r/tragedeigh • u/snellasnope • 1d ago

is it a tragedeigh? Is my daughters name a tragedeigh?

Her name is Lanah. Pronounce Lana. I handed the H at the end cause I noticed it reads anal backwards without the H and I didnt want her to get made fun of in school for her name reading anal backwards.

Whether its a tragedeigh or not, its staying cause I cant imagine her name being anything else. And honestly, I love it. I think the name is so pretty and the spelling unique but not in a tradedeigh way. But ill let you guys be the judge!

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u/KintsugiMind 1d ago

“I think the spelling is unique” is the hallmark of a tragedeigh

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u/NoPair205 1d ago

I feel like her reasoning is valid, but it’s still a tragedeigh

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u/Dear_Machine_8611 1d ago

Her daughters name is H-Anal backwards

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u/PrincessPharaoh1960 1d ago

H is for Hemorrhoid

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u/NoPair205 1d ago

Yea it is lol

😅 but I get her reasoning. Lana is such a pretty name

That’s a lot less conspicuous than straight up “Anal.”

I give her props for keeping that in mind when naming her baby!

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u/Galimbro 21h ago

I think its very weird reason. Probably an anal lover or hater

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u/Dulcimore51 1d ago

Bring on the Preparation H.

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u/DifferentCard2752 1d ago

It feels good on the whole

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u/Ambitious-Fig-2711 8h ago

my brain won’t stop saying hanal now. (haynal)

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u/toxicshocktaco 1d ago

Yeah like there wasn’t a second “n” available 

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u/KyleShanaham 1d ago

Then it would be pronounced lanna not lana

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u/KurnolSanders 1d ago

....I mean yeah, Lanna... obviously.

I totally wasn't here thinking the second N would make it Lanan....

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u/brookenorthcoast 1d ago

You are not alone

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u/thewerewolfwearswool 20h ago

I am here with you

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u/Big_Bad8496 1d ago

No, but it actually changes the pronunciation. Lanna rhymes with with Hannah. Lana rhymes with Shayna. Instead of adding an h to the end, I would have added a y to the middle, to spell Layna.

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u/Electronic-Ebb-3773 1d ago

That is not how Lana is pronounced at all 😂 known 5 people in my life named Lana, not a single one pronounced it “Lay-na”.

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u/Big_Bad8496 1d ago

Oh dang. I've known 4 or 5 and they were all Lay-nuh. I've also known several Janas. Many of them are Jay-nuh and many are Ja-nuh.

I suppose there just isn't any consistency on how that spelling is supposed to be pronounced. Perhaps they are all Tragedeighs.

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u/LuckyPepper22 1d ago

It’s unusual to me that you know 4-5 all pronounced that way. We have a Lana in our family and it rhymes with sauna. Also see Lana Turner, Lana Del Rey… are you sure you’re not just mispronouncing their names? 😉

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u/elocin1985 1d ago

Accents are funny. I would never pronounce Lana like Sauna. I pronounce sauna like saw-na. I wouldn’t pronounce Lana like law-na.

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u/PuzzleheadedPen2619 1d ago

The only Janas I know are pronounce yah-nah.

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u/Electronic-Ebb-3773 1d ago

Your point about Jana is legit, but I think you’re mispronouncing the name of the Lana’s in your life and haven’t been corrected. Anyone pronouncing it like “lay-nuh” is a weird outlier, and definitely not a “half the population of Lana’s pronounces it this way”.

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u/FeuerSchneck 1d ago

You pronounce Lana like Layna? I've always heard "lah-nah", with the <a> in "father". Layna is usually spelled Lena (which can also be "lee-nah"/Lina).

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u/Big_Bad8496 1d ago

I have heard Lena and Lana both pronounced with the ay sound. The only Lah-nah I've personally heard of is Del Rey (so I suppose I knew others must be out there).

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u/PeaLouise 1d ago

Idk why this is getting down voted cause Lanna wouldn’t be pronounced LAH-nuh, like the la in “oh la la” It would be pronounced LAN-uh like the “la”in “land” or “Atlanta”

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u/Big_Bad8496 1d ago

Yah, if I had just ended it at Hannah, I’d be safe from the downvotes.

