Worst spelling of perfectly ordinary names? Elyviya anyone?

at La-a!

My name is v. ordinary (for someone of my generation) but has a moderately unusual, but still legitimate spelling. I always, always have to spell it out and am occasionally told, 'Well if you wanted the French spelling, you needed an extra e!' Er, no, I didn't actually choose it as such, so...

Dd has a name that can end in y or ie so she's learned to say, 'With a y at the end.'

I know of the following:

Dre (dee-ray)
Dillon (though I think that is just alternative, rather than bonkers)
Kaydee
Cheyanne (Shy-Anne)

In defence of Tiina, that spelling would look quite normal in Estonia (or parts of Cardiff, come to that!). I think Hana is also valid.

I thought Alys was welsh for Alice.
Clamydia - oh dear!

I have also had a Dylon in my class. The children call him dy-lon to annoy him. It sounds like something to do with washing machines to me.

I met a girl called Tiane - now to me that rhymes with Diane so would be pronounced accordingly but no it was pronounced Tee-er-nee.....

Lots of these are actually Welsh names- Alys (v.popular), Lora...

Allydd though. Jeeez.

Ningthemerciless - am laughing very hard at Emoverere. Surely that's just "I'm over here!" said really fast in a Dundonian accent?!

Laurie is French. I have an aunt Laurie. Actually she is called Laurie-Anna. And I have a French friend called Marie-Laure. I love that name, and it's not misspelled, it's just from a different language/country. Nothing wrong with that. I have a French name which has a very similar spelling in English (my name is Josee) and I'm sure that some people raise an eyebrow when they ask me to spell it and I say not with ie, it's double ee. Well it's my name, isn't it? I'm not going to change it because I've emigrated...

a friend of mine represented a client who had called her daughter 'clamydia' because she thought it sounded nice !!!!

recycledteen I'm a Shona and you would be surprised how many people pronounce it Shawwnah !

as a teacher I had , in the same (very small) class,
Dane (I though it was Dayne but no, Danny)
Wolfe (Wolfie - anyway as a name)
and Ieon
and a girl called Laurie which I thought was a boy's name

I went to Uni with a 'Lissa' which she pronounced it as standard 'Lisa' and therefore spent all of her time telling people "thats with a double S"
V V pretentious....

BabyIsabella I think you win. I can not imagine a more terrible missplling than Czazquiyah (Saskia).

I actually decided to copy and paste that because it looked intimidatingly hard to retype. That does indeed take the biscuit. Or should that be bzkitt?

I know a Jay'me.

LOL Weegiemum. Someone's been watching River City and has no clue how to spell it! Would you really want to name your child after Bonkers Ruth's? Eilidh is a pretty name when correct! :)

I know someone who had a daughter called Czazquiyah (Saskia) It's dreadful.

Missed a "." there. "Likes Jack Daniels, apparently. I asked..."

I know of a woman whose nephew is called JD. Her sister (mother of the child) likes Jack Daniels, apparently I asked if the baby was actually called Jack Daniel, but no, just JD. Acutally, it might be Jaydee, but I was too to ask.

MrsTicklemouse Even is a Breton name.

Also nowhere near as bad but drives me mad, my cousin named her ds jaxson, just why?

IslaLund - I know an Abbeygale too.

I've taught a Shevon, a Zowie (Zoe), a Romeo (pronounced Ro-MAY-o, not RO-meo), a boy called Jaime (which I assumed was the girl version. Still pronounced Jamie though)a Lorah a Kalum (pronounced Kay-lum) and a Serice (twin brother Junior - I guess the parents ran out of imaginative names).

I've seen a Vylet (violet). My name's pretty normal but I've had to spend my life spelling it just because there are so many accepted spellings. I also get alot of people assuming my name is shortened but it's not iyswim. Now I feel like an evil mother for calling my DD Hollie.

What about Cate Blanchett and Fearne Cotton.

Tatyarna

Abbeygale

poppi - mai?? i know a 'lilli mai' sorry but it does my head in.

apparently registrars in the uk can reject names for birth certs. i'd love love LOVE that job. i'd have to have a laminate with all the often wrongly spelled names to show peoples (best them over the head with :-))

I have an Asher and my mum told everyone (before asking me) that it was spelt Ascher. This is how his name is now spelt by all of the extended family. It is bloody annoying. I get the 'hmm bit pretentious' and its not even my fault!

She spells DS2 name wrong and spells my youngest's name with an I rather than a Y.

Law unto herself that woman

I have a Phoebe but my mum wanted me to call her fibi and to this day spells it like this in cards. This is purely because she can't spell it right and can't be bothered to learn!

FeeBee...... (shudder)