We have our first baby on the way. My wife and I love the name ‘Violet’, pronounced ‘Vi-let’ but she would like to spell it as ‘Violette’ instead.
I fear that people would pronounce it ‘Vee-o-let’ instead of ‘Vi-let’ and the child would be subject to a lifetime of correcting people. My wife thinks that because we can speak French we know ‘Vee-o-let’ but most people will still say ‘Vi-let’
Honestly, Violet/Violette is really not that bad as far as spelling things differently. Violette is kind of nice, and I’d be happy it wasn’t Vylit or Vyelytte or something worse. If your main concern is that she will have to correct people, I mean… eh. It’s had little to no effect on my life. If your partner feels strongly about it and you go along with it, you will still be doing a lot better than Talula Does The Hula in Hawaii.
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Honestly, Violet/Violette is really not that bad as far as spelling things differently. Violette is kind of nice, and I’d be happy it wasn’t Vylit or Vyelytte or something worse. If your main concern is that she will have to correct people, I mean… eh. It’s had little to no effect on my life. If your partner feels strongly about it and you go along with it, you will still be doing a lot better than Talula Does The Hula in Hawaii.