How did your child first pronounce his/her name?

KearaD · January 2012

DS is finally starting to say his own name! He calls him self "Duh-guh-guh," because he can't say "Diggory" just yet.

And when my three-year-old nephew got a baby sister (Corinna), he could only call her "Cuh-winna." So adorable!

Did anyone else's kids have cute names for themselves or their siblings before they could pronounce the name correctly?

krissyh21 · January 2012

He calls his aunt Hedda (Heather) but he says his name pretty good.

bethanyui · January 2012

When my nephews were little they just called each other "Gudder." (Brother) I was Aunt Bet-any,

natalie7s19 · January 2012

My 2-year-old calls his baby brother "Ashoo" (Asher)

EXL311 · January 2012

When DS was little he pronounced Elijah like Eyishah. When DD was little she pronounced it Eshishah. Neither ever pronounced Evie wrong but it took a long time to convince Evie that her real first name is not Evievangeline.

hewinked · January 2012

DD says her name pretty well right now, but she said "Natty" for the longest time. My DS's name is Adam, and she called him "Ahbah" when he was first born. It was so cute.

CiderWench · January 2012

My eldest daughter called herself Jaina when she first began speaking (her name is Mary Jane). My youngest daughter called big sister Gi-Gi until she was a little over 2yo, and calls herself ee-WISE-a todd-low sue-POE HE-woe (no joke). LOL

CaitlinJ22 · January 2012

My son Finn called himself Foo for the longest time. We actually were sad when he stopped it

When his sister was born he was 18 months old and called her Fa-Fa, same as what he called muffins too. He now calls her Eva, but she calls him Winn, at 19 months

serendipity_5 · January 2012

My neices name is Zoe and she used to call herself ooey now she says Zoe pretty good, she calls me "Auntie Orlin" (my name is Lauryn) its pretty cute

Marsee · January 2012

My LO can't talk yet, but when my twin uncles were little they called each other Ninny (for Lindsay) and Yeah-Yeah (for Leslie). 50+ years later, my mom still calls my uncle Lindsay "Ninny" to make fun of him.

lauralew · January 2012

Laura is kind of hard to say for little kids, so it usually ends up Wauwa. A neighbor kid growing up called me Laurla. Luckily, my family nick name is Lew, which is a little easier to say. My niece used to call me "Auntie WOOOOO!"

TapDancingLlamas · January 2012

My son says "Gub" for Gabe.

Keri Marie · January 2012

Cute post!

Sable calls herself "Zee-Bowl" and some times just "Bowl", I love it.

moonfaerie · January 2012

London was briefly "Undy" then "Undon" before she could say London. She was pretty good with Chloe, though skipped the L at first and called her "Koey" for a bit.

Sawyerplus1 · January 2012

Haha, my son has both a speech delay and a somewhat complicated name (for a child to pronounce). His name is Sawyer, and when he started saying it, he pronounced it 'yasher'

(which was also his word for 'soother' and 'elephant')

annabelle.27 · January 2012

ee-tin (Ethan)

My sister is Elisabeth. When she was younger she called herself Bobiss. We all assumed it was because she couldn't say Elisabeth, but one day she was talking about a character on TV and correctly said Elizabeth. I asked her to say her own name, which she again pronounced "Bobiss," and I asked her why she was saying her own name Bobiss when she could clearly say Elisabeth. She told me that she didn't like the name Elisabeth and just liked Bobiss better. lol.

lilygirl · January 2012

Her Georgia = Do dah. It's getting clearer.

MrsTownsend8136 · January 2012

I dont have children yet, but I have a lot of younger cousins! My name is Astrid and a lot of my family is southern so it comes out rather weird so they all call me either Shay(MN) or Boo Boo. Since children usually have a hard time with my name my cousins have always called me Boo Boo. Actually none of them know that my real name is Astrid and look at my mom funny when she calls me by my name! Honestly like they have no idea who Astrid is, but when anyone says Boo Boo they know thats me! Haha Big Smile My cousin that is 11 days younger than me used to call me asprin.

g8trkim · January 2012

He calls himself Gant. He pronounces our last name pretty well too. His friend at daycare is Casey, and he calls him Cakey, which I think is really cute.

stahlop · January 2012

The toddlers at daycare say Errerret instead of Everett.

calli0pe00 · January 2012

My little sister would say "knee" for my DH's name Kane. The pronunciation of "knee" is no where in his name. We have no idea where she got it from.

