A mum has been left baffled by her cousin’s choice of baby name, which she believes sounds like a food additive.
The woman thought she had “heard it all” when it came to “unusual baby names” – until she discovered her pregnant cousin plans to name her daughter “Fructane”.
Even though her relative thought the moniker “sounds mystical”, her loved ones weren’t convinced. Despite the mum gently suggesting Fructane sounds “a bit too much like ‘fructose’ or ‘fruit cane'”, the cousin disagrees, thinking it’s “elegant” and “will help her stand out.” Her partner also supports the name, making it “a done deal”.
So asking the people of Reddit if she was wrong to be worried about the name, she added: “Am I totally off base to think this is going to be a lifetime of awkward introductions and fruity nicknames? Part of me hopes they do one of those last-minute name swaps but they’re already practicing how they’ll announce, ‘Welcome baby Fructane!’
“Wish me luck in gently telling them… maybe, just maybe it’s not the best idea. Or am I just supposed to let them live their weird baby-naming dream or jump off a cliff?”
After the thread went viral, hundreds o people chimed in with their opinions in the replies section. One commenter said: “It sounds like vehicle fuel made from fruit.”
Another suggested: “Ask your sister if she is familiar with ‘high octane fuel’. Then ask her if she’s familiar with ‘high fructose corn syrup’. She’s naming her child after a fuel made from corn byproducts. Super mystical.”
And a third advised: “Tell her to Google it. It looks close enough to fructan that that is what people are going to think of. ‘Some people have difficulty digesting fructans, which can cause bloating, diarrhoea, gas, and stomach pain.’ It doesn’t sound mystical or elegant to me.”