Opinions on this unusual name?

[Meganoctavia]

So i was planning on naming my daughter Raven, she's due in September, but i found a really nice unusual name but i don't know what other people would think about it, Shado. What do you think of the name Shado? TIA

Way too gothic...

Please don’t.

Raven is nice though.

Raven Shadow Octavia ??

Don’t do it

People really quickly jump to ‘made up’ rather than from another culture.
If you have links to India, why not use Shado.

Keep to Raven. Shado is just strange.

I prefer Raven, one thing that comes to mind is the Ravens connection to omens of death etc , but I also considered it before this. Is she likely to be dark haired? Not sure it would suit a blonde baby! Shado is an excellent name for a black lab but not for a baby in my opinion

Using standard English pronunciation rules, most people will pronounce 'Shado' 'Shaydo'.

If you want Shadow, I'd spell it Shadow, though its not an unusual name so much as it is a word. I would prefer Raven personally, but if you want it pronounced Shadow, spell it Shadow or you'll both be driven mad by correcting people constantly.

Shado should be pronounced Shay-doh
If you want to use Shadow, spell it Shadow

@Cleverpolly3

If I’m being honest they both sound like stage names from the tv show Gladiators

Definitely bloody loved that show

Shado the sheepdog. Don't do it.

Raven is at least a name. I'm not keen but wouldn't blink at it.

Shado, I'd think all sorts of negative things about you (rightly or wrongly). It's a name that you, and probably your kid, will be judged negatively for.

The reactions on this thread is the reactions your child will get when they tell people their name.

Sorry OP, dislike both. IMO, babies and goth names don’t really go together. 🤷‍♀️

My neighbour has a collie named shadow, it really suits the dog, a baby not so much.

Shado the saddo- children can be cruel

Octavia is lovely

Raven is not so lovely

Both are terrible, sorry.

Shadon't (couldn't help myself, sorry).

I actually like both names, but I'm so used to shadow that the missing w bugs me even though it's not really missing. The meaning of land(?) doesn't do it for me either.

The eldest Owen child on My Yorkshire Farm is Raven. She has red hair. She's studying medicine and is a lovely girl. I thought OP had got this name from the programme. Shado is awful, but Raven is fine and will probably become more popular as will Clemmy.

Raven is lovely. Shado not so

I got Shaydo or Shahdo - certainly not Shaddo - so I'd say you'd be setting the kid up for a lifetime of mispronunciation and misspelling.

I don't like either.

Both sound very dark and Shado comes across as trying too hard to be unique and failing, as well as being a spelling fail!

I wouldn't have thought being named Shado has any good connotations? Usually a bit of a put down to call someone a shadow and Ravens are bad omens of death and lost souls. Grim.

Raven is better than Shado(w).

Why start your child’s life without life and with sinister. Sky, light, love flipped fried egg is better than sinister Raven and sad shado.

Are you a fan of The 100? There are characters Raven and Octavia in that show. I like Raven. Not keen on Shado at all.