Anonymous
Post 09/12/2020 19:08     Subject: Xochitl
Zo-chit-el is how I would pronounce it as I would say, I’m probably saying this incorrectly so please correct me.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2020 16:44     Subject: Xochitl
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is that the mom's name in Jane the Virgin?


No, she's Xiomara


Oh yes gosh how could I forget?!?
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 19:30     Subject: Xochitl
Xochitl Gomez, who most recently played Dawn on The Baby-Sitters Club.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7961780/?ref_=tt_cl_t5
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 13:38     Subject: Re:Xochitl
Anonymous wrote:A member of Congress has that name. As our country continues to get more diverse, more people will know how to pronounce it.

How many "X" names are there, anyway? I think if I was a girl with that name, I'd think it was cool because I'd be the only X kid.


Agreed, although there's diversity among the pronunciation of the X names. Ximena is hee-men-a, whereas I've heard the indigenous Mexican X pronounced as "sh."
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 13:28     Subject: Xochitl
Anonymous wrote:Is that the mom's name in Jane the Virgin?


No, she's Xiomara
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 13:27     Subject: Re:Xochitl
A member of Congress has that name. As our country continues to get more diverse, more people will know how to pronounce it.

How many "X" names are there, anyway? I think if I was a girl with that name, I'd think it was cool because I'd be the only X kid.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 13:26     Subject: Xochitl
Is that the mom's name in Jane the Virgin?
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 13:26     Subject: Xochitl
Anonymous wrote:So-chee


Sorry. I missed the full question. We gave an Azteca friend with this name. No I would not use it as I’m not indigenous. I find it beautiful though.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 13:22     Subject: Xochitl
So-chee
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 11:26     Subject: Xochitl
I've been told to pronounce it So-ch'ill. It sounds like "so chill" with a very slight hiccup, obviously that's not the correct linguistic term, in the middle of chill.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 11:07     Subject: Xochitl
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Xochitl is the Siobhan of the Spanish-speaking world. People might not know how to pronounce it, but they'll learn and it's so memorable they won't forget it.


The problem is that Xochitl will have to teach thousands of people over the course of her life how to pronounce it. What a nightmare. Don’t do this to an American kid.


God you are dramatic. I have a name that is difficult to pronounce and I often have to correct people (if they ask or if it's someone I interact with often, if it's the receptionist at my dentist office or something I don't say anything because I don't really care). I don't even think it's an inconvenience let alone a "nightmare."

FWIW, I know two Xochitls through work and went to high school with one (in a rural town in upstate New York). It's rare, and I do think many people will struggle with the pronunciation, but I don't think it's that unheard of.


One person’s pragmatic is another person’s dramatic, I guess.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 10:59     Subject: Re:Xochitl
So just to recap: Xochitl is an indigenous Mexican name-not a Spanish name. Makes sense that the rest of the Spanish-speaking world would not be familiar with its pronunciation.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2020 10:45     Subject: Re:Xochitl
Is it SO-chee?

I know someone who goes by Sochi; I don't know if that's the name she was given or if she has just Americanlized Xochitl. Americans would butcher this name, but that's not necessarily a reason to rule it out.