bholsneck
26 Mar 2012
Life / Izabela? - Advice with Polish name for a girl [36]
I guess the way I figured it, if I gave her a name pronounced the same in both languages but with a different spelling i.e. aleksander or monika, or other examples shown here she would still be spending her whole life correcting people on the spelling. At that point you might as well go with the name you want since you're going to have to correct people anyway. In reality how many people are meeting you as a child with your name written out? The first day of school the teacher may say "Wick-toria", at which point they'll be corrected and from then on, everyone in that class will know her as "Victoria". When she meets new people she will introduce herself as Wiktoria (Victoria), since most times when you meet someone you don't hand them a paper and say "this is my name." Again I figure there is going to be more of an issue with spelling her name, which like I said eariler is the same with many names (myself included Brian vs. Bryan), so in that case might as well go with what we want. I didn't realize that having a little pride and wanting to carry on some memories of ancestors was "punishing the child" as some have said, but I could be looking at this differently than most, which is why I came here to get a reality check. I definetly wasn't especting this many responses, so thank you all for the imput, both for and against using the name.
I guess the way I figured it, if I gave her a name pronounced the same in both languages but with a different spelling i.e. aleksander or monika, or other examples shown here she would still be spending her whole life correcting people on the spelling. At that point you might as well go with the name you want since you're going to have to correct people anyway. In reality how many people are meeting you as a child with your name written out? The first day of school the teacher may say "Wick-toria", at which point they'll be corrected and from then on, everyone in that class will know her as "Victoria". When she meets new people she will introduce herself as Wiktoria (Victoria), since most times when you meet someone you don't hand them a paper and say "this is my name." Again I figure there is going to be more of an issue with spelling her name, which like I said eariler is the same with many names (myself included Brian vs. Bryan), so in that case might as well go with what we want. I didn't realize that having a little pride and wanting to carry on some memories of ancestors was "punishing the child" as some have said, but I could be looking at this differently than most, which is why I came here to get a reality check. I definetly wasn't especting this many responses, so thank you all for the imput, both for and against using the name.