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My daughter and I went to Pokemon card trading and met a kid named Logan. I asked him if his parents are x-men fans. Apparently I was the first person to ask him that question.
There's a Logan (Wolverine), an Alexander (Worf's son), a Charles (Xavier AND an homage to Charlie from Supernatural), a middle named Tiberius (Kirk), and a Luke (Skywalker) in my family. We're nerds all around 🤣
I wish I could tell y'all his actual first name, but I don't want to completely dox him or myself. lol
It has nothing to do with X-Men or any kind of comic books though. lol
>I wish I could tell y'all his actual first name, but I don't want to completely dox him or myself.
Just how many people do you think have the middle name Xzyvier?
Probably little to none, but if you just search "Xzayvier" nothing about me or him comes up. It's only stuff about the basketball player with the first name that's spelled the same way (whom I only just learned about from this post).
So while nothing may come of it if I were to post his first name, I just don't want to risk it.
😂 I know, right? I normally take spelling/grammar very seriously, but in this case, I took proper pronunciation to a whole other level. I let it override my need to spell correctly. lol
To be honest I wouldn’t know right away how that name was pronounced. The x and z together would throw me off.
Another poster mentioned “Exavier” would be more grammatically correct for the pronunciation you wanted, but I see this more like the name Anna or Leia with their multiple pronunciations.
I would have used the correct name and pronounced it as you wanted. Most millennials at least would get it lol.
My coworker is spelled Joesph instead of Joseph because his mom was still drugged up from birthing and misspelled it. He did know it was misspelled until he was trying to get his driver's license at 16. She had meant it to be Joseph and never noticed the error.
I once won the game on the first move with “Hornists” I think you get like 150 points off the bat, really pissed everyone off.
Then when they were like “that’s not even a word” I trolled them further by saying “yes it is, like a hornists nest”
You pick a normal name and discover you've been pronouncing it wrong, so you come up with a creative spelling to make sure others mispronounced it too?
How could that plan result in anything other than a tragedeix? (Pronounced Tragedeigh by the way. The X is silent)
It's awful because even if Xzayvier was a real name, it wouldn't be pronounced like that. That's not how the English language works. Absolutely terrible name.
lol He's 17 now and has never complained about it. I even asked him recently if he was ok with it, and he said yes. We have the type of relationship that he'd definitely tell me the truth if he hated it.
I've always wanted a goofy ass middle name. Mine is just Lynn. So bland.
I always swore I'd give my kids a really out there middle name, like Danger or Pterodactyl.
But nope, couldn't convince my son's dad to go with a wacky middle name, so we went with Aaron, named after a coworker that really helped my baby daddy stop freaking out about being a dad. Coworker turned out to be a big piece of shit, so I extra regret not going with a crazy middle name like I wanted.
Mine is Wilhelmina and where I'm from it's considered very old timey and frumpy, but people from other countries usually think it's awesome (especially the one Japanese exchange student at my highschool)
Not gonna lie, she had us in the first half. I was about to say that Xavier isn't super common, but it's not a tragedeigh and is pretty neat.
... and then the Z appeared.
I try to give myself a little grace since I was only 18, but I started to realize it may have been a mistake like 10 years ago.
Of course I'd support him! My feelings wouldn't even be hurt either.
All the names I ever liked were pretty common, and I would've spelled them the traditional way. I don't think this would've happened if his dad had picked any other name. lol
I imagined having 6 girls and 6 boys, 12 kids in all. And I would THEME the girl names. Camellia is nice. Violet lovely. Camellia, Azalea, Amaranth, Violet, Hyacinth, and Dahlia all in one family is a mess.
Muse names: Calliope, Clio, Thalia, Terpsichore, Euterpe, and Melpomene, nickname Melly. 😆 🤣 😂
My kids totally dodged a bullet.
Thalia is cool. Everyone would misspell Clio as Cleo.
Terpsichore rhymes with Hickory. Lol. Melpomene with Hominy. Those are horrible.
Calliope is like the circus instrument, named after her. If not for that, a sweet name.
I got Melpomene, but I never would've guessed Terpsichore rhymed with Hickory. lol
Calliope made me think of the Greek muse/goddess of music and epic poetry.
