Does everyone think the spelling of my chosen name is odd??

Blimey, no need for some of the nastiness on here. Really unpleasant actually.

OP if you are still reading, and would like an unusual spelling, then - as others have said - there is Sofie. There is also Sophy. It was used about 200 years ago in the UK as a short form of the name Sophia (pronounced So-fye-ah by people at that time).

I've said this before on another post, but the reason why strange spellings upset people is because the rules for reading and writing and spelling help shape the ways we communicate with others or express ourselves and even how we think. Mess with them and you mess with our minds. The same rules for spelling also make the world go round. Others have mentioned the impossibility of getting personalised gifts for children and the life-long irritation/embarassment/bureaucratic inconvenience of having to explain or even apologise for a strange spelling of a well-known name. You may find that some online databases reject non-standard versions of well-known names, as well, making all kinds of internet use problematic.

Oh no, please be kind to your DD and spell her name either Sophie or Sofie.

It reminds me of a little Mayzi-Raii I know of. It either makes you look illiterate or stupid .

I know of a Dayzee.

Don't do it OP, as one with an unusual name it sucks to have to spell it constantly.

Your child, your choice. - But it's not her name. It's a name she's going to give another human being who is going to be stuck with it the rest of her life.

Yes, Paris spelling please? Amsterdam?

Sorry it isn't a good choice. I am all for alternative names but don't mess up perfectly beautiful ones. :-)

It's the end of the university year - perhaps that explains the many odd threads and wind up posts that have been on MN lately.....................

*eventually not eventualy

Shakespeare still lived in a primary verbal culture where most people couldn't read or write. It's different now, that's why spellings have become fixed.

I once met a girl who told me her name was Why-von When I eventualy saw it written down, it was Yvonne. Apparently her parents saw the name somewhere, liked it, but had no idea how it was pronounced...

I'm guessing Perez for Paris?

I'm not keen on the spelling, agree it looks like a cross between sofa and settee. It just doesn't look right.

I'm also really wanting to know the Paris spelling

I wish OP would come back if only to reassure us she won't be spelling it 'sofee' (yep, totally sounds like toffee in my head)

But it's not just "with an f" or "ending in e"

It's completely different to all other versions.

Don't do it...

DD and I were talking about names yesterday - she is at the old end of what is now a common girls name,her name is spelt in a standard but less common way,as the name has several different versions.

She (now 19!)was being sad that when she was little she couldn't ever get personalised gifts with her actual proper name on (like the pens/keyrings/things to go on doors etc etc etc)
No big deal really - but its obviously made an impression on DD!

Oh OP- I don't think you will be returning to this thread will you?

...Oh and for the 'right/wrong' PPs - Will Shakespeare varied the spelling of his own name several times.

Proper nouns aren't tied to fixed spellings by their nature: until the person/place the noun is affixed to is completed/named, spelling is moot. Each name is a new word in that regard.

Doesn't mean some spellings aren't clunkier than others though: if anything, all the more reason for them to scan smoothly and neatly.

With regards to being a hassle "it's name with a...", there are lots of conventional spellings like that (Kathy/Cathy, Stephen/Steven, Ann/Anne, Clare/Claire Christine/Kristine etc'). I don't think it looks that nice written on the page though IYSWIM - more like a surname, not a 1st name.

Unfortunately, it sounds like a cross between 'settee' and 'sofa'! She may grow up to be a 'couch' potato! (Sorry - couldn't resist the lame joke.) If you prefer to use an 'f' in the name, the Italians spell Sophia as Sofia - so you could get away with Sofie, I would think.

Kale

Someone has probably said that Sophie is pronounced SO fi whereas Sofee would So FEE, surely.

I have worked with many children with unconventionally spelt names and usually the parents were illiterate. A statement about my experience, not a judgement. I really don't think that it's the end of the world because children make names their own and language is always changing.
I did shout 'but it's a vegetable' at the TV when a woman on one born every minute called her child Kale because it was different and she'd never heard of it before, but really what does it matter what I think?

How do you spell Paris if not spelled Paris? We must know!

Clearly a wind up thread!

Would it be odd to spell chair as c-h-a-r-e? Of course it would, it's wrong!

If you are serious op then do not use an incorrect spelling of a perfectly nice name or people will definitely judge you!