Baby Names

[flea]

Casper's first grade teacher had her second child this past week, a daughter named Ivy Willow. Big brother is Dylan. The parents met at a Phish concert, I believe, which pretty much confirms everything about their baby naming patterns.

More interestingly, the 7 year old daughter of the woman I am leading a Brownie Troop with is named Ietta, pronounced EE-etta. I asked about the name when we met yesterday. (For those wondering, the way I do this politely is, "That's such an interesting name! Is it a family name?") Turns out she saw a documentary on Hans Christian Anderson, whose childhood best friend was named Henrietta and called "Ietta" as a nickname. And she liked this enough that she held onto the idea until she had a daughter! (She also has a son in 5th grade, but I do not know his name.)

Comments

[veejane]

Ietta's going to spend a lot of her life explaining how to say her name, I think. If it were spelled Iyetta, or even I'Etta, the break between vowels would be much easier to guess.

[flea]

Indeed, I had assumed on seeing it written that it was pronounced EYE-etta.