We have our first baby on the way. My wife and I love the name ‘Violet’, pronounced ‘Vi-let’ but she would like to spell it as ‘Violette’ instead.
I fear that people would pronounce it ‘Vee-o-let’ instead of ‘Vi-let’ and the child would be subject to a lifetime of correcting people. My wife thinks that because we can speak French we know ‘Vee-o-let’ but most people will still say ‘Vi-let’
Thoughts?
Do you want her to be googleable or not? I’m glad I don’t have an uncommon name with an uncommon spelling so I’m not the only one showing up in a search. But maybe that’s something you want for your kid.
This is the only thing I like about my boring-ass real name. You’re more likely to find hundreds of pages about some old CBS executive than me.