Choosing a baby name isn't always an easy task, and finding the single choice that your child is going to have for the rest of their life can be even harder.
That's why it's not unusual for parents to end up regretting the choice they went with and having their baby's name changed - which you can do once in England and Wales without going through Deed Poll as long as the change occurs within the first 12 months of your baby's birth being registered.
And one mum is seriously considering changing her daughter's name after realising that she struggles to pronounce it properly, as she's worried that other people will also find it hard to pronounce and will end up bullying her daughter by coming up with nasty alternatives to her name.
The mum explained her daughter's name is Violet, but she pronounces the name with two syllables (Vi-let) instead of three syllables (Vi-o-let), and she thinks that when her child reaches school age, other children who also pronounce her name with two syllables may start calling her names such as "vile" or "violent".
In a post on Mumsnet, she said: "I have a baby girl called Violet who is two months old. My husband really loved the name from the start but I had some issues pronouncing it correctly, as I kept pronouncing it as 'vile-it' rather than 'vye-uh-let' due to my accent, which I worked on during the pregnancy and agreed to go ahead with the name.
"I love it when I look at the spelling and everyone has been very positive about it but I do find that when I'm introducing her or saying her name I am super careful about how I pronounce it so I’m not saying 'vile-it'.
"I've now started worrying about her coming home from secondary school and saying people are calling her 'vile' or 'violent', and how it'll be all our fault for giving her the name.
"I don't know if I'm just overreacting. The rational part of my brain is saying it's a totally normal nice name, the irrational part is saying what if she hates it and is bullied and we gave it to her and we should just have gone with something like Olivia."
Commenters on the post were quick to reassure the mum, with many saying they also pronounce the name Violet with just two syllables, and that it doesn't make the name any less "beautiful".
One person wrote: "I also say Vy-let, two syllables. My husband says it with two and a half syllables - similar to me but with a slight uh in the middle. Really not emphasised. It's a well-known name, I do think you're overthinking it. If you said Vile-it to me I wouldn't notice, I'd just think 'Violet, how nice.'"
While another added: "It's a normal, beautiful name. Absolutely gorgeous. Right now you're massively overthinking it, so what if you say it differently sometimes?"
And a third posted: "You're overthinking it. It's a lovely name and will be fine. Teenagers in secondary are much more likely to shorten names so they may call her Vi or Lettie. Unlikely to call her Violent!"
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