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Worst spelling of perfectly ordinary names? Elyviya anyone?

680 replies

backonthedecaff · 21/02/2011 22:35

I have met a Danyal, Daniol, Naiphthan, Caytie and an Alivia. Why do people consign their children to a life time of 'no, that's Daniel spelt...'? Any equally terrible ones out there?

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Dontbugmemalone · 24/06/2013 12:08

Phew, I feel a bit better knowing I haven't scarred my child for life. Grin

Some of these names are awful though.

My name is has one letter difference to original and I'm always spelling it out. It doesn't bother me much.

forgetmenots · 24/06/2013 11:37

Mrscosmo put the can down and step away from the worms!! :)

FreedomOfTheTess · 24/06/2013 10:01

My cousin's daughter is Daizy.

A relative in the US goes to school with a girl who is Elyzabeth. Shock

MrsCosmopilite · 24/06/2013 09:18

Not quite the same but does it bug/bother other people when nicknames are given as 'full' names?

E.g - naming a boy Billy rather than William. (My choice would be to name him William but call him Billy. That way, when he's older he can use whichever version he wants. I ask because several people I know have done this - so we've a range of Billies, Alfies, Bobbies, Jamies and so on.

SpecialAgentTattooedQueen · 23/06/2013 23:57

I feel stupid because most of these names sound like what they look like, as if they've been sounded out yet I can barely pronounce half of them. Confused

Linguaphile · 23/06/2013 23:32

I know a brand new Ellody. :(

Alisvolatpropiis · 23/06/2013 16:31

dontbug no he should be fine. There is a difference between using a name from a different culture and wildly misspelling it. Another example - I would call a daughter Alys not Alice because I'm Welsh (and prefer the former spelling generally speaking)

I think Alek/Alec is a common diminutive of Alexander in Scotland so it's not worlds away from that.

AllegraLilac · 23/06/2013 15:15

I had a letter addressed to Philicitie today. I'm Felicity.

NaturalBlondeYeahRight · 23/06/2013 14:54

I only know a Shawn and Neeve (disappointed)

TheRealFellatio · 23/06/2013 14:41

milky there was an MNer recently on one of these threads who said her name was Alyiousa and she said is was pronounced A-la-wisha.

So basically it was supposed to be the feminised version of Aloysius, which is spelt Aloysia. ConfusedHmm

She seemed quite determined that Alyiousa could be spelt with a wish sound in the middle and she didn't see the problem.

milkymocha · 23/06/2013 12:32

A friend had a passport renewed that got delivered whilst i was visiting her.
She showed me the new passport and i asked her what her middle name was with a confused face.
She replied 'Louise!'
The name was spelt 'Lousie'
It was not a passport error and no one had ever mentioned that typo before Confused

Shes 24. She spells it Louise regardless

edam · 23/06/2013 12:31

Connah must be a traditional variant as there's Connah's Quay in North Wales (although presumably that was a surname).

forgetmenots · 23/06/2013 12:30

Calum's the traditional spelling choco!

Worst I've seen is Klayre for Clare

JRY44 · 23/06/2013 12:24

I have taught a Xaq (Zach), a Conna, Konna, Conar, Connah and a Konner ...

Manchesterhistorygirl · 23/06/2013 12:08

I know a jaden.

It's Jayden really.

tapped · 23/06/2013 10:43

I live next door to a DAISEE... Hmm

MrsCosmopilite · 23/06/2013 10:39

Sorry, am scanning through this so apologies if a repetition. This is quite mild, but I recently came across "LEWIE" (Louis).

I get old English names, and non-English versions of names, but I don't understand the whole excuse of "I didn't know how to spell it" - go and look it up!

My Dad had his middle name misspelled because the registrar was illiterate. My friend's son has his middle name misspelled because his parents were so focused on making sure his first name was correctly spelled on the birth certificate they forgot to check.

I do recall overhearing a conversation between a mother and a midwife. The woman wanted to name her daughter after her mother. She and her mother were very close. Her mother came to visit her every day she was in the hospital waiting to have her ELCS. Her mother's name was Priscilla. But the woman didn't know how to spell it. I cringed when I heard her saying loudly, "Er....P-E-R-S...oh I dunno". It was going to be Priscilla-Mae/Mai too.

I feel really sorry for these kids.

edam · 23/06/2013 10:21

Someone I work with is also a registrar. She told me the most bizarre name she'd come across, she had to ask the Dad to spell it out - he took off his T-shirt to proudly show her his tattoo! (Spoilsport colleague refused to tell me the actual name though - some sort of professional code of conduct amongst registrars, even if not official.)

chocoluvva · 23/06/2013 10:17

Oh dear. What a shame for those children.

I don't even like 'Calum' instead of 'Callum'.

(Also names like 'Sky'. It's like calling your baby, 'Water', 'Soil', 'Grass' or similar).

amazingmumof6 · 23/06/2013 10:06

As a joke I'm co-parenting an imaginary Royal Baby with another MNer.

the baby is called Harpoon Killah Wales! Grin

amazingmumof6 · 23/06/2013 10:03

how about Vanilla Skye?

amazingmumof6 · 23/06/2013 10:02

crash

would JessieCow be better?

crashdoll · 23/06/2013 10:00

It's not just MN where these sorts of names are ridiculed, I've seen it plenty of other places too.

Dontbugme Aleks is nice and understandable as to why you chose it. What justification is there for Jessycaugh?

usualsuspect · 23/06/2013 09:38

All the oh so clever mnetters feeling sorry for the poor children Sad

Dontbugmemalone · 23/06/2013 09:38
Grin