Sian or Macy

[Surf4life]

Hi,

Currently expecting a baby girl. Macy has been a favourite during this pregnancy but DH has just suggested Sian and we love both! I prefer Macy slightly more and DH prefers Sian. We have a DS called Lincoln btw. So it would either be:
Sian Abigail Louise
Macy Elle Louise

Please don't call her Macy - it's awful!

I'm not mad keen on the name Sian, but it's a perfectly good name. Go for that one, but keep Abigail as the middle name.

Macy has the potential for people to mishear her name as the more common Maisy / Maisie, so that she'll be forever correcting it. So I'd go with Sian (although if you're outside of Wales she'll probably be correcting wrong pronunciation / having to spell that too).

Maisie and Maisy are much nicer I agree

I like both names but prefer Sian. An alternative could also be Shana

I don't like Macy but Macy Elle is even worse. The ee at the end of Macy runs into the ee at the beginning of Elle, leading to either one long name, that people won't quite know what it is, or an awkward glottal stop. also vaguely like maisonette
With Macy being a shop, Macy Elle could easily be their 'Junior Miss' range.

It can also be shortened to mace, which has unpleasant connotations, and is likely to misheard as Maisy.

I quite like Sian. I've never even been to Wales but I know how to spell and pronounce it.

Sian

Sian is much nicer and is surely common enough that people will know how to pronounce it

Would you be pronouncing it the welsh way or Si-an?

You mean the welsh way or the wrong way?!

Macy is lovely

What's the Welsh way? I would say Sharn, but I'm not Welsh

There is no "Welsh way" is there? It's just Sian, pronounced Sharn. It is a Welsh name. You can pronounce it or you can mangle it.

That's what I mean though, it's a welsh name, so either you pronounce it correctly or not!

I ask because I know a Sian who pronounces it Si-an, I agree it's wrong. Although I'm welsh, I live in England and English people have funny ideas about how to pronounce Welsh name, I know as both my daughters have welsh names! I would go for Macy over an incorrectly pronounced Welsh name.

Thank you for all your replies! We would probably pronounce Sian- Sharn the wrong way but we a thinking of ditching Sian as neither me or Dh are Welsh (I'm a kiwi!) and we may end up moving to NZ so that name wouldn't really work in NZ (currently live in UK)

Thinking of going back Macy with Sian as the middle name as both me and Dh have gone off Elle. Macy Louise Sian?

We quite like Indiana but that would sound ridiculous with Lincoln (and that we like American town/state names). Still like Abigail too..aargh!

You seem to have a real mix of names! From American (Lincoln, Macy), through classic 80s (Louise), to Welsh (Sian) and topped off by the slightly more timeless (Abigail). This is a good thing btw. So much easier than the 'I only like names from Vanuatu and they have to rhyme with fractal" threads.

I am not massively keen on Abigail but only because it nearly always gets shortened to Abi/Abby/Abs etc and it's not nearly as beautiful as the full name.

Indiana's good too though I prefer India.

I like Macy too btw. I suppose I think of Macy Gray if anything.

It's more like Shahn than Sharn but in many accents the latter sounds like the former. So you're not wrong op.

Si-an is and always will be a hilariously incorrect way to pronounce the name.

I'd guess the majority of MNers will pronounce Sharn and Shahn the same. I'm a hopeless non-rhotic speaker. If I try and pronounce the r I look and sound like I've realised my oyster is off just as I've swallowed.

i can't hear the difference between Shawn and Shorn for Sean in my accent (or anybody I know for that matter), as I discovered recently on another thread. Unsure if it's a Welsh thing generally or just common where I live in Wales.

What about fork and pork? They shouldn't rhyme really but I can't manage anything but rhyming them. Shawn and Shorn are the same too.

Another vote for Sian (and of course it's a classic name )

Fork and pork don't rhyme?!

I would be genuinely grateful if someone could explain that...

i can't tell the difference between Shawn and Shorn either!

Thanks guys! Still deciding on Sian, I love it but am worried about the confusion. Tbh I'm not mad keen on the Louise but its my mum's middle name so I'll keep it.

Sian is lovely.
Mach not so lovely and will probably date her. (I have a 70s name but was born in the 60s, so that actually works out well!).

Sian Louise is brilliant.