An Australian mom has taken the internet by storm with her viral TikTok video where she rants about people constantly mispronouncing her baby’s name.
Hannah, who goes by the username @hannahsandsmusic on the video-sharing app, caused a stir with her strong opinion on the matter, leaving viewers both stunned and in fits of laughter.
Australian Mom Rants On TikTok
Hannah did not hold back at all when she decided to lash out at people who constantly mispronounced her baby’s and her Brazilian partner’s names.
“Some people don’t tell you when you become a parent is how f***ing weird it is when you name your baby.”
“Not like it’s not enough of a f**k around picking a name for your baby, but picking a name that no one can pronounce, it’s been a time. F**k me!
She continued,
“Australians are so annoying with names that are like the tiniest bit foreign.
“Obviously, I haven’t had a problem with that – I’m a white woman in Australia called Hannah, like it’s not an issue I have.”
Despite this, Hannah continues to describe how Australians often mispronounce her Brazilian partner Paulo’s name.
“Everyone here calls him ‘Paul-o’,” she says. “And it drives him crazy!”
The Australian mom then describes how when she and her husband were naming their newly born son – who had to remain in the intensive care unit for some days after being born early – they faced a similar situation.
The caption to her video read,
@hannahsandsmusic Surely other people have gone through the baby name regret but i NEVER hear anyone talk about it!! Naming humans is a wild time 🥵 #namingbabies #babynameregret #changingnames #misspronouncingnames ♬ original sound – Hannah⏳MAMA+RNB ARTIST🎙️
She further disclosed her baby’s name,
“We had to write a little name tag for him for the side of his crib. We had a few names, and because my partner is Brazilian, we wanted a name that made sense in Portuguese.
“So, when we met him, he was such a little warrior, and we just felt like the name Raoul was the best fit.”
Hannah narrated that a nurse, after transcribing the young one’s name as Raul in Portuguese, remarked to her:
“Oh, R, A, U, L, like Paul with an R? Raul?”
The Australian mom continued,
“So, we sat on it for like a day and we ended up changing the spelling, and R, A, O, U, L, is the French spelling because we were like, surely it’s more phonetic.”
She concluded the video by saying,
“When I tell you no one can pronounce our son’s name in Australia, like, what is wrong with people?”
“My own mother comes to see us in the hospital and asks his name and she goes ‘Raol’.
“There are moments when I’m just like, wow, it would be easier if we chose one of the other names.”
Several TikTok users chimed in to share their similar experiences as the Australian mom, with one stating,
“My partner’s name is Romeo and he gets Romero so often like HUH??? YOU NEVER HEARD OF SHAKESPEARE?”
A second user commented,
I have a daughter named Persephone and a doctor called out ‘purse phone’.”
Another user said,
“My daughter’s name is Mila (Me-lah) but everyone says Miller.”
A third user reassured the Australian mom to keep the baby’s name,
“Raoul is such a beautiful name, please don’t change it.”
