Why would you...

[TrumpsWigmaker]

Call your baby one name, but pronounce it a different way?

e.g. Baby name = Jean
Pronounced =John

Can't help thinking that this is setting the poor child up for a lifetime of correcting people.

(It's not Jean btw)

I have came across a Lewis pronounce Louis.
And a Steward pronounced Stewart.

I think it's sometimes the case that people don't actually realise and it's a little bit awkward to correct them. Maybe birth registrars should have special training in this area.

hmm, in the above example, then if you were French it would be fine.

Just as my dh is dutch, if we chose to use a name and pronounce it the dutch way, eg Izak (pronounced with eezack, not eyezack)

But otherwise, it would be a bit odd I think.

I wouldn't, it seems like a complete hassle for nothing. I would go with 'john'

Erm... Jean is French?!

They must be French! Jean is pronounced John (without the n).

Many names are pronounced differently in other languages.

Like calling a child Balonz and pronouncing it Jeremy you mean?

Bipi they're not French.

Pelvic

If it's Jean as in the French pronunciation, then I don't see a problem with it. Maybe they are mispronouncing the French name Jean? I don't think that's completely bonkers. There are plenty of Amelies, Louis(s) and Madeleines with English parents where I live. None of them pronounce the names in the French way (I used to live in France and speak French).

igotyoubabe - Jean can be the French name which is equivalent to John and pronounced pretty much like John, but with a softer J sound

Of course it can also be the English femal name Jean (as in Billy Jean King)

Fine if it's legitimate pronunciation from another country or language, I would assume parents have links to it.

Weird to make up their own though

If they are French then yes - by all means go for it.
But as you've said they aren't French, and don't pronounce it the French way, then it's a bit odd

She said it's not jean! That was an example I guess

It's also pronounced that way in Afrikaans - are they South African?

Oh sorry, not Jean? Well, it's hard to say, unless we know what the names are tbh.

I have heard of Bleu being pronounced Blue. That's a bit silly imo; like Guillaume being pronounced William, or Seamus being pronounced James.

Jean (the French pronunciation) and John aren't miles apart. It's really just the softer j and n in the French. Blue and Bleu are quite different. I think that most people would know that Bleu is not pronounced 'blue'; Bleu de Chanel etc.

Lewis pronounced Louis is even worse than Louis pronounced Lewis!