#Tadgh is pronounced 'Tyge'

[caintooth]

can i get a name opinion?

i am torn between Charlie Moon and Charlie Tadgh.

backstory: when first choosing a new last name I chose Charlie Tadgh (pronounce Charlie Tyge, like the first part of the word “tiger)

Tadgh is a common masculine Irish name meaning poet, philosopher, and storyteller. i really like this name and feel connection to it

i changed it because, sorry if this sounds silly, but i am worried it is hard to remember? having a name that is easily recognizable is important to me for the future if/when i am able to publish my work, and for networking in general!

at the time i was also worried it would upset my dad. i thought picking a name which sounded more traditionally like a ~writer’s pen name~ would make more sense to him. BUT he recently has talked about changing his own full name legally (long story) so obviously he doesn’t have the connection to our last name I was worried he might lol, this is no longer an issue at all

but because those things were both on my mind, i chose the last name Moon back in October. it is short and easy to remember, has a good “oh this person is definitely a writer” vibe to it, has a werewolf theme which is always my jam, and shares a first initial with my legal last name

BUT. i do worry because while Moon can be a white name, it is more commonly a Korean name. i don’t want someone to ever follow me or pick up my work because they think i’m someone i’m not. this is of particular concern during a time when there have been so many white writers caught pretending to be Asian for clout, it is truly sickening tbh. AND if my partner and i get married and hyphen our names, which we want to, then this will become even more of an issue. they have an obviously Nigerian last name, and tbh it could also be mistaken as Asian to people unfamiliar with it.

[ask-the-magic-nations]

Yekaterina

Full Name: Yekaterina Iakivna Shevchenko

Age: 18

Country: Ukraine

Birthplace: Poltava, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Patronus: European Ground Squirrel

Wand Wood: Willow

Wand Core: Bereginya Hair

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff

Current Role: 7th Year Student

Tadgh

Full Name: Tadgh ó Murchadha

Age: 18

Country: Republic of Ireland

Birthplace:  Airmount Road, Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland

Patronus: Mountain Hair

Wand Wood: Sessile Oak

Wand Core: Banshee Hair

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Current Role: 7th Year Student