Che

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

How is it pronounced? My first thought was like the start of cheese, but then people started posting Shane, so I'm completely confused and the accent wouldn't help me!

Hi Lunar, with a 'ch' like cheese but ending in 'ay' sound

Sorry I meant to add, the ones I know all pronounce it with a sh like shut not ch like chop.

Che and shay sound completely different

Yeah I'm not into the 'sh' sound, I like it with the 'ch' sound

Che is my dog's name. He gets called Chee, Cheh, Shay, She all the time. Explaining it's pronounced Che, as in Guevara is met with blank stares about 70% of the time. Apparently he's not that famous. For a one syllable name, it's massively hard work. Doesn't bother my labrador, but gets boring for me and would be really annoying for any person with that name!

It means something close to mate / pal and is (or was) just how male Argentinians casually addressed each other. Convenient that it has a bit more street cred as a symbol of revolution than Ernesto!

In Cantonese it means 'village situated on a steep slope' and is pronounced more like Shair.

I wouldn't use it for your son!

Che is roughly equivalent to mate, so 'oy mate' kind of thing.

I love it.

I know a bloke called Che. He's English and it's his real name. If you like it go for it.

It's pretentious and try-hard, IMO.

Ernesto is also an awesome name.

I've seen Che spelled 'Shay' which I think is a bit chavvy.

Shay and Shea are both common name in Ireland, short for Séamus or from the surname Shea.

Not 'chavvy'.

Thanks all for opinions!

Sorry Sqoosh, didn't mean to offend, someone else mentioned the 'sh' spelling in Scotland/Ireland too - I didn't know.

Depends how you would pronounce it...
I like it if it's pronounced: SHay
But not: CHay

I assumed the X Factor contestant was using 'Che' as a stage name.

I bet he's really called George.

I thought the X factor chap was called Chay. That's how they wrote it on screen.

Ooh don't know, I like it with the 'Ch' not the 'sh' but not sure reading all the comments about the name as it is a bit out there isn't it?