'That "y" was working overtime!': Cousin roasts a new mom in the family group chat for giving her child an embarrassingly 'quirky' name

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 11, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

With nearly 8 billion people on earth, it's tough for new parents to think of a name for their precious baby that's 100% original. For a lot of parents, spelling a traditional name in a quirky way seems like a fun way to spice up their kiddo's life, but at what point do these deliberately misspelled, 'original' names curse a kid, dooming them to be bullied for being called 'Baughb' instead of 'Bob'? This would be a tragedeigh, right?

Recently, a guy went viral for calling out a potential tragedeigh in the family when his cousin named her newborn baby, Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl. That's right, pronounced 'Lilith Eva Uriel', this poor child will have to spend the rest of their life explaining why their name is spelled so nonsensically. Lucky for them, they have a great cousin who stood up for them on their behalf, roasting their 'quirky' mom in the group chat over such a stupid name. 

Scroll for the entire story and the family drama that ensued when the only sane person in this family stood up for their niece, Lylyt.

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    [This name] looks like it was typed on a on a keyboard with mostly broken keys.
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    r/tragedeigh • 1 day ago notjimhawkins My cousin is livid because I replied 'r/tragedeigh' on our family group chat. general discussion
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    My family is what I would call 'quirky' because they're kinda problematic and using the right term would definitely offend them.
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    Recently, my cousin gave birth to a baby girl and she shared photos on her Facebook page. She then sent that Facebook post to our family group chat.
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    Her daughter's name is Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl, read as 'Lilith Eva Uriel'. I was laughing my off when I read it and she said she wanted her child to be 'cool and unique'.
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    I replied 'r/tragedeigh' and she did not understand it until a younger member of the family explained what my response was.
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    She then told me my name is shittier and my parents aren't creative that's why I have a 'basic ' name (my parents were in the conversation too, btw).
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    EDIT: Since people are saying I'm an for responding the way I did: They've been an to me all my life that it no longer occurs to me to be kinder to them. I could have been a bigger commenting it on her Facebook post. by
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    Structure-Impossible 1d ago . Poor child. Sometimes this sub makes me so sad. It looks like it was typed on a keyboard with mostly broken keys.
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    • Melopahn1 1d ago There is a girl named Jqlyn at my work. She is part way through getting it legally changed to Jacqueline. The visible disgust when she has to explain that her mother was quirky and had to use her daughter as an accessory to flaunt that is very telling. Most of these poor children seem to grow up resenting their parents
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    Wivru 1d ago I'm pretty sure Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl is the other sunken city where Cthulhu keeps his summer home.
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    Sea Scholar_2826 • 1d ago That's nearly impossible to read and decipher. Your cousin may be livid but you're absolutely right.
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    Beneficial-Ranger1... 1d ago she sounds like she was named after an eye exam chart
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    Yhostled 1d ago Jysys cryst tyts y hyrrybyl nym
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    Myr... 1d ago . Edited 2h ago OMG and here I though that Questopher and Annally would never be beaten. Lilith Eva Uriel would have been cool enough but noooo
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    • Ju... • 1d ago Edited 23h ago She has a Y making a different sound in all 3 names.
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    Forsaken-Jump-75... . 1d ago This is a name only an author of teenager webnovels about magical aristocrat's romances could think of.
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    OxR4Z3D 1d ago "she said she wanted her child to be 'cool and unique'." and then rethought that and was like: 'wait.... no, this little girl. i want her to suffer for her entire life.'
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    Trip... 1d ago. Edited 1d ago . Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl "I named my child after the sounds I made the morning after I ate gas station sushi"
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    kaijutegu 1d ago The names properly spelled would get this kid dunked on. Nobody will ever, ever pronounce any of those keysmashes correctly, and she'll probably change her name to something sensible like Susan the day she turns 18.
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    thechronicENFP • 1d ago I'm guessing your cousin is a teen mom or is in her early twenties? Not only is she so preoccupied with her kid being "unique" so she can be seen as unique, but she has such an immature response to you criticizing the name
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    NoDan... • 1d ago Edited 1d ago JFC show her this comment section. Children who have common names with unusual spellings have slowed spelling and reading capabilities, said U.S. psychologist Jean Twenge in her study "First Name Desirability and Adjustment."
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    "You have the child named Jennifer spelled with a 'G' — her teacher says 'Are you sure your name is spelled that way? One in seven parents admit they made a "terrible mistake" with the name they chose for their child, according to a study.
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    pick10pickles · 1d ago Little Ivy Yourel is how I read it. Maybe you can give ur cousin a list of ways it will 100% be pronounced and it'll change their minds? Hey, A-bunch-of- Ys, would be the unfortunate nickname
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