‘That’s just letters’ people say as mum announces the birth of her daughter and the unique name she’s chosen
PICKING out the perfect baby name for your child is no easy task.
Parents can get inspiration from family names passed down generations and even from fictional characters – some even go so far as to name kids after inanimate objects.
But one mum has left people stunned after announcing her daughter’s name after giving birth.
Taking to social media, the mum announced the name and it soon went viral.
One person shared it in the Facebook group, That name isn’t a tragedeigh, it’s a murghdyrr, adding their thoughts: “1 point for creativity?”
The name was written on a board help up over the baby.
It read: “We are so honoured & excited to announce the birth of a precious baby GIRL.
“Khoviley McJaimz.”
People were left horrified by the name – with many asking if she had been playing a game of Scrabble while given birth and got inspired by the jumble of letters.
American architect Alfred Mosher Butts invented the game in 1938 where players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares.
The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns and are included in a standard dictionary or lexicon.
The post went viral with over 500 likes and hundreds of comments.
One person wrote: “I’m a pretty damn good reader and yet I can’t. How are you going to teach your kid to read like that?”
Another commented: “Me trying to win in a game of Scrabble.”
“Those are certainly all letters,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “Maybe she played Scrabble while she was in labour and just went with it.”
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Fabulous’ Deputy Editor Josie Griffiths reveals the turmoil she faced with her own name while growing up.
When I was a child, all I wanted was one of those personalised keyrings with my name on it.
But no joy, the closest I could find was Rosie, Joseph (not great for a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, which is a French name, and I managed to reach my 20s without ever meeting anyone who shared it.
When I try to introduce myself to people, I get all sorts of random things – like Tracey and Stacey – which can be pretty annoying.
Although I have come into contact with a couple of Josies over the last year – there seems to be a few of us around my age – it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends have.
On the whole I don’t mind it, at least it’s not rude or crazily spelt.
And it means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just referring to myself as Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my surname, as it’s not seen as very cool or feminist to do so these days, but I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths as I’d always just say ‘hi it’s Josie’ when ringing a mate up.
I think it’s nice to be unique and I’ll definitely try and replicate this when naming my own kids.
It’s the rude names you’ve got to watch out for, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I’ll definitely be avoiding those.
“My brain can’t even work out how they want this pronounced,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “OMG. Poor baby.”
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