Andres as first name?

[Picadillo]

Hello, we are planning to register our DS name today but still indecisive about his name. I'm Filipino and like the name Andres as it is the Spanish/Filipino version of his dad's name. But the few people we have mentioned it to so far have been a bit shocked by it I guess?

We realise it isn't a common name here but are worried we'd be putting him through a life of people misunderstanding his name even though we thought it was pretty straight forward 😅

His full name would be Andres Adin (Aidan)

The Adin bit comes from my grandmother name Nida spelt backwards but may change it to the traditional Aidan name. But don't feel it rolls of the tongue?

Are our concerns valid, we have a bit of time to reconsider. Any options welcome thanks :)

I would also think it's quite straightforward. However, I wonder if people are mishearing Andrex, like the toilet roll?
Otherwise I would have thought it's quite usable, and people might be familiar with the name through the footballer.

Is it on-dray?

It would be pronounced An-dres

I think it’s nice. It’s easy enough to say and quite an international name, in that people will be used to Andrew, Andre, Andreas. I prefer Aidan to Adin though.

Does it have an accent on the e? I prefer Andreas. Adin is ok but 'a din'.
Nida to Aidan is a bit of a stretch but the name is OK.

Sound too much like toilet roll to me

@RuthW , it's An-DRES not AND-res. Sounds a bit like Undress.

With you being Filipino it's not unreasonable that he has a name to reflect your culture especially if growing up over here so I think people who pass comment deserve a hard stare. It's quite easy to say (yes he may get a few not quite right pronunciations at first but they will pick it up) and hardly out there. I do wonder though about having a name so similar to his father (Andrew/Andy) and whether that's more of an issue/point of confusion?

Not keen on Adin tbh - it's not your grandmother's name and it's not Aiden or Aidan eitherq so it feels like a bit of a swing and a miss. Unless its a Filipino name in its own right? Is there any other family name? Or even a family surname that would honour her if you want to include her?

I guess the one thing to be aware of as that in the UK a lot of people seeing it written will guess at a pronunciation of On-Drey.

A relative has her grandfather's first name as her middle name, and although it's a bit weird seeing the name in full, and she does use her full name. Her middle name is a man's first name and not a surname so it's something like
Emma Edward Brown. Once you get your head round it, it works.

Could you use Nida as the middle name?
I'd suggest using Nido but that's nest.
Odin is fab even if not Spanish or Tagalog.