Spelling for my boy's name?

weddingringsandbabythings

If we have a girl, we're naming her Presley, and a boy will be Ronon (roan-un), like Jason Momoa in stargate. 

Anyways, my dilemma is that my dad doesn't like the spelling. He pronounced it ron-on, and thought I was naming the baby after my grandfather (Ron) who everyone has a legit reason to hate. 

So I'm trying to think of different ways to spell it, but I don't want anything really off the wall, and everything looks weird. So what do you guys thing looks best? 

• Roanon
• Roanen
• Roanan
• Rhonan
• Rhonon
• Rohnon
• Rohnan
• Rohnin
• Rhonin
• Roanin

I think that's all the possibilities that we came up with...I just really love the name, but I can't figure out which spelling to go with. They all look so odd. 

oliversbear

Ronan is the traditional spelling and the only one I have ever seen.

weddingringsandbabythings

Cassidy & Peter said:

Ronin!  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C5%8Dnin

I'm trying to get away from the Ron in it..because that's the part my family is having trouble with. They love the name, they're just iffy about the spelling. 

weddingringsandbabythings

That's not the only spelling. In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. I'd rather not go into details of why they dislike my grandfather, but I completely understand the reason they can't handle the spelling. There are several ways to spell all kinds of names, not just one correct way. I asked which one looked best, not how many sounded awful. I'm not changing the name simply because people don't like the spelling. 

queenbone

Ronan.

I assume your relative Ron was short for Ronald. It meaning is totally different from Ronan so tell your family to educate themselves and stfu.

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GENDER: Masculine USAGE: Scottish, English PRONOUNCED: RAHN-əld   [key] Meaning & History Scottish form of RAGNVALDR, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders. It became popular outside Scotland during the 20th century. A famous bearer was American actor and president Ronald Reagan (1911-2004). Related Names See All Relations Show Family Tree VARIANT: Raghnall (Scottish) DIMINUTIVES: Ron, Ronnie, Ronny (English) FEMININE FORMS: Ronalda (Scottish), Ronnette (English) OTHER LANGUAGES: Raginald, Reinald, Reinhold (Ancient Germanic), Ragnvaldr (Ancient Scandinavian), Ragnvald (Danish), Reinout (Dutch),Reino (Finnish), Renaud, Reynaud (French), Reinhold (German), Raghnall (Irish), Rinaldo (Italian), Ragnvald (Norwegian), Reinaldo,Reynaldo, Ronaldo (Portuguese), Reinaldo, Reynaldo (Spanish), Ragnvald (Swedish), Rheinallt (Welsh) Contribute Add to List RÓNÁN

GENDER: Masculine USAGE: Irish PRONOUNCED: RON-awn   [key] Meaning & History Means "little seal", derived from Irish rón "seal" combined with a diminutive suffix.

emmy236

OP I get where you're coming from. I loved the name Lorelei for a girl but my mother hated it because it sounded too much like my Dad's ex wife, Laurel. It really upset her and i had to scratch it from my list. I know I loved the name and didn't make that connection but I also didn't want any sort of negative association to my baby's name. I know you don't want to change the name but maybe see if there is another name that you love. If your grandfather really did cause so much pain, do you really want any sliver of a reminder attached to your child? If just the spelling of the name causes this much concern, maybe it's a sign.

GPeterson24

My 2nd son is Ronan. :-)

oliversbear

I agree with the previous posters, Ronan just isn't the name for you.  I'd really go back to the drawing board and check out some other boy names.

Some suggestions:
Merrick
Leighton
Declan
Warren

nittanyllama

I only like Ronan. If you don't want to spell it correctly, don't use it at all. Seriously I think all of your alternative spellings look silly and I would side-eye them.

If you want to consider other names, I'll suggest:

Rowan (very similar, but gets rid of the "Ron")

Roman

Simon

Nolan

Declan

Gavin

Owen

Ewan

Carson

Patrick

Julian

Ryan

Rhys

Rory

catahoulatte

NittanyMama said:

I only like Ronan. If you don't want to spell it correctly, don't use it at all. Seriously I think all of your alternative spellings look silly and I would side-eye them.

If you want to consider other names, I'll suggest:

Rowan (very similar, but gets rid of the "Ron")

Roman

Both great alternatives!

nittanyllama

weddingringsandbabythings said:

That's not the only spelling. In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. I'd rather not go into details of why they dislike my grandfather, but I completely understand the reason they can't handle the spelling. There are several ways to spell all kinds of names, not just one correct way. I asked which one looked best, not how many sounded awful. I'm not changing the name simply because people don't like the spelling. 

