I didn't think this name would be so unpopular

[spookybitches]

So all throughout my pregnancy, my husband and I kept our baby name choices to ourselves. My baby is now 2 months old, and nearly everyone we have met or spoken to, have mispronounced it. Granted, we haven't seen many people over the last few weeks, so now I'm starting to wonder if it's just my family or if it's really so unheard of?
My baby boy is called Cillian (DH Irish). My whole family pronounce it silly-an even when I've corrected them numerous times.
Can I ask if you would know how to pronounce Cillian? I'm worried I've set him up for a lifetime correcting people.

I'm reading it as killy-in but the c is throwing me off so I would have to ask how its pronounced before making a fool of myself if it was in real life lol

My name has two pronunciations, it really doesn’t bother me.
Sometimes I correct people, but rarely.

The first time fair enough, no excuses not to remember from there on in that it's Killy-an. That's just being rude.

I know the name, so I know it's Killian.

Don't stress for another minute about this. My friend and I had babies within weeks of each other. We both chose non-English language names, and both our families had trouble with pronunciation until... the children could say their own names.

It's easy to make mistakes (genuine or otherwise) to your face, but three year olds won't take that shit!

Killi-an I would have said

From Northern Ireland so know it's pronounced Killy-an. Just persevere and correct them everytime, they will eventually get it

I thought it was Silly-an .

First time I saw it, I thought Silly-Anne. Now I'd say Kill-Ian. Not great if you're named Anne or Ian!

Fantastic name, just keep correcting them. I'd pronounce it with a hard C. It's like any name you have never heard before, people just need to learn how to say it. Those who continue to mis pronounce it are rude, or perhaps not too bright.

Kill ian. I thought is was rather a well-known name to be honest.

Killian!
And with the gorgeous Cillian Murphy on our screens, how dare anyone mispronounce it! It's a beautiful name, OP.

Kill-eee-an

Beautiful name!!

Kill-ean. It’s an absolutely lovely name, I really like it. Your family are just being completely ignorant to keep pronouncing it wrong regardless of you telling them. I’d be very annoyed by that.

Kill-ian,I'm one of those people who have trouble getting pronunciation right but for your family to still be saying it wrong after being corrected makes them arses sorry.
Love the name

Honestly I don’t know the name so I’m not sure how it’s pronounced. I’d probably guess Silly-Anne or Kill-Ian but knowing that neither could possible be correct. If I were your family, I’d let you say it first then follow your lead. It’s a bit strange that they’re not accepting your correction and insisting on continuously mispronouncing it. Is it possible that they’re doing it on purpose to make a not very subtle, passive aggressive hint that they don’t like it?

I would be unsure how to pronounce it.

I'm alone in thinking it was Chilli-an!! I know Killians spelled with a K so wouldn't have guessed that with a C.

I know now though!
If I was corrected I'd never say it wrong again though. If people are insisting on Silli-an after being corrected, they're being dicks.

I suppose I might have guessed Silli -an.
Of course they are being rude to deliberately mispronounce it. No one needs telling more than once.
I guess they are subtly trying to tell you what they think of your name choice.

I read “Silly Ann” in my head.

Kill - ee - ann

Ooh it seems I got it right. I'm Scottish and I asked my husband who is english and he said Ky-lan then Sillian when I looked confused by his first response

I read it as silly-an, like Cillian Murphy

@CurtainWitcher is it really that hard for people to learn names from other languages?

Lovely name. Surely your family are being obtuse. They should only need to be told once unless there's some issue you haven't mentioned.

I would have pronounced it wrongly if I'd seen it written down, but if someone told me the name I think I'd repeat it correctly! Hope your family get it right soon, OP.