It's an easy mistake to mispronounce someone's name. Yet, this can be a rather sore subject for new parents who may have had a difficult journey choosing a moniker for their little one.
A new mum has admitted that she regrets the name she chose for her daughter after people continuously mispronounce it. Admitting that it makes her cringe, the woman is keen to change her child's name as she can't stand it much longer.
Taking to popular forum Reddit, the anonymous woman admitted that a 'stressful' situation at home meant that picking out a name for her child was the last thing on her and her partner's mind.
She explained: "During my pregnancy, we loved the name Margot but then realised it rhymed with our last name so we vetoed it. We never really agreed on any other names. My husband liked Camilla but I was never fond of it.
"My youngest loved Rosie. I loved tons of old names but he didn't. Everyone told me 'when you see her, you'll know'. Well, I didn't and I panicked. After utter exhaustion, I just let my husband name her. He named her Camila Rose. For some stupid reason, we decided to spell it Camila but pronounce it ca-mill-luh.
"As he handed in the birth certificate I felt a tinge of regret but thought it was just hormones. I didn't sleep at all that night because I felt like we made such a mistake with her name. I knew it wasn't exhaustion and that the feelings were real when strangers would ask me her name and I'd cringe. It has been a process to say the least."
The little girl is now four months old but the mum admits that she's still stuck on her name.
In a bid to stop people mispronouncing her child's name, the woman is desperate to have the moniker changed.
The mum went on: "She's now almost four months old and I still don't know what her name should be. I dread telling people her name because it just doesn’t feel right for some reason.
"It's been mispronounced quite a bit - Camille, Camiyya, Ca-me-lah. We have to do something. We either add an L to make it Camilla to help the pronunciation or just change it.
"We have talked and he was very reluctant at first. But now that he's witnessed the mispronunciations, he's willing and wants to make a change - whatever that may be. I don't know if adding the L to make it 'Camilla' would help any.
She continued: "I just feel like I've screwed up. Naming her siblings was not this difficult. We named them and never looked back. I've been calling her Rosie like my one of my children does because I just still haven't warmed up to Camilla.
"Yet now I'm questioning whether Rosie sounds like a dog's name. Does it? My mom suggested maybe calling her Millie. I feel at four months it's too late to give her a new name but something has to give. I don't know what to do."
Flocking to the comment section, Reddit users advised the woman on the best solution to her troubling situation.
One person suggested: "I think you should start fresh. Decide on a name you love for your daughter and can say with joy and pride each time. I'm sure there is some easy way legally to change her name. Five years from now this incident will just be a funny story."
Meanwhile, someone else wrote: "Camilla Rose is a beautiful name but if you don't like it then now is the time to change it or regret it forever. At four months, your daughter can easily re-learn a new name.
"I don't think Rosie sounds like a dog's name at all, I only know of humans with that name!" They added.
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