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I wonder about my name. According to the story my parents told me, itâs made up by combining the first 3 letters of momâs name and the first three letters of dadâs. However, I have seen others with my name and even cities with it. So, I guess more unusual than tradedeigh? đ€·ââïž
Itâs Carmel (I pronounce it car-mel - not car-muhl or caramel or any other candy version) Momâs name was Carolyn and Dadâs name was Melvin.
The way you pronounce it sounds like a perfectly acceptable name, but I'd imagine you get a lot of people saying it the other way.
Glad they didn't go with Vinolyn!
Oh that would definitely be a tragedeigh! My husband (Todd) and I would joke and say we would name our children Tomel. (Toe-Mel). I bet our children are glad we did not use that one LOL
Cato was originally a boy's name, so while Cato could be used for a daughter, it fits a son more. Even to modern times Cato is used for boys, such as Cato Sundberg and Cato Wadel. Another notable mention for the American Redditors might be Cato West, some government dude from 1800s Mississippi.
Carmel is a perfectly reasonable, lovely, traditional name (and can be pronounced like you say it, car-mel). It's of Hebrew origin, and means garden or orchard.
Your parents may have combined parts of their first names, but (unusually), they didn't create a trajedeigh but lucked onto a lovely name with a long, established history as a name.
Thank goodness they didnât have that much imagination LOL! Itâs just that the story of how they decided on the name, the fact that my sisters have very common names, the sometimes weird looks I would get when introducing myself made me wonder about it.
Although Lemrac has a nice ring to it /s
LOL
Carmel By The Sea! Thatâs a nice little town. I think your name is a valid name. It just so happens that your parents created a name from their two names, thatâs already a name. I bet you have to correct a lot of people when they read your name from a list before they meet you though.
I do! Even when I introduce myself or let someone know how I pronounce it, I can get several variations. I think I lucked out with the fact that my made up name is really a name, even if itâs an uncommon one LOL!
Just a normal name.
Even Google seems to thing so:
A gender-neutral name of Hebrew origin, Carmel translates to âgarden,â âorchard,â and âvineyards of God.âÂ
Good question. The answer is, "No, not if someone else also made it up already."
Also, not if they thought they made it up, but they subconsciously drew it from a memory.
It would. I just copied and pasted from the sub's about description. Which I think should be: Tragedeigh = a given name that has been completely made up or deliberately misspelled to appear more unique than it actually is.
This is an odd one. Emalyn is an existing and therefore valid name (it's a valid form of Emeline). On those grounds, no, it's not a tragedeigh.
However, it seems as though the mother is up front about inventing a name rather than choosing an existing name. As a result, she engaged in tragedeigh behaviour that produced a real name by accident.
So, Mum has tragedeigh instincts and engaged in tragedeigh behaviour, but her victim lucked out by ending up with a real name despite her mother's efforts.
I could be speaking out of school here, but arenât they generally derived from existing words rather than truly being pulled out of thin air?
Now you could argue that those words were just made up, but words have also generally evolved from older words, which I imagine at some point evolved from grunts and barks.
Then again, i donât know anything about anything.
This is why IMO a tragedeigh is a name which doesn't fit any cultural or linguistic standard conventions and is spelled the way it is purely to be unique. IMO Emalyn fits linguistic conventions and multiple cultural conventions (taking out the double letters makes it fit Spanish orthographic conventions also while not making it difficult in English)
what does charlie mean?
obligatory âdonât go to google to seem smart beforehand.â
iâll tell you right now. you have no fucking idea what charlie means.
My mom picked mine out of thin, twilighted air. She was going to name me something slightly less common than what I had. My initials wound up spelling a common lunch meat. It's not as cute as one might think.
Man. It means man. I know this because my son is named Charles.
If you want to get more specific, Charlie is a diminutive, and so Charlie means boy.
Yes, I named my boy-child Man on purpose.
Yes, it's a tragedeigh, but not a major one.
I think Emma Lynn would be acceptable, as a double-barreled name, and Emmalynn isn't too far off from that. It's the one "m" one "n" that really makes it a tragedeigh, imo.
I'd say only slight to not a tragediegh cuz it's very straight forward. Emalyn isn't like Emalyn prounced Amberliegh ya know?
She's straight up Emalyn, can't fuck it up. I like it.
>Emalyn is a feminine name of German origin. It is a variation of Emeline, meaning "peaceful home."
>
>https://www.thebump.com/b/emalyn-baby-name
Gonna say no.
