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I hate my friend’s baby name but just smiled and nodded when she told me – people say it ‘screams ego issues’
People said the name made them angry to look at
WHETHER it's a celebrity's child or a classmate of your own kid, we've all heard some questionable monikers.
However, one woman was left feeling awkward when the bad baby name she heard came from her close friend.
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In her Reddit post, user Ivannacalypso revealed the unusual choice the woman went with.
"So my dear friend is pregnant with her second child and she told me that if it’s a girl she wants to name her Skarlett," the poster explained.
While the name Scarlett is considered common and has been around since medieval times, this mum decided on a more unique spelling.
According to the Redditor, the soon-to-be mum-of-two decided to spell the name with a K "because she doesn’t like Cs."
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However, the woman didn't stop their when changing up the spelling of the classic name.
"She also wanted to change it to Skarlytt to make it more unique," the Reddit user added.
While she wasn't overly fond of the choice, the woman explained that she masked her feelings.
"I smiled and nodded when she told me but I was internally cringing," she said.
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She added that her friend's husband "has no say and just does whatever she says."
"She’s very much the queen of her home."
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The Reddit user explained that she was torn about whether or not to say something.
"I’m not sure how to tell her that spelling is awful or if I even should," she said.
Other Reddit users shared their opinions in the comments section of the post.
"Scarlet/Scarlett is pretty. Skarlytt is a disaster and screams ego issues," wrote one reader.
"Please, for the love of God, somebody convince her to just go with the normal spelling. Scarlet is already unique enough."
Can you just make up your baby's name?
According to the UK Deed Poll Office, there aren’t many strict rules about baby names but some names do stretch the limit. These include:
- Names that are racist or considered harmful to the child, which could be illegal and banned in some parts of the UK.
- Names that are impossible to pronounce.
- Names that include numbers, symbols, or punctuation marks (not including hyphens or apostrophes.
- Names that are considered offensive, vulgar, or blasphemous by the deed poll service.
- Names which could be considered fraudulent, for example inferring the child has a rank, title, or inherited honor.
"It’s visually unappealing and seems pretentious in a silly way. Poor kid," agreed another commenter.
"If I ever met a woman with that name I would laugh at her and then feel really bad for her," commented a third person.
"I wouldn’t feel bad about laughing, though. It makes me angry when I look at it."
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"If my dear friend told me I had picked a god-awful, atrocious name, I would listen to her input above my family’s," said another Redditor.
"Tell her it’s cruel to name a child Skarlett, let alone Skarlytt."
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