Made-up name

[marchpoppy]

OK, I don't want to give the actual name that I am thinking of (for a baby of either sex - due to be born in 2 weeks - eek!) but here is the formula/ problems:

Rhymes with two different names, one of each sex, so doesn't have an 'odd' ring to it.

Is not an actual name but is a word with positive associations - not a very long word BTW

Is not slang for anything nor the name of anything odd (as far as I can see from extensive google searches) - except for being the name of one (innocuous enough) body part in another language e.g. (but not) Japanese for elbow

I like the sound of it, I am sure that some friends will think it's an odd choice or even odd to make up a name but I don't like very popular names and this would have meaning for me.

What do you think - mad or brilliant?!

I'd think about how many times you and eventually your baby will have to explain/spell the name to people - does that put you off? My son doesn't have a made up name but it's unusual and I do get a bit fed up with the questions I get asked about it.

Surely 'Fen' was closer than 'Moy'?

Moy was a red herring to stop anyone winning the food processor. It's Ted Rogers I tell thee!

Is Ted Rogers still alive?

Ted Rogers is one of those people you just don't know if they're dead or alive, isn't he?

But sadly wiki tells me he died in 2001

Dusty Binn Liner RIP.

So, anyway, tell me OP, how long have you had this lurking sense of humour failure?

Koi, Zoi, Xoi, Voi, Eloi, Droi, Meloy

Without knowing what it actually is, I would say consider the following:

1 - Is there a risk the name will be mispronounced?
2 - Is there a risk you (or your child when an adult) will have to spell it continuously when giving the name over the phone?
3 - Have every other person saying 'Ooh that's an unusual name, where's that from?'
4 - Are you comfortable calling your child's name out in the street?

Really, I speak from experience as my (Scottish) mother wanted to give me and my siblings names from the country my dad is from (somewhere in Asia), so although I truly like my name, I have had the first 3 in the list my whole life, with the majority of people mispronouncing my name. It gets a bit embarrassing when after correcting them once or twice they still continue to say my name incorrectly (and make it sound horrible when I actually have a very nice sounding name).

So if it's an unusual but beautiful name, go for it, but if it's going to embarrass your child, then I wouldn't do it.