'My daughter's name is so simple but even smart people can't pronounce it'

While some parents pass names down through the generations, others come up with unique monikers for their bundles of joy.That's exactly what one mum decided to do when naming her daughter - but while she believes it is a "simple" name, she says"smart people" always pronounce it incorrectly.

In a Facebook post, which has since been shared on other social media website such as Reddit, she said: "My daughter's name is Cyriniti, pronounced Serenity, with a 'psy' sound like psychic. Only 'educated' people mess up her name, let me elaborate." She goes on to explain how doctors, teachers and others professionals, who have likely attended university, struggle with the name - and many end up asking her directly how it should be produced.

She added: "A doctor called her Cynthia once - like did you even try? Her principal approached us and flat out asked, 'I'm sorry but how do you say your daughter's name?'.

"I'm yet to meet a teacher who can pronounce it correctly. We have to spell it for everyone."

However, many social media users believe the problem stems from mum for giving her child an 'unusual name' rather than the education level of those trying to pronounce it.

One user said: "Of course the chances of uneducated people and children writing that name right are higher, they don’t know how to write so they’ll randomly write what they think is right.

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"Educated people and people older than 10 will hear Pserenity and will write Serenity assuming you have some kind of problem pronouncing certain letters or you just accidentally pronounced it wrong."

Another user added: "If you have to explain how to pronounce a name to a fellow native language speaker, you f***ed up.

"I like that she self owned, 'Only educated people mess it up', I'm glad we both agree that you aren't at least."

A third user said: "Wow. Getting offended because someone simply asked how to pronounce her daughter's name. Damn.

"If only he had tried to pronounce it first. Bet she would have been totally okay with that."

One more user added: "It should be the 11th commandment that you don't get to sanctimoniously gatekeep the pronunciation of a name you purposefully devised as a phonetic labyrinth."

A final user said: "If you know you’re going to give your kiddo a 'special and unique' name, be prepared for like a huge percentage of the general folk not having been exposed to such a name prior and hence, have zero idea how your baby should be called.

"It’s like traveling to a different country and not knowing how a person’s name is pronounced/spelled. Of course the logical choice is to ask. Omg."