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

Don’t like either. They both sound like you’re trying too hard to be dark and different. Raven has connotations with death and Shado rhymes with saddo.

I like Raven. Shado is not my cup of tea sorry

Shado I would 100% think is pronounced shay-dough. Like playdo
With sh at the beginning.

@Meganoctavia

Twilight characters had pretty normal names though

Except Renesmee which was absolutely ridiculous

I like Raven, makes me think of the show That's So Raven which I grew up watching and the girl was called Raven.

I dont like Shado spelt like that as I read it as Shay-doe and took me quite a lot of reading down the thread to realise it was Shadow. To be fair I don't mind Shadow spelt like Shadow though. It's very pretty and feminine as a name, similar sounding to Shana, Shawna etc.

@youvegottenminuteslynn agreed!

I assumed they're being daft teenagers, although technically I suppose that only applies to Bella?... I had DS in my teens and thank god for he was a boy because we had picked out a hideous edgy name for a girl that I would be mortified with now 🤣

Most of the other Twilight names were pretty decent though.

[quote EvilOnion]@youvegottenminuteslynn agreed!

I assumed they're being daft teenagers, although technically I suppose that only applies to Bella?... I had DS in my teens and thank god for he was a boy because we had picked out a hideous edgy name for a girl that I would be mortified with now 🤣

Most of the other Twilight names were pretty decent though.[/quote]
Just looked up a list to refresh my Twilight memory and they're actually all nice names IMO, except Emmet which I'm not a fan of. And Renesmee obviously - I'll never understand that decision!

Nope to both.

I am a teacher and if I saw this on the register I would pronounce Shaydo. So I think most people would. I think it's a terrible name to saddle a child with but Raven is okay .

OP if you want it pronounced shadow, why not just spell it Shadow?

Raven is nice.

Shado just sounds made up. Sorry.

Mmm, I must be old. All it makes me think of is the TV series UFO and SHADO (an acronym for Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation)...

Sorry, OP. Raven is better, if having somewhat dark connotations.

Shaddo (or any variant ending in o) is more likely to be rhymed with saddo than if it was actually Shadow imo. But Shadow is a very horsey name I think.

Shado I hate for all the try-hard, saddo reasons stated above.

I don't hate Raven quite as much but then I quite like Raven out of Teen Titans (a cultural reference you might want to bear in mind when making your decision, OP).

Yes! Raven from Team Titans!

Or Teen Titans. Stupid autocorrect.

Her grandparents will probably remember it as the acronym for the Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation in Gerry Anderson's UFO...

I saw 'Shado' and said 'Sado' so it's a no from me.

Poor child will spend forever saying 'there's no W in my name'.

Raven I can just about get although it's a stretch,

I like Raven but Shaddo sounds made up and a bit odd.

I think I both are awful. Raven if you had to pick. Shado makes you look like you can’t spell. Also calling your child a shadow seems odd and kids might tease her and call her saddo. Not for me!

Both idiotic, like a bad YA book.

I know a girl called Shadow. Her sister is called...Amanda.

So weird.

Shado is absolutely awful and looks like you can’t spell

Raven isn’t my taste at all but is better than misspelled Shado

Although as PP said Raven would be a bit of an odd choice on a blonde haired blue eyed baby

It's an awful name.

Sorry but I hate it.