Hate DD’s planned baby name. Is it ever ok to say that?

[Giggsie]

I expect the answer is to keep quiet but I fear by future grandchild will be teased mercilessly.

I think it’s a lovely name and yes I’m aware of the myth

and tbh even some pretty straight forward names still seem to be a struggle for some people so I wouldn’t worry.

and no don’t tell her

The Greek spelling might get a lot of confusion, but the name itself I think is really pretty. In Nigeria the name Ayo means Joy.

You do as you please. My birth name is a English euphemism for a penis people got over it and just learned to deal with it and that was 30 years ago. Im sure they can cope w Crapper now.

Io to me is beautiful

I think it’s a nice name. But you could suggest Iona and abbreviate it?

Don’t know if anyone said but it means “I” as in first person pronoun in Italian and would be pronounced “eee-oh”

I think with European languages attacking vowels in many different ways they’ll hear quite a few versions on how to pronounce Io.

I work with someone called this but spelt Ayo. Never been a problem. I O could pose pronunciation problems

It's a nice name. Initially, people will call her Lo, but this will only be in intitutional settings and only once each time. So maybe not the most convenient name, but not bad enough for you to veto it.

How about suggesting Ione which is also from Greek myths (it means sea nymph I think) and they could say Io in the family for short.

Or Iona (the Scottish version)

No, she was from a Korean family

Same with any name, my name is a very popular 80s choice and it gets pronounced differently when I go abroad but so what?

Olivia is very popular at the moment and nobody says oh you can't call someone that in case it gets pronounced Oleevya.

I dont like it but see no bullying issues at all its doesnt rhyme or sound like dick or shit which us what was expecting you to say , it’s not hitler or Myra you need to get over yourself and get on board , say nothing unless directly asked

eye o

lots of people have names that need a bit of pronunciation explanation , my kids have Irish names

I think I'm the only one who likes it 😂 it's not that unusual is it? I remember "Lo" from the hills

But as you can see from the thread (and general knowledge), it’s the Greek name Io, not Lo. I like both!

I don't have general knowledge of Greek mythology sorry. Didn't think most people of child rearing age did...never seen it on a syllabus.

As above, I’ve known a couple of children with the Ayo spelling, which seems fine to me. Perhaps suggest that?

Could you not convince her to change the spelling but the pronunciation is the same? I went to school with an Ayo and they didn’t have a problem with how people pronounce their name (which is identical to the pronunciation of Io).

I honestly can’t believe people would think someone would get bullied for being called Io. As I said earlier I know an Io and I don’t know anyone who has misspelled or mispronounced her name once and she’s certainly never been bullied because of it.

I know a child with this name ! never seen or heard any issue with it at all - the children who know them and adults who know them will know their name.

I think you have an old fashioned apprroach OP.

Any British primary school now particularly in an area with diverse community will have SO MANY different names/ unusual spellings etc - it's just normal and nobody will think twice about it.

It sounds totally normal to me.

I agree but that doesn’t mean we should define the name by that rather than she swam a sea?

to me she never comes across as a victim

Hercales is always a far more depressing story than we have now due to the Disney and tv stories - not least he has become Hercules who is Roman!

From one grandmother of grandchild with ridiculous name to another….

Dont say a word or suggest anything.
You have had the heads up so you can prepare.
I was just introduced to Grandchild at birth and told her name.
She is almost 3 and I’m starting to get used to it . It doesn’t roll easy off my tongue and I hate writing it down. But that’s my problem!

However, more children have been born and given this name so it’s clearly popular and I’m not vogue enough.

But if she becomes famous and goes mononymously in her professional life, she could never appear on Only Connect in the missing vowels round!

I know an adult Io. She likes her name.

I like it.

Suspect once granddaughter gets older it won’t seem AS unusual. Our parents talked us out of what we thought was an v unusual name for our son and there are now 2 of that name in his year. Obviously now that he’s called the other name I don’t resent them for it because he is intrinsically that other name in my head but they were clearly wrong to talk us out of it. Like sometimes you think you’re being unusual but have actually caught a zeitgeist! If they are teachers there will be billions of more common names ruled out because of associations with little sh**s they’ve taught. Also, kindly, they know the peer group granddaughter will be brought up in better than you!

I'm not sure you can say anything. I wouldn't like it as, whilst Io was a strong woman, she was a woman who suffered and endured (which is how her strength is known). Where baby / children's names have distinct origins, I prefer stories of optimism and hope.