Sigh... I totally missed this before. You can't just pick any spelling you want. My son's name is Gavin. Gaahvynn is not a name. We can't tell you which one of the tacky made-up spellings looks best because none of them are acceptable.

capulet

Since your family doesn't like him, I hope it's not tacky of me to say that your grandfather is going to be dead in a couple of decades.  Fifty years later, your son will still be explaining why you spelled his name wrong.  He will grow up and live a long life totally separate from your family squabbles and your Stargate habit (nobody thinks the things their parents are into is cool; this should be obvious to anyone who's ever been a teenager, but for some reason everyone becomes a parent and suddenly suffers from amnesia).  There are thousands of names out there.  There is no good reason to go through all sorts of acrobatics - and to make your son go through them too - when there are plenty of other choices.

==N==

Go with Ronin or Ronan.
FWIW, I have a Ronin and he said no one calls him the Ron pronounciation. They sometimes call him roman or rowan but they always get it right the second time.

weddingringsandbabythings

HisGirlFriday929 said:

Ronan would be my choice.  Ronen (which is Hebrew) is also legit. I prefer Rowan, though.  Love that name!

Rowan was my first choice, I love it too. I also tried to talk him in to Roran. He, my husband, wouldn't go for either. Other than Theodore, this is the only name that he has agreed to, which is why I'll find a way to spell it without changing the name. 

nittanyllama

weddingringsandbabythings said:

HisGirlFriday929 said:

Ronan would be my choice.  Ronen (which is Hebrew) is also legit. I prefer Rowan, though.  Love that name!

Rowan was my first choice, I love it too. I also tried to talk him in to Roran. He, my husband, wouldn't go for either. Other than Theodore, this is the only name that he has agreed to, which is why I'll find a way to spell it without changing the name. 

***Banging my head on my desk****  (got stuck in the quote box)

weddingringsandbabythings

capulet said:

Since your family doesn't like him, I hope it's not tacky of me to say that your grandfather is going to be dead in a couple of decades.  Fifty years later, your son will still be explaining why you spelled his name wrong.  He will grow up and live a long life totally separate from your family squabbles and your Stargate habit (nobody thinks the things their parents are into is cool; this should be obvious to anyone who's ever been a teenager, but for some reason everyone becomes a parent and suddenly suffers from amnesia).  There are thousands of names out there.  There is no good reason to go through all sorts of acrobatics - and to make your son go through them too - when there are plenty of other choices.

I never once said that Stargate is where I got the name..so it has nothing to do with my stargate habit, I don't even watch the show, nor have I ever. I just found out it was a name in the show when I mentioned it to my husband. I'll find a tacky spelling, that I like, and name my kid what I want, and he'll probably be grateful, because at least I didn't name him Apple or something completely stupid. Thanks for the help anyway though. 

nittanyllama

Also - you've been hiding Theodore from us????  It's a fantastic name and averts the entire Ron problem!

weddingringsandbabythings

NittanyMama said:

Also - you've been hiding Theodore from us????  It's a fantastic name and averts the entire Ron problem!

Except the only reason my husband picked it, is because our last name is Graham...and he wants to call him Teddy. Because he doesn't think a kid will get made fun of for that...which is why I went back to the drawing board and found Ronan. 

Pepper6

weddingringsandbabythings said:

 In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. 

weddingringsandbabythings said:

I never once said that Stargate is where I got the name..so it has nothing to do with my stargate habit,  

Um....

weddingringsandbabythings

Pepper6 said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

 In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. 

weddingringsandbabythings said:

I never once said that Stargate is where I got the name..so it has nothing to do with my stargate habit,  

Um....

Ummm..yeah, after mentioning to my husband, who apparently watched the show for awhile. I got the name from a co-worker, who knew of the show as well. 

weddingringsandbabythings

weddingringsandbabythings said:

Pepper6 said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

 In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. 

weddingringsandbabythings said:

I never once said that Stargate is where I got the name..so it has nothing to do with my stargate habit,  

Um....

Ummm..yeah, after mentioning to my husband, who apparently watched the show for awhile. I got the name from a co-worker, who knew of the show as well. 

I got the spelling from stargate.

capulet

weddingringsandbabythings said:

capulet said:

Since your family doesn't like him, I hope it's not tacky of me to say that your grandfather is going to be dead in a couple of decades.  Fifty years later, your son will still be explaining why you spelled his name wrong.  He will grow up and live a long life totally separate from your family squabbles and your Stargate habit (nobody thinks the things their parents are into is cool; this should be obvious to anyone who's ever been a teenager, but for some reason everyone becomes a parent and suddenly suffers from amnesia).  There are thousands of names out there.  There is no good reason to go through all sorts of acrobatics - and to make your son go through them too - when there are plenty of other choices.

