My sister wants to name her baby Rafferty, I made fun of her for the spelling
IT can be difficult to choose a name for your children – and the name you choose may not be popular with all your friends and family.
A woman has told how she was so shocked by the name her sister chose for her baby that she “laughed in her face” and was subsequently excluded from the baby shower.
Take to Reddit she expressed how baffled she was by the name choice.
The name in question was Rafferty, but her sister had chosen a rather unusual spelling.
The woman explained, “I laughed at my sister’s Tragedeigh [nickname given to unusually spelled names] and now I’m not invited to the baby shower I’m planning.
“She decided she wanted to use my mother’s maiden name (Rafferty) as her daughter’s name.
“Not a Tragedeigh per se and I think it works as a unique name.”
She shared how she texted her sister about the name when she went to order custom items for the baby shower.
The Reddit user continued: “My sister then informed me that they were going with an alternate spelling of Rafferty.
‘My sister wants to spell it Raefarty.
“So I sent back a lot of laughter emojis and she asked, ‘What’s so funny?’”
The woman talked about how she thought “no one will pronounce that like Rafferty” and pronounce it incorrectly.
She added: “She told me I was ridiculous.
“I texted back, ‘My poor niece, little Miss Farty Rae.’
“I wasn’t invited to take a shower and my mother told me today that my sister no longer wants me as a godmother.
“But Raefarty is really bad, isn’t he? Someone has to tell her, right?”
The struggle of choosing a baby name
CHLOE Morgan, Senior Writer at Fabulous, has revealed her dilemma when choosing a baby name…
Now that I’m 35 weeks pregnant, trying to decide on a baby name has by far been the hardest part of being pregnant over the past few months (minus the insomnia and countless nighttime bathroom breaks!) for me.
The dilemmas are endless…
My partner and I had a private scan to find out the gender as quickly as possible – partly because we thought it would make baby naming so much easier as we only had to come up with a list of names for one gender rather than of two.
How wrong were we…
I was definitely excited when I found out I was expecting the girl I’d already dreamed of, but being one of the last of my friends to get pregnant, I’ve had countless conversations with excited friends over the years about their best baby names . …something I wish I could go back in time and not hear again.
With every friend mentioning at least 10 possible names, I can’t help but feel like several are now a no-go, even though I know none of them would mind in the least – it’s a total me- problem!
The debate comes up again and again on social media forums: Can you choose the same name that was a “potential” for a friend’s baby?
It’s a very divisive topic and opinions are always mixed… and I don’t want to be THAT person.
While some will argue that there are thousands of other names to choose from, others will say you should choose YOUR favorite… after all, there’s no guarantee that person will even have another baby.
Then there’s the matter of finding a name you like… only to research it online and read one negative comment among hundreds of positive ones that you just can’t shake.
I made that same mistake when I fell in love with a certain name (I won’t reveal it because I don’t want to ruin it for others!)… only to see someone point out that it constantly autocorrects on a bell instead from that to something rather crude.
So back to the drawing board we went..
Only five weeks to go and it looks like our little one will be known as ‘baby gal’ for a while to come!
Many people agreed with her that the name would unfortunately be compared to wind.
One wrote: “I see a fart… the bullies are going to have a great day.”
A second added: “Yes it’s Ray Farty, whatever sis wants to believe.”
A third commented: “I teach high school. She will be bullied mercilessly. Spell it correctly or change it. It’ll make that poor baby a joke.
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