Tadhg or Paxton

[MarjorieX]

I'm pregnant with a boy and I quite like these two names. Tadhg is a name we have previously considered for our other sons but we didn't go for it. Paxton would be after my grandad. I'm so indecisive and my baby is due in a month so I'm really not sure on what name to choose. What are your opinions on these names and do you have any middle name suggestions for them? Thank you

I have a Tadhg! Traditional name in my husband's family (DS is the 8th Timothy/Tadhg/Thady) I love it. It's becoming a little more popular here. It's a bugger to get people to spell correctly though, even here. They often put the 'h' on the end.

Not at all Ochon. I live in an area where people have all sorts of first names.

Names that have sounds not in the English language get mispronounced. An example might be Khalid - some will say Kahl-id, some Hal-eed, others Kal-eed etc.

Names that aren't obviously said the way they look get missaid. For example, Siobhan might get called Sigh-o-ban, and after correcting them get called Shivonne.

Those are real life examples that I have witnessed.

You can correct people, but their ears won't hear the subtleties between sounds.

And you have people who can't say certain sounds - like those who say Theo as Feeo.

Names that aren't obviously said the way they look get missaid. For example, Siobhan might get called Sigh-o-ban, and after correcting them get called Shivonne.

Which suggests that people are listening and making an effort, rather than ignoring three correction because they dislike being corrected, as you claimed in your post.

Shivonne Is close enough to the correct pronunciation, given that there will obviously be some variation in the way people say things based on their accents.

It's not Shivonne though is it.

I'd say it's more like Shivaughan. But Shivonne isn't bad - a lot depends on accent really.

It's not good. It would be like saying Sean to rhyme with John.

I don't know...would it?
I pronounce Yvonne almost like Ee-vaughan though.
That's what I mean about accents

I’d go with tadhg (I’m Irish) so Have no issues with pronouncing

I hate when people start saying you shouldn’t use a name censure you are in England - why not?
People need to learn new names and how to pronounce names from different Countries - and they will - everyone you know will only need to be told once

I don't think outside of Ireland people will be able to say Tadhg without help.

Paxton to me is one of those naff American names that sounds like a surname.

Paxton - dreadful. Surname or stuffing for a chicken.

I know a Dublin Tadhg known as Tady, and a Cork Thaddeus knows as Ted.
Also several generations of Cornelius in Cork who vary between Niall and Conn.

Tadhg since yous are both half Irish. Tadhg fionn, tadhg Connor, tadhg Rory?

Eggandonion - I’m in East Clare, and our Cornelius’ are traditionally called Neilus!

Tadhg. I have a Niamh and I'm really glad I spelt it Niamh. Its beautiful. I really like Tadhg 😁

@MikeUniformMike - It's not Shivonne though is it.

I don't expect a foreigner to pronounce my name exactly the same was as I do any more than I expect someone from a different part of the country to pronounce it exactly the same. By your argument, someone from Liverpool is pronouncing Sara's name incorrectly if Sara pronounces it using a Devon accent, for example.

Disclaimer: I'm not familiar enough with the 2 accents to know if they say Sara differently but I'm sure you get my point.

On the subject of mispronounciation, you can't worry about that. As a child I read the names Daphne, Phoebe and Margot in books and pronounced them all wrong. I learnt. People learn

That's not my argument at all Ochon. You are being deliberately argumentative.

Just to add fuel to the fire, I pronounce Tadhg as Thige, ie tiger without the r and with a h added.

I'm Irish and live in the west of Ireland. This is how I've always heard ot being pronounced.

Tadgh is a great name and I think it’s becoming more popular now in the uk so I don’t think you’d have to guide people much with how it’s said.

@MikeUniformMike - well then I don't understand your argument. Maybe you could clarify?

What I took from what you said was people would mispronounce names like Shiobhan in a way that means it's not correct. My response to that is the reality is that most people are accepting of varying pronunciations of their name as they recognise that it will sound different in different accents.

You are being deliberately argumentative.

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[quote OchonAgusOchonO]@MikeUniformMike - well then I don't understand your argument. Maybe you could clarify?

What I took from what you said was people would mispronounce names like Shiobhan in a way that means it's not correct. My response to that is the reality is that most people are accepting of varying pronunciations of their name as they recognise that it will sound different in different accents.[/quote]
Siobhan isn't pronounced Shivonne. You are saying it is in certain accents and I don't believe you.
I used the example of Sean being said to rhyme with John to illustrate how wrong it sounds, and of course Sean doesn't rhyme with John, any more than Siobhan sounds like Shivonne.

Given that you have misspelt Siobhan, I don't think that you understand.

Siobhan isn't pronounced Shivonne. You are saying it is in certain accents and I don't believe you.

You're the one who said some people are likely to pronounce Siobhan as Shivonne . No, it's not a correct Irish pronunciation (which varies by area) but is close enough that most Irish people would accept it as a reasonable approximation given accent variability, particularly in a different country.

My misspelling of Siobhan was a typo. If we're going to be pedantic about it, the correct spellng is Siobhán.

I know.

The Siobhan I know hated being called Shivonne. It wasn't her name, and the reason they said it like that was because they were familiar with the name Yvonne.

You are being tiresome.

Having grown up with a first name there are two well known ways how to spell (think Jane / Jayne) so I had to establish that each time I gave my first name and then a surname I had to spell out EVERY TIME, then the main criteria on the list for naming my dc was a name that was easy to pronounce and easy to spell for the overwhelming majority of people in the country they would be growing up in.
So I wouldn't use Tadhg.

I personally don't like Paxton at all. I don't like names that sound like surnames being used as first names. That's my own tastes, which obviously are different from yours. At least it is easy to say and spell though.