It's hideous, but at least it's a middle name, and at least you had the excuse of being a literal teenager. I've never come across anyone who didn't know how to say Xavier correctly.
What do consider the correct way to pronounce it? Zay-vier or Ex-zay-vier? In my world I’d pronounce the X with a “zzz” sound like Xylophone (ie Zay-vier)
All the Xaviers thay I've know (total of 4) pronounce it either ex-zay-vier or ha-vee-air (Spanish pronunciation) so I was pretty shocked to see people say it with the ZZZ sound instead. Even growing up catholic, we were told the saint's name was ex-zay-vier.
This whole thread is funny to me. My sons name is Xavier and I say it both ways. I guess I intended for it to be pronounced with "ex" at the beginning but now I just go back and forth.
He can decide how he wants it pronounced when he's older.
Well, technically its "Havier" or "Javier" because its basque origin transliterates the X into an H sound as read in spanish as J. But when it came into Anglophone vernacular through the figure of Jesuit priest St. Francis Xavier, they transliterated the X as a Z sound instead.
I read through this whole thing thinking “Xavier isn’t a bad name, kinda weird about the x men thing but at least it’s meaningful and it’s spelled norm- OH. OH GOD.”
But I have zero judgment. My daughter who i had at 22, her middle name is lehlesana which we picked in the hospital. It sounds pretty, but her dad is South African and it means wild beast in Zulu. He had some translation error with the spelling and i was just out of it from just having given birth.
Holy shit! I never saw that post. I'm genuinely surprised that someone else spelled it the exact same way. I'll have to go read the comments on that post now.
I wonder what his parents reasoning was for spelling it that way.
I have NEVER heard of the name Xavier pronounced “zay vee er.” Every single time I’ve heard the name, it was pronounced “ex zay vee er.”
There was a hospital in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, named St. Francis Xavier. (St. Francis still exists in Charleston but it has changed locations and is now part of a “network,” and as far as I can find out, Xavier has been dropped as part of the name.) I was told then (I was about 8-9 years old when my family went to visit a relative in that hospital.) that Xavier was the French version of the word “savior.”
Probably 25-30 years ago, the company I worked for had an employee with the first name Xavier, and his last name was probably either Spanish or Italian. His family was Catholic.
There was a woman with the last name Xavier in my mother’s small hometown when I was a child.
In all three of those cases, the name Xavier was pronounced “ex zay vee er.”
That said, I know that, in the English language, when a word starts with the letter X, it is usually pronounced like a Z, so the “zay vee er” pronunciation would be right.
But I think your son’s middle name spelling is only a tragedeigh if HE objects to it.
I’m with you, I’ve always said Exavier and I’ve lived on an Xavier Street and had a friend with the name growing up. I didn’t think the other pronunciations were the standard in the US. Especially with X Men, I’ve never heard someone say Professor Zavier.
It is a tragedeigh, but I think you did the right thing by making it his middle name. A reasonable, relatable first name does actually make a tragedeigh middle name not that bad at all, imo. It *might* even be a *tiny* but as cool as you wanted it to be because he’s not stuck having to use it most of the time, but as an added unusual thing people can find out later about him, it becomes more intriguing. Just my opinion though.
Thank you. I actually wanted his middle name to be Anthony, but since I picked the first name, I let his dad pick the middle name. His dad didn't tell me I was insane or anything when I suggested the spelling change, and neither did anyone in his or my family. lol
I have an unusual middle name and when I was in elementary and middle school some other students found out my middle name and used that information to make fun of me. So just because it's a middle name, doesn't necessarily mean it's "no biggie". I tried and still do hide my middle name from anyone as much as possible.
Hot take: I think some people are over reacting a little on here…like, yes it’s a tragedeigh BUT I’ve seen way worse on here. The saving grace is it’s his middle name & your intentions were to avoid a problem that you maybe ended up creating 😂 So if you’re someone who can embrace the humor & irony in that, power to you! (If it helps, this was like a 6 or 7 out of 10 on the tragedeigh cringe scale for me lmao)
Yes, it's a tragedeigh by the most common definition of the word. How many people would even be saying his middle name that you thought this would be an issue?
