Today I would love to hear your opinion on my new crush, and I would love to know how you naturally pronounce it. The name is Romée.
We pronounce it “romae” (like in Esmée/Esme). [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think people would have a hard time with this pronunciation? Would we have to correct it all the time? Is it too out there?
I hope you are all having a wonderful time despite the pandemic situation. Take care!
Romée
I pronounce it romae/romay
I pronounce it ro-me/romy
I use another pronunciation that is completely different from the ones you are suggesting
I love/like it
I don’t mind it
I don’t like it/I hate it
You will have to correct the pronunciation all the time
My instinct was to say “ro-mee-ay” (3 syllables) but when I looked closer I decided romae makes much more sense because of it’s similarity to Renée. (and that ‘ro-mee-ay’ makes no sense, lol). I think it might get mistaken for [name_u]Romy[/name_u] sometimes but should be an easy correction.
The pronunciation “[name_u]Romy[/name_u]” doesn’t bother me at all, I actually like it. I would not use the name [name_u]Romy[/name_u] itself because it is getting very common in my country, and because I prefer Romée over [name_u]Romy[/name_u]. However, when we move back to [name_u]America[/name_u], I don’t want people to think that Romée is a creative spelling of [name_u]Romy[/name_u]
With the accent I know its Rom-ay but it seems like a new construction of [name_u]Romy[/name_u] or like a combo between [name_u]Romy[/name_u] and [name_f]Renee[/name_f]. It also reminds me of romaine lettuce. I like [name_u]Romy[/name_u], [name_f]Renee[/name_f] or [name_f]Esmee[/name_f]/Esme but not sure about [name_f]Romee[/name_f]. I want to like it but it just feels like some of the above names I mentioned smooshed together.
It’s very pretty! I would pronounce it as you do, but I speak [name_u]French[/name_u] so I may not be a neutral test case.
In [name_f]France[/name_f], you’d undoubtedly get the pronunciation you want, but seeing that you plan to move to [name_u]America[/name_u], I think you’d need to be prepared to correct pronunciation. There are names containing this sound/spelling that [name_f]English[/name_f] speakers are used to – Renée, Esmée, etc. – but there are also lots of popular girl names now that end in the -ee sound/spelling, like [name_u]Rylee[/name_u], [name_u]Oaklee[/name_u], [name_f]Paislee[/name_f], etc. I think Americans might be inclined to go for that pronunciation, since those names are quite popular now.
I think this would probably be the general perception, I’m sorry to say! It’s a gorgeous name though, if you can make your peace with this.
I like Romée! It’s definitely intriguing, and has all the best parts of [name_u]Romy[/name_u], Renée, [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], and Esmée. It reminds me of Rosemée (Rosamée?) in a way. I say roh-MAY, too. [name_m]Can[/name_m] you tell me more about her origins? I am not familiar with this name at all, and that surprises me.
As for difficulty in ensuring the correct pronunciation, my inclination is that it wouldn’t be hard? It seems like with the accent aigu, people traditionally change the sound to “ay” automatically, but it honestly will depend on the nation, region, and a whole bunch of other factors. I find it fairly straightforward but then again, I’d name my kids [name_u]Aquila[/name_u], [name_f]Tirzah[/name_f], Adèle, [name_f]Isobel[/name_f], [name_u]Tali[/name_u], Théophile, [name_f]Éliane[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], or [name_m]Boaz[/name_m]. . Not sure my opinion will be the same as the demographic naming their kids a more popular name. (No shade-throwing here—I’m just more familiar with name and language trends than someone who doesn’t know a ton about names?). That being said, Romée is fairly straightforward and easily corrected—if the pronunciation is a problem, I wouldn’t expect it to be for long, if that makes sense.
All the best!
ETA: @McCharlie - I swear, you always introduce me to the coolest [name_u]French[/name_u] names! I think you were the one to introduce me to Ysée a couple years ago, too?! Hadn’t realized you were the OP on this thread but I love Romée for you! I still want to know more about it tho.
With the accent I pronounce it ro may but I know accents get dropped a lot in writing so if I just saw [name_f]Romee[/name_f] I would think it was a double e version of [name_u]Romy[/name_u].
Because of the accent mark, I think the ro-may pronunciation is natural and will be easy for most people to get right. ([name_f]Renee[/name_f] is even without the accent, after all – though it is more familiar.)
And it’s not too out there at all! Perfectly usable, imo.
With the accent, I’d recognize it as a name similar to Renée or Esmée. I think Renée is recognizable enough that the romae pronunciation shouldn’t be too hard. Not 100% but maybe 70%. However, if there’s ever a situation where the accent would be dropped (quite often where I live in the US), then there’s no way it wouldn’t be pronounced like [name_u]Romy[/name_u]. I voted for both romae and [name_u]Romy[/name_u] as pronunciation because I think it depends.
I initially pronounced it Romay because of the accent, I think most people will be able to pronounce it right for that reason. The name looks very pretty and sounds nice out loud!
Well, I did read it like [name_u]Romy[/name_u]/roh-mee, however I didn’t expect that to be the correct pronunciation because of the accent! I can totally see it’s similarity to names like esmée and renée though, it was sort of like a facepalm moment ‘ohh, of course it’s like Romae’.
I think most people would pronounce it ro-may if it has the accent (emphasis on if), were it not for the presence of a certain supermodel who might be most people’s only experience with the name - and as far as I know, [name_f]Romee[/name_f] Strijd pronounces her name roh-mee. I personally think ro-may is a much nicer pronunciation though.
Overall, and with either pronunciation, I think it’s a beautiful name and I really like it.
Romée is really sweet! I speak [name_u]French[/name_u], so I say it as [name_f]Ro[/name_f]-may, because of the accent, but I don’t think it’s that difficult to pick up on in [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_u]America[/name_u] either. I think it would be easy enough to catch on to, if in [name_u]America[/name_u] people know that Renée is [name_u]Ren[/name_u]-ay, and Esmée is Es-may, it might be easier than you think!
Romee Strijd actually pronounces her name Romae when speaking [name_m]Dutch[/name_m], but says it like [name_u]Romy[/name_u] when speaking [name_f]English[/name_f] because she’s probably gotten used to people thinking it’s pronounced that way. Somehow there happen to be several [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] models called [name_f]Romee[/name_f] (Trouw and Cooler), but I think only [name_f]Romee[/name_f] Strijd has achieved some name recognition.
That said, I really like the name, but I generally have a thing for names with the -ée ending.
I’m gonna start calling her ro-mae!