conflict over spelling of baby name

we're expecting a little girl and we're conflicted over how to spell the 1st name. he wants to name her misha evelyn and wants to spell it "misha" but i wanna spell it "meesha".
i think it'd be fair since he chose the name...let me play with the spelling.
i dunno.
i'm ready to just tell him "misha" is out and go back to the drawing board for another 1st name but i cant think of anything that'll go with "evelyn".
what do ya'll think?

Spell it however you want, that doesn't matter. My sons name is Tristen.....typically spelled TristAN.....however I chose to spell it TristEN. Who cares!! His middle name is a spin off of his grandfathers. Grandfathers name was Raymond. Tristens middle name is Rayz...

Rayz as in rays of sunshine and Ray's grandson. ??? I just wanted to be a smidge out of the box!!!

However you end up spelling it, it is a nice name, I think you should stick with it! I think the way you want it (Meesha) is more different than the other way, I prefer that. People always ask why we put 2 LL's in my sons name Collin... We just wanted it different.

I like to spell names differnt my sons middle name is Aron insted of Aaron. I like your spelling.

Actually, I LOVE "Misha"

To me it is more different then Meesha. To me the double "e" just makes you want to say it Meeesha. Long drawn out.

I would like "Mesha" as well, just not the double "e".

But honestly, that is just my preference, you have to go with what you like :)

thx for all the thoughts. i tried to get a good fair compromise today but he shut down and was like "it doesnt matter."
that's his way of avoiding a conflict.
so...meesha it will be.
i mean really, arguing is not neccessary, having trouble agreeing on a name is one thing but having conflict over the spelling...rediculous.

Mischa is a really cool spelling of that name. It's one of my favorites. :] <3

Flip a coin, play rock paper scissors, or wait until he's not at the hospital and name the baby then.

Mommies usually get the final call on this one.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

Meesha reminds more of a pet's name then a kids. Mischa or Misha is much for human-like in my opinion, lol! :D

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Originally Posted by j_h_smith

Flip a coin, play rock paper scissors, or wait until he's not at the hospital and name the baby then.

Mommies usually get the final call on this one.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

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Speaking of which.... My wife and I had this huge debate on circumcision, I was against it she was for it. Long story short when the dr. said I didn't have a choice I informed him that he didn't have a choice in me punching him in the nose if he didn't keep his opinions to himself and I told my then wife that I would divorce her if she got him circumcised. Her whole family was there it was kinda crazy in that room and security was called...

I like Mischa the best, or Mescha is a close second. I do not like Meescha at all. Just my opinion take it for what its worth. On a side not CONGRATULATIONS on the baby!

Mike

How are people supposed to say it? Meee-sha or M-isha? I would base the spelling on that. It's going to drive her crazy if no one ever says her name right. I'm so tired of my last name because it's spelled with an 'oe' but you pronounce it as an 'a'. Long story short, if you are German and move to the US during the first World War you just change the pronunciation of your name and you're not German anymore :rolleyes: If my first name was spelled differently than it was suppose to be pronounced I would go crazy, probably change my name eventually. Luckily I'm female so my last name is easy to change, yay! :D

I prefer Mischa myself. I like the Russian diminutive than the Hindu Misha/Meesha. That would be a perfect compromise... where none of you get what you want. :D

But, if you're sticking with the Hindu name, then I like Misha better than Meesha.

But, that doesn't matter. What matters is that you don't fight over such little things... because really, what are you fighting about? I mean, what does it matter to you (or him) if the name is spelled which way? I think it is more of a "my way, or else" power play than it is truly about the name. There are just battles that are not worth fighting. And I think this is one of them.

In my case, I told my husband he gets to pick the name of our first child and if we get a 2nd one, I get to name him. He decided to name our first child Maximus. I cringed. Yuck! But, a deal is a deal. Luckily he changed it when I told him, hmm... do you think he is going to be called Gluteus in High School? :D

well my issue with "misha" is that i really think people are gonna pronounce it how they see it, same as me PLUS when i think "misha" i think "tisha" & i would even end up writing it out as "meesha" and then having to correct it with the mi-. so honestly for me it's not just simply the spelling preference, it's the trouble i'd have dealing with the mi-.
my oldest daughter's name is christianna (as in christi-anna) but yet people are completely blind to the anna at the end and keep calling her christina.
i'm like how do you mess that up?!

I like Misha better than Meesha personally.:)

Just a thought from a different perspective. When people read the name on paper without seeing her, a certain amount of people would see Mischa and envision a person of Eastern European heritage.
Those same people might see Meesha and picture a hood rat.
Studies have shown that given names can handicap people on job and credit applications.

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Just a thought from a different perspective. When people read the name on paper without seeing her, a certain amount of people would see Mischa and envision a person of Eastern European heritage.
Those same people might see Meesha and picture a hood rat.
Studies have shown that given names can handicap people on job and credit applications.

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Funny story which is kinda related; friend of mine at college said he was gonna name his first born son "Death Ray". The idea was that while he was a little kid, who could go by "Ray", because it's totally normal and there's nothing mean kids can do with "Ray". When the kid went through his rebellion stage, he could go by "Death" and he would rule and be totally awesome. Then when he needed to move onto a professional era in his life, "D.R." (as in "dee-are") would sound very executive...

I like Misha - different enough, doesn't have any particular strong ethnic ties. =)

My first name is really "Felicia" and while it's pretty easy to me, people easily mispronounce it. Take that into consideration because as someone who has gone through that for 22 years, it can be very frustrating. I've been called "Felicity" more times than I can count. I also get "Fuh-lish-uh" with a short i in the middle a lot, when it's actually pronounced "Fuh-lee-shuh". At least when people who are Hispanic say it the spanish way, it's more understandable, lol. Anywho, just my 2 cents, if it's worth anything.