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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people pronounce Stephen and Steven identically.

That’s the only issue with the name Stephen and your desired pronunciation. Especially because the Stefan/Stephan exists.

[b]If you push through with your desired spelling I think there will be a point in elementary school where he’ll stop correcting people and will just go by Steven. That’s what happened with everyone I know who had names that were not pronounced phonetically.[/b] [/quote]

This is absolutely what will happen. Either your child will give up and be called Steven, or he will develop a complex about it and it will become a weird part of his personality. I know more than one Andrea who is insufferably annoying about her name being pronounced 
"An-DREE-uh" instead "Ahn-DRAY-uh" and a ph "Steffen" is the same sort of name.

Here's the thing. Unless you are totally clueless and just genuinely LOVE the sound of "Steffen", you know this already. Parents who select this sort of name are often the type of person who enjoys attention (positive of negative) and personally would not be bothered by constantly correcting their name. It's not reasonable to assume your child will have the same personality type. Maybe they will, and it will be fine, but if your child is not this way, you are adding a neverending annoyance to their day to day interactions with other humans and they may end up choosing not to use this name you so carefully chose. [/quote]

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