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babynamesParents often change the spelling of a name to something that they like and think looks better. Do you think that parents can change the way a name is actually said to something that they think sounds better? They either know the actual pronunciation and don't care, or they saw the name without a pronunciation and came up with their own.
If you look at a name like Siobhan and say it with the B instead of a V, and you like that sound better, do you care that that's not how it's actually pronounced (if you ever do bother to find out)? Even something as common as Kaden - if you say cad-in instead of kay-den, could be mispronounced. Do you think that people should look up the correct pronunciation when they pick a name and use only that pronunciation?
A couple of years ago, a name that I really liked was Samaire (it's not a top favourite anymore). I had no idea how to pronounce it, so I started saying suh-mare. Recently, I found out that the name is actually pronounced like suh-meer-uh, but I still say it the way that I did originally.
As well, I think that the name Isolde is very pretty. And I was very convinced that it was pronounced is-old, like 'that girl is old' :) That's the way that I think it's the prettiest. I heard it being pronounced eye-zol-dee though, and I don't like that at all; as well, I don't actually know what the correct pronunciation actually is. I know that if I ever used the name Isolde (and it's not very likely that I would, it's not very high on my list of girl names), I would use my original pronunciation, right or wrong.
If you did use an 'incorrect' pronunciation on your child, and sometime after they were born somebody corrected you, would you change what you called your kid? EDIT: the reason I asked this question is because I read that with the actress Samaire Armstrong (Anna from The OC), her parents called her 'sam-air' for the first months before a person who knew the Gaelic language corrected her, and they corrected their pronunciation.
If you look at a name like Siobhan and say it with the B instead of a V, and you like that sound better, do you care that that's not how it's actually pronounced (if you ever do bother to find out)? Even something as common as Kaden - if you say cad-in instead of kay-den, could be mispronounced. Do you think that people should look up the correct pronunciation when they pick a name and use only that pronunciation?
A couple of years ago, a name that I really liked was Samaire (it's not a top favourite anymore). I had no idea how to pronounce it, so I started saying suh-mare. Recently, I found out that the name is actually pronounced like suh-meer-uh, but I still say it the way that I did originally.
As well, I think that the name Isolde is very pretty. And I was very convinced that it was pronounced is-old, like 'that girl is old' :) That's the way that I think it's the prettiest. I heard it being pronounced eye-zol-dee though, and I don't like that at all; as well, I don't actually know what the correct pronunciation actually is. I know that if I ever used the name Isolde (and it's not very likely that I would, it's not very high on my list of girl names), I would use my original pronunciation, right or wrong.
If you did use an 'incorrect' pronunciation on your child, and sometime after they were born somebody corrected you, would you change what you called your kid? EDIT: the reason I asked this question is because I read that with the actress Samaire Armstrong (Anna from The OC), her parents called her 'sam-air' for the first months before a person who knew the Gaelic language corrected her, and they corrected their pronunciation.
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