Reith for a boy?

[mommyinthemiddle]

Come on thrash me down again, what do you think?

Is it the same as Rhys but with a lisp?

Do you pronounce it the same as you would funeral wreath or Xmas wreath?

no.

kind of i suppose pronounced Reef. Family name, scottish in origin.

Is it after Lord Reith, who founded the BBC???

looks like Keith

yes hobbogoblin.
I do actually love it the more i say it and has a lot of meaning to me. But just wondered what MN thought.

sounds like your meant to be saying some other name but have a lisp.

if its pronounced wreath - all i have to say is - your insane.

try nazgul
or

raith

I wish Puppymonkey, then i would belong to a very wealthy family.

My Dh thought a friends husband was called Justin for ages and ages as his name is Dustin and he just assumed my friend had a speech impediment as he hadntheard it before
You'd get all the kids at school with 'Reith' mentioning the name at home and then 30 Christmas cards all addressed to 'Rhys'

custy

Sounds like a surname. And the pronunciation is unfortunate.

Sounds like poor pronunciation of Reece or of a wreath - dont like it personally, but if it fits locally, then that is ok!

as in BBC lectures? I have a cousin called Wreford.

Sorry is it even a name?

what about Keith or even Heath?

I like it , don't listen to anyone else i think its a fab name, better then some of the names that pop up on here.

DH wanted this for a boy after Lord Reith (DH is rather a fan of the beeb), but I wasn't keen because of the Rhys/Rees connection and everyone assuming you'd pronounced it incorrectly. But if you love it, go for it.

Could you have it as a middle name?

I actually posted a thread (and got a teeny bit flamed) last year because I met a Rhys and Summer and their Mum had a really bad lisp and I found it funny.
That's all I can think of now, sorry.