How to spell..

[RoamSeeker]

Hi,
The name I want to call my daughter would be pronounced Rome-E…how do you think I should spell it to try to minimise it being pronounced wrong
Romee or Romie (other suggestions welcome)
thanks

p.s my username is not related, the name of the pram I got her is Roam 😂

@have you considered Ann? 🤣

I think it will be pronounced a zillion different ways no matter how you spell it.

But it it easy enough to get right once you've heard it said by parent/child.

majority seem to say Romy so I'd go with that!

Always Romy

The name is Romy pronounced Rome-ee

If you want to call her Rom-ee you'd have to spell it Rommy

Like most words in English if there is only one consonant before and e or a y then the vowel becomes long. If there are two it is short.

This.

So Romee would work (for Row-me/Rome-e) ?

What's wrong with Romy? Romee looks dumb

I just prefer it, I know majority of people are saying Romy is the way to spell how I want it pronounced but I think I just had it my head too long that was Rom-y so it’s not sitting right with me yet (I will give it chance) plus singer in the charts is Rom-y spelt Romy.

Yes, Romee works linguistically and gets the same pronunciation. There’s a Dutch model called Romee -but I am not sure how it’s pronounced in Dutch. Romy is traditionally short for Rosemary, which is why it ends in Y.

Maybe it's not the name for you.

So Romee would work (for Row-me/Rome-e)

I don’t think so.

Romee looks like it would be Rom-ee, not Row-me. Its a bit like Johnny versus Joni.

I don’t understand how Romy doesn’t seem like Rom-y but Romee does 🤯

have you considered Ann? 🤣

Or Anne? 😂

Thank you x

😂😂 is the Ann or Ann-e?

How is Romilly pronounced? Romilly or Roamilly?

Op, if you introduce Romy as Rom-y then that's what people will call her.

Personally I much prefer Romy (rather than Roamy).

I don’t understand how Romy doesn’t seem like Rom-y but Romee does

In English is pronounce them exactly the same

In German or Dutch, Romy is Rom-y whereas Rome would be Rom-eh

Sorry Romee would be Rom-eh

I know two and they both spell it Romy (Row-me)

romy

Romy- or I know a Romey which is lovely too. As much as I am normally against adding extra letters to names, that spelling is my favourite I think.

Romy is one of those names where both pronounciations are correct. Roam-y or Rom-y are both acceptable and it takes seconds to correct people and then they’ll remember. I’d stick with that spelling though as it looks worse if people think you’ve tried to do a unique spelling. Romee looks like it should be said Rom-y anyway. Plus some people will pronounce the “ee” as “ay” as in esmee which opens even more complication.

stick to Romy and just correct if needed

Romey - Rome-y

Romy - Rom-y

I’ve only ever come across the name spelt Romy and pronounced Rome-ee. Never heard of Rom-ee.
If you do want Rome-ee, but not spelt Romy (not sure why!) then Romey would be your best bet, as I think most people would pronounce Romee as Rom-ee.

This is all a bit silly. If I'd always thought the name Dave was pronounced Dav and then when I wanted to name my child Dave I had to change the spelling to Dayve because of my previous error, people would say that was absolutely bonkers.

Agree that maybe it's not the name for you. Romey is about the only tolerable deviation.

For pp: Romilly is not pronounced rome-illy because the y is separated from the vowel by a number of other letters so there's no action that requires it to be a long vowel,

But Dave is pronounced Dave because of the E at the end

Romy should be pronounced Rom-y as there's no E

Spell it Roamy if that's your preferred pronunciation