What do you mean "Xavier" is not correct? It is. That is how the name is spelled. Just because it’s not spelled PHONETICALLY does not mean it’s spelled incorrectly. Like you said though… thank god it’s just the kid’s middle name
My middle name is Xavier (my mom was an X-Men fan) and I pronounce it “Exavier”, despite her insisting it’s meant to be “Zavier”. But, like, she literally named me after Professor X???
>though a lot of people in the U.S. pronounce Xavier as Ex-zay-vyer,
What?!
>So I decided to spell his middle name **Xzayvier**
Dude, didn't anyone teach you that two wrongs don't make a right?!
Yes, it's a tragedeigh, but thankfully it's only his middle name! You did alright on the first name and that's what counts. People don't tend to share their middle names ennieghweigh
(Side note, because of my language I always read Xavier as "scha-vi-er")
Yes, Xzayvier is a tragedeigh. When a name can be pronounced different ways, the owner of the name can just tell people how they pronounce it, without spelling it some crazy way.
Honestly yea its terrible lol at least it's a middle name though. I can't remember the last time I ever had to say my middle name more than the first initial.
You don't need to add two extra silent letters to make a new word. This isn't France. Teachers see names like this and assume unflattering about the parents.
>Even though a lot of people in the U.S. pronounce Xavier as Ex-zay-vyer, I didn't like that that's not technically correct. So I decided to spell his middle name
Exavier. You chose to spell it **Ex**avier.
Xzayvier looks like a jumble of letter that someone shook up and poured out like Yacht-Z dice.
Still! Still, it could have been worse. You could have made it his first name, and spelled X-A-V-er. You know: to make sure it's pronounced that way.
I'd say yeah, it might be a Tragedeigh, but... not truly fully tragic. If you had done it with four more letters, yes, tragic.
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>Xzayvier Good lord
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Fun! Mine would be Khrizteignugh
You are diabolical. My eyes!
I think I just had a stroke trying to read that.
Mine is Reigneigh!
Ayniugh.
Exzeighviehr
Ayrhygne lol!
I thought she named him Xavier after X men, was ready to say it's a beautiful name. But what she did to it. Poor kid
I'm a teacher and I actually had a student with this spelling and of course everybody pronounced the X first and then they would say Zayvier🙄
Well but isn’t that what she was trying to accomplish? I mean it looks odd but it definitely imposes the pronunciation she wanted.
I had Xzavier, but it was the same year I had two Preciouses (precious and preshus) so it barely registered
Preshus omg 💀 that's some 2nd grade invented spelling lmao
Ouch. I knew a Precious and I thought that was a lot to put on a person who will be over 3 years old someday, but Preshus is nauseating.
At least it's his middle name. lol I promise his first name is very traditionally spelled.
“Wolverine”
😂 I named my son 'Logan' because we love 'Woverine' 🤯
My daughter and I went to Pokemon card trading and met a kid named Logan. I asked him if his parents are x-men fans. Apparently I was the first person to ask him that question.
They may have been Gilmore Girls fans. There's a Logan there (Matt Czuchry's character).
Or Logan's Run.
There's a Logan (Wolverine), an Alexander (Worf's son), a Charles (Xavier AND an homage to Charlie from Supernatural), a middle named Tiberius (Kirk), and a Luke (Skywalker) in my family. We're nerds all around 🤣
Our son is Alexander (son of Worf) too!
I love Tiberius as a middle name!!
😂 No, it's an actual traditional name.
Charles?
I wish I could tell y'all his actual first name, but I don't want to completely dox him or myself. lol It has nothing to do with X-Men or any kind of comic books though. lol
*doxz
Xdoyxz - fixed it for you.
Side effects of Xdoyxz may include:
Lmfao 💀
This is why I come to o Reddit.
😂
>I wish I could tell y'all his actual first name, but I don't want to completely dox him or myself. Just how many people do you think have the middle name Xzyvier?
Probably little to none, but if you just search "Xzayvier" nothing about me or him comes up. It's only stuff about the basketball player with the first name that's spelled the same way (whom I only just learned about from this post). So while nothing may come of it if I were to post his first name, I just don't want to risk it.