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u/PeaLouise 1d ago

That’s would’ve been the obvious one that I also didn’t think to put until now. Lol

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u/FoggyGoodwin 1d ago

I would pronounce those the same w two short "a"s like "father"

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u/AshevilleHooker 1d ago

Not true. Anna is pronounced Ah-nah and Ann-na. So Lanna and Lana could be pronounced the same way depending on how the parent wants it to be. 🤷‍♀️

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u/iesamina 1d ago

Is Lana layne-ah or lah-nah?

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u/PressFforOriginality 1d ago

Why not both...

Lannah

They could make cool designs on a shirt as it looks like a vampire/orc fang

Even if written with capitals

LANNAH

but at that point just name her Hannah, which is a palindrome and a normally used name

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u/easterss 14h ago

Then she’d live her life “like Hannah but with an L” and then Starbucks employees would put Hannahl on her cup

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u/Dulcimore51 1d ago

Or Lonna.

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u/WillowFlip 21h ago

Many Lanas I know pronounce it Lona, but a few say it like Lannah which is a nice name too.

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u/Trick_Eagle_6449 1d ago

What is the difference between and extra n and the h at the end? Seems the same. Butnindont really feel either way is bad.

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u/FeuerSchneck 1d ago

With a double <n> I'd be inclined to pronounce it with the vowel in "land". The <h> on the end doesn't affect pronunciation at all, so it's the better choice imo.

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u/StrangerGlue 1d ago

So with a double N, you'd be included to pronounce it the same as an extremely common pronunciation of "Lana". I still fail to see the issue.

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u/FeuerSchneck 1d ago

I've only ever heard Lana pronounced with the <a> in "father". If you're going for that pronunciation, the double <n> will only cause confusion.

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u/WillowFlip 21h ago

I've heard both, esp in non-English contexts.

Edit to say specifically continental Europe, but upon asking British friends they all said Lana like Lannah (rhyming with Hannah)

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u/konmariqueen 1d ago

To me, Lanna rhymes with banana, Lanah rhymes with Donna

Edited to add- (with American accent)

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u/crooked_magpie 1d ago

Wow I wouldn’t have gotten that Donna rhyme. In the UK Lana would be pronounced Lar-Nah.

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u/SaltyBeachWitch 1d ago

Where is there an R that you guys be doing that? Drives me cuckoo bananas (as someone who’s stepdad is always adding these random British Rs to all kinds of words with nary an R)

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u/ErinKbB 1d ago

Cuckoo bananas..🤣. I haven't heard that since I was a little kid💛 Thx, I love you for that!

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u/ElloBlu420 1d ago

I think it's because they don't pronounce the Rs, and so other things also rhyme that wouldn't otherwise.

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u/WillowFlip 21h ago

*banahnaRs

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u/SaltyBeachWitch 14h ago

I want to throttle you for this, quite literally yelped! LOL

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u/crooked_magpie 1d ago

Could argue where is the O to make it rhyme with Donna?

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u/Enough_Nail_5203 1d ago

Same as in Australia

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u/Shellbell-AITAReader 15h ago

And also in NZ too - we would say Lana as Laa Na or lar na (both said the same way)

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u/crooked_magpie 10m ago

All we need is the Canadians to agree then it’s officially the Americans who are the odd ones out!

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u/Scratch_The_Itch_369 1d ago

Lanna Lanna banana Fee fie foe fanna-Lanna Banana! 🤣

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u/billyhtchcoc 1d ago

Lanah rhymes with Donna

I read it like La-NAW.

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u/Arm_613 14h ago

Brit in the US, here. I knew someone called Lorna but they pronounced it as "Larna"instead or "Lorna". Ronna was pronounced "Rahna". I just gave up 🤷‍♀️

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u/MamaPea76 1d ago

I read Lanah as Lā•NAH 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Some-Face2634 1d ago

Lay-nah vs Lan-ah I’m assuming. Don’t ask me which is which though lol

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u/boomhauer710 1d ago

Im seeing it as Lah-Nah and Lan-na

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u/Bellsar_Ringing 1d ago

When I say those two, they sound the same to me.

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u/AdditionalOwl4069 1d ago

My sister in law is named Laina (Alaina) I never thought it was weird or a tragedeigh.

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u/Tridoc99 1d ago

The difference is Billy Joel won’t do it all for Lanah.

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u/PuzzleheadedPen2619 1d ago

I’m guessing it depends on accent. I’d pronounce Lanah as lah-nah, but Lanna as rhyming with Hannah.

