Thoughts on Aerith?

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So far it's the only name me and my husband have both liked for our baby girl.

I was always more of a fan of Tifa.

IMO Aerith is lovely, and with the FFVII remake coming very soon, more and more people will recognise the name.

Luckily there aren't many Sephiroths around as well.

Next child Belvedere?
Then Abby, would you think?

Then Plum? If Gwyneth Paltrow can call her child Apple....

We're thinking along the same lines, MaryHerbert.

Twins next, known by their second initials, A & D.

Charlton for a boy, of course.

Erith is a dump. No.

Erith. Of which Linda Smith used to say it wasn't so much twinned with Dartford as in a suicide pact with it. So, that's a no from me.

What if the child isn't like a whimsical fantastical being?
Nobody will know a) how to spell it b) how to pronounce it.
You'll get Airy/Eery/Fairy/Hairy

I would definitely assume you were a massive Final Fantasy fan. Not necessarily a bad thing!

I seem to remember some characters with actual real life names if you wanted a less obvious nod to the series (Celes, Beatrix, Rosa etc).

I don't like that.

People will think she was conceived in Erith, and she will spend her life having to spell her name to people

I don't think it's pronounced like Erith. The 'a' isn't silent. The 'ae' sound is longer, making it more like AIR-ith. Just as Aerin is AIR-in, so different to Erin.

Pronounced that way, I think Aerith is lovely.

Erith in Kent is what it made me think of.

Twins next, known by their second initials, A & D.

Twin A would be called Arse by his schoolfriends!

I much prefer Aeris and will be using that as a middle name if I can ever get pregnant... and it happens to be a girl

At least Twin D would get Doc.

They’ll spend their life telling everyone how to spell it and say it
I wouldn’t

@DramaAlpaca
"Just as Aerin is AIR-in, so different to Erin"

I thought Erin was pronounced Air-in too?

LizzieAnt I always say Erin with a short 'e', I've never heard it differently, always EH-rin. It's interesting the different pronunciations you come across on here.

Is it like Erin with a Th end? It's ok but where I'm from R is pronounced quite harshly so wouldn't sound as nice somehow

Nice name. Your child will have to put up with incorrect spelling forever. I have a boy with a foreign name. I know...

I quite like it.

I know of one who is about 2 now.

I must admit that I eyerolled when I heard it but only because it was explained as ‘she’s named after a character from one of her dads games’, i didn’t know that it was also a place. I wouldn’t purposefully name my child after either tbh but each to their own! I know how hard it is to find a name you both like and to have it poo-pooed!

I can't disassociate the name from the FF character, but if you're fine with that association, go for it, it's pretty

Also since Squeenix seem to be remaking the FFs at the moment it's possible that Aerith the character may suddenly be shot to cultural prominence in the distant future so that a bunch more people may realise the connection.

Thanks @DramaAlpaca, that's interesting about Erin. I've only ever heard it as Ay-rin (with Ay to rhyme with hay).

OP, I think Aerith might lead to some confusion about pronunciation too. I'm not a huge fan tbh but if you love it go for it

The Erith in Kent is pronounced eer-ith so the sound won't be too similar but I'm afraid that as PP have said it is a rather unlovely place.