Should we use an accent when spelling our baby name Renee?

[TheCleverMember]

Thank you to everyone who helped with our previous post.
We are now going to spell it
Renee

We are now debating whether to put accent on or not now
We want it to sound Ree-nee
We know the French pronunciation is ruh-nah and we do have french blood in the family.

She wants it pronounced ReeNee

Yeah

I'd pronounce it ren-ay.
With the accent it would be more likely to be pronounced ren-ay.

Without it might be pronounced ree-nee

That might get pronounced. Ree-nigh
Rhyming with lye

This is what I would do.

I think Irene is a beautiful name.

I would say Ree nee only as I knew a lady named that. Not overly keen on the name for a baby though.

The same - have an elderly great aunt called Irene

Rene pronounced Reenee is the shortening of Irene.

Only by very strange people.

If you want it to be pronounced Renee, then don’t spell it like that-with or without any accents.

When I was little, my parents had a friend called Rene pronounced Reenie. It was short for Irene so I’d do as others have suggested and call her Irene.

The original Greek version of the name could also be an option: Eirene pronounced very roughly Ih-ray-nay. It means ‘peace’.

I wouldn't pronounce Renee 'ree-nee' - accent or not, I'd assume it was 'ren-ay'.

I had an auntie Reeny, maybe spell it like that (or Reenie) if that's how what you want it pronouncing?

To me Renee is pronounced Renay/Renai. I have a name that most people cannot spell or pronounce. I have spent a lifetime explaining my name all the time. I would definitely not recommend anyone deliberately do this to a child.

I cannot see how anyone will pronounce Renee ‘Ree-nee’…

You want it to be… ree nee? Like rhymes with knee?

Because that was how it was pronounced in the UK until fairly recently.
Irene was popular in the first half of the 20th century and usually said as Eye-reen, Renee was the diminutive and said as Reeny.

How would you say Aimee?

Renee is pronounced Ruh nay or ren nay
if you want ree-nee, it’s just a different name entirely.

you need to use a different name. You could go for Alice or Emma. Much more practical and works in French.

I'd pronounced Rene 'reen' so that doesn't work.

If they want it pronounced Reenee, they should spell it Reenie (rhyming with weeny).

French Renee is Re-nay

I have a friend called Irini. Maybe go for that?

I really like Ree-nee short for Irene! I love Eirene pronounced I-ree-nee too but wouldn’t be optimistic that people in teh UK would know to pronounce it like that.

It's nice but she'd get it said in several ways. I work with an Eleni.

Yep agree - my name is relatively tame on the alternative spellings spectrum but it’s still annoying.

Rini?

Renee, with or without an accent, will be pronounced Renay.

If you want her to be called Reenie you need to spell it like that (or Reenee/Reeny). Or Irene as a given name and Reenie as a nickname.

With or without an accent, I think most people will assume you pronounce it like Renée Zellweger.

Isn't it asking for trouble to call your child by a name no one can agree how to pronounce or spell?

Also the way you want people to say it really reminds me of this old Small Faces track - Rene, the Docker's Delight! Sorry!