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Changing how a name is spelt.

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ditzymare · 22/01/2011 22:51

There a couple of threads running at the moment that have really made me start to question my dds name.
DD is adopted. I asked folk on here what they thought of her name last year and the reaction, it is safe to say one of Shock.

I don't want to say what her name is but it is rarely heard. I think the main problem is that the first C has been changed to a K. Making it according to MN wisdom very chavvy. We have actually got used to the name and dh and I couldn't imagine her being called anything else. We are forever having to correct people on the spelling though.

What I need to ask is would changing the spelling back to the accepted way cause any problems now. She is only 3.6 but her passport, birth certificate, bank account are all in the K spelling.

Anybody had experience of this.

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ditzymare · 22/01/2011 23:46

Thanks shrek and babybear.

It really can make you feel insecure when you are always reading about how people perceive more unusual names. I actually really hated her name to begin with. We didn't think changing it was right. It's still not something I would choose but it is so her.

babybear yours are lovely as well. They sound really nice together.

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babybear5 · 22/01/2011 23:32

ditzymare that is lovely Grin I really like it with a 'k'. Beautiful and not chavvy at all.
My dd's are Karla and Kayla both normally with a c.
Beautiful..don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Smile

MrsShrekTheThird · 22/01/2011 23:26

It's lovely!!!

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ditzymare · 22/01/2011 23:23

Hope I don't regret this. It's Klarise.

Grin
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MrsvWoolf · 22/01/2011 23:18

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babybear5 · 22/01/2011 23:18

I too adopted my dd and changed the spelling of her name..funnily enough to a 'k'. I have also changed my other dd name from the popular version..to begin with K
Why don't you leave it and see how it sits with you in a little while.
I am forever saying....with a 'k' when spelling a very simple name.
Sod what anyone else thinks...if you happy with it that all that matters.
Nosey me would really love to know what her name is now? Grin

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CharlieBoo · 22/01/2011 23:12

This forum is a nightmare for this!! When people slag off your childrens names on here it really sucks!!

Difficult to know without knowing the name, but why not wait and see...doing it now or in a years time won't make much difference.

SecretNutellaFix · 22/01/2011 23:03

I would keep the K spelling.

MrsShrekTheThird · 22/01/2011 22:57

why not leave it a little bit longer until she is old enough to decide or have a say for herself.... I've no experience, and someone I know has just called their gorgeous little newborn girl Mavis.

If you like it, bugger the rest of em Wink

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