I never once said that Stargate is where I got the name..

Whateverdude.  I get forgetful during pregnancy too. 

Pepper6

weddingringsandbabythings said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

Pepper6 said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

 In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. 

weddingringsandbabythings said:

I never once said that Stargate is where I got the name..so it has nothing to do with my stargate habit,  

Um....

Ummm..yeah, after mentioning to my husband, who apparently watched the show for awhile. I got the name from a co-worker, who knew of the show as well. 

I got the spelling from stargate.

Just pointing out the conflicting statements...  

Regardless, Stargate is a science fiction TV show, not exactly the most reliable source for correct spelling of names.  If you like the name, use the 'real' spelling because your kid will be living with his name in the real world, not the scifi tv world.  

I like the name Ronan and even though they start with the same letters, they are not pronounced the same, so I think your family needs to get over the 'Ron' association.

WashingtonQueen

weddingringsandbabythings said:

That's not the only spelling. In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. I'd rather not go into details of why they dislike my grandfather, but I completely understand the reason they can't handle the spelling. There are several ways to spell all kinds of names, not just one correct way. I asked which one looked best, not how many sounded awful. I'm not changing the name simply because people don't like the spelling. 

No. No. No, no, no, no, no. Nope.

nittanyllama

bromios said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

I just really love the name, but I can't figure out which spelling to go with. They all look so odd. 

Okay, OP, YOU were the one who said this, and you were right! They look frickin' weird because they aren't real spellings! We have explained the issue and offered you options that would allow your child to have a correctly spelled name and not have to just thank his lucky stars you didn't name him Apple, because, honestly, that's not setting very high standards for your child's level of satisfaction with the choices you make for him. If you don't have the guts to tell your family they are wrong and to back off, how do you expect your child to deal with having a name that is misspelled? At this point, I feel like you are just trying to be contrary, in which case I have this to say to you: *brings out favorite graphic EVER*

*slow claps*

weddingringsandbabythings

We're going with Rhonan. Thanks for all your help and criticism anyway, but I really don't think that throwing in one extra letter to please myself and family is that big of a deal, especially when there are so many different ways to spell a hundreds of names...like Owen, which has the original spelling of Eoghan. So thanks to those who were nice about it, but I got the answer I asked for elsewhere. 

nittanyllama

weddingringsandbabythings said:

We're going with Rhonan. Thanks for all your help and criticism anyway, but I really don't think that throwing in one extra letter to please myself and family is that big of a deal, especially when there are so many different ways to spell a hundreds of names...like Owen, which has the original spelling of Eoghan. So thanks to those who were nice about it, but I got the answer I asked for elsewhere. 

Good for you?

Just realize our criticism isn't for sh!ts and giggles. People will be judging the name for the rest of his life, they just won't say it to you.

weddingringsandbabythings

NittanyMama said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

We're going with Rhonan. Thanks for all your help and criticism anyway, but I really don't think that throwing in one extra letter to please myself and family is that big of a deal, especially when there are so many different ways to spell a hundreds of names...like Owen, which has the original spelling of Eoghan. So thanks to those who were nice about it, but I got the answer I asked for elsewhere. 

Good for you?

Just realize our criticism isn't for sh!ts and giggles. People will be judging the name for the rest of his life, they just won't say it to you.

Mmkay. 

catahoulatte

weddingringsandbabythings said:

We're going with Rhonan. Thanks for all your help and criticism anyway, but I really don't think that throwing in one extra letter to please myself and family is that big of a deal, especially when there are so many different ways to spell a hundreds of names...like Owen, which has the original spelling of Eoghan. So thanks to those who were nice about it, but I got the answer I asked for elsewhere. 

Haha ooooooooooook then.

WashingtonQueen

weddingringsandbabythings said:

We're going with Rhonan. Thanks for all your help and criticism anyway, but I really don't think that throwing in one extra letter to please myself and family is that big of a deal, especially when there are so many different ways to spell a hundreds of names...like Owen, which has the original spelling of Eoghan. So thanks to those who were nice about it, but I got the answer I asked for elsewhere. 

Can I roll my eyes any harder?

weddingringsandbabythings

Go for it. It won't change my mind, it's not your kid, so I don't care. 

Pepper6

weddingringsandbabythings said:

We're going with Rhonan. Thanks for all your help and criticism anyway, but I really don't think that throwing in one extra letter to please myself and family is that big of a deal, especially when there are so many different ways to spell a hundreds of names...like Owen, which has the original spelling of Eoghan. So thanks to those who were nice about it, but I got the answer I asked for elsewhere. 