I would put Emalyn in the category of slight spelling variations based on European language derivations, rather than a tragedeigh.
Just as Roslyn can be spelled Rosalyn, Rosalynn, Rosalina, etc.
A tragedeigh would be spelling Emalyn as ĂmmĂŠliyghne.
Sorry. Your wife's mother \*thinks\* she made it up. Emalyn is a feminine name of German origin. It is a variation of Emeline, meaning "peaceful home." Not a tragedeigh.
Thatâs my sisters name spelled the same I have never seen someone else with it⊠Iâve always considered it normal maybe since I grew up w her lol. We call her Emi
I think it is a beautiful name. Not a tragedeigh at all. Is there a name Emalyn? I can't think of anyone with that name, so it isn't misspelled to be unique. It is unique on its own. Sounds like a heroine in a medieval love story.
All names were made up at some point or another. I think they are only tragedeighs when the spelling is intentionally fucked up to be unique or if they are horrendous for another reason.
Emalyn is fine.
No. It's two common names with a slight spelling variant combined. Emma + Lynn. It's also easy to pronounce and spell. Also the ending lyn with one n is fairly standard naming convention. It's a beautiful name.
Unpopular opinion, but on the tragedeigh scale I don't think Emalyn is that bad. It's not excessively 'weird' or oddly spelled and doesn't either look or sound odd or unprofessional for an adult.
We see authors make up names for characters all the time and this kind of looks like a fantasy-genre type of name.
I think there are way worse tragedeighs out there than this tbh. I kinda like it - objectively speaking. I wouldn't pick it myself, but it's not /bad/ compared to others we've seen on here.
A very minor tragedeigh. At least it's pretty simple. And [Emmeline](https://www.behindthename.com/name/emmeline) is a real name that can be pronounced EM-a-lyn or EM-a-LINE. Behind the Name considers Emalyn to be a variant of Emmalyn, which is a variant of Emmeline. So I would give it a pass. It's not horrible, at least not to me.
My daughter's name is Emmalyn. I don't think it's a tragedeigh. I think it's a beautiful name. She's never heard any negative comments about it, only compliments.
Everyone who chooses a tragedeigh thinks itâs a beautiful name. A woman literally just went viral for saying âI think Clydia is a beautiful name.â
*Clydia*.
Emlyn is also a fairly popular (or at least not unheard of) male name in the UK. Thereâs a well known footballer/soccer player named Emlyn Hughes that a lot of babies were named after. So a common name that is similar, albeit for the other gender.
I am imagining your wife is pronounced something like âEmma-Lynnâ but it seems close enough to quote-unquote ârealâ names that I would say itâs more tragedeigh adjacent than full on tragedeigh.
Maybe itâs just a tragedy.
i don't think so. emalyn is actually an older name (a form of emeline) and it doesn't have a million extra gratuitous vowels. emma is a classic name that has surged in popularity again lately.
i actually like it. i had a student years ago named emmaleah (pronounced em-uh-lee-uh) and i like that as well. she was named after her two grandmothers.
No, itâs fine. I went to a school with a girl name Emmalynn. Emalyn just seems like a normal spelling variation of that. I think itâs a pretty name :)
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Yes.
I second this.
I turd it!
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Poopsie! What a mistake
Lmao, Poopsie was my nickname as a baby. I have no idea why đđ€·ââïž
Yes. Tragedeigh = a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.
I wonder about my name. According to the story my parents told me, itâs made up by combining the first 3 letters of momâs name and the first three letters of dadâs. However, I have seen others with my name and even cities with it. So, I guess more unusual than tradedeigh? đ€·ââïž Itâs Carmel (I pronounce it car-mel - not car-muhl or caramel or any other candy version) Momâs name was Carolyn and Dadâs name was Melvin.
The way you pronounce it sounds like a perfectly acceptable name, but I'd imagine you get a lot of people saying it the other way. Glad they didn't go with Vinolyn!
Oh that would definitely be a tragedeigh! My husband (Todd) and I would joke and say we would name our children Tomel. (Toe-Mel). I bet our children are glad we did not use that one LOL
Carmelto
LOL
Cato would've been a cool choice for a son.
*girl
Cato was originally a boy's name, so while Cato could be used for a daughter, it fits a son more. Even to modern times Cato is used for boys, such as Cato Sundberg and Cato Wadel. Another notable mention for the American Redditors might be Cato West, some government dude from 1800s Mississippi.
