Girl’s name, Mehri?

[Bookworm55]

A Persian name pronounced a bit like Merry, thoughts?

I thought it would get confused with Mary not because they are actually pronounced similarly but because people don't always listen properly or hear what sounds familiar. So although I think I'd pronounce it like Merry if you introduce her they might not catch it right

People tend to get the stresses wrong with foreign names - but I think I’d look and think meh-ree (fast) not meh-ri (long-short).

It’s very pretty, I would use it.

When I read the thread title I assumed it would be pronounced something like “May-ree” but it never occurred to me that it’s similar to Mary because Mary isn’t a popular name at the moment. Well not in England anyway dunno about elsewhere.

I’ve been saying it out loud here. I quite like it now... (family are like ) - if you can get a wee short ‘g’ after the h.

Does it go well with the surname? Any middle names?

I think it’s great. I wouldn’t be put off by the Mary thing, she will get Mary here and there but so what?

Fwiw my name isn’t English, people struggle with it and I get called the closest English equivalent sometimes but all I do is correct people, it’s not a big deal.

My name is (technically) English and people still mangle it. Sometimes even get called something quite embarrassing...

Love it.

She is just going to get called Meh though isn’t she?

Well I guess it’s better that little Fatima - gets called fatty or farty (goozie).