To give our DD a name that me and her dad pronounce differently?

[TheYellowHill]

One of us pronounces it Vi-uh-lut and the other Vi-lut...

Can we still use it?

Ethylred ^Some people call me Ee-thile and others E-thil.
Wish I'd been Butyl, everyone pronounces that the same.^

This made me howl. Chemistry jokes. Love it

I have a Kamran. The English pronounce it Cameron, whilst the proper pronounciation is Kam-ran. He doesn’t mind.

No, it will confuse the kid (and everyone else). Choose a different name, one that you both agree on

I knew a girl called Catriona, pronounced Kat-reen-ah but some people insist on saying it Cat-ray-oh-na. It’s like people who say Cheryl with a ch (as in chips) sound rather that Sheryl. I also know a Sian who got fed up correcting people that her name was ‘Shan not Sy-an’.

"My nephew is Christian, any one who calls him Crishtyun is likely to get a punch in the mouth "

ha ha ha, this is the one that occurred to me when I saw this thread. I saw a little kid in a supermarket with (presumably) his mum and she was constantly calling him "Chrish-jun". It (completely unfairly) really annoyed me

I get 4 different pronunciations of my name. I answer to them all . Two different spellings too, the one on my birth certificate which according to my mother was wrongly spelled by my father when I was registered (the one I use) and the 'correct' spelling which my mother uses when she sends me anything through the post.

I wanted to call DD Talia but DH and I couldn't agree if it was 2 or 3 syllables so I didn't use it. DH couldn't understand why it mattered!!

It's pronounced vi-o-lat.

My mum and dad pronounce my name (one of those that was mega popular in the 70s and 80s) differently. DH pronounces it differently again. He and I definitely pronounce the dc's names slightly differently, also our surname come to think of it. It's not a problem at all.

Totally fine. I have an Irish accent, dh has an English one. So no matter what we chose we were always going to pronounce slightly differently!

Our eldest DD is Helena. She's 29 now and I have never heard anyone say it other than the way we intended.

When I worked overseas I had a colleague called Geraint. The only people who could pronounce his name properly were me and another colleague, both brought up in Wales. The numerous permutations people came up with kept us constantly entertained: Gu-raynt or sometimes Ju-raynt or even Ju-ray-int, always with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable!! We couldn't see the problem - it's just like Thomas or Stephen or Philip or David or any of those 2-syllable names with the stress on the first syllable.

Not so much to do with pronouncing but my daughter is called Margot the t is silent and the amout of people who call her mar-got (which isnt even a name!) Drives me crazy but i just correct them and carry on lol

yes, my daughters father and i pronounce her name slightly differently. Its a welsh name with a very close english approximent and I say it in the welsh way, he says it in the english way. Sort of like if she was called Megan, i'd say may-gan and he says meg-un. that kind of thing. its never been an issue.

Cmad116 You should tell them all the story of the 1930s actress Jean Harlow repeatedly pronouncing the T in Margot when speaking to someone of that name. In the end the lady in question was so pissed off she came out with this zinger: "No Jean, the T is silent - you know, like in Harlow"!!!!

Ive never heard that story before had to google it lol

But why do some people miss out the o sound in violet?
I’m now wondering if they say vi-lin for violin , and vi- la for Viola.

A sweet nickname for Violet is Vivi "Ve ve"

I say Vy-lit.

Depends if it'll grate.

My friends daughter is Imogen and her gran pronounces it 'Immi gin', it really annoys her.