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To not use proper spellings when naming your child

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Catterpillarsflipflops · 19/03/2025 18:17

Am I being unreasonable to think it's ridiculous to use a funky spelling of a normal name. I spent today dealing with lost paperwork for a child as the person that took the details didn't think to check the spelling as there is no other spelling of the name.

It looks silly and just causes no end of problems for the child. It also disadvantages them as straight away people get an image of what the child is like.

I've seen

Jaymz
Ezmay
Lil-leigh

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AelinAG · 19/03/2025 22:07

Twins I once knew of… Dolce and Gabby. The spelling wasn’t the issue here…

CharlotteCChapel · 19/03/2025 22:07

MissDoubleU · 19/03/2025 18:19

It’s a fucking Tradgedeigh

I was going to say this, great sub reddit

tellmesomethingtrue · 19/03/2025 22:07

Aamie
Isa (pronounced Eesa)
Ava (pronounced Arva)

BeholdOurButterStinketh · 19/03/2025 22:05

RichardMarxisinnocent · 19/03/2025 20:26

Feel free to pronounce it however you are able (I appreciate the ll is a hard sound to pronounce if you're not a Welsh speaker or have never learnt Welsh) but please don't tell people that In Wales it's pronounced Cl because it really isn't.

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I've heard lots of 'interesting' spoken variants of Llandudno, but I've no idea why somebody would focus on the second 'd' (but not the first) and randomly change it - when the 'd' is one of the few letters in the name that is already pronounced exactly like an English 'd'!

PluckedOutOfThinAir · 19/03/2025 22:05

Perculiar · 19/03/2025 21:47

Yes I know someone else mentioned in their reply earlier.

this Ajay was not Indian and didn’t pronounce it the Indian way. His parents wanted to call him AJ and then went for Ajay and pronounced it AJ

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Ok fair enough.

Maybe ajay will become the new kacper of the thread?

Kzb9 · 19/03/2025 22:04

MrsSunshine2b · 19/03/2025 21:59

The worst one I've ever seen was T'Kila, pronounced Tequila. As in, I wanted to name my baby Tequila but was too drunk to spell it.

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See I would have thought mum or dad was a fan of To Kill A Mockingbird…

CrystalSingerFan · 19/03/2025 22:04

MrsSunshine2b · 19/03/2025 21:59

The worst one I've ever seen was T'Kila, pronounced Tequila. As in, I wanted to name my baby Tequila but was too drunk to spell it.

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Surely not. Star Trek fans, T'Pau, T'Pol, etc.

Ballygowenwater · 19/03/2025 22:03

Wrangledi · 19/03/2025 20:18

My daughter goes to school with a Pegi. I keep expecting her to rate films….

Could this be Peigí by any chance? The Irish way of spelling Peggy.

BeholdOurButterStinketh · 19/03/2025 22:03

Hotflushesandchilblains · 19/03/2025 19:55

Unfortunately, I think sometimes odd spellings are because people dont know the correct spelling and cant be bothered to look it up.

We know somebody with an Isaac - except it's spelled Issac. She's never off her phone, but she apparently still didn't think it worth taking 5 seconds to check the spelling of a name before giving it to her child for the rest of his life.

I'd understand if she was trying to spell it phonetically, but Issac really does not sound like the name Isaac is pronounced.

CrystalSingerFan · 19/03/2025 22:02

Caroparo52 · 19/03/2025 18:20

Got to be either from the Bible or Shakespeare or Royalty for me...

Well I have a young relative named Cobweb. Fine Shakespearean name.

JanglingJack · 19/03/2025 22:01

Gymnopedie · 19/03/2025 21:53

Perhaps he'd be happier with Jacper?

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Bravo!

snoopyfanaccountant · 19/03/2025 22:00

Rufus27 · 19/03/2025 19:54

Really hard to explain without giving too much info - the name was already v unusual, we weren’t allowed to change it, so we changed it phonetically if that makes sense?

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I have friends who adopted their children (the children are full siblings). They have unusual names with strange spellings, and I suspect that they were in a similar position to you.