Yes, some names have many legit variations of spelling based on the origins of the name.  Throwing a random extra letter in a name is not even close to the same thing.  It's just throwing a random extra letter in a name based on absolutely nothing legit.  It's great that you want to try to please your family, but THEY are not the ones who are going to have to spell their name out every.single.time...your son is.

But I suppose out of all the horrifically wrong spellings you first suggested, Rhonan is the least horrific, so that's....good??  

WashingtonQueen

After your kid is born you will realize just how much of a PITA it is to have misspelled a name.

nittanyllama

This is me thinking out loud and I'm honestly done trying to reason with OP...

But I am always amazed when people can get this much negative feedback and still be convinced that their idea is a good one.

weddingringsandbabythings

MauiBliss said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

Go for it. It won't change my mind, it's not your kid, so I don't care. 

So why did you come here at all if you'd already decided you were going with a misspelling? Honestly, I'm confused. You already had your mind made up, you came in and got all huffy and wound up right where you started anyway.......I don't get that.

Because I posted it here first, and then got better advice elsewhere. 

Pepper6

weddingringsandbabythings said:

MauiBliss said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

Go for it. It won't change my mind, it's not your kid, so I don't care. 

So why did you come here at all if you'd already decided you were going with a misspelling? Honestly, I'm confused. You already had your mind made up, you came in and got all huffy and wound up right where you started anyway.......I don't get that.

Because I posted it here first, and then got better advice elsewhere. 

I literally snorted laughing when I read this...

Because everyone knows that 100 replies saying "bad idea" and 1 reply saying "good idea!!!"  totally means it's a good idea.  

weddingringsandbabythings

MauiBliss said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

MauiBliss said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

Go for it. It won't change my mind, it's not your kid, so I don't care. 

So why did you come here at all if you'd already decided you were going with a misspelling? Honestly, I'm confused. You already had your mind made up, you came in and got all huffy and wound up right where you started anyway.......I don't get that.

Because I posted it here first, and then got better advice elsewhere. 

Ohhh, you fished until you caught what you wanted? Ok, I get it now. Well, glad you got the answer you wanted.

*starts BNB Therapy group*

Well, if you want to get technical, there's supposed to be another letter or vowel with the o to give it a long o anyway, so logically, Ronan would be pronounced Ron-an, and not roan-an...but it's whatever. I found someone who actually named their son Rhonan with an h, and gets complimented on it all the time, and it hasn't been mispronounced once. 

melody921

weddingringsandbabythings said:

That's not the only spelling. In stargate, which is where I got the name, it's Ronon, not Ronan. I'd rather not go into details of why they dislike my grandfather, but I completely understand the reason they can't handle the spelling. There are several ways to spell all kinds of names, not just one correct way. I asked which one looked best, not how many sounded awful. I'm not changing the name simply because people don't like the spelling. 

Another vote for Ronan or a different name.

ashiscute

weddingringsandbabythings said:

We're going with Rhonan. Thanks for all your help and criticism anyway, but I really don't think that throwing in one extra letter to please myself and family is that big of a deal, especially when there are so many different ways to spell a hundreds of names...like Owen, which has the original spelling of Eoghan. So thanks to those who were nice about it, but I got the answer I asked for elsewhere. 

I'm sorry OP I'm usually more of a lurker on here but this is truly baffling to me.  How selfish is your adult family being by asking you to put a random silent H in the middle of your child's beautiful name because of an association they came up with?  They really feel better by having that H in there?  Knowing he'll spend his whole life correcting people and never finding cool stuff with him name on it?  That seems so crazy to me.  If you love it then use it but please think more of your LO then the adults that don't have to live with the name.  

catahoulatte

weddingringsandbabythings said:

MauiBliss said:

Because I posted it here first, and then got better advice elsewhere. 

PSH! Impossible.

capulet

weddingringsandbabythings said:

MauiBliss said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

MauiBliss said:

weddingringsandbabythings said:

Go for it. It won't change my mind, it's not your kid, so I don't care. 

So why did you come here at all if you'd already decided you were going with a misspelling? Honestly, I'm confused. You already had your mind made up, you came in and got all huffy and wound up right where you started anyway.......I don't get that.

Because I posted it here first, and then got better advice elsewhere. 

Ohhh, you fished until you caught what you wanted? Ok, I get it now. Well, glad you got the answer you wanted.

*starts BNB Therapy group*

Well, if you want to get technical, there's supposed to be another letter or vowel with the o to give it a long o anyway, so logically, Ronan would be pronounced Ron-an, and not roan-an...but it's whatever. I found someone who actually named their son Rhonan with an h, and gets complimented on it all the time, and it hasn't been mispronounced once. 

There are multiple examples of long o not combined with another vowel in the very first sentence you wrote there.  Just saying.