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Recently, I moved to the UK due to the war in Ukraine and have noticed that people here struggle to spell my name correctly. As a result, I would like to ask for suggestions on alternative versions of the name Vitalii that are easier to pronounce. Thank you in advance for your replies.

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[โ€“] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Perhaps the Italian spelling of the same name, Vitale? I expect anglos to be a bit more used to it than to Slavic names, specially since romanisation adds another layer of complexity. This should stop them from butchering the first vowel, at least.

Keep in mind that no matter the spelling, English speakers are prone to reduce some unstressed vowels until they're unrecognisable, or to "stress" them randomly; it's a restriction of the language itself, not the spelling. I kind of predict that they'll do it with the last vowel of your name no matter the spelling.

Another approach would be to find some similar-sounding local name that you like, I know a few Armenian speakers who did this here in the Southern Cone - for the same reasons as yours, people got a hard time pronouncing their names.

Any way, there's no "single" answer for that, but I hope that you find one that works for you.

[โ€“] Vitaly@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, I don't want people to think I'm Italian, but i love Italian language and culture. And i don't want to change my name completely, maybe i will go with Vito or V+Italy

Thank you for the reply

[โ€“] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe go for shorter version: Vito

People tend to misspel my name with c instead of k at the end so to make things easier for everyone I go by Dom

[โ€“] Vitaly@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like this option, maybe I will choose it

And what is your name?

[โ€“] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Vitaly@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pronounced like Dom - ee - nick?

[โ€“] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Correct. I but I rarely go by full name. After years of living in the UK I feel like I'm not even pronouncing my last name correctly ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] Vitaly@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I would definitely suggest losing the second i at the end perhaps, that looks weird. Or maybe go for "Vitaly" (which you can tell people spells like V + Italy).

(Incidentally, a couple years back, I had email contact with someone named "Vitalis", which I thought sounded like a female and vaguely flower-y name. Only when we finally met in person did I notice he was male. Somehow he didn't seem too irritated by me having misgendered him in multiple emails.)

[โ€“] Vitaly@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Are you a mind reader? I thought exactly about that omg

[โ€“] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Vitalis is an older brand for men's hair products here in the US. My grandfathers used it. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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