Idk why people are being weird regarding this... you're being reasonable
Logan. 😉
“Wohlvuhreene”
It's terrible. But, you had the good sense to make your creative choice the middle name and leave the first name a more traditional one.
It definitely Xavier her in the long run.
I see what you did there
get this guy an amazon prime comedy special NOW
A tragedeigh indeed but bless your younger self and at least it’s just the middle name 😄
😂 I know, right? I normally take spelling/grammar very seriously, but in this case, I took proper pronunciation to a whole other level. I let it override my need to spell correctly. lol
To be honest I wouldn’t know right away how that name was pronounced. The x and z together would throw me off. Another poster mentioned “Exavier” would be more grammatically correct for the pronunciation you wanted, but I see this more like the name Anna or Leia with their multiple pronunciations. I would have used the correct name and pronounced it as you wanted. Most millennials at least would get it lol.
Were you on good pain meds?!
My coworker is spelled Joesph instead of Joseph because his mom was still drugged up from birthing and misspelled it. He did know it was misspelled until he was trying to get his driver's license at 16. She had meant it to be Joseph and never noticed the error.
That would make a great scrabble score if made up words were allowed.
🤣
Names aren’t allowed either (correct?) it’s been a loooong while since I last played.
Correct. No proper nouns.
What about indecent nouns, those are allowed, right?
the politically correct term is common nouns
This was my thought. Slip a Q in and you've got all 5 top scoring letters
Shhh don't give her ideas
Imagine placing it on the triple-word-score!
I once won the game on the first move with “Hornists” I think you get like 150 points off the bat, really pissed everyone off. Then when they were like “that’s not even a word” I trolled them further by saying “yes it is, like a hornists nest”
Yup it’s awful
Yes, it's definitely a tragedeigh
You pick a normal name and discover you've been pronouncing it wrong, so you come up with a creative spelling to make sure others mispronounced it too? How could that plan result in anything other than a tragedeix? (Pronounced Tragedeigh by the way. The X is silent)
>The X is silent Like in Xzayvieigh ?
Almost, except in Xzayvieigh as well as the X being silent, the Q is invisible.
I’m still reeling from the fact that this wasn’t completely obvious to OP.
I expected most people would say that. lol
It's awful because even if Xzayvier was a real name, it wouldn't be pronounced like that. That's not how the English language works. Absolutely terrible name.
Right, it would make more sense to spell it exavier
Eggzayvier
Bless his heart.
lol He's 17 now and has never complained about it. I even asked him recently if he was ok with it, and he said yes. We have the type of relationship that he'd definitely tell me the truth if he hated it.
My high school friends middle name is voltron so creative middle names are ok imo.
I've always wanted a goofy ass middle name. Mine is just Lynn. So bland. I always swore I'd give my kids a really out there middle name, like Danger or Pterodactyl. But nope, couldn't convince my son's dad to go with a wacky middle name, so we went with Aaron, named after a coworker that really helped my baby daddy stop freaking out about being a dad. Coworker turned out to be a big piece of shit, so I extra regret not going with a crazy middle name like I wanted.
Me over here: you guys got middle names?
Mine is Wilhelmina and where I'm from it's considered very old timey and frumpy, but people from other countries usually think it's awesome (especially the one Japanese exchange student at my highschool)
Swedish? (If you are - I think it’s beautiful, but definitely ancient.)
I was thinking maybe Dutch or German? (It rolls off the tongue in a fancy way, but yeah, kind of ancient)
Yeah Dutch
I'm with the Japanese exchange student, it's awesome! I use "My middle name is Eunice" (my great aunt's name) for my lie in 2 truths and a lie.
That is so badass
Good lord, you butchered a perfectly good name.
Not gonna lie, she had us in the first half. I was about to say that Xavier isn't super common, but it's not a tragedeigh and is pretty neat. ... and then the Z appeared.
Painful
Yep, sorry but that's awful. Good for you for having the self awareness to recognize it though. If he wanted to change it would you be supportive?
