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

187 replies

MrsMonkeyBear · 05/06/2014 11:58

Hubby and I just found out we are expecting a little girl.

We have chosen the name Sofee but everyone thinks we should spell it a more traditional way.

Am I just being weird??

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curiousgeorgie · 05/06/2014 14:01

It looks like it's provinces like Softy but without the T.

It's just... Awful.

Sorry Blush

slithytove · 05/06/2014 14:01

But this thread has inspired me, I want to call Dd2 Olivia, but it's just too popular.

So now I'm thinking, ohlyvya

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slithytove · 05/06/2014 13:58

It looks like it's pronounced 'Soh Fee'. Not 'So fee' as intended.

I also agree that:

It makes you look a bit dim and try hard
She will have to spell her name for every single person she meets and it would get old
She will never get birthday cards, magnets, other random crap with her name on it
If it's read before it's heard, I think it will be pronounced wrong
Also reminds me of a sofa.

What is wrong with Sophie or Sofie? (Still don't love the latter btw)

SnotandBothered · 05/06/2014 13:56

Naff.

Sorry.

CoteDAzur · 05/06/2014 13:53

French Aimée is not pronounced Any, though.

TheReluctantCountess · 05/06/2014 13:43

It's a stupid spelling. It wouldn't be pronounced as Sophie either.

lottieandmias · 05/06/2014 13:41

Although I usually agree with 'your child, your choice' I think naming a child is a huge responsibility and you have to consider whether your child will like having a name that everyone else assumes is spelt a different way and be confident that they will feel comfortable with that - after all they will have to live with it and not you.

There is a child at my dd's school who has the name Aimee which is the French Amy and I personally like that but you do have to really consider carefully with different spellings IMO.

Northumberlandlass · 05/06/2014 13:39

Obviously a joke.
However I have met a Feebee (Phoebe)

Hakluyt · 05/06/2014 13:37

Obviously a joke thread.

answercomestherenone · 05/06/2014 13:36

Sorry, I agree with everyone else. It does look like you just don't know how to spell Sophie, and it is quite reminiscent of sofa.
You are being a bit weird ( to answer your question).
It is not a pretty looking spelling either.

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 05/06/2014 13:36

Please please tell me how they spelled Paris!!

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 05/06/2014 13:34

Depends on why youve chosen to spell it that way

(1) cultural, ie its spelt Sofee in your home country (in which case I would think you daft until I knew the reasoning)
(2) to be different. In which case Id think you were daft.

I know someone who has an Annee. Why? What is the purpose?

If you want something rare or different, dont bastardize a top ten name.

MrsBungle · 05/06/2014 13:31

Sofee is a really terrible spelling. Sofie is ok.

HerRoyalNotness · 05/06/2014 13:29

Use the proper spelling please!

DH and his x called their daughter 'Paris' except they spelt it differently, and the different spelling is a whole other name. I sent her a card in the early days, Dear Paris, and DH says, that's not how you spell 'Paris', erm........

lljkk · 05/06/2014 13:28

Odd, sorry, I'm all for simplified spellings with non-English language names, but this quite common English name already has a very standard spelling that everyone will expect.

My first thought was that you'd mistyped sofa.

Navybluetutu · 05/06/2014 13:26

Sofee as in rhymes with toffee or Sophie? If Sophie, I too would wonder if you were taking synthetic phonics a tad too far. If rhymes with toffee I just don't like it.

Iggly · 05/06/2014 13:24

I hope you're okay OP. Quite a flaming of your name choice....

It is a bit naff.

PixieofCatan · 05/06/2014 13:22

Sophie or Sofie, not Sofee, as others said, it makes you look silly.

I have to spell my full name constantly (common variation of a standard name and a foreign surname) and you get used to it, but misspelling a name is a bit silly. Done a lot these days unfortunately. I have a second cousin named Zackery Hmm

jellyrolly · 05/06/2014 13:21

Congratulations on your news. Everyone hated my DS's name choice but now he is born and has had it 8 years, no-one hates it in fact people often say they love it. I think people react completely differently when it's just on the ideas list. Personally I wouldn't think it was that odd when I saw it, maybe I've seen more unusual names than everyone else.

TheSarcasticFringehead · 05/06/2014 13:14

Personally, I don't like it. Most people obviously spell it Sophie- but Sofie is a real name, with a more unusual spelling (although still a traditional one).

LittleRedDinosaur · 05/06/2014 13:04

I agree- I'd mispronounce that to rhyme with toffee and then would assume that the parents were a bit stupid.
Why not chose a more unusual name if you want to be a bit different? I'm sure people on here would happily come up with a list of similar sounding but slightly more unusual names if you asked

Saganoren · 05/06/2014 13:01

don't do it

foolishpeach · 05/06/2014 12:58

That spelling is utterly ghastly. Don't do it to her.

Sophie or Sofie both fine.

WowOoo · 05/06/2014 12:56

Your child, your choice. But I don't like that spelling at all.

I imagine it reads as 'soff - eee'.

Purpleroxy · 05/06/2014 12:54

Yes I do think it's odd.
My dd has a name that can can be spelt in different ways and I chose the usual way. When people ask me the spelling, the number of compliments I receive for spelling it the "proper" way is astonishing.

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