'I regret my 12-year-old daughter's name – it makes me cringe with embarrassment'

A mum has admitted to 'cringing with embarrassment' when she says her daughter's name - as she encourages her to change it when she's old enough. The woman explained how she named her son Nixon in honour of her mum and decided to name her daughter after her mother-in-law to make things fair. The mum , from the US, said on Reddit: "My son, firstborn, is 15.

I named him after my mom’s maiden name, Nixon (We’re not American so it has nothing to do with the former president). When I was pregnant on my second, I didn’t know what I was having but decided on using my mother-in-law's maiden name. Which means I now have a 12-year-old daughter named Silver.

" READ MORE: Beautiful Irish name meaning 'wild' among fastest-rising choice for parents in Ireland READ MORE: 'I want to change my five-month-old son's name – I hate what it has become' While she "loves" the name, she is worried it is a 'tragedeigh', the term given to a name that has been "deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is". She added: "I’m in love with her name. She loves her name.

And I’ve only ever received positive comments. But I didn’t know about tragedeighs at the time and maybe people are just being polite. I’ve already told her she can change it if she ever feels like it doesn’t fit her anymore.

" Wanting to hear other people's views on the moniker, she has taken to social media to ask whether her daughter's name fits into the tragedeigh category. In res.