To not use proper spellings when naming your child

They couldn't have heard an Irish pronunciation and spelt it like that if they're Irish as there is no r in Siobhán. So either the parents were English, heard an English person pronouncing it or whichever of them heard it had hearing difficulties.

Took me a while, but I got it! Need more coffee... 😂

Ledjund is the Norwegian version of Linda.

Interesting! When I Googled "Schopenhauer QVC", the AI looked like it was trying to work a connection out but then gave up and said: "An AI Overview is not available for this search" 😥

I'm guessing that you're making some punning connection with Schop/shop? Or a more carefully thought out link with the basic tenets of his philosophy? Along the lines of "the world is driven by an insatiable, blind "will to live," leading to constant striving, suffering, and ultimately, the futility of existence." I'd love to know.... 😋

Does anyone REALLY have a problem with parents choosing Huw not Hugh, or Ana not Anna, or Oleksandr not Alexander (or indeed, Kacper not Casper)? I mean, I'd roll my eyes at an Oleksandr whose parents had never left the suburb they had been born in and had no family connections overseas.

Or a problem coming across names like Zimchikachim or Trayaksh which are clearly reflective of the parents' heritage or ethnicity. (both real names given to boys in Scotland, google tells me the first is a common name in Igbo, the second in Sanskrit).

The issue is people who take a standard name like Alastair and spell it Alyster, or Archie and spell it Artchie, or Rory and spell it Roraigh. (again, all real names from the Scottish list).

Our DS's name is Pledge - it's like Barry, but it's polish.

Recently seen an Oliviah and an Avah which is just so beyond stupid.

That’s just wrong plain and simple.

Does she wonder why everybody she meets (over a certain age) sings the Tom Jones song to her "Wo, wo, wo, she's a lady!" ?!

Not to derail, but Schopenhauer always makes me think of QVC!

I have RTFT and I have learned Kacper wants to change his name. Possibly to Ajay.

My kids have completely normal names but many teachers still pronounce them wrong!

I hope this hasn’t been said before …..
but can this thread be added to Classics simply because of @tulippa
she’s a ledjund.

The trouble with mocking others for perceived ignorance is that most posters are just revealing their own ignorance about how languages, naming conventions and formal spelling rules have evolved. Yes, "Jaymz" gave me pause as well while I tried to work out what it was, but you'd be shocked at how many "normal" spellings were originally mistakes. Imogen springs to mind - it's a misspelling of the original Innogen. Curtis was brought up earlier - it derives from "courteous" so perhaps "Coeurtis" is closer to the original than we think?

The list of "correctly" spelled English words that have been mangled over the centuries, or from whatever original language we nicked them from, could fill this entire board.

(However in the spirit of the thread, while this has obvious class connotations in the UK, I've noticed deliberately-misspelled names is a huge thing in Australia, where it seems to cut across all class divides, and have always wondered why.)

@Perculiar " I’m mostly baffled by Abigayil"
That spelling looks like the parents wanted to keep the Hebrew pronounciation of the name, where "-gail" is two syllables "ga-yil".

I am in my mid-50s and only two days ago I heard my name pronounced properly for the first time 💜 (my phone (!!) has a new ringtone, that reads out the entry of the caller in your addressbook, and I called from my mobile to test it). It's Brazilian and ends with a d, so "-dji", while everyone just says "-d".

Now read the thread, you're being a good sport @tulippa 😊

You'd think they could at least take a stance against punctuation marks and capital letters in the middle of a name. Calling a child D'Zheim'z is really not in his interest or anyone else's.

I often wonder what is behind the spellings of names, as phonetically, they are just the same as conventionally spelled named.

I have visions of parents in the parks calling their children to come back to them - "James, spelled J-A-Y-M-Z, come here please".

I feel for the poor children, having to go through life constantly correcting the spelling of what should be a straightforward name

Frightening also that these people take into account the possibility of searching for their children in the care system as soon as they are born when they name them.

I agree although I have to say that the Jaymz I taught was a lovely boy with very nice parents. I wouldn't necessarily expect it but I wouldn't be surprised if they were rule breakers in other ways than spelling.

Yes I have already been corrected by multiple people. Thank you. I learnt something new yesterday. 🙂

All terrible spelling does is make the parents looks stupid and the child sound common. must be horrible to spend your life spelling out you name too!

Don’t just change a ‘y’ to an ‘ie’ to be different , I also dislike it when people essentially call their kids almost identical names but switch the y and ie in!

We foster and have had children with very unusual names . We were told in our training that parents in these cases often choose an unusual name to help 'find' the child at a later date.
It's scary, and very real, to know that parents who could be dangerous can find you x x you do what you need yo keep your DC safe ❤️

Also....do these posters think that no-one else has spotted it in 12 hours??🙄

@Namechangetry 😂😂😂