Che

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Am I mental for even considering this name for a boy?

Yes. It's a nickname.

It's a bit try-hard. I wouldn't go for a name that is associated with only one person. They'd probably end up being a Tory as well .

It's a bit of a stereotypical name. I can't imagine a Che as an accountant.

I like it but people won't pronounce it correctly most of the time.
Would you pronounce it as Che Guevara.

Haha thanks everyone, not that I should be getting name inspiration from the X factor but just heard the Che on there and really like it! Yeah I did think of the Che Guevara link but figured people might forget that once they got to know him?

Yeah pronounce the same and perhaps put the accent on the 'e' so people would know how to pronounce

What about Shane.

Don't like Shane :-(

I'd go with Shane, Shay for short. I'm sure Shane gets hate on this board but it's a normal name. Ok they're all in their forties now, but I've never bet a grumpy mean shane. shanes are good fun.

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I really dislike Shane a lot! :-( and I've seen Che spelled 'Shay' which I think is a bit chavvy. Might just leave it but thought I would put it out for opinion in case!

People will pronounce Che like Chee but Shane will be shortened to Shay thus sounding like Che but hey ho and fair enough.

I love Che, but maybe add a middle name so that if he turns out to be less revolutionary than his namesake he has a simpler name to fall back on

Che was Guevara'a nickname because of a vocal ticket that he had, or something to do with his accent, can't remember which.

I think with the accent people will probably know how to pronounce it, I couldn't bring myself to spell it Shay as it will put a soft 's' on it too and it feels a bit made up. Good idea about a sensible middle name!

There is also the Irish Gaelic name Sé pronounced Shay.

Che Geuvara's real name was Ernesto. Che was a nickname. It means something like 'brother' or 'hey you' . It is even as used a filler in conversation, such as 'OK, right..'

Unless you are Latin American and/or a revolutionary, I can't really think how or why Che would be appropriate.

What about Chae - Scottish abbreviation of Charles and pronounced so as to rhyme with hay but with a ch (if that makes any sense).

Chae was Chrissy's husband in Sunset Song (set text in Scottish schools at one point) but it's quite unusual - I know only one person who goes by this.

Che as in Che Guevara is pronounced Chay not Shay.

It's my DS's middle name, he has a Hebrew first name as he has a Jewish background although we were also including Guevara in our thinking (we went to Cuba on honeymoon). I like it (obviously!) but didn't consider it as a first name.

My dds go to school with a couple of boys called Shea - it's reasonably common in their school. I'd know about 5 maybe under 15. It's not shortened from anything like Seamus - they're just Shea.

Yeah, Scottish Chae.

This is really interesting! I didn't know there was Shea as a name. I did know Che was Ernesto and it was a nickname but seeing the guy on X factor made me think it was a 'real' name, might be a bit too out there!

Ps Scottish sounds good but no links to Scotland!

Shea is a 'butter', or some moisturising product from the shea tree. if that matters. If you can have Rowan as a name, why not Shea