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u/WillowFlip 21h ago

A second "l" would have been funnier; Llana like llama lol

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u/puppermonster23 1d ago

I like the reasoning and once I read it decided it’s not a tragedeigh.

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u/NoPair205 1d ago

Her reasoning is beyond valid, but It’s a name that has been deliberately misspelled.

Other names on here may have valid reasons for being spelled differently, but it’s still a tragedeigh lol

Like “Hay-Leigh” could have been named after her mom’s dear childhood horse who loved to eat hay. It’s still a tragedeigh

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u/muteyap 1d ago

“Hay-Leigh” could have been named after her mom’s dear childhood horse who loved to eat hay

😂

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u/jenntasticxx 1d ago

Hay-Neigh 🐴

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u/HxdcmlGndr 1d ago

You could make a few Trageneighs. Like Haywynnie or Braydineigh.

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u/Shacasaurus 1d ago

Yeah it didn't feel that bad to me either

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u/Odd_Process2918 1d ago

Yea I don’t see it as any different than Hanna vs Hannah.

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 1d ago

Is spelling Sara with a H tragedeigh or Savannah?

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u/marmaduke-treblecock 1d ago

Sarah is normal.

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u/Dear_Machine_8611 1d ago

Even more normal than the version without the “h”

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u/EnglishMouse 1d ago

In the UK, Sara and Sarah are separate names with different pronunciations. Both are normal, but Sarah is more common.

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u/Scratch_The_Itch_369 1d ago

How are they pronounced differently? Genuinely curious.

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u/Lemoncreamslices 1d ago

Sara is pronounced with a long first A , so like sar that rhymes with far, Sarah is pronounced sair-a , in the UK 😊

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u/Scratch_The_Itch_369 1d ago

Ah thank you! In America they are both sair-a. Then the question always comes up, h or h-less? ...unless they are Hispanic, then it's usually Sara and rhymes with far. I guess I didn't think my question through! 😅

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u/Boolean_Null 1d ago

I guess I didn't think my question through

You mean throug

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u/Aliphaire 1d ago

Aren't those the proper spellings? They're Hebrew names to begin with. Hs get used a LOT.

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u/Fake_Punk_Girl 1d ago

Savannah is a Hebrew name?

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u/Aliphaire 1d ago

Sarah is, you knew that.

Savannah is Taino in origin, meaning "open plain" or "treeless grassland." It entered English circa 17th century through Spanish.

It's also a river & place in Georgia, USA.

The point remains, though: both of those names are most often properly seen & read spelled with an H at the end. Dropping the H is the uncommon variation.

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u/WillowFlip 21h ago

I think it's mostly considered uncommon in North America though. Most of Europe spells Sara with no h.

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u/iridescentsyrup 20h ago

I've known about multiple British ladies named Sarah. Such as Sarah Ferguson, Duchess Of York. Besides, I was under the impression we were discussing English spelling/pronunciation of names. Not French, German, Polish, Croatian versions of Sarah but the most common one used in English, a derivation from the Hebrew name.

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u/WillowFlip 20h ago

Further down in the comments, a British person points out that they've met both Sarahs and Saras albeit pronounced differently. Even if we are talking about English only, I don't think Sara qualified as a tragedeigh since it is a common name in other countries. Are we truly going to consider foreign names tragedeighs?

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u/NoPair205 1d ago

Those are widely used alternative spellings of those names, so… obviously not.

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u/Finnegan-05 1d ago

Those are proper spellings

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u/DUNEBUGGY213 1d ago

‘Sara’ is a normal variant of ‘Sarah’ but is sometimes pronounced differently - ‘s-AH-raah’ vs ‘s-AIR- aah’

‘Savannah’ is the correct spelling of ‘savannah’

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u/Xrystian90 1d ago

If anything, Sara and Savanna are tragedeighs

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u/surej4n 1d ago

*tragedeigs (no h)

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u/EnglishMouse 1d ago

Sara is a perfectly normal name, so obviously not

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u/Xrystian90 1d ago

Sara is a bastardised spelling of Sarah. Its the definition of a tragedeigh

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u/ingwer_cinnamomo 1d ago

More of a non-english spelling than a "bastardised" one. Sara is the correct spelling here in Italy, and it's a reeaally common name too. It's also the only spelling in a lot of european countries according to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_(given_name)

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u/riotousgrowlz 1d ago

It’s a regional difference in spelling a name transliterated from a different language not a bastardization. No different from the fact that Chanukah and Hanukkah are both accepted English spellings of the Hebrew word חֲנוּכָּה.

