‘It’s a stripper’s name’ people say as mum shares baby’s very unique moniker that ‘will get her bullied at school’
A MUM came under fire after she allowing her children to decide what to call their baby sister.
People pointed out that the unique baby name was more suitable for a stripper.
In a Reddit post, user Trinitymonkey shared a screenshot of the name announcement from Facebook.
The unnamed woman used children’s letter blocks to spell out the unusual moniker on her baby bump.
She revealed that her daughter’s name would be ‘Chairish,’ pronounced as ‘Cherish.’
A comment on the original post questioned the strange spelling of the name.
“You’re spelling it like that? Chair as in a chair you sit on? You’re crazy,” the commenter wrote.
The expectant mum replied that her two children wanted to spell the name like that.
“I like it because it’s different,” the woman added.
Reddit users labelled the name a Tragedeigh, which is a term for “a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.”
People shared their thoughts on the unique baby name in the comments section.
One reader simply summed up the moniker as a “stripper name.”
“Like a chair. But not really. Chair-ish,” joked another unimpressed Redditor.
“It sounds like she let her kids come up with the name,” commented a third person.
“This is Adulting 101: Never, ever, EVER let kids name things. They’re bad enough at pet names.”
“This sweet baby girl is going to get bullied to hell and back because of this stupid name,” pointed out another commenter.
” I understand the appeal of wanting an original name but if its just a s**ty derivative of another name, that just makes you an idiot,” wrote one reader.
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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.
“There should be a vetting or licensing process to have children, so people like this stop reproducing,” said another person.
“We really are entering the idiocracy stage of society.”
“Cherish itself is pretty cute. Making it Chairish is just mean,” pointed out one Reddit user.
“Not that Cherish is any better as a name but this is worse,” wrote another reader.
“Wouldn’t Chair-ish be like, a stool or something?” joked one commenter.