Nurse's mind blown as she is told she's been pronouncing the name 'Liam' wrong
A nurse was left speechless after learning how a mum has decided to pronounce a rather traditional name.
A paediatric nurse took to social media to share an unusual take on the traditional name Liam she came across. TikTok user Lindsey replied to a question by a fellow social media creator, @DoctorCarlton, who asked in a video: "Tell me the most unfortunate name you've ever run across".
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The bubbly US-based nurse leapt at the chance to share how a mother she met at work decided to pronounce her son's name.
In a TikTok video, she admitted she normally struggles to guess the right pronunciation for most names, unless they are extremely common.
She said: "I'm a paediatric nurse and I'm from the deep, deep south, so I butcher everybody's name.
"If it's not something super simple like Ben or Sally, I'm gonna butcher it."
Seeing one of her patients was called Liam, however, filled her with confidence she could not get the pronunciation wrong.
She continued: "So, I see a kid's name on our computer and I say 'Oh, Liam, I got this. L-I-A-M. Liam. Easy'.
"I go out, call the kid's name, nobody moves. Call him again. Nobody moves. Call him again nobody moves.
"Finally this mum stands up and says 'Do you mean 'Yum?'
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"And I say 'No, Liam?' and she said 'Yeah, it's short for William'."
The nurse ended her video, originally shared in early 2021, putting a hand to her head and gesturing her mind being blown by the revelation.
While Liam has become a name in its own right, it was born as the short form of the Irish name Uilliam and the old Germanic name William.
While William and Uilliam have both been popular names across the British Isles since the middle ages, Liam was virtually unknown outside Ireland until the end of the 18th century.
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The short name started being used in England and Wales in the 1930s, but was common mostly among families of Irish descent.
Within decades, however, it gained popularity nationwide and between the 1980s and 1990s its use peaked.
While census data in the UK suggest the name is no longer as favourite among parents as it used to be, in the 2000s it started gaining traction across the pond.
According to the website of the US social security administration, Liam has been ranking first in the top names for births between 2017 and 2021.