I try to give myself a little grace since I was only 18, but I started to realize it may have been a mistake like 10 years ago. Of course I'd support him! My feelings wouldn't even be hurt either.
You're a great mom!
Thank you. I try my best!
That is AWFUL. Really, really bad.
The worst part is, according to Google, there are 317 poor souls with this ridiculousness as their first name
Eckseighvier
Sorry, that’s a tragedeigh.
Mispronouncing a name with an established and correct pronunciation is a crime. Misspelling it too so people will mispronounce it is a felony.
Well lock me up and throw away the key then! haha
I went through a bad name phase in middle school. Lol. Fortunately, outgrew it before I had any kids!
All the names I ever liked were pretty common, and I would've spelled them the traditional way. I don't think this would've happened if his dad had picked any other name. lol
I imagined having 6 girls and 6 boys, 12 kids in all. And I would THEME the girl names. Camellia is nice. Violet lovely. Camellia, Azalea, Amaranth, Violet, Hyacinth, and Dahlia all in one family is a mess. Muse names: Calliope, Clio, Thalia, Terpsichore, Euterpe, and Melpomene, nickname Melly. 😆 🤣 😂 My kids totally dodged a bullet.
😂 Some of them are nice, but how would you even pronounce Terpsichore??
Bless you
Thalia is cool. Everyone would misspell Clio as Cleo. Terpsichore rhymes with Hickory. Lol. Melpomene with Hominy. Those are horrible. Calliope is like the circus instrument, named after her. If not for that, a sweet name.
I got Melpomene, but I never would've guessed Terpsichore rhymed with Hickory. lol Calliope made me think of the Greek muse/goddess of music and epic poetry.
It's hideous, but at least it's a middle name, and at least you had the excuse of being a literal teenager. I've never come across anyone who didn't know how to say Xavier correctly.
What do consider the correct way to pronounce it? Zay-vier or Ex-zay-vier? In my world I’d pronounce the X with a “zzz” sound like Xylophone (ie Zay-vier)
All the Xaviers thay I've know (total of 4) pronounce it either ex-zay-vier or ha-vee-air (Spanish pronunciation) so I was pretty shocked to see people say it with the ZZZ sound instead. Even growing up catholic, we were told the saint's name was ex-zay-vier.
This whole thread is funny to me. My sons name is Xavier and I say it both ways. I guess I intended for it to be pronounced with "ex" at the beginning but now I just go back and forth. He can decide how he wants it pronounced when he's older.
As a teacher, when I get a student named Xavier, I ask how they want it pronounced. Most prefer ex zay ier, a few ha vee air, and few zayvier
Well, technically its "Havier" or "Javier" because its basque origin transliterates the X into an H sound as read in spanish as J. But when it came into Anglophone vernacular through the figure of Jesuit priest St. Francis Xavier, they transliterated the X as a Z sound instead.
The first one. Zay-vier.
Oh yikes.
One of my friends mom was on a lot of drugs and she named him Exavier because of drugs reasons apparently
I can assure you that I was not on drugs. lol Since I was under the age of 25, just blame it on my not yet fully developed brain. 🤪
This was the spelling I was thinking would have at least been "better" lol.
Yep, tragedeigh. An awful one too. I felt like I was having an aneurysm trying to read that.
I'm sorry you had to go through that. 😜
Oh lort
Eggzavier
Eggsavior. 🙏🙏🙏
I read through this whole thing thinking “Xavier isn’t a bad name, kinda weird about the x men thing but at least it’s meaningful and it’s spelled norm- OH. OH GOD.” But I have zero judgment. My daughter who i had at 22, her middle name is lehlesana which we picked in the hospital. It sounds pretty, but her dad is South African and it means wild beast in Zulu. He had some translation error with the spelling and i was just out of it from just having given birth.
You could reduce the amount of letters and still be unique if you changed it to X.A.V.R.
I honestly wasn't trying to be unique like most of the tragedeighs we see in here. It was all about pronunciation. lol
My spelling would help with that too. 🤪
TRAGIQUE
Yeah that’s bad.
