Will people bully my kids name!

Is just clicking now that my daughter is almost three and the other one almost 1 that their names can cause them so much issue here in america, im albanian and i thought short names are good but every letter here is different.

Nea ( with elephant e) like Nee-a

Rea ( with elephant e) Ree-a

No one gets it they say ria, ray, or nia
And looks me so dirty like wtf name is this
In albania they sound beautiful, believe me every name almost was sounding different in america i was so lost but im still thinking maybe i should jave gone different names now this thing is eating me up letting me with no sleep

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They r beautiful names. Im not saying this to b kind but indeed they r beautiful… ❤️

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Kids will always find something to make fun of , I wouldn't worry. Maybe work on their self confidence so they don't care if they are :) my sons name is Dark-Knight (mine and my partners lasts names) he's absolutely going to get some comments lol but I'm not worried

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I'm confused because to me, Rea and a Nea, how you have pronounced them is the same as Ria and Nia. Am I missing something?

I think they are beautiful and those commenting have issues.

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Gorgeous names, if you love it your children will love it 🥰 it’s all about the energy you put towards these things.
If you’re a worried about not liking the names, people will pick up on that energy too xx

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is with e( as erin) nEa and
A as amelia, is saying as is writing in albania thats how we read exactly how letters are, thats my fear everyone reads it differently and thats hurts me cause they forever will have to correct people and thats long life, i want to change their names now but my husband dont want to he dont want to deal with judgement. I would like mame
Like hana and vera

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I got the same issue in uk, my daughter name is AnthEa not Anthia how they saying here. I’m Italian and I understand your frustration.

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yess exactly im worried about them hating me why i chose a name they have to correct people all the time

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yess actually only if your mame is rita or vanesa or smth like that even hannah i would consider same but since even you are having this issue idk. In our culture we dont use middle names, and now is very popular to use short names. Im very aweare that in usa or whole world is completely different but i never thought will be issue i just now started to occur me. My husband is very against wr changing it and he thinks nothing wrong with names being short

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Just correct people with the pronunciation?

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i am and i will, i just hope my girls dont hate me cause they will have to correct people whole their life

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No. I’ve had to correct people about my last name you just get used to it. But also Rea and Nea look like you would pronounce them with an E to me- so you might get more people pronouncing it correctly than you think.

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Honestly with someone growing up in America with a difficult to pronounce name we currently live in a country that is a melting pot of cultures. It’s something that we get used to correcting but I would not second doubt my name or my ethnic child’s name as well. I think the names are beautiful and you thought as well since you chose them. Wear them with pride and don’t worry about the mispronunciation, it will happen.

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with E as an Emma right? Yes hope so Rea is also same like Rhe-a not Ray, everyone is calling it ray is killing me haha

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yes is that thing that i wanted something that sounds good in my country too cause im not thinking to cut all the ties with my origin, i hope my kids growiing up proud of their name .

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yes two syllables is my first take

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