Name troubles

kallen6

My DS is five months old and we named him Trevin. I have loved the name since we started trying to get pregnant. When I read the name I pronounced it as Trey-vin, but everyone pronounces it trev-in. I looked it up on the computer and it says to pronounce it Trev-in,  so should I change the spelling to Treyvin or just keep telling everyone that we pronounce as Trey-vin. I just didn't like the looks of it with the y in it.  It makes me so sad that he is going to have to deal with this for his whole life. Stupid pragnancy Brain, maybe it is a good a idea to run your name by people. TIA

EXL311

Yeah it looks like Trev-in to me.  It's hard to say what I would do.  As someone whose name is butchered constantly, it's a huge pain in the rear and annoying.  I don't like the look of the y either so I would just stick with the Trevin spelling and correct people when they mispronounce it.

emikat

EXL311:

Yeah it looks like Trev-in to me.  It's hard to say what I would do.  As someone whose name is butchered constantly, it's a huge pain in the rear and annoying.  I don't like the look of the y either so I would just stick with the Trevin spelling and correct people when they mispronounce it.

I agree with this and maybe I would even consider just saying Trev-in after all.   

MainelyFoolish

I would seriously consider calling him Trevin (rhymes with Devin) like his name is spelled.

Another option would be to change the spelling to Travin. People might pronounce it like it rhymes with Gavin but it's believable with a pronounciation like Tray-vin. I don't see way that Trevin would be pronounced Tray-vin.  

FrecklesInside

MainelyFoolish:

I would seriously consider calling him Trevin (rhymes with Devin) like his name is spelled.

Another option would be to change the spelling to Travin. People might pronounce it like it rhymes with Gavin but it's believable with a pronounciation like Tray-vin. I don't see way that Trevin would be pronounced Tray-vin.  

Agreed... Trevin is definitely Trev-in... I'd consider calling him that, or if you really like Trey-vin, change it to somehow reflect that pronunciation.

AlphabetFish

I... I did pronounce it Trev-in, like Kevin or Devin. Sorry! I thought I was doing it right based on the spelling!

I don't know how hard it is to change a baby's name, but yeah, I don't think you're wrong about people making an incorrect assumption about his name in the future. If you were to change the spelling, it would make it easier to figure out the pronunciation. 

ktpaladino

I agree that it's not quite as nice looking with the Y in there but if you're going to want people to pronounce it correctly 100% of the time, it's just going to have to go in there. Travin will not work either, because people will pronounce that as Travis/Gavin. If doing the name change is going to end up being too much of a hassle, you need to change the pronunciation, whch I know would be very difficult to do considering how much you love your way of saying it. You and your kid are going to get SO sick of correcting everyone eventually!

megemoney

I don't like the Y