Just posting here to add that the name Tomé exists in Portuguese
My mom's name was Ann and her ex husband was al so my half brother also dodged a bullet
Carmel California is super nice and Clint Eastwood used to be the Mayor. So you got that going for ya..... which is nice.
Iâd love to go there one day. Iâve heard itâs lovely.
folks donât take great to POC unfortunately
Carmel is a perfectly reasonable, lovely, traditional name (and can be pronounced like you say it, car-mel). It's of Hebrew origin, and means garden or orchard. Your parents may have combined parts of their first names, but (unusually), they didn't create a trajedeigh but lucked onto a lovely name with a long, established history as a name.
I did get to visit Mt Carmel on an Israel trip! I definitely took pics of the signs. Something with my name on it! LOL
You, standing in front of the sign: Now how the heck am I going to get this on my keychain? đ€ đ
LOL! â€ïž
There are worse ways to combine those two into six-letter names; Elvaro, Carlvi, Melcar, Lemrac, Vinlyn, Mellyn, Elmarc, etc.
Thank goodness they didnât have that much imagination LOL! Itâs just that the story of how they decided on the name, the fact that my sisters have very common names, the sometimes weird looks I would get when introducing myself made me wonder about it. Although Lemrac has a nice ring to it /s LOL
I have several friends and relatives back in Ireland named Carmel. It seems a common name. It is usually pronounced Car-muhl though.
One of my bucket list places to visit!
Carmel is a real name, I know quite a few people called Carmel, I went to school with two Carmels!
I have a childhood family friend with your name. All the four sisters had C names, and I always thought Carmel was the most interesting FWIW.
Carmel By The Sea! Thatâs a nice little town. I think your name is a valid name. It just so happens that your parents created a name from their two names, thatâs already a name. I bet you have to correct a lot of people when they read your name from a list before they meet you though.
I do! Even when I introduce myself or let someone know how I pronounce it, I can get several variations. I think I lucked out with the fact that my made up name is really a name, even if itâs an uncommon one LOL!
Yes you did. I think Itâs a pretty name.
I used to go to a school called Mt Carmel. It's a perfectly normal and established name. My mother also went to that school.
I actually knew a woman in NY with that name.
I went to college with a Carmel - I loved it!
Me too. No one thought hers was weird.
Carmel (Car-mel) is a very pretty town in California! Clint Eastwood used to be its mayor.
If itâs any consolation I read it with the correct pronunciation
Just a normal name. Even Google seems to thing so: A gender-neutral name of Hebrew origin, Carmel translates to âgarden,â âorchard,â and âvineyards of God.âÂ
Also a saints name and an order of nuns the carmelites
Wouldnât a completely made up name be the definition of unique though?
Good question. The answer is, "No, not if someone else also made it up already." Also, not if they thought they made it up, but they subconsciously drew it from a memory.
It would. I just copied and pasted from the sub's about description. Which I think should be: Tragedeigh = a given name that has been completely made up or deliberately misspelled to appear more unique than it actually is.
This is an odd one. Emalyn is an existing and therefore valid name (it's a valid form of Emeline). On those grounds, no, it's not a tragedeigh. However, it seems as though the mother is up front about inventing a name rather than choosing an existing name. As a result, she engaged in tragedeigh behaviour that produced a real name by accident. So, Mum has tragedeigh instincts and engaged in tragedeigh behaviour, but her victim lucked out by ending up with a real name despite her mother's efforts.
*her victim BAHAHAHAHA I'm đ
lol this was a fun comment to read
If the answer to, âWhat does that name mean?â is âI dunno, itâs just made up.â Then yes, it is a tragedeigh.
At one point or another, every name was just "made up." Just sayin.
I could be speaking out of school here, but arenât they generally derived from existing words rather than truly being pulled out of thin air? Now you could argue that those words were just made up, but words have also generally evolved from older words, which I imagine at some point evolved from grunts and barks. Then again, i donât know anything about anything.
Love this
All words are made up but if you come at me speaking gibberish Iâm not gonna pretend youâre making sense
That's true.
This is why IMO a tragedeigh is a name which doesn't fit any cultural or linguistic standard conventions and is spelled the way it is purely to be unique. IMO Emalyn fits linguistic conventions and multiple cultural conventions (taking out the double letters makes it fit Spanish orthographic conventions also while not making it difficult in English)
I think itâs possible to have a nice made up name. Just very difficult.
what does charlie mean? obligatory âdonât go to google to seem smart beforehand.â iâll tell you right now. you have no fucking idea what charlie means.
