Like the wind...Apr 22, 2025

Should naming your children stupid names be illegal?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/36532372

Should naming your children stupid names be illegal? - sh.itjust.works

Alternatively, should children be allowed to change their names to one in a restricted list anytime before 18, then to anything after 18?

Show threadRegalPotooApr 22, 2025
If you are going to propose a law, you need to define “stupid”
Show threadLike the wind...Apr 22, 2025
Misspellings of popular names (Anna but spelled Aeigheynneah) and things that are judged to be too othering.
Show threadFuglyDuckApr 22, 2025

Aeigheynneah

how is that even close to pronounced the same as Anna? most half the word would have to be silent.

Show threadschnurritoApr 22, 2025
look up spelling systems of Gaelic languages (e.g. Irish, Scottish Gaelic), that is not too far off
Show threadMrsDoyle
For example Caoimhe, pronounced Keeva.
Apr 22, 2025 at 11:04amWeb
Show threadDebatableRaccoonApr 22, 2025
Despite having heard the name Siobhan (pronounced Sheh-vaugn), I never saw it written until many years later and in an unrelated circumstance so I assumed it was pronounced “Sigh-Oh-Ban”. Irish names are insanely confusing for anyone who isn’t Irish and I’ll eternally argue there’s no shame in getting one wrong.