A WOMAN has been slammed as ‘selfish’ and ‘immature’ for the ‘edgy’ name she gave to her son.
The anonymous woman wondered whether she ‘messed up’ with the spelling of her baby’s name – and many were keen to set the record straight.
Posting on Reddit, the mother, who writes under the @fuheetareetuh username, shared a post on the Tragedeigh feed, captioned ‘Is my kid’s name a tragedeigh?’
The slightly concerned mother asked social media users: “I just stumbled upon this Subreddit and laughed to myself.”
She then confirmed: “My son’s name is Codah.”
Unsure if she made the right decision with the spelling of her son’s moniker, she added: “Now I’m wondering did I mess up by adding the h at the end?
“Is my kid’s name a tragedeigh?”
Reddit users were left gobsmacked at the child’s name and many took to the comments to slam the mother.
Not only did people accuse her of doing her son ‘dirty’, but others described the name as ‘tragic’.
One person said: “Daaaaaaamn, why did you do your kid dirty like that?!?”
Another added: “So many people fail to realise their baby will be a grown adult at some point..tragedeigh title deserved.”
A third commented: “Codah is not a name. Adding the H onto it makes it even more of a tragedeigh. Even without the H you messed up.”
Meanwhile, a fourth penned: “I wouldn’t be laughing. This is your child’s life.
“Believe it or not, a name has a big impact on a child’s entire life, and naming your child something weird or edgy is just selfish and immature behaviour for parents who are trying to be crunchy or fringe or whatever.”
The UK has no law restricting names, but names that contain obscenities, numerals, misleading titles, or are impossible to pronounce are likely to be rejected when registering a child.
Not only this, but another user wrote: “Every single time somebody in an office somewhere asks what his name is, they’re going to spell it wrong and then he is going to have to spell it.
“He will spell his name his entire life like I have. I wish everybody would stop using incorrect spellings for a name. It is a lifetime burden.”
YOU may think having a unique name helps you to stand out, but is it all it's cracked up to be?
Fabulous’ Deputy Editor Josie Griffiths reveals the turmoil she faced with her own name while growing up.
When I was a child, all I wanted was one of those personalised keyrings with my name on it.
But no joy, the closest I could find was Rosie, Joseph (not great for a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, which is a French name, and I managed to reach my 20s without ever meeting anyone who shared it.
When I try to introduce myself to people, I get all sorts of random things – like Tracey and Stacey – which can be pretty annoying.
Although I have come into contact with a couple of Josies over the last year – there seems to be a few of us around my age – it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends have.
On the whole I don’t mind it, at least it’s not rude or crazily spelt.
And it means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just referring to myself as Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my surname, as it’s not seen as very cool or feminist to do so these days, but I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths as I’d always just say ‘hi it’s Josie’ when ringing a mate up.
I think it’s nice to be unique and I’ll definitely try and replicate this when naming my own kids.
It’s the rude names you’ve got to watch out for, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I’ll definitely be avoiding those.
Someone else then chimed in: “Codah with an H feels tragic.”
In response to the haters, the anonymous poster later explained: “One of the reasons I added the H was because of the ‘Child Of Deaf Adult’ acronym.
“I also just thought it looked cute. I do like Koda though, I almost wish I would’ve gone with that instead.”
After reading all of the comments, she also admitted: “I was unsure if it would be considered a tragedeigh, I thought it was borderline.
“But I gotta say, y’all did not disappoint in entertaining me tonight.”
