‘Poor thing’ people cry as woman’s name ‘sounds like a joke’ & it’s even worse when you hear her siblings’ monikers
A WOMAN has left people in hysterics over her name which they reckon sounds like a ”joke” – and it’s even worse when they find out her siblings’ monikers.
There is a lengthy list of gorgeous names that have a silent letter in them – for instance, Phoebe, Isla, or Juliette.
The same also goes for a number of monikers from different languages that are spelled differently from how we pronounce them – such as Margot and Aoife.
However, sometimes parents decide to throw in a random letter just for fun in a desperate attempt to make the name appear more unique and special.
Sadly for one woman, her parents’ choice is so bizarre, people have been wondering if the duo were drunk when they named her.
Taking to Reddit to share the amusing story, she wrote: “My sister is named Briadna (pronounced Brianna).
”My mother saw the name in a telenovela and decided to add a silent D to an otherwise normal name.
“A few years ago my sister got me a job at the store she was working at.
There are no silent Ds. Her name is Bri-ad-na
Baffled Redditor
”The manager asked me how to spell my name which is similar to Isabella, nothing crazy. She asked if it was one or two L’s, and I told her it was two.
“She then asked my brother’s name, which is Alan. She asked if there was a random H in there somewhere. I said no.
”Then she asked why my mum threw a random D into Briadna’s name, and jokingly said my mum must have been drunk when she had the birth certificate done.”
The woman went on to tell how she then came home laughing and shared the funny story with her mum and sister – however, the mum didn’t find the joke particularly amusing.
According to the Redditor, the light-hearted incident got her mum mad and sparked a conversation among the family where the sister was complaining about her name and ”how she always wished it was spelled Brianna”.
The Reddit writer went on: ”She has always gone by just Bri and says people often confused her name as Brenda or something similar.”
Fellow Reddit users flocked to comments where they were joking about the poor woman’s name.
Banned Names in the UK
The UK has no law restricting names, but names that contain obscenities, numerals, misleading titles, or are impossible to pronounce are likely to be rejected when registering a child.
- Hitler
- Monkey
- Cyanide
- Martian
- Akuma
- Chow Tow
- Rogue
One social media user replied: “There are no silent Ds. Her name is Bri-ad-na. WTAF?”
However, another user chimed in and corrected: “In Ireland, that spelling makes sense!”
Someone else quipped: “The way her name is spelled makes it sound like someone with a really bad cold is trying to say Brianna.”
This comes after another Reddit user shared how their cousin named her baby Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl – and even more shocking is the way it’s pronounced.
“Recently, my cousin gave birth to a baby girl and she shared photos on her Facebook page.
”She then sent that Facebook post to our family group chat,” the Redditor wrote.
“Her daughter’s name is Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl, read as ‘Lilith Eva Uriel’,” the mortified person explained.
“I was laughing my a** off when I read it and she said she wanted her child to be ‘cool and unique’,” they said.