'We've found the perfect name for our baby - but there's one major problem'

02 March 2024 , 07:00

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After finally finding the perfect name she said there was one major problem (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A mum-to-be has told how she and her husband have found the perfect name for their daughter, but have experienced a ‘naming blip’ that might convince them to reconsider. She said: “My husband and I love the name Ileigh (pronounced i-leigh) as it’s a family name from both sides.”

After telling how it was coincidentally both her great grandma's maiden name and her husband’s great grandma’s first name, both from different parts of the world, she said: “This is the very reason our families ended up living in the United States.”

And after admitting it was special to the couple due to the family reasons, as well as the fact they had never heard of anyone else with the same name, she admitted that the couple were reluctant to give their child the name due to one major issue.

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She said: “It’s the spelling. Online it looks horrible. I don't want people thinking it’s double L or double i.” With friends suggesting the couple didn’t use any capital letters, so it was always written as ‘ileigh’, she said: “This spelling is also a pet peeve.”

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After finally admitting the name was 'too special’ for the couple not to use, she asked Reddit readers how they would say it if they saw it written as it should be: Ileigh. One reader said: “I like the plan to just call her iLeigh like she’s an Apple product!” while another responded by saying that if they did: “It’s constantly going to be ‘corrected’ by well-meaning people understandably thinking it’s a typo.”

One questioned: “Would this name not just be Eily? Which is pretty normal in Ireland,” while another said: "I worked with a woman called Eilidh. She was English but said it was an Irish name. She pronounced it like 'Eye-Lee'." Another had a similar name, telling her: “My name is Ileigha it’s the same but with an a …I like my name.”

Emma Rowbottom