Réaltín

[Herculesfan]

I love the name Réaltín meaning little star but my
husband thinks his family will struggle to pronounce it.

It looks like a name your child might struggle with when growing up- Real Tin

Are you Irish?
If you live in Ireland NBD at all!

How is it pronounced? Where do you live?

I wouldn't consider a name that half of your child's family would struggle to pronounce.

It's beautiful but people will struggle to pronounce it unless you are in Ireland

I’ve never come across it, but I’m not Irish. I’m from a part of the country where there are lots of people with Irish names though eg Niamh, Roisin, Seamus, Aoife, Malachi.

How is it pronounced? People learn pretty quickly.

@Caro678 Reel tarn.

Ritalin

gets coat

It’s pronounced like Rail-teen. I am of the opinion that once it’s said once people should then know how to say it.

Rail teen travel card

They will learn!!! I have gone with Irish names for my children, born in Scotland. Yes they were not familiar, but everyone has learned.

It’s a beautiful name. I have one in my class. I might hesitate using outside of Ireland but feck it shur they’ll learn to pronounce it..

It really is not. No r anywhere!!!

More like real tan.

Sorry no.
I understand people will learn it but I have a friend who moved to another country and has a very difficult irish name - she actually made up a 'work' name just for ease and will never say her name in coffee shops etc.

I glanced and thought that was the name for the Adah drug. Clearly not but just looked like it when not paying attention

I think it's lovely.
I would pronounce it as rail teen also.

I really like it. People will soon learn how to pronounce it... I wouldn't worry about that.

I think it's cute on a little girl but can't imagine it on a grown woman. It's a nice name and family will learn to pronounce it. But if she ever lives outside of Ireland she'll end up repeating/spelling it out a lot I think.

My first guess would have been completely wrong- Real tin. Just googled though and it seems straight forward (as an English person who doesn’t speak Irish.) What is the native language of OH family and if English is it British, American etc)

Just curious do the accents make a difference to the pronunciation in Irish- various websites come up one with no accents then with different spelling.

It's not pronounced anything like that. It's Rail-teen. The only R in it is at the begining.

OP - it's a gorgeous name. I don't think there are any sounds in it that any English speaker would struggle with so it should be OK.

I’m Irish, and I think it’s way too cutesy.

I can only explain it how I've heard it, that's how I've heard it from the mouth of a Derry man.

It's a lovely name. When I was in primary school in Ireland, there was a Réaltín in my class (as kids we used to pronounce it Rail Cheen)

I like it but you might struggle a bit with people getting it wrong if you're in the UK.
I say Rail-teen too.
@AtmosAtmos yes, accents do make a difference to pronunciation and also to the meaning of words, eg briste means broken, bríste means trousers and they're pronounced a bit differently.

I'm more familiar with the spelling Réiltín, which I prefer.

Pretty, slightly cutesy, gorgeous meaning and fine to use if you're in Ireland. I wouldn't use it anywhere else, two fadas to start with, plus it's not at all obvious how to pronounce it if you're not familiar with the Irish language.

Irish DH and I chose anglicised versions of Irish names because I didn't want my English family to struggle with pronunciation.