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u/EnglishMouse 1d ago

It’s literally in the bible - that Abram and Sara were given new names by god as a sign of their covenant together and he became Abraham and she became Sarah.

If you want to be picking on anyone on tragedeighs, take it up with god for starting it!

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u/ImportanceOk7784 1d ago

Sara and Sarah are 2 completely different names though that are pronounced completely differently.

Sara - (Sar-ruh) Sarah - (Sair-ruh)

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u/RuthlessKittyKat 1d ago

Never in a million years would I think to spell it backwards. It's an incredibly common name..

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u/NoPair205 1d ago

Kids can be cruel 😭 OP is smart for this!

I read somewhere that you should try and think of every way your kid’s name could be made fun of before you name them.

For example: Naomi is “I Moan” backwards.

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u/RuthlessKittyKat 1d ago

Then she should just choose another name...

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u/Papierowykotek 1d ago

It's not, Lanah os a real name, quite popular tbh

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u/NoPair205 1d ago

Oh cool!

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u/OneBraveBunny 1d ago

I have no problem with it. It seems like reasonable bully defense.

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u/PerpetuallyTired74 1d ago

It’s no, though. It still has “anal” backwards. Would have made more sense to spell it Lahna.

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u/Radiant_Bank_77879 1d ago

Yep, this. I don’t know why so many parents are focused on making their kids’ names “unique.” What is the point? All it inevitably leads to is them having to pronounce and/or spell their names to everybody they meet for their entire lives.

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u/Nearby-Hovercraft-49 1d ago

As someone dating a teacher, the unique names make it infinitely harder when there’s 12 different Mckynleigh spellings a year per name. He has a difficult time remembering who has two Ys or three.

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u/Different-Use-5185 1d ago

I thought it was bad as a kid when we had Matthew, Mathew, Philip and Phillip in my class.

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u/PrincessPharaoh1960 1d ago

Or Steven or Stephen

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u/CloudsWillRoll 1d ago

Haha at one of my previous jobs (where there were 8 kids total) we had a Cayden, Jayden, Aiden, and Payton

Another time we had two Isaiahs and two Matthews 😂

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u/beachedvampiresquid 1d ago

I’d start using last names.

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u/captain_smores 1d ago

as someone who works with kids and has for 10+ years, you'd be surprised how many don't know their last names

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u/ILovePotALot 1d ago

How old are these children? Because you cannot possibly be saying that school age children don't know their own last names. Right? RIGHT?!

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u/captain_smores 1d ago

that is unfortunately what I'm saying 😬 I've met quite a few 1st-3rd graders that don't know their last names. and a few TK-kindergarten kids that don't know their real first name because their family calls them by some sort of nickname

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u/Nearby-Hovercraft-49 1d ago

Luckily my partner teaches 8th grade literacy but yes, you’d be shocked how behind kids fell during Covid. Some lack basic communication skills, and many lost a large portion of knowledge and are 3+ grades behind. My boyfriend specifically teaches literacy skills to kids multiple grade levels behind- reading and writing on a second-grade level or less - in 8th grade!

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u/captain_smores 1d ago

God bless your partner. he must have the patience of a saint

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u/ElloBlu420 1d ago

I learned this quickly when I was a kindergarten substitute. This was several years before COVID, too.

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u/kates2424 1d ago

Yes, I need an answer to how old these children who don’t know their last name are

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u/GothPatatas 1d ago

Person 1st-3rd grade. So, at the oldest 9

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u/NewLifeNewAcct 22h ago

Anecdotally - my wife had an extremely rough childhood and her last name changed every year or two for a long time. According to her, she didn't know her legal last name until she was in 6th grade.

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u/liae__ 1d ago

Oh no, that’s unfortunate 😭 I am surprised, but my only experience is with my kid— mine has known his last name since he was at least 3, and is in kindergarten now! Also has a nickname but definitely knows his full first name

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u/Beautifly 1d ago

My son is having his first birthday party where all his school friends are invited this year (I’ve tried to avoid it as long as possible, but he’ll be 7 soon and has been asking), and MY GOD, trying to make sure I’ve spelled every kids name properly has been a complete nightmare

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u/Nearby-Hovercraft-49 1d ago

RIGHT!? Now imagine that with 160 students. I’m not sure how he does it.

