My son is
Dashiell, I prefer that spelling, maybe because of the association with
Dashiell Hammett, not that I'm much of a Hammett fan, but the association does give the name
Dashiell that kind of hip, literate kind of a feel. Doing an alternate spelling kinda makes it less... less of a hipster name and more of a trendee name. Sorry...
I didn't know there were any other pronunciations of
Dashiell, it's always been Dash-ul for us, like
Dashiell Hammett, no one's ever mispronounced my son's name.