To pronounce this name differently

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DH and I like the name Felicia. But we would pronounce it 'Fuh-liss-ee-a'
rather than like Feleesha. What would you think if you saw a baby with this name? Would people always pronounce it wrong?

Agreed - it's Cat Lyn

I would pronounce Katlin as cat Lynn.
I would expect Kate Lynn to be spelled Kaitlyn or Caitlyn.

People pronounce my daughters name wrong her name is katlin pronounced Kate Lynn some pronounce it cat Lynn!. How do you expect people to get the Kate sound without an i or an e ? I would say cat Lynn every time

I discounted many names that are pronounced beautifully in Greek but did not like the English pronounciation incase we moved back to the uk (we did). I wouldn't do it!

That's because you've spelt it Kat. What did you expect?

Katlin= Kat-lin

Kaitlin/Katelyn/Katelin/Kaitlyn etc = Kate-Lin

People are going to pronounce it how it is spelt. If you are going to get angry, spell it correctly

Yes people will always pronounce it in the traditional way

Both ways are traditional and correct.

Isn't Caitlin Cat-Lin too if pronounced correctly? I thought it was the Irish version of Kathleen

I think the proper pronunciation is something like Cotch leen but is anglicised as Cait lin.

I teach an al-eesh-a, an a-liss-e-a and an a-lees-e-a.

I would say fel-ees-e-a - but would only need telling once if I got it wrong.

Wait... Cat Lynn isn't pronounced like cat (the animal) and Lynn?

I would imagine Cat Lynn is pronounced Cat Lynn, horatio, yes.

You will probably need to correct people on the pronunciation but that's common place for unusual names. My youngest DD is Alyssia (Alice-ea), people struggle to prenounce it. Some older family members can't say it at all!

It's a lovely name. X

It has such a negative connotation these days. Bye Felicia! The poor kid would hear nothing else.

My own children are called Xzsdfjq and Spawn-of-Satan. - Jux

Pronounced "John" and "Sara" - Obvs!!

Agreed - it's Cat Lyn. 🎤💧bye Felicia 😂

I like how you want to pronounce it.

And most people will hear it way before they write it down anyway, so they;ll already know how to pronounce it.

My children all have unusual names and have often had to spell them out but they all say, 5 as adults, that they much prefer their unusual names to what they call boring names, even while admitting it's caused them extra hassle over the years.

They say its minimal.

It's pretty, I'd say go for it :)

To the person who knows someone with an Esme pronounced Es-may, isn't that how everyone pronounces it anyway?!

I would pronounce Caitlin as Kathleen until told otherwise.

Yes - Esme is prom Esmay

lol! It's a nightmare either spell it correctly and with correct pronunciation or choose another name ! I spend a lot of my working life with parents going no it's not said like that and me saying in my very clear dictation that's how you have spelt it/ or it reads doh!! All because the add extra vowels, or random constants. Then expect everyone that prounance the enitelligable name

I did teach a xaq once that I couldn't quite work out how to say at first.
Zach.

I've just had to Google Bye Felicia. It looks inane. I wouldn't let it put me off naming a child this.

However DD has a Dorothy in her class, and while DD doesn't know her, she tells me her pal Sarah IS a friend of Dorothy. I do like the name Dorothy but this did make me smile!

I would say it how you want it pronounced. I have heard it pronounced the other way as well. You could just call them Felicity instead... once a school knows they'll stick with the way you pronounce it. Worked once with kids call Mia, Mia, Mya and Maya. But each one wasn't said the way you'd expect!

My daughter's name is Katerina. Correct pronunciation is Kat er rin a but most call her Kat er ree na or Katrina!