A mum-to-be asked for advice on the internet on how to convince her husband to give up a very unusual baby name for their child – and she doesn’t want to cause any drama
A woman turned to the internet for guidance after discovering her husband had his heart set on a very unusual baby name.
Not wanting to upset her spouse but worried about what effect the moniker could have on the child, she shared the conundrum on social media.
She wrote: “So my husband recently shared with me his favourite and only possible male name for a future son. He likes the name so much he keeps asking to name our future son like that and when/if we have a girl I can pick her name and it can be whatever I like.
“He thinks the name he picked is awesome and totally normal. Even though it’s a legit name I find it kinda too cultural/historic/old and kinda stupid. I present to you Panteleimon ( PAN TEA LEY MON). I keep seeing it as PantyLemon.
“He can’t explain where he found this name. The only thing I’ve Googled is that it’s some kind of Saint. We both are deeply not religious. We both have normal everyday day names. To me this is just a bit too Younick but maybe it’s a common name somewhere? Both our families are from Eastern Europe but I have never heard this name nor met anyone named like that.
“The kid will be growing up in an English-speaking environment and I really don’t want to spell this name for everyone for the next 20 years. Am I overreacting? Have you heard this name? My husband suggests the nickname Panya as a shorter version. I don’t like it. Please help me persuade one of us whether it’s a normal name or awful.”
Reacting to the unusual name on Reddit, one person jokingly replied: “You could call him 13-0752! That’s Pantone Lemon!” Another user suggested trying it out aloud, they wrote: “Litmus test it. Can your husband really imagine screaming ‘GO PANTY LEMON!!’ At a sporting event? No?”
Someone else revealed a bit more about the name itself, they added: “Yeah this name was actually quite popular in 19th-century Russia. But right now no one uses it, it sounds very orthodox in a religious way. I can only see a person naming his cat or dog this name, kind of as a joke like such a long name for a little kitten.”
And a third user quipped: “Please don’t name your child ‘Panty-’ ANYTHING. It doesn’t even matter what you put after that… the kid will be absolutely ridiculed in school.”
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