On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:09:13 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 3:45:45 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:29:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>> >On 9/27/2017 8:49 AM, Gary wrote:
>> >> Dave Smith wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> My SiL has a cousin name Gina.... rhymes with vagina. I hate to imagine
>> >>> the teasing she was subjected to in school.... and later.
>> >>
>> >> I had a girlfriend named Gina. Rhymed with Geena. Real name was
>> >> Mary Regina.
>> >> I'll bet your Gina is prounced the same way and not your claim.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Could just be the way her parents wanted it pronounced. Just like the
>> >odd spelling of simple names that forces a person to spell their name to
>> >others for the rest of their life.
>> >
>> >Karen -- Caryn
>> >Emily -- Emmalee
>> >Ryan -- Ryun
>> >Jackson -- Jaxson
>>
>> I always wonder: Did the parents want to be special or were they
>> unable to spell the name?
>
>Depends on the socioeconomic background of the parents.

In the Netherlands, parents sometimes give children "exotic" names
they don't know how to pronounce. They'll call their girl Priscilla
and pronounce the "c" as a "k".