We have our first baby on the way. My wife and I love the name ‘Violet’, pronounced ‘Vi-let’ but she would like to spell it as ‘Violette’ instead.
I fear that people would pronounce it ‘Vee-o-let’ instead of ‘Vi-let’ and the child would be subject to a lifetime of correcting people. My wife thinks that because we can speak French we know ‘Vee-o-let’ but most people will still say ‘Vi-let’
Thoughts?
I understand wanting to keep it the same.
What even is the motivation behind wanting the odd spelling? To be different?
I would probably pronounce both names the same way but much prefer the standard spelling. Probably bc of the symmetry, three letters each sounding out a syllable.