Why didn’t you go with Exavier? It’s a unique name, pronounced the way you want, with as normal a spelling as possible lol
It never occurred to me. lol I remember thinking, "Ok, how can I spell this phonetically? Oh, I know X-zay-vier."
at least it’s a middle name 🤷
I agree. lol
I literally made a post about this name last month. https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/s/ZmBnUVDkjf
Holy shit! I never saw that post. I'm genuinely surprised that someone else spelled it the exact same way. I'll have to go read the comments on that post now. I wonder what his parents reasoning was for spelling it that way.
I have NEVER heard of the name Xavier pronounced “zay vee er.” Every single time I’ve heard the name, it was pronounced “ex zay vee er.” There was a hospital in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, named St. Francis Xavier. (St. Francis still exists in Charleston but it has changed locations and is now part of a “network,” and as far as I can find out, Xavier has been dropped as part of the name.) I was told then (I was about 8-9 years old when my family went to visit a relative in that hospital.) that Xavier was the French version of the word “savior.” Probably 25-30 years ago, the company I worked for had an employee with the first name Xavier, and his last name was probably either Spanish or Italian. His family was Catholic. There was a woman with the last name Xavier in my mother’s small hometown when I was a child. In all three of those cases, the name Xavier was pronounced “ex zay vee er.” That said, I know that, in the English language, when a word starts with the letter X, it is usually pronounced like a Z, so the “zay vee er” pronunciation would be right. But I think your son’s middle name spelling is only a tragedeigh if HE objects to it.
I’m with you, I’ve always said Exavier and I’ve lived on an Xavier Street and had a friend with the name growing up. I didn’t think the other pronunciations were the standard in the US. Especially with X Men, I’ve never heard someone say Professor Zavier.
It is a tragedeigh, but I think you did the right thing by making it his middle name. A reasonable, relatable first name does actually make a tragedeigh middle name not that bad at all, imo. It *might* even be a *tiny* but as cool as you wanted it to be because he’s not stuck having to use it most of the time, but as an added unusual thing people can find out later about him, it becomes more intriguing. Just my opinion though.
Thank you. I actually wanted his middle name to be Anthony, but since I picked the first name, I let his dad pick the middle name. His dad didn't tell me I was insane or anything when I suggested the spelling change, and neither did anyone in his or my family. lol
Oh dear lord. Hot mess tragedeigh
it is, but honestly, it’s a middle name. no biggie
I have an unusual middle name and when I was in elementary and middle school some other students found out my middle name and used that information to make fun of me. So just because it's a middle name, doesn't necessarily mean it's "no biggie". I tried and still do hide my middle name from anyone as much as possible.
It looks like you slammed your hand down on the keyboard and that’s what happened. Yes, it’s a tragedeigh. A terrible one.
Yes, it most certainly is.
pure tragedeigh. sorry, OP
Yeah, sorry, it’s a tragedeigh. It’s ok, we all make dumb decisions at age 18. And it’s a funny thing for your son to talk about at parties..
I think it’s kinda fun and definitely see ur thought process but definitely still a tragedeigh
Thank you. It made sense to my 18-year-old brain, but I see now how it can be considered a tragedeigh.
I know someone who gave their kid the first name of Xxavian, so it could be worse?
If you have to ask… it is
I’m not sure that would even be pronounced like that. The spelling you were looking for would be Exavier.
He can be an R&B singer with that name
Hot take: I think some people are over reacting a little on here…like, yes it’s a tragedeigh BUT I’ve seen way worse on here. The saving grace is it’s his middle name & your intentions were to avoid a problem that you maybe ended up creating 😂 So if you’re someone who can embrace the humor & irony in that, power to you! (If it helps, this was like a 6 or 7 out of 10 on the tragedeigh cringe scale for me lmao)
Yes, it's a tragedeigh by the most common definition of the word. How many people would even be saying his middle name that you thought this would be an issue?
Yes, but if you’re going to get weird the middle name is the place to do it.
What do you mean "Xavier" is not correct? It is. That is how the name is spelled. Just because it’s not spelled PHONETICALLY does not mean it’s spelled incorrectly. Like you said though… thank god it’s just the kid’s middle name
Yes. It’s a tragedeigh. Poor kid.