RosnyBelinda · January 2012

My 3 year old Nathaniel calls himself 'Na-yan-yul' and his brother Ryan is 'Rya'. My 2 year old Ryan calls himself and his big brother 'Rya'. We figure he'll get it straight one day.

queenbone · January 2012

He, and everyone else his age, says "Feo". Hoping the "th" comes around soon.

AlphabetFish · January 2012

My sister Teresa went by Tweesa for, well, actually quite a while when we were kids, and my brother, when asked his name, would respond "SHARK" or "RACECAR," his two favorite words when he was two.

kitkat0308 · January 2012

Well my DD called herself "Car" for the longest time. Now its Cara (still can't quite get that L in there). And she does a pretty good job with her brother's name with a major emphasis on the "eb" at the end.

erincjackson · January 2012

When DD was born DS was almost 2 and called her Hey hey (Haley) for the longest time, its still a nickname we use for her now and she is almost 5.

kms34 · January 2012

His name is Evan. It started out as Ah-veen but now it's pretty clear.

He's really close to my BFF and calls her Sassy. Her name is Shelli. He also calls my SIL Deese and her name is Denise.

sweetpea2003 · January 2012

She says her own name (Kate) pretty well. Katherine is a little harder... it is more like "Kass-rin".

The cutest name is my sister who is Joanna but goes by JoJo. Kate couldn't say her name for a long time and it was always "Auntie Choo-Choo". That stuck .

scoutkate · January 2012

Betsy is just starting to say her name in the last few days. It sounds kind of like "Bed-duh."

karen_loy · January 2012

he still doesn't say his own name, but his 2,5 yr old cousin calls him Lehlo (Leo)

Pearl16 · January 2012

Cora started out calling herself CoCo, and it kinda stuck. DH and I still call her CoCo from time to time. Now she calls herself CO-wah.

hmr22 · January 2012

DS is Lane, and sometimes people think he says Wayne.

carimeli · January 2012

Caitlin called herself "cake-win" for a while, but now it's more like "cate-win" One of my friends girls calls her Cake-lin haha

brookelynpaisley · January 2012

Cute post!

Our 2yo like-a-niece calls herself Kay-iss (Kadence) and her brother is Taw-sin (Dawson). Weird, because she says "Daddy" and DH's name (Dan) just fine, but she doesn't pronounce the D in Dawson.

My little cousin had a speech impediment when she was little. My mom was Ta-win (Karen) and I was Butch (Brooke). That one has stuck. Yay....

jolynn326 · January 2012

Noelle doesn't say her name yet, but sometimes we think she says her best friend's name: Ly-ah=Aliza. She also calls their dog Tuh=Tuck.

I've been called May-me before, and my name is Kami (prn Kay-me).

appylovee · January 2012

I have been auntie Jedggie (auntie Jessie) and aunie Jeca(Jessica.) It was cute and they grew out of it, I'm now finally known as auntie Jessie.

aubreyan · January 2012

Jackson = DACK-sin

MissRachel621 · January 2012

No kids for me yet but when my younger sister was little, she couldn't say my name, Rachel, so she came up with DeeDee. She would always want to do whatever I was doing and would yell, "DeeDee does, me does!". Pretty cute. My nieces name is Avery and her brother calls her "Ave" (rhymes with Dave), which I think is also very cute. Great post idea!

SeasideBride06 · January 2012

When DD2 was born DD1 called her Uh-meal-uh....she says it pretty clear now, but it was just so cute!

Jnmac83 · January 2012

Cute post!

My little sister (6 years younger) couldn't say "Jennifer" when she was younger, so she called me Foofer. It stuck for a bit and my other sisters were set she was saying "Pooper". Ughhh...that was not fun! ha!

My nephews called me Aunt Enn for the longest time. And my sister Amanda they call Aunt Duh. That stuck. Now we all call her duh.

robynlesley · January 2012

Aaron is nearly 2.5 and he also has a speech delay (catching up thanks to EI) and he calls himself "Ah-yin" (not Aah but Ah like apple). It's pretty cute.

I figure Aaron is a tough name as it is and with my NJ accent mangling it (sometimes comes out Air-on) and he has a friend in daycare named Erin... lol

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