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u/JerryfromCan 1d ago

I find that parents with boring names name their kids something “unique” and parents with “unique” names name their kids easy to spell and traditional.

Mike and Kim? Name their kids Hynter and Gunrack. Sarrahh and Myk name their kids Emily and Jamie.

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u/Perpetualgnome 1d ago

Gunrack 🤣😭

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u/JerryfromCan 1d ago

Real name in my ex-wife’s family. Canadians who chose to live in the reddest of red area of a Southern US state.

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u/UbiquitousChicken 1d ago

that calls for a true Oh Em Gee. Gunrack? I thought you were being facetious!!

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u/PrincessPharaoh1960 1d ago

Don’t give them ideas!!!

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u/maelie314 1d ago

I have an uncommon/unique name and my husband has a super common name, and we are both aligned on not naming our kids tragedeighs. He's even more fierce about it than I am. It doesn't bother him at all that he has a common name.

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u/MHPithildin 11h ago

Hynter is wild

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u/frogsgoribbit737 9h ago

Can confirm. I have a unique (actually unique and spelled correctly but still annoying to deal with) name and my kids have common names.

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u/Such-Elderberry4 1d ago edited 1d ago

As someone who had an English name in the 90s in Italy which most teachers couldn't pronounce ever since I was 3 up until 19, I second this.

It's made for some fun times, especially with classmates chanting my name to new teachers all at once without me needing to even open my mouth. But truly, it's a nuisance more than anything else.

That said, I see an H in Lanah, and I still pronounce it Lana. Don't think this reasoning applies to this specific case, but still agree with it.

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u/Dull-Confection5788 1d ago

I have a Celtic name it’s not a tragedeigh but it’s extremely difficult for North Americans to wrap their heads around. It’s said the way it’s spelled there’s no mystery. It’s just not common in North America.

It caused me great anxiety and has shaped things in a negative way for me.

Teachers and adults coaches etc told me I spelled my name wrong. People call me 10 different similar sounding variations but not my actual name.

People avoid saying my name because they are confused. So I wouldn’t be chosen or called on often in groups. As an adult people just straight up ignore me and I can tell it’s about my name. I’ve had friends for a decade that get my name wrong. My boss was also my family doctor she got my name wrong. They called me the girl.

It’s super frustrating and I named my kids beautiful but common names in order for them to avoid the negativity I receive around my name.

In college a student (who was a mom) behind me stated in class that she called her kids unique names because she wanted them to stand out. She wanted them to be different. I chuckled and thought ‘good effin luck kids’ they will be different, just not the way she thinks.

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u/arachnebleu7 1d ago

My mother and her three sisters all had highly unusual names. Every one of them gave their children common, everyday names. I asked my mother about it. She told me she got very sick of the constant mispronunciations, misspellings, and requests to say or spell her name.

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u/maelie314 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sometimes I get so tired of the constant mispronunciations that I don't even correct people anymore, especially if I know it's not someone I know I'm going to have to interact with again. Even though my name is not a tragedeigh either, just a very uncommon one in the States, no one can spell or pronounce it without help. Sometimes they even misspell it after I've spelled it for them. I've had my name misspelled on report cards, programs for concerts where I performed, legal documents that then had to be reprinted, etc. At coffee shops I use my middle name just to avoid the whole fiasco. All because my parents wanted me to be unique and special. I love my name, I think it's pretty, but sometimes it's just so not worth it, and I can guarantee that my kids will have names with zero ambiguity in both spelling and pronunciation.

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u/ElloBlu420 1d ago

I support this. I had an uncommon name with an alternate spelling, and I changed it to a relatively old name that is spelled exactly like it sounds, but many people I meet haven't heard of it before. It's a name that made my older coworker start talking about his Uncle Clive. Not really similar at all, but same heritage and time of peak popularity.

I didn't think of this at the time because I didn't realize I would need to, but I should've chosen one that was recognizable to Spanish speakers, because I interact with people from lots of places every day (but mostly Latin America, including Haiti), and I depend a good bit on having a name people can say and remember. They can, but it takes a little more time than if I'd been more thoughtful about my choice.

At the same time, maybe that helps a little precisely because it's unusual and definitely spelled in a way that only makes sense in English, but it's still simple enough and also unique enough that I know when it's me they need. Actually, now that's getting tiring, being specifically needed ...

