Baby names. pronunciation concerns.

[lizlove1990]

Im full Mexican, so is my hushand and his family which most of them live in Mexico and my whole family's primary language is spanish. I dont know what gender my baby is yet but I have been thinking of names like willow,Brooklyn,and harley which a spanish speaking person would have difficulty pronouncing including my husband the baby's dad,and to be honest the names dont sound good saying them in a spanish accent. My question is, should I name my kid with a name I prefer such as the one's I mentioned or should I find one that my family can pronounce without any difficulty?

[AngelesV]

Same problem, but I mean just name it what you want ! Its like theres names in spanish, spanish speaking people cant even pronounce.  I mean im second generation here and I love the name Juliet for a girl and I guess I could name her Julieta. But ehh idk, just do what you both want. Theyll learn it eventually.  Its your baby.

[Jackie12846]

This was a factor when naming my daughter i had to make sure my parents could pronounce it... i also chose my aunt's name as my daughters middle name so my father was happy.

Jocelyn Olivia due May 2014 ♡

[nbussey]

My brother and is wife named their daughter Gabriella. My mom could not pronounce it and calls her gorilla. Now she just call her gabby.

I am having my parents pick the middle name for my child so they will have a name they can pronounce in their own language.

[lwolfe520]

They can always give the baby a nick name.

[lwolfe520]

I'll be honest with my first son I was gonna name him Austin but my ex family didn't like it so I listened and named my son after his dad. To this day (18) years later I wish I named him Austin. So name YOUR child what u want and F*** everyone else!

[sonita5]

im spanish tooo and naming my girl catalina, its hard for non spanish people to pronounce that name too so it goes both ways someone will always have troble pronouncing unless u can do a name where u can call them a short form, or maybe a middle name his family can call him her jajaja its hard !

[nana_love]

my husband is Mexican and his family like to PRETEND they dont speak english. I didnt care I gave my baby the name I wanted and when they wanted to talk to me and my son they learned it pretty quick. Its your baby name him or her what you want.

[lala_mommy]

I've been in the same dilemma for all three of my pregnancies,  lol. You should be able to name your child a name you prefer and not worry about the rest- people will adjust and get used to it. They may even make a nice nickname for baby that he/she will go by as they grow. Or you have the option of choosing a middle name they can pronounce. I have trouble picking names for my babies but because I get a little bothered if they can't pronounce it- that's just me. I'm sure the joy of your baby's arrival will be greater than the name you choose. Congratulations and best of luck! :D

[Sandersss]

Haha thats funny! And her name sounds perfect!:) aww

[kirstenthecat]

I had the same probablem!!!! My husband is full mexican and his fam doesnt speak english. His name is christian lol ^^ so we had to think of a name easy to say we chose Hailey Elena

[Sandersss]

I was thinking the same thing with my baby. But middle name helped out, i gave one that is bilingual Christian lol so if they can't say his name then they can call him by his middle name lol

[Bentleysmommy18]

It's your baby! Name your baby what you like not what someone can say! Or find a name you like that would be easy for them to learn how to say!