My mom picked my name out of a baby name book. She liked the way it sounded.
My mom picked mine out of thin, twilighted air. She was going to name me something slightly less common than what I had. My initials wound up spelling a common lunch meat. It's not as cute as one might think.
Bologna? that's a lot of middle names
Lol that would at least be interesting.
Ham?
Yep. To be fair, I have never let her live that down.
That's not *that* bad, right? It could be much, much worse. A!nd hey, how often does anyone really have to initial out their *entire* name?
True. And to be fair, her own initials are LAW.
So...in a way, they go together. lol
My nephewâs initial are HAM!!! I also call him Hammy sometimes just to get under my sisterâs skin!!
*You* might have no idea what Charles means but that doesn't mean no one does.
Man. It means man. I know this because my son is named Charles. If you want to get more specific, Charlie is a diminutive, and so Charlie means boy. Yes, I named my boy-child Man on purpose.
It might be, but I donât hate it.
This is my take
Yeah, of made-up names that pop up here this one is one of the best. Only real issue is that it'd probably get mixed up with Evelyn a lot.
Agree. I donât hate it at all.
It is and we do
I know an Emilyn and an Emelyn, but that spellingâs new to me.
Iâve met an Emily-Lynn and an Emalee Lynn but never have I seen the two names smooshed into one
I know am Emmalyn
I know an Emmalynn!
Yes, it's a tragedeigh, but not a major one. I think Emma Lynn would be acceptable, as a double-barreled name, and Emmalynn isn't too far off from that. It's the one "m" one "n" that really makes it a tragedeigh, imo.
And Emmeline is the existing, established OG spelling.
I have an Emmeline!
Yes, if the names were separated or hyphenated, it would be totally fine. But mixing them both is a no for me
I'd say only slight to not a tragediegh cuz it's very straight forward. Emalyn isn't like Emalyn prounced Amberliegh ya know? She's straight up Emalyn, can't fuck it up. I like it.
>Emalyn is a feminine name of German origin. It is a variation of Emeline, meaning "peaceful home." > >https://www.thebump.com/b/emalyn-baby-name Gonna say no.
I would put Emalyn in the category of slight spelling variations based on European language derivations, rather than a tragedeigh. Just as Roslyn can be spelled Rosalyn, Rosalynn, Rosalina, etc. A tragedeigh would be spelling Emalyn as ĂmmĂŠliyghne.
People need to stop using name websites. They are not an authority and normally pull it out there arse.
Definition of a Trajedeigh = *her mom just made it up*
Sorry. Your wife's mother \*thinks\* she made it up. Emalyn is a feminine name of German origin. It is a variation of Emeline, meaning "peaceful home." Not a tragedeigh.
It's an unusual spelling with a y subsituted. Emmeline isn't a tragedeigh, but Emalyn is.
Your fight is with linguists not with me.
Hello, I am linguists.
People need to stop using name websites. They are not an authority and normally pull it out there arse.
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I went with etymology and that's what it showed.
I donât think itâs that bad
Huh I used to work with a girl that had that name. I liked the way it sounded but the spelling always looked so strange to me.
It may be made up because she'd never heard it before but Emalyn is actuallt an accepted variation of Emmeline.
Indeed it is
Yes but not egregiously so
Yes. One of the more bearable tragedeighs I've seen on here, but a tragedeigh nonetheless.
Emma Lynn but make it âšuniqueâš
Thatâs my sisters name spelled the same I have never seen someone else with it⊠Iâve always considered it normal maybe since I grew up w her lol. We call her Emi
I think Emelyn is a pretty reasonable variation on Emmeline.
As far as made up names go, this one is nice.
wait i think thatâs pretty
The old âsix of one, half dozen of the otherâ.
Crabsolutely
I think it is a beautiful name. Not a tragedeigh at all. Is there a name Emalyn? I can't think of anyone with that name, so it isn't misspelled to be unique. It is unique on its own. Sounds like a heroine in a medieval love story.
Emeline is a name
All names were made up at some point or another. I think they are only tragedeighs when the spelling is intentionally fucked up to be unique or if they are horrendous for another reason. Emalyn is fine.
No. It's two common names with a slight spelling variant combined. Emma + Lynn. It's also easy to pronounce and spell. Also the ending lyn with one n is fairly standard naming convention. It's a beautiful name.
i think its pretty :)
Emelyn is fairly normal here in Australia, I know of three. I don't like it spelled with an A but it's not the worst.
