I really can't see any benefits to the kid in saddling him with a name like that.
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
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No. Kids won't be able to pronounce it, teachers won't be able to pronounce it, job interviewers won't be able to pronounce it, medical personal won't be able to pronounce it, etc.
Every single one of these moments is avoidable, and no amount of these moments is worth 'having the kid with the interesting name'.
I'm an adult and I don't even know how the fuck to say it.
It’s a good name for a baby born with horns protruding from its head.
Damn. Reading this too late to help my horny boy. He gets mocked relentlessly at school for his horns and the name I gave him. I named him Tiny-penis. Which in retrospect I can see how young boys might mock that name.
I have never heard the name before.
There's your sign. The other is whether 95% of people can confidently pronounce it correctly up on reading it.
Just my personal opinion, but your name should be something you feel happy with and should not depend on whether it will be easily pronouncable by others. Different names will be vastly more easy/more difficult to pronounce in different places if the child ever moves to a foreign country, so this is kind of unpredictable to begin with.
Just my opinion, but your name is exclusively a label for other people to call you. If you don't like it, you can literally ask to be called anything else, but how other people will be able to pronounce it or not should be at least some small percentage of the thought process. Especially considering that children can't pick their own names when they're born
That actually seems very sensible. I was thinking about it from the standpoint of me and my own name, and not like OP needs for a child. For a child a standard name might be a better option so that it does not incure bullying etc. and the child can always choose to change their name, based on their own preferences, when they are older.
I mean, that's just how I see it. Not disparaging anybody for their name or child's name. Like, my parents named me Michael, and I happen to like it. But if I didn't I would change it in a heartbeat (officially or not, it doesn't really matter to me).
That's true, but children are like little predators waiting for anything to make your life miserable. The first time a teacher stumbles on your name, that's your entire identity for YEARS. How happy are you going to be with your name after that?
He's an old Celtic God, god of the wild and the likes. It's likely to be a sticking point for bullies in schools honestly. Which sucks because by all accounts he was kind of a bad ass.
Depends. For getting teased by other kids? Absolutely.
At least marco is a common name where people won’t bat an eye if you were named that
I’d probably still blink as normal but yeah the name wouldn’t strike me as odd
It depends on the region and culture you were born into, but I'm gonna have to lean toward no since I can't personally find any evidence that any other person has ever had this name. It'd make it hard to find shirts and stuff that already have your name printed on them
American of Russian and Swedish descent, but yeah
Your father might be a witch.
well its an unique name, I haven't heard it before!
Yes, your child will not be bullied and everyone will think extra highly of them. It also reflects positively on you as a parent and highlights to everyone how your particular kid is more special than others.
Horned Demon and Marco Polo jokes aside, I say run with it. As much as millennials get crapped on for choosing weird names they've at least suck to it and I'd hope it would make room for more names. It has meaning to you, go for it.
Every kid will get picked on for their name at some point.
Anything that is not Jack or Ted or Phil or Chris or Mike or Jordan or Justin or Jason or Larry or Pete... Is good
Bleurgh!