Mum regrets unique baby name she chose as people keep mispronouncing it

A mum has shared her worry that her baby boy might grow up to dislike her because of the name she gave him. If you’re picking a name for your baby, think hard so you don’t end up feeling sorry later.

Choosing a baby’s name is a big deal. You can pick from lots of names, like old favourites or something really different.

It’s important to think about it with your partner before your baby arrives. Once you write a name on the birth certificate, it’s not easy to change.

But one mum is now upset about the name she picked for her son. She’s tired of people saying it wrong.

She’s even scared her son will “hate” her for this name when he gets bigger, reports The Mirror Online.

Once you write a name on the birth certificate, it’s not easy to change.

But one mum is now upset about the name she picked for her son, and she’s tired of people saying it wrong. She’s even scared her son will “hate” her for this name when he gets bigger.

On Reddit, the mum said she named her son Teo. She wanted people to say it “Tee-oh”, but they keep saying “Tay-oh” instead.

She said: “I have a beautiful five-month-old boy and as soon as we found out we were pregnant we knew if it was a boy we would name him Teo (pronounced Tee-Oh). When we found out he was a boy, he was called baby Teo straight away. All family and friends liked it and had no issues. We absolutely love it and it suits him so well.”

“We knew we wanted to pronounce his name Tee-Oh and tossed between spelling it Teo and Tiho. Ultimately we chose Teo because when I said the name to people and asked how they thought it would be spelt, that’s what they said. Also, that spelling looks nicer with his surname.”

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“The reason I’m now second-guessing myself is due to people mispronouncing it as Tay-Oh when reading it. Not everyone does, and some ask for the correct pronunciation. But I want to know, have we accidentally given him the wrong spelling for the way we want his name pronounced? Or is it just a name that has two pronunciations? And finally, is my poor boy going to hate us because he has to correct people occasionally? Please tell me he’ll be okay, I love his name and don’t want to change it.”

Commenters quickly responded to the mum’s post, telling her that they too would read the name as “Tay-oh”, particularly if it was a shortening of the Spanish name Mateo. However, some agreed with the “Tee-oh” pronunciation, highlighting similar names like Leo and Theo.

One person commented: “I also would have read it as Tay-oh. I think that is the usual pronunciation of Teo. But I wouldn’t worry about it – the worst he’ll have to do is correct people! Lots of people have to do this even with the most traditional names,” and another added: “I would teach him to say ‘it’s Teo, like Leo’ so people will remember that and never get it wrong again, they also won’t ever misspell it. I love it! Teo is such a cute name!”

A mum has shared her worry that her baby boy might grow up to dislike her because of the name she gave him. If you’re picking a name for your baby, think hard so you don’t end up feeling sorry later.

Choosing a baby’s name is a big deal. You can pick from lots of names, like old favourites or something really different.

It’s important to think about it with your partner before your baby arrives. Once you write a name on the birth certificate, it’s not easy to change.

But one mum is now upset about the name she picked for her son. She’s tired of people saying it wrong.

She’s even scared her son will “hate” her for this name when he gets bigger, reports The Mirror Online.