a TA at the school who has a DD at my DS1's Junior school. They both usually come to the church after school service once a month so DS2 (5) knows the DD quite well.

She walked past us on the way home (heading down to meet her mum at the infant school).

DS2 very excitedly shouted

"hello kerthbert"

she turned round and looked slightly bamboozled but said hello to him anyhow.

I then had to explain to DS2 that her name is kirstin not Kerthbert

Megglevache, that's really funny! We used to get so many odd looks when she called him School but I thought it was quite sweet!

Hels, that's funny my dd calls her brother "door!" as that's what we are always saying when he crashes into the rooma nd doesn't close it

I@m rather glad there's only 6yrs between DS3 and DS1, as DS3 calls DS1

"DADDY"

My dd used to call my ds School because I always used to say to her, "Come on, lets get ready to go to the school" when we went to collect him! She's nearly four now and doesn't call him that anymore, so go with what you were thinking!

Yes very common. My ds rather proudly announced to the postman, when asked what his new sister was called, "Bitch!"

Well the first letter was right anyway

Go for it, it is a lovely name and DS will learn in time.

My DS is 4yo and has only just managed to master his sister's name (it is a lot more complicated than Seth though). I found it cute.

I know a grandmother called welly. She is called that because her sister couldn't say verity.

Everybody calls her welly, including her Grandkids

so as others have said it can stick.

Death is less likely to stick imo though