I thought it might be fun to list names that you like in writing or “on paper” but don’t like when they are said out loud. A few that come to mind for me are:
[name_m]Graham[/name_m] - sounds like “gram” like a grandma
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] - sounds like papi or a name for a grandpa
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] - I love the idea of this name but I pronounce it differently each time I say it - Lie-ra/Leer-uh
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] - sounds too mumbly and kind of blends together in a tongue twister when I say it
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] - I had this on my list until my SO pointed out it sounds like “I’ll rail ya”
Your list made me smile simply because my pronunciation of each of those names is so completely different to yours. I would say [name_m]Graham[/name_m] as Grey-am rather than gram for instance.
When we were naming our daughter we had so much trouble with accents because I have an [name_f]English[/name_f] accent and my husband a kiwi one and half the time we only liked the name we were suggesting in our own accent and not the other
In the end we picked a name we both like in our own accent and don’t dislike in the other so DH calls her El-en-Nor and I call her El-e-nah
I lovee these names, but not when I personally say them …
Alba, Aurora, Aviva, Adeliza, Atlas, Aldo, Cosmo, Elio, Freya, Geneva, Katarina, Leandro, Ottilie, Violet, Valentina
In Spanish I don’t like the sound of Amelia, Romeo, Isadora & Felix
I feel the same way about [name_f]Anais[/name_f], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], and [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]. Some others:
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]