People Say Mom Is ‘Naming Kids, Not Hungry Hippos’ After Coming Up With Unique Nickname
FROM beautiful sounding flowers to honoring family members, parents are finding inspiration for their babies’ names everywhere.
However, one mother has faced criticism after the unique name she gave her daughter was revealed online.
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In a Reddit afterUser PrincessPink shared a screenshot of an Instagram comments section explaining the unusual choice.
The girl’s aunt announced the name her brother and his partner had chosen.
She said the baby’s name was pronounced “Tyler,” but the couple chose a different spelling.
“My brother is half Thai,” the unnamed woman explained to her followers.
The couple decided to take immediate inspiration from their daughter’s heritage and use this for the spelling of her name.
“My niece’s name is Thailer,” the Instagram user revealed.
Although the spelling of the name is not very common, it seemed to fit the family well.
The woman said her brother’s name was also derived from his Thai background.
She explained that his name is pronounced “Tyrone,” but spelled “Thairone.”
“I thought that was so cool,” the aunt wrote in her name recognition.
Reddit users shared their thoughts on the unique name in the comments.
“Man. They give kids names, not Happy Hippos from Kinder surprise eggs,” one reader noted.
“It’s almost as if I named my non-existent son Vietali or my also non-existent daughter Germima, because I’m half Vietnamese and half German.”
“They are making these children’s lives a nightmare,” another Redditor agreed.
“I would change my name. People like this don’t realize that these names are a burden.”
Are Unique Baby Names Worth It?
You may think that a unique name will make you stand out, but is it really?
Josie Griffiths, deputy editor of Fabulous, talks about the problems she had with her name as a child.
As a child, I wanted nothing more than a personalized keychain with my name on it.
But it wasn’t. The closest I could get were Rosie, Joseph (not so nice for such a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, a French first name, and I’ve been in my twenties without ever meeting anyone with the same first name.
When I try to introduce myself to people I get called all sorts of random names like Tracey and Stacey and it can be quite annoying.
Although I’ve met a few Josies in the past year (there are a few around my age), it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends’ names.
Overall I don’t mind it, at least it’s not crude or spelled weird.
And that means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just calling myself Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my last name. It’s not considered cool or feminist these days. I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths because I always just say ‘Hi, I’m Josie’ when I call a friend.
I like being unique and I will definitely try to achieve this when naming my own children.
You have to watch out for the crude names, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I will definitely avoid them.
“I immediately read it as ‘Thigh-ler,’” noted a third person who was unimpressed.
“I must also say that I cry when other people praise these names as ‘creative’.
“No, your child’s name is not an appropriate outlet for your creativity.”
“This should be a capital crime,” wrote another Reddit user.
“I know a barmaid with this name. When she sent me a friend request on Facebook, I was shocked at the spelling,” said one reader.
