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[chesterismyhero.livejournal.com]

A girl I went to high school with just had a baby last week.

His name is Rohan. Pronounced Row-ehn, not Row-han (as she pointed out on her FB).

WTF? Why not name him Rowen then!?!

And since I'm posting, I've been pulling transcripts for a project and here is a list of a few names I've come across:

Micheryl
Cavin
Aaunterria
Breylaya
Cherrelle and Dannielle (twins)
Kiayana
Doneesha and Loneesha (twins)
Shevelle
Trance

Comments

[arbus.livejournal.com]

yea, i know a rohan. its pronounced row-hahn.

thats a shame. rowan is such a nice name.

[chesterismyhero.livejournal.com]

The husband and I were considering that if #3 is a boy, but not anymore.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I do not get the "looks like one name, sounds like another" strategy. It only makes sense if there is a language thing going on (like my friend Jan, named by his German mom, pronounced "yahn"). There is the most egregious case in my husband's family, which I know I have mentioned before. A little Kailani, prounced Kay-lynn. All the Is are silent I guess!

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

those are all horrible. rohan is ok, but i like rowan better. actually roanoke would be kinda cool.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

A little Kailani, prounced Kay-lynn.

Wow.

Wow.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

That makes no sense. That's like naming your kid Eilyizaibiethi and saying 'Elizabeth. All the 'i's are silent!'

It just...makes no sense!

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I know. It hurts my brain.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

The message is: stay in school, kids!

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I know of someone who did the same thing. I was all stoked seeing Rohan since I'm a Lord of the Rings geek, and then she said it was pronounced Rowan. The kid is about 5 I think.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

It could be after Rohan (Row-hahn), as in Lord of the Rings.

I actually don't mind it, but it's probably because I'm a total geek. I prefer Ronan to all of these names, however.

EDIT: Read the post better, and that's a shame. It's like... kr8ive fail. They should have googled Rohan before naming their kid that.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

That's just going to cause trouble. In LotR Rohan is row-hahn. So yeah. But still a nice name... Rowan or Rohan.