Caribe?

What do you think of this name?

It has been in the back on my mind for ages now but never actually put it on a list or made any combos with it as I’m not too sure how I feel about it.

I really like place names and Caribe is the Spanish name for the Caribbean. I feel it has such a sweet and gentle vibe, also love the potential nn [name_f]Cari[/name_f].

Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Pronounced as Car-EE-beh

What’s the pronunciation? Without speaking Spanish I have no idea if I’m butchering it :joy:

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So sorry I didn’t think of adding the pronunciation to the post but I have just now. It’s something like car-EE-beh. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] that makes sense!

I like the pronunciation you gave!
Off the bat, I thought it would be pronounced Cuh- reeb, which is not as pretty.

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Close(ish) to what I was thinking then. I suppose pronunciation would be a factor - how Spanish is your area vs how much it’ll get butchered by people like me. (Would they read it phonetically and go for Ca-ribe? Or Car-i-beh etc.)

I think it works well enough once I know how to pronounce it. Nms (I’m not a place name kind of person anyway) but [name_f]Cari[/name_f] as a nickname gives it something more recognisable. I’d possibly stick to [name_f]English[/name_f] place names personally, but even some of them can get butchered.

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I love it! If you’re in a non-Spanish speaking area you may have to correct people, but it’s an easy correction.

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I never really took into consideration the pronunciation issues the name could have as I guess I am too familiar with it.

It’s definitely something to think about though as it seems it might be an issue :pensive:

I instinctively pronounced this Cah-REEB. I think you probably will have to correct people a lot with this. [name_f]Cari[/name_f] is beautiful and I feel like people would definitely be able to pronounce this first time.

If correcting people isn’t a worry for you, then go for it!

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I’m personally not sure on the sound or the look

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I speak a decent amount of Spanish, so I knew how to pronounce it. I think it has a nice sound! [name_f]Cari[/name_f] is also super sweet. I personally would find this name odd on a non-Spanish speaking child, but I think I recall you mentioning at some point that you are Mexican, in which case ignore this point.

I don’t think it would be difficult to teach non-Spanish speakers the correct pronunciation.

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Thank you everyone for the comments, it’s definitely nice to hear positive feedback on it but also realise a few things I hadn’t taken into consideration like the pronunciation. :blush: