KSAWERY or SEWERYN or NIKODEM?

[Leatherr]

For baby boy soon due thanks for comments any

[Motherfuckers]

Yes francis that was my first introduction too!
It desn't show your age, my teenagers like the velvet underground too

[SanityClause]

DD1 (17) has just done a research project at school about the literary influences on the songs of the Velvet Underground, coincidentally, Francis and Motherfuckers.

[PotteringAlong]

Nikodem for me. I like it!

[ipswichwitch]

Nicodem is my favourite - I love Nico for a nickname

[FRETGNIKCUF]

None sound too great in an English accent, perhaps they do in your mother tongue. Prepare for s lifetime of poorly pronounced names.

[Needmoresleep]

Sanity, I can beat that. When the were younger The drama teacher at DCs prep wrote the end of term play and had a bunch of 8 year olds singing "All Tomorrow's Parties". It was a case of spotting the parents who were giggling.

Meeting someone called Severin would do that to me. Nico though would be cool.

[GruffaloPants]

Nikodem is nice. I really like Seweryn but the spelling crossover with sewer is off putting. I do know a little Severin but understand why you maybe wouldn't want to change the spelling.

[dontwannapullahammie]

I'd go with nikodem, niko is a cool nickname

[BettyOBarley]

Another one for Nikodem - love the nn Niko

[Stevefromstevenage]

Yep I like Nikodem. It reads easily in English. I do like Seweryn but I would not have had a clue how to pronounce it without the input of MN. I don't like the other name.

[sashh]

When I saw this I thought it was oing to be a joke thread about unique spellings along the lines of Airwrecka / Erica

www.funniestmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/Funniest_Memes_i-ve-been-spelling-erica-wrong-my-whole-life_14877.jpeg

I'd go for Nikodem, it has the potential to be anglosised to Nick if your ds chooses to do so when he is older but links to your culture.

I'm also biased because I'm a supply teacher and I always appologise to the class when I do the register that I might get names wrong but please correct me and that is a name I could read and give reasonable stab at getting right.

[nooka]

I really like the sound of Seweryn, but only after being told how to pronounce it and agree with others that a name with 'sewer' in might not be fantastic.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Nikodem, love Niko.

[bumblemouse]

Nikodem is the nicest and will be easiest for English speakers to pronounce if that matters.

Sewery too much like sewer here

Really like the first one on hearing how it's pronounced but can't remember how to spell it now! (I'm on app)

[yeOldeTrout]

Marek is Polish & works well in English.

[Sophronia]

I like Ksawery

[WindPowerRanger]

Nikodem is very nice, but I really like Seweryn. Would yuo consider an Anglicised spelling, like Severyn?

[JenLindleyShitMom]

I really don't think it matters if it works in English

Fucking this a million times.

The English need to wake up and accept the fact it ain't all about them. The world does not exist to make words easy for English people to say with little brain effort involved.

OP regardless of where you live or intend to live then you name your child the name you love the most. You will say it a hundred times a day and it will be on your child that you love. Give them a name you love. Out of your list I like Ksawery best.

[JasperDamerel]

I think it does matter, to a certain extent. I grew up in a bilingual household, and my parents were careful to find a name that worked in both languages. If your child is going to be spending a significant amount of time with people who speak a particular language, it makes sense to choose a name which can be pronounced reasonably well in both languages, and doesn't sound like a rude or embarrassing word in either language. My aunts and uncles can't pronounce my son's name easily, and that's something I regret not having considered when I named him.

[badtime]

I think the main reason people are suggesting Anglicising 'Seweryn' is specifically because of the 'sewer' part of the spelling, and that that might lead to teasing etc. A previous poster used the example of 'Dikshit' as a perfectly normal name from her own culture that she would avoid in the UK, and I think that is a legitimate consideration. I don't think this is quite the same as going (for example) 'Oh, Pawel is too difficult, call him Paul instead.'

[FRETGNIKCUF]

It's not about xenophobia it's about a lifetime of explaining how to say a name constantly mispronounced.

My son has a grzergorz in his class, it is difficult to say and difficult to spell.

[yeOldeTrout]

Lots of nice Polish names here that don't sound like something rude or disgusting in English.