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How would you pronounce "Shai" & do you like it?

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happytobemrsg · 04/01/2018 19:55

DH & I will be TTC #2 in a few months. DS is called Noah & we want to pick another Hebrew name for #2.

We both like the name Shai for a boy however I don't want to have to always be explaining how it's pronounced. That will annoy me & him!

So how would you pronounce it & do you like it?

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Casmama · 04/01/2018 19:57

I think it would be pronounced like shy and I do quite like it. If it is pronounced shay then less keen.

PringlesPirate · 04/01/2018 19:57

I’d pronounce it “shy”

TabbyCat864 · 04/01/2018 19:59

I would pronounce it 'Shay'. I quite like it.

FizzyGreenWater · 04/01/2018 19:59

I'd say Shy.

It's ok. Not lovely, just ok. Not much to it. Noah is much nicer.

Shalva1970 · 04/01/2018 20:00

Shay

Fekko · 04/01/2018 20:00

Sh-eye?

FizzyGreenWater · 04/01/2018 20:00

And yes if it's Shay I don't like it at all. Not sure why.

MrsHathaway · 04/01/2018 20:00

Shy

I knew one at university (he studied Hebrew as it happens) who would put me off using the name by association. But I don't think it's too "out there".

Noah is very mainstream at the moment. Equivalents would be more like Jacob, Isaac, Reuben - all Torah names!

autumncolour · 04/01/2018 20:01

Without knowing the origin, I would pronounce it 'shy.' I think I would worry DC might get nicknamed shite. Sorry.

AfterSchoolWorry · 04/01/2018 20:01

Shy.

I'm afraid I don't like it much as a name.

Cheekyandfreaky · 04/01/2018 20:01

I would pronounce it ‘Shy’ not keen. If it’s supposed to be prounounced ‘Shay’ I would spell it ‘Ché/ Che’

gingerbreadmam · 04/01/2018 20:01

I like Shay. Shai (shy) makes me think of a really very sad book I read about child abuse which is all I think of when I hear the name.

BathTangle · 04/01/2018 20:02

I'd say Shy. I quite like it and like the idea of a Hebrew name but suspect people will assume it is a "made up" spelling. Depends if that would bother you!

ShatnersBassoon · 04/01/2018 20:03

Like Chay, which is OK. If it is like shy, then I'm not so keen.

RunRabbitRunRabbit · 04/01/2018 20:03

Shy. Which is asking for quips about his confidence level for the rest of his life.

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happytobemrsg · 04/01/2018 20:03

autumncolour oh no I hadn't thought of that nn

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happytobemrsg · 04/01/2018 20:03

It is pronounced "Shy" so it looks like the majority of people would pronounce it correctly

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happytobemrsg · 04/01/2018 20:06

RunRabbitRunRabbit That's one of my concerns.

MrsHathaway it's annoying how popular Noah it but it was the only boy name we could both agree on!

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fannyfelcher · 04/01/2018 20:07

Sorry but any name that is pronounced "shay" always instantly makes me ask " Where do whores go?" In Tyrion's voice from Game Of Thrones. I have tried and tried to get rid of it but it sticks. I recently mentioned it to a friend and she said she did the exact same thing.

AstridWhite · 04/01/2018 20:09

I have never heard Shai, only a boy called Shay and a girl called Shaye. I like it for a girl, less so for a boy.

I guess Shai would be pronounced like Shy which doesn't really work for me.

Somewherethatsgreen · 04/01/2018 20:09

Shay. I know a female Shay, who is somewhat horrible.

ScreamingValenta · 04/01/2018 20:11

"Shy"; and it's not a name I like. It sounds a bit too try-hard.

ChanandlerBongsNeighbour · 04/01/2018 20:11

I would say Shy, if it had an e instead of i then I would pronounce it Shay

SandyBeyatch · 04/01/2018 20:12

"Shy" like Thai would be my guess.

AstridWhite · 04/01/2018 20:12

somewhere the Shaye I know is a sweetheart, so I like it because of that. It's funny how associations can sway opinion so much.

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