conflict over spelling of baby name

[SlitherinSisters]

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 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!

[anatess]

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.

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?

[mommanessy247]

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?!

[rabernet]

I like Misha better than Meesha personally.

[dsirkle]

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.

[cassandra]

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.

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. =)

[ShortStack]

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.