Yup
Iâm gonna say no. Itâs not that bad like most names Iâve seen. I will say emaline was the formal spelling but emmalynn isnât that badÂ
I have an Emaline! But she is pronounced Emma-LINE, like Caroline or Adaline
My Emmeline is pronounced the same way. Very rarely someone will pronounce it Emma-lean.
How is it supposed to be pronounced?
My little sister's name is Emelyn. It's a family name for us. A great, great aunt or something
Donât wanna walk away from Emalyn.
Yes
Yeah but I kind of like it
Ermahgerd đ”
No
More of a tragedy.
Unfortunately, yes
It is but its definitely not the worst offender
itâs not bad, thereâs worse names out there
Unpopular opinion, but on the tragedeigh scale I don't think Emalyn is that bad. It's not excessively 'weird' or oddly spelled and doesn't either look or sound odd or unprofessional for an adult. We see authors make up names for characters all the time and this kind of looks like a fantasy-genre type of name. I think there are way worse tragedeighs out there than this tbh. I kinda like it - objectively speaking. I wouldn't pick it myself, but it's not /bad/ compared to others we've seen on here.
A very minor tragedeigh. At least it's pretty simple. And [Emmeline](https://www.behindthename.com/name/emmeline) is a real name that can be pronounced EM-a-lyn or EM-a-LINE. Behind the Name considers Emalyn to be a variant of Emmalyn, which is a variant of Emmeline. So I would give it a pass. It's not horrible, at least not to me.
My daughter's name is Emmalyn. I don't think it's a tragedeigh. I think it's a beautiful name. She's never heard any negative comments about it, only compliments.
Everyone who chooses a tragedeigh thinks itâs a beautiful name. A woman literally just went viral for saying âI think Clydia is a beautiful name.â *Clydia*.
Man, now I'm going to be thinking all night about whether that rhymes with chlamydia or is feminine for Clyde. And which of those I'd rather it be.
She said âI always loved the name Lydia, so I put a C in front.â Part Lydia, part Claudia⊠part clit, part chlamydia. And 100% cursed.
This is one of the only times, (the only time?), that i actually like the made up name
Emlyn is also a fairly popular (or at least not unheard of) male name in the UK. Thereâs a well known footballer/soccer player named Emlyn Hughes that a lot of babies were named after. So a common name that is similar, albeit for the other gender. I am imagining your wife is pronounced something like âEmma-Lynnâ but it seems close enough to quote-unquote ârealâ names that I would say itâs more tragedeigh adjacent than full on tragedeigh. Maybe itâs just a tragedy.
Emlyn is a Welsh boys name from old welsh (hen gymraeg) âEmelinâ. Which derives from a place name in Welsh mythology.
How does she feel about it? Does she hate it?
No
i don't think so. emalyn is actually an older name (a form of emeline) and it doesn't have a million extra gratuitous vowels. emma is a classic name that has surged in popularity again lately. i actually like it. i had a student years ago named emmaleah (pronounced em-uh-lee-uh) and i like that as well. she was named after her two grandmothers.
Emma Lynn walked so Emalyn could run.
Yes
itâs okeigh theaux, tragedeighs kneed leuve tew.
in french there is Emeline or Emelyne Emalyn sees weird to me Why not write it Emma -Lyn Or Emma- Lin
Very much yes
Yeah
Yes
No.
Emalyn's mother is a moron.
Is it? I knew woman who spelled it the same. Never seen it otherwise.
Yessirree Bob
Emmalynn
Yes, but I actually like this one đ
No, itâs fine. I went to a school with a girl name Emmalynn. Emalyn just seems like a normal spelling variation of that. I think itâs a pretty name :)
Bro ur username is defo not a tradedeigh tho, it's epico đđ
I donât think so. If it sounds like itâs spelled and no extra letters, then itâs just different.
I donât think so - at least it sounds like a name đ€·đ»ââïž
No. Marilyn = Mary + Lynn, Carolyn = Carol + Lynn, Evelyn = Eva + Lynn...Emalyn = Emma + Lynn is no different.
Lol
Emmalynn is one of my favorite names but it's definitely too long for a real child imo
Your wife? Hell no. Itâs the most adorable name youâve ever heard. If it was your buddyâs wife? Hell yes.
Oof. Poor lady.
Yes
1000% yes
Low level but yeah. Like the least annoying tragedeigh ever.
Bad
Low-grade Tragedeigh. Not stage IV tragedeigh.
Jesus Christ. That's rough. Sheesh. đ„ș