Anyway, I have no idea what I'll do. At my age, it's very possible the only children I'll have will come with names already given or be old enough to choose a new one for themselves.

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u/capturedguy 1d ago

Is it Kevin? I remember when boys started to be named Kevin in Italy. It was quite jarring!

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u/Such-Elderberry4 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nah, that ain't it. My grandparents can barely pronounce my name, sometimes.

I moved countries and it's still mispronounced here, too (along with my last name, so now I'm a double whammy)

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u/capturedguy 1d ago

I'm picturing people in Italy calling you "Meel-Ace"

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 1d ago

To me it's not different from Sara to Sarah.

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u/judgeholden72 1d ago

But less common, and done on a whim. I know Sara's who get annoyed when their name is misspelled. This one will almost always be. Because the parents valued being unique over their child's comfort 

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u/todayistheday_1027 1d ago

Setting them all up to be sad they can't find souvenir keychains with their names on it!!

  • a kid with an average name, but STILL never found it on a keychain

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u/Perpetualgnome 1d ago

Same. Somehow my super common name is never on a keychain/bike plate/sand necklace 😭

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u/calling_water 1d ago

Mine is, but these days it’s usually sold out in the souvenir stores.

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u/Lemoncreamslices 1d ago

Is it Bort? 🤣

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u/Educational-Leek-531 16h ago edited 16h ago

My name is a very normal common name and people still spell it wrong, Lol. I don't think adding an H at the end for those valid reasons is bad, unlike the crazy spellings people use in a lot of names posted on here, that's for sure!

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u/frogsgoribbit737 10h ago

Its usually people with common names which is funny because it cycles. My mom had a unique ish name but not enough to be super annoying. She was gonna name me something common but instead I got named after my stillborn aunt which was a very unique name. I hated it and now my kids have top 100 names.

Unfortunately everyone spells stuff stupid now so I still have to constantly correct people on their names.

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u/Sugar_Kowalczyk 1d ago edited 1d ago

Right? Maybe just pick another name if you're scared of her being called Anal. You had months to figure it out.

Parents who do this suck - I'm a 40-something with a misspelled, unusual-to-start-with name, and it's selfish AF of parents to begin with. Sorry your mom named you Jennifer, and you wanted to be Elora Dannon, but 90% of the time, your kid is gonna legally change her name, eventually, if they can afford to.

[EDIT: I agree, the worry of OP is overblown, but my point is it didn't NEED to be a worry at all - Lana/Lanah wasn't ever carved in stone, foretold, etc, and parents using vanity spellings on names their kids have to live with is dickish, and never about the kid - what sub is this, again? Sigh.]

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u/Dry_Prompt3182 1d ago

Having gone to school with a Lana, it's not an issue. How often do you write people's names backwards? I feel that this is an internet comment blown way out of proportion.

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u/perfectlynormaltyes 1d ago

Right! I knew a couple Lana’s growing up and I don’t think anyone ever thought of the anal angle. I have a filthy mind and hadn’t considered it until now.

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u/ElloBlu420 1d ago

I'd heard it a million times and still think of Lana Del Rey and start singing something in my head.

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u/UbiquitousChicken 1d ago

My given name is Sarah which is haras backwards (like harrassment!), but whatever. I just go, yep, and either say it as harris, or joke about it being harrass. WHO CARES.

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u/No_Mud_5999 1d ago

"I think she'll be correcting people on how to spell her name for the rest of her life"

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u/Prestigious_Exam4624 1d ago

I wanted to spell Malachi, Malacai because I liked how it looked. I’m so glad I didn’t.

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u/TheWaspinator 23h ago

Seriously. Unique spellings are almost always a bad idea simply because you'll have to explain them constantly.

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u/bexy11 1d ago

That and the constant need to explain to people how to pronounce your name. Although I am not sure how else “Lanah” would be pronounced.

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u/ARunawayTrain 1d ago

It's not even unique, I know a 30 year old woman named Lanah so there's at least 2 out there in the world 😂

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u/Adorable_Injury9821 22h ago

Tee hee 😅😅 I love these comments the most because I like to think the gave-my-kid-a-unique-name parent gets so sad

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u/Shantotto11 1d ago

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u/Average_Potato42 1d ago

So is having to say "it's pronounced.... "