Why is it so hard to name yourself? Like for the past few days I’ve been struggling on finding a new name for myself, like every name that I think I might like doesn’t feel right, or doesn’t meet my requirements 
why am I so picky with this? It was easier last time.
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I’m currently in my era of questioning if I even like names at all, and it’s extraordinarily un-fun. One minute I feel absolutely inspired by my list, then another I look at them and feel nothing. Argh!
And that’s my whole rant. 
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I’m in a weird phase of suddenly liking names I’ve always hated. Like I’ve always thought [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] and [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] are froufy and annoying but then I woke up a few days ago like… are they actually stunning? I feel like I’m losing an aspect of my naming personality
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Thats really weird but as an avid [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] lover its nice to see another person love the name.
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[name_u]Ive[/name_u] suddenly foubd a love of three middle names. Its really weird, [name_u]Ive[/name_u] always loved more then one middle name but right now I can fully see myself giving all my kids three middle names
I like the name [name_m]Adam[/name_m] for a boy, and looking for alternatives to [name_u]Esme[/name_u], I found I liked [name_f]Evelynn[/name_f].
Took me a while to work out that, despite calling her by the full [name_f]Evelynn[/name_f], that would make them [name_m]Adam[/name_m] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f].
Well, I guess there’s [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], [name_u]Erin[/name_u] and [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] to consider …
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[name_f]My[/name_f] thing about [name_f]Abcde[/name_f], is that whether or not you like the sound of it, that’s just simply not how the language works. Those letters in that order do not make the sounds that produce a name pronounced AB-sih-dee. If you want a name that is pronounced that way, then it should be spelled in one of the many many ways that would actually make sense. Absidy, Absedi, Absidee, Absidie…
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honestly the english language basically has no rules for spelling and pronunciation that are not then broken by a thousand exceptions that i say go for it
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I cannot think of a single english word wherein a C followed by a D makes a soft S sound.
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I’ll add that not only does it not make sense for how [name_f]English[/name_f] works, but it’s not even how the names of the letters are pronounced. The name is not pronounced A-B-C-D-E, nor is it pronounced with [name_f]English[/name_f] pronunciation rules. It’s just random!
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I’m in love with names that don’t sound too pretty with my [name_f]British[/name_f] accent.
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For me it’s that it feels like it’s meant to be gimmicky, even if the reason you personally like it has zero to with the fact that it’s A - B - C - D - E, I’d be VERY surprised if the person who came up with it was only thinking up a nice way to spell a pretty sound, and not just trying to be clever by making a name out of the first five letters of the alphabet. Even if they aren’t trying to be judgmental, people will immediately notice the how avant-garde the spelling is instead of focusing on how it sounds or aesthetically looks as they would with other names.
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I want to agree that it’s baffling to pronounce parts of it as a word and other parts as single letters, but on the other hand it baffles me even more with [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] (ig-ZAY-vyər), which seems to be the widely recognized pronunciation? With [name_f]Abcde[/name_f] I can at least see why it would happen. You start with the spelling because you want that “gimmick”, then figure out a way to make it pronounceable. Neither “Aybeeceedee’ee” (as single letters) nor “Abk-duh” (as a word) work very well, so you just go with something that does.
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I’d argue that it’s more ex-zay-vee-er than the ‘ig’ sound, but I agree, it’s still an odd way to go about it - like pronouncing Adam as ay-dam or Catherine as see-atherine (I personally prefer just zay-vee-er without that extra syllable up front)
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I personally like [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] with the ex-zay-vee-er/ih-zay-vee-er pronunciation, but it is so odd. It breaks the “rules” that govern how most other names and words in general are pronounced. I grew up hearing the name pronounced with 4 syllables, so the 3 syllable pronunciation feels like it is missing something.
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…this is how i find out xavier is not zay-vee-er. only took me 7 years on nameberry
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Tbf, it is zay-vee-er sometimes. Where I am it’s mostly zay-vee-er (we also have a zay-vee-er University though) but in other places it leans more ex-zay-vee-er. And my old roommate was Puerto Rican and it was zah-vee-air.
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I’ve heard both! And pronounced both with the full “vee-er” but also shorter more like “vyer” to just zay-vyer (like, it almost sounds like ‘savior’ with a Z) and ex-ay-vyer
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It is one of those names with two valid pronunciations. I just happen to like one more than the other.
For location reference, I grew up on the US east coast/midatlantic region. There is a historic church near me with the ex-zay-vee-er (or more like EagleEyes said ex-ay-vyer, as the last bit is slurred together) pronunciation, and that is also the pronunciation that the Jesuits and Jesuit institutions that I’ve come into contact with seem to use.
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same
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