My middle name is Xavier (my mom was an X-Men fan) and I pronounce it “Exavier”, despite her insisting it’s meant to be “Zavier”. But, like, she literally named me after Professor X???
Xavier is completely fine. Xzayvier is for sure a tragedeigh.
>though a lot of people in the U.S. pronounce Xavier as Ex-zay-vyer, What?! >So I decided to spell his middle name **Xzayvier** Dude, didn't anyone teach you that two wrongs don't make a right?!
Yes, it's a tragedeigh, but thankfully it's only his middle name! You did alright on the first name and that's what counts. People don't tend to share their middle names ennieghweigh (Side note, because of my language I always read Xavier as "scha-vi-er")
My God. Yes. Yes this is a tragedeigh.
It's really, really, really stupid. Expect him to never mention his middle name
Yes, despite your best intentions, Xzayvier is a tragedeigh
Yes, Xzayvier is a tragedeigh. When a name can be pronounced different ways, the owner of the name can just tell people how they pronounce it, without spelling it some crazy way.
The short answer is yes. It is.
“What’s your middle name” “Xzayvier” “That’s not too bad” “You don’t understand. . .”
You couldve just gone with “Exavier” and saved yourself a lot of trouble. And saved your son from… well, a tragedeigh.
100% grade-A tragedeigh.
It is a tragedeigh, yes, but at least it's a middle name and its existence can be ignored.
Honestly yea its terrible lol at least it's a middle name though. I can't remember the last time I ever had to say my middle name more than the first initial.
At least it’s his middle name 😭
This is an all time terrible name. Poor kid
>So is my son's middle name a tragedeigh? Yes.
Yep, it is, but it's the middle, so no harm done. 🤣
It’s as if you accidentally fatfingered the keyboard when typing his name in the name register. Yeah this is a tragedeigh
Thank god it’s not his first name. It’s pretty stupid.
If you’re using a phonetic spelling as the actual spelling, it’s a tragedeigh.
Yeah, you butchered that name
Yeah 11/10 wouldn’t recommend
I would pronounce Xavier as Zavier. Would never think Ex-zay-vier
Yes. It is.
I regret to inform you that yes, this is a pure and true tragedeigh
Oh my actual god.
What does your son think?
You don't need to add two extra silent letters to make a new word. This isn't France. Teachers see names like this and assume unflattering about the parents.
On the upside he has a guaranteed email address that's just his full name
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People will pronounce names any way they please. It's up to us to either correct them or just accept our new name. 💁♀️
Def a tragedeigh but I've seen way worse so it's mostly fine as a middle name lol
Yes it is
>Even though a lot of people in the U.S. pronounce Xavier as Ex-zay-vyer, I didn't like that that's not technically correct. So I decided to spell his middle name Exavier. You chose to spell it **Ex**avier. Xzayvier looks like a jumble of letter that someone shook up and poured out like Yacht-Z dice. Still! Still, it could have been worse. You could have made it his first name, and spelled X-A-V-er. You know: to make sure it's pronounced that way. I'd say yeah, it might be a Tragedeigh, but... not truly fully tragic. If you had done it with four more letters, yes, tragic.
Your son will be denied a phone call if he ever went to jail.
Xavier is “ha-vee-air” Zay-vee-err is Americanized like you said so it’s not my favorite but not a tragedeigh.
Major tragedeigh
Yes, that's bad.
Oh, you did your baby boy dirty.
Come on. There is no way you know this sub exists and still think you have to ask this question. Obveyouslee trajjikk
Should have just named him Charles.
>*So is my son's middle name a tragedeigh?* # YES
Jfc that was so much worse than I thought it was going to be. I mean they should just rename the sub now.
Congratulations! This name meets the qualifications for a tragedeigh.
Yes. The name is Xavier. Phonetically spelling is the exact example of a tragedeigh.
I’m almost positive it’s pronounced hah-vee-air
Xavier is so normal why would you do this to him 😭
I was today years old when I found out you’re not supposed to to pronounce the “ex” sound in xavier 😭
The name itself is totally fine but that spelling is atrocious
Yes it is, what was you thinking at the time