Tobias?

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

My brother and SIL are going to be welcoming a new nephew within the next week. The parents are naming him Tobyahs. What's the general preferred spelling on this? I hate this spelling personally although I like the name Tobias/Toby. :)

WDYT?

Comments

[frost.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Tobyahs before, and probably for good reason- that spelling is horrible.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Yup that's what I thought too. Must be another one of those "unique" spellings. :-(

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Yup pretty much! I keep thinking that my brother has at least one normally named nephew from me (Dylan). :-)

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Absolutely love Tobias. (And Toby!)

Tobyahs however is kind of a WTF name for me. That spelling makes me want to change the pronunciation to TOBY-yeahs. Not good.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Tobias is nice, but Tobyahs is pretty godawful. It looks like it's pronounced "Tob-yaws."

[mikanala.livejournal.com]

I love the name Tobias.

I got two kittens last year who are brothers and ended up calling them Tobias and Thomas. :)

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

tobyahs has got to be the worst spelling of tobias ever.

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

Adding my voice to the general "oh no!" Tobias is a great name, Tobyahs is awful. It's not like Tobias is very common, which is *usually* the rationale for spelling a name kr8yvly.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Um, Tobias is the only way to spell it. Tobyahs is just ridiculous. It doesn't even phonetically make sense to be the same as Tobias. Oh, I really hope they change their mind on that one. :/

[starskye.livejournal.com]

Tobias/ Toby is a great name. I don't like that other spelling at all. it's hard to read, and I guarantee he's going to be spending his whole life spelling it and pronouncing it for everyone, when it could be very simple and still unique enough if they would just spell it the right way.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

They can't spell. At all. Poor kid. :(

Thanks! That's my son. :)

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Yeah me too. Why can't people be normal with spelling?

See it makes me go Toby-AHHHHHS. Either way, ridiculous.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

It is, in fact, pronounced "Tobias."

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

I think it's a great name too, just not the way they're spelling it.

Very cute kitty names btw!

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Pretty much my rationale. The only time I've heard the name Tobias/Toby recently is from Arrested Development and the actor. Love it, just hate the spelling.

Every time she posts it on her Facebook I cringe inside.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

I'd say something to the father, but I think it'd be rude, LOL. Oh how I wish I could tell them it sounds stupid.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he will be, but he'll join the rest of the kids of his generation doing the exact same thing.

So, so glad I have normal tastes in names. I just wonder why people don't think about their children being strapped with this name the rest of their lives. :(

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

This.

[auxoriousrex.livejournal.com]

the only tobias i know.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I adore Tobias, it's in my top 5, but Tobyahs? That looks like it should be pronounced Tob-yozz. That's just stupid, imo.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Haha, me too! Also... hilarious.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Agreed!

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

Preferred spelling? There's only one spelling for this name, and it's Tobias. Tobyahs makes me think that the parents need to:

a) go back to school. Fast.
b) be arrested (certainly prefer this option)
c) be sent to the asylum

That said, Tobias/Toby is a very cool name.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

If you saw these two, those 3 options would be very, very wise. :)

Oh very cool indeed! Now I have to cross it off my list because of them. :-(

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Ugh. This whole phonetic spelling trend needs to die.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[bluedano.livejournal.com]

I'm inclined to pronounce it the way it is spelled: Toby-AHs

Eek?

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

Big eek!