Baby name for a girl - Xochitl?

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It may be a beautiful name to you. But maybe your daughter will feel awkward with it. Perhaps you have to think about more than just beauty of a name or deep meaning. If you have to show us how to pronounce it (and I thought — at first — when you said So Chil, your husband was a weirdo who thought it would be cute and funny...my daughter is so chill.) perhaps that will be embarrassing for your daughter as she progresses through classes each year. But if not, go for it. Certainly is unusual, at least for me.

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Wow. Based on the terrible responses on this post I’m soooo glad I didn’t take name advice from DCUM. Xochitl is an awesome name. You all have poor taste.

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Anonymous wrote:It is beautiful. I would be concerned if your husband wasn't Mexican, but he and, presumably, his entire family will know how to pronounce it and won't consider it strange or unusual. Ignore the people on here saying it's ugly -- it is unfamiliar to them, and some people hate unfamiliar things. But how better to teach your daughter the joy of her heritage, and the joy of something unusual and unique, than to giver her a Mexican name that people here will find unusual and unique.

I love when people give their children names from their cultural heritage. I grew up in an era when everyone -- even the many Native, Hispanic, Korean-American, and Chinese-American families I grew up around -- named their kids Jessica and Gary and Kristy and Jeff. Now all my friends I grew up with are giving their kids names that honor or incorporate their family's heritage. We don't need a million Jessicas. We could use one more Xochitl.

+1 . It's no more difficult than Saoirse. And DCUM claims to love that name.

You will certainly have to explain its pronunciation a million times. But if that doesn't bother you, then go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Hard pass. Not a marketable name. Would actually impede a person's progress in the real world. No one would want to look like an ass by not being able to pronounce the name so even the best credentials wouldn't get her call backs for jobs.

Really hoping you don't hire people! Having to ask someone how to pronounce their name is way less of an asshole move than discriminating against people with non-English names.

Actually I also wouldn't bother to call back Rhys or Siobhan either. Plenty of regular folks out there that in a customer service or business setting wouldn't cause issues with their names.

No one cares what you think.

I'm saying what most people think. I'm not impressed by a rare name from Mexico and it reflects poorly. I'm also not impressed by Aydans, Greysons, Austyns and whatever other weird names privileged people pick for their kids. It's a weird trend.

Isn't it interesting how prejudiced people always justify their prejudice by claiming it's "what most people think"?

[Anonymous]

Another name I loved is Itzel. DD has two friends at daycare with this name.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Based on the terrible responses on this post I’m soooo glad I didn’t take name advice from DCUM. Xochitl is an awesome name. You all have poor taste.

I don’t think anyone is saying it’s not a pretty name. They’re saying people will not know how to pronounce it. I’m Mexican and I wouldn’t name my DD this name unless we lived in Mexico where people know how to pronounce it.

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I think it’s a pretty name. People will learn how to pronounce it. I say go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a pretty name. People will learn how to pronounce it. I say go for it.

They really won't. You'll have to teach each person you meet and then repeat it multiple times again.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Based on the terrible responses on this post I’m soooo glad I didn’t take name advice from DCUM. Xochitl is an awesome name. You all have poor taste.

I don’t think anyone is saying it’s not a pretty name. They’re saying people will not know how to pronounce it. I’m Mexican and I wouldn’t name my DD this name unless we lived in Mexico where people know how to pronounce it.

I’m the 19:40 Mexican and I agree. It’s not even common in Mexico. I guess I would not want my dd to pioneer the name in the US.

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We are from another culture and we wanted to honor a grandparent with a rare name that’s easy to mispronounce in English. We used it as a middle name. If he wants to claim his heritage, it’s there. Kid is pretty outgoing, so I could see him trying out his middle name one day. However, the first name is incredibly easy to spell and pronounce. I think it’s kinder to the kid to give them options. You never know who you are going to have.

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Anonymous wrote:What about all those old Irish names that are spelled non-phonetically? Do you have a problem with Saiorse or etc?

I think Xochitl is cool. Nearly no one gets an X name! Unique, exotic, pretty pronunciation.

Ximena is another name seen in Mexico.

Xiomara too.

Based on my familiarity with Xiomara, I pronounced this name Zo-chittel in my head. X names are pretty, but this will be a learning curve for every single person your daughter meets.

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https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/911104.page

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I agree it’s pretty, but it does make me think of the tortilla chips.

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How DO you pronounce Saiorse?

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Anonymous wrote:How DO you pronounce Saiorse?

SEAR-sha