Rioghán

[Babyboyno2]

Got this into my top 3. Just curious of how people would pronounce it, is it “REE-ON”

@Releasethebat know 2 and then going through lists online came across it.

I would have no clue, sorry

Oh I assumed girl.

Could it be Raygun the Australian breakdancer?

People generally make an effort to do so in the same way I would if it was a name from a different culture - most people in the part of the UK I was in did fine! Although I did live in a pretty liberal area, could be different in a UKIP voting place. If someone didn’t make effort I would see it more as their issue and a good clue as to the type of person they are!

@Psychologymam , it depends on the name, and how much you mind if it's not right. Yours might have been ok.

If you have sounds in your name that aren't in English, then you just get an approximation. Some languages have many of them.

My point being it’s respectful to get it right, regardless of the origin. I recall HR having to send an email to everyone at work in relation to people not making a good faith effort to pronounce Asian names appropriately and being correctly reprimanded for it. It’s really not up to you to decide if people’s names are okay or not - how bizarre that you’d think that!

@Psychologymam , it is when it's my name.

I recently came across a Siobhan pronounced See-ban by the parents. I always thought it a fairly common name.
I have no idea how you'd pronounce the name, OP.

Yes to the pronunciation and fada. Also the howlers.

Rian is much nicer for a boy imo.

Or Ruadhan (fada on last A).

And I've never seen the name before...

I’m someone with a very unusual rare Irish name and generally when I introduce myself people listen to how I pronounce my name and then pronounce it that way too. It’s really not that complicated.

I love having an unusual name.

As a non-Irish pronouncer I'd have given it a bash as either Ree-oh-han or Row-han.

Ree-on sounds like Riona .It's also very close to Rian .

@Psychologymam , in fact, how dare you tell me that it is bizarre of me to think
It’s really not up to you to decide if people’s names are okay or not - how bizarre that you’d think that! when the people's name is my own.

You have no idea what my name is or how it is said, or how it is spelt. If you saw it you'd probably have no idea, and unless you spoke those languages, if you heard it you'd probably not get it right, unless you were familiar with the sounds.
Not all characters always print unless you insert special characters.

Re-oh-gain, makes me think of a hair growth drug. I would know it was Irish and ask how to say it correctly though.

I’m really confused - you have every right to think what you like about your own name - in fact you can change it should you wish (it’s an option) but I do dare to tell you that it’s disrespectful to judge others names. However, it sounds like you feel very passionately that everyone should have Anglo Saxon names and I feel like engaging in this discussion won’t benefit either of us - hence my earlier point that it’s a handy way of figuring out if you wish to engage at length with someone.

Why did they pronounce the name See-Ban?!

@Psychologymam , I have no wish whatsoever to change it. My name is not Anglo-Saxon.
My name has more than one sound in it that does not appear in English. One of the names has a non-standard character in it.

Very wise I think!

I think they must have seen it written and didn't connect. So strange, parents were told and they were surprised.

Looks like a made up name masquerading as an old Irish name. I'd pronounce it ree-awn and smile politely

Might be controversial but you get some kerrazzzyy spellings of Irish names in NI. Great that they're enthusiastic about the language, but would be better if they adhered to actual spelling rules. For example; fadas aren't just for decorative purposes! Who knew...

I'm irish too snd hsve noticed the difference in pronouncing names and words in general. However ulster hsve their own irish dialect so I wouldn't say they are howlers...just different pronunciation. Just like the difference in the English language between the 4 provinces too - especially between ulster snd the rest

I'm not talking dialect, I'm talking a lack of understanding of the language (reasonable given most don't learn it to any real extent). Fadas, fadas everywhere. And as many extra consonants as possible. The worst I've come across off the top of my head is Déarbhíle, who also gave her DC an incorrectly spelled Irish name but I can't remember what it was.