My daughter’s name is a ‘tragedeigh’ – the nurse insisted she knew how to spell it but was wrong, now we’re stuck
A MOM has admitted that she dislikes her daughter’s middle name and blames the nurse on-call for the mess up that she can’t get over.
Now, over a decade after she gave birth, the mother said she’s stuck with her child’s name and called it a “tragedeigh.”
Reddit user Low_key_crazies aired out her frustrations about her daughter’s name online.
Her child’s middle name was supposed to be Eleanor but is actually spelled “Ellanore.”
“I did not intentionally spell it wrong,” she said.
She explained in a post how it was such a “tragedeigh,” which is “when a given name has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.”
Even though it’s been over a decade since the birth, she admitted that it does still bother her.
BIRTH BLUNDER
The blunder was through no fault of her own but rather the nurse who was on duty.
Her daughter is now 12 years old, but she still wishes her middle name was spelled differently.
Following the birthing experience, she was too exhausted to pay proper attention to the necessary paperwork.
As a result, her daughter’s father and former partner filled out the forms with the previously mentioned nurse’s help.
She didn’t pay much attention as she fed the baby but did hear pieces of their conversation.
“I remember my partner saying, ‘Eleanor, how do you spell that again?’ And the nurse replied with ‘I’ve got it,'” the original poster said.
Now, her daughter’s middle name is legally Ellanore.
PARENTAL PROBS
Well, apparently the nurse didn’t “have it” because a decade later, the spelling is still a topic of discussion between the two parents.
“It has bothered me ever since but her other parent has said from the beginning that they like it that way,” the Reddit user explained.
She knows that she could have easily changed the spelling years ago but didn’t simply because the other parent liked it.
That was short-lived because she revealed that her former partner “ran off” when her daughter was five years old.
Instead of changing it then to how she wanted it spelled, she figured her daughter was old enough to decide if she liked the name for herself or not.
“While I accept that it’s a tragediegh, she doesn’t mind the spelling. It does still bother me though,” she added.
Her only consolation is that “her first name is sorta unique ” and spelled correctly.
FAST FIX
Several Redditors detailed how their naming experiences differed in different countries.
“American here. I brought my completed paperwork to the hospital with me because I did not want any exhaustive mistakes, lol,” a woman shared.
“I believe we would have had to complete it prior to leaving (within 48 hours).”
“You can also legally change the baby’s name within the first year of its life here in the UK,” another one commented.
“In the Netherlands, one of the parents has to fill out the form. Or, if they really aren’t capable of it, someone who was there during the birth. But mostly it’s the parents,” another said.
“In Denmark, the baby is registered as newborn girl/boy [mother’s] last name and you have 6 months to register the name,” a Reddit user added.