IT’S one of the hardest decisions you’ll ever have to make – what name to give your child.
But one kids’ therapist has shared some words of warning to bear in mind when considering monikers for your little ones.
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Chloe Conrad is an accredited speech therapist, and explained that her job has made it clear there are three names in particular that should never been given to kids.
“Three names I would never name my child as a speech therapist,” she said in a video on her TikTok page.
She then listed the names – Rory, Rowan and Aurora.
“They’re so hard to say!” she sighed.
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Chloe then expanded in the caption that it’s “basically any name with R and O in it next to each other”.
“I LOVE the way the sound but struggle teaching a child to say them!” she added.
“That being said… I have a Rory in my life that I love, thankfully she has been blessed with an emerging R and won’t need my support with that.”
The comments section was immediately filled with people either agreeing or disagreeing with Chloe’s suggestions.
“Rory is SO hard!!!! Just like Rural lol,” one said.
“I can’t even say Rory without focusing on my pronunciation lol!” another admitted.
“Yeah my name is Riley and for the first 9 years of my life it was Wiley!” a third commented.
“Thank goodness for my speech therapist who worked with me all through elementary school!!”
“I’m adult who’s never had speech issues and I still hate saying Aurora,” someone else said.
“Also I named my son Emilio and I kinda regret it because he’s almost 3 and still doesn’t say his name that well (but not too far off)!”
“I had a student named Aurora!” another wrote.
“As an adult it took so long for the name to just flow out.”
Top baby names for 2025
Top girl baby names:
- Eloise
- Dorothy
- Amelia
- Lily
- Olivia
- Margot
- Isla
- Freya
- Ivy
- Willow
Top boy baby names:
- Theo
- River
- Charles
- Arthur
- Oliver
- Noah
- Rowan
- August
- Arlo
- Freddie
Nöel Wolf, linguistic expert Babbel said: “We predict a move towards shorter names, with a playful quality – such as Arlo, or Isla – reflecting the current trend towards minimalism in modern life.
“Names that are traditionally heard as nicknames, such as Freddie or Theo, are making a comeback, signalling a move away from formality.
“Additionally, we will see a rise of nature-inspired names, such as River, Lily, and Ivy. And a trend in recent years that we also expect to continue, is the rise of classical names, for example, Margot, Dorothy, August.”
While others used the comments section to share their own suggestions of names to add to the banned list.
“I have twins. Rowan & Ridge. People always think we said Rollin and Rich!” one sighed.
“Parker, Harper, Caroline, Robert…they are all just so hard to say!” another added.
“Axel- my son kept coming home talking about ‘a**hole’,” a third commented.
“I have 3 girls- Wrenley, Rowan and Briar,” someone else said.
“They cannot say their names *yet*.”
However, not everyone agreed, as one insisted: “Rowan is not hard to say and Aurora is timeless.
“Name your kid whatever YOU want!”
“Got two boys Rowan 3 and Rory 20 months and they can both say each other’s names just fine,” another added.
“I have my Rowan. She says it well,” a third agreed.