MrsSunshine2b · 19/03/2025 21:59

empee47 · 19/03/2025 21:32

People who choose a silly spelling usually do so for attention or to stand out as unique when in reality their choice of spelling is plain stupid. Worst one I ever saw was Mykayla for Michaela but some of these on other posts are making me howl with laughter 😂

The worst one I've ever seen was T'Kila, pronounced Tequila. As in, I wanted to name my baby Tequila but was too drunk to spell it.

samarrange · 19/03/2025 21:56

MrsSunshine2b · 19/03/2025 19:01

Or trying to insist you use their whole double/triple barrelled name.

"Uh, her name is not Lily, it's Lyllee-Maebelynne-Pixieboo."

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Now look what you've done (pic) 🤣

To not use proper spellings when naming your child
MissRoseDurward · 19/03/2025 21:54

Dayzee

My late aunt's name was Daisy. She hated it. In her teens she went through a brief phase of spelling it Dayzee.

Gymnopedie · 19/03/2025 21:53

JanglingJack · 19/03/2025 21:49

In this last hour I have found myself miraculously pregnant, aged 49 by my Polish neighbour who waved at me once.
A baby boy is due any day. We're struggling to agree on a name...

I suggested Jasper, but he doesn't think it's Polish enough.

We can't think of an alternative.

I guess we'll just have to get the baby adopted!

Perhaps he'd be happier with Jacper?

SinnerBoy · 19/03/2025 21:53

I posted some time ago that there was a drawer I saw in my daughter's school - Y1 - at parents' evening:

Jackxxson

Yeah, mam and dad, good luck with that in later life, when people spell it normally and he gets upset...

JasmineAllen · 19/03/2025 21:50

EeyoresLostTail · 19/03/2025 20:26

Deacon is the 1st name of the main Character in the Game\Film Days Gone

I think its American

Deacon Blue :)

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We're the band named after someone called Deacon Blue? I just assumed they chose 2 random words they liked the sound of 😂

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/03/2025 21:49

largeprintagathachristie · 19/03/2025 18:27

If I’m remembering it correctly, the first Freakanomics book - years ago now - correlated “unique” spellings with low levels of high school attainment in the parent/s in the US.

I can’t say I’m remotely surprised. I dare say there will be evidence that parents of the unfortunate children with ‘youneek’ names are somewhat thicker than average.

JanglingJack · 19/03/2025 21:49

In this last hour I have found myself miraculously pregnant, aged 49 by my Polish neighbour who waved at me once.
A baby boy is due any day. We're struggling to agree on a name...

I suggested Jasper, but he doesn't think it's Polish enough.

We can't think of an alternative.

I guess we'll just have to get the baby adopted!

S18 · 19/03/2025 21:48

PreciousRighteousTeacher · 19/03/2025 19:59

@Namechangetry that reminds me of a parent who I asked about the French first name her son had. This was about 30 years ago in a really rough area. A tough school. No connection at all to France Mum just liked the name. At least it was spelled correctly. I also mentioned in passing to another parent the very unusual surname her son had. I wondered about its origins? She said ‘I wouldn’t know I only met his Dad the once’ 😂 Then there was the poor child called BJ. I could probably write a book. Oh and don’t you think poor @tulippa has suffered enough for her mistake. How many more are going to tell her the same thing?

I went to school with a BeeJay. Always thought it was an interesting choice.

brunettemic · 19/03/2025 21:48

Someone at work said the other day people at the registry office should have the right of temporary veto and tell people to come back. Can’t help but think they’re onto something 😂

Perculiar · 19/03/2025 21:47

PluckedOutOfThinAir · 19/03/2025 21:36

Ajay is a super common Indian name.

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Yes I know someone else mentioned in their reply earlier.

this Ajay was not Indian and didn’t pronounce it the Indian way. His parents wanted to call him AJ and then went for Ajay and pronounced it AJ

Kzb9 · 19/03/2025 21:46

Tell me about it. My non-standard spelling totally transforms my middle class name and shows my working class roots (which I’m proud of) before I even open my mouth or indeed before anyone even meets me. But that doesn’t bother me really; it’s how often I have to say “No, I don’t know why my mother made that decision to spell my name like that.”

Umbrellasinthesunshine · 19/03/2025 21:46

MissDoubleU · 19/03/2025 18:19

It’s a fucking Tradgedeigh

😂😂 I’m dead 😂😂