[name_m]Henry[/name_m] Wriothesley (rise-lee) was a patron of [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]. I’m currently in love with this name for a boy or girl. Thoughts?
The pronounciation of the name is absolutely gorgeous, though the spelling for me is a bit misleading. I would consider this a guilty pleasure name rather than one to bestow upon a child. The idea of the name is good, but frequently a child with this name will have more complications with spelling and pronounciation. Now, normally I disregard the whole ‘if it causes spelling/pronounciation problems scrap it’ thing 'cause names are fair game, but this one is probably an exception.
It certainly looks and sounds quite distinguished! And I love [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m] so that connection’s a bonus. But here in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] at least, probably in the USA too, pronunciation would be really tough. I’m a big Anglophile so I could guess it was one of those aristocratic-sounding British names that was pronounced nothing like it was spelled, but even I didn’t quite guess right (I thought it’d be ree-ohs-slee or something). As a middle name though, it’d be great!
I’m with theb4andit on this one. It’s nice, but not too wearable. I could see it working nicely in the middle, though. Also, I’ve always heard it pronounced more like “riz-lee” (“riz” rhymes with “is.”)
All good points, I do like it as a middle name. It’s ashame pronunciation is so difficult on those old English names
So the -oth- are silent? I’d scrap it. It’ll cause way too many pronunciation issues. Whenever I see it, I want to say ree-uh-thes-lee.
That name is bonkers.
As a middle name, yes. But you’d definitely run into pronunciation issues as a first name. Only [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m] buffs would know how it’s pronounced.
It’s not usable to me. Why not just use [name_m]Henry[/name_m] or [name_u]Riley[/name_u]? They are both easy to pronounce and recognizable.