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Interesting spellings.

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TwigsRidesAgain · 11/10/2014 16:56

I saw this one today. Lileigh.

Not saying it's good or bad. Never seen it before that's all.

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Middleagedmotheroftwo · 22/10/2014 15:59

Anay is silly. Ah-nay-ees is quite nice.

If you're going to give a child an unusal name, at least learn to pronounce it properly.

Szeli · 22/10/2014 14:01

nope i understood. i was told ah-nay-ees was wrong much to my chargrin

Middleagedmotheroftwo · 22/10/2014 12:48

I think you've misunderstood me Szeli. The diaeresis (two dots) over a vowel when there are two vowels next to each other in a word indicate that both vowels should be pronounced separately. So Ah-nay-ees is correct.

Szeli · 22/10/2014 09:58

middle Anaïs was kicked off my list as i didn't like the prounciation 'anay' that all the websites/books etc said it was.

I'd grown up thinking it was 'ah-nay-ees' but was left disappointed now you come here and tell me you've been told the other way Angry

let's hope dc2 is a girl Grin

SarahCraine · 22/10/2014 09:15

How about Ashleigh for Ashley, Alekzandra for Alexandra and Maddisynn instead of Madison.

Why do need to add extra vowels and double letters.

AuditAngel · 22/10/2014 07:37

My daughter is called Gabriela, yes, with one L. We can spell, we weren't trying to be clever or funny, and yes it is irritating having people Mia-spell it. But DH is half Spanish/half Italian. We wanted names that worked in all languages. In Spanish a double L is pronounced either as a Y sound or a J sound (depending on where in Spain you are from), so we used the Spanish spelling which then sounds the same as in English.

My second daughter is Luisa, no O, I can still spell, but her name isn't Louisa (said with the soft Z sound), it is pronounced with a S sound, so Loo-ee-Sa.

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 22/10/2014 03:25

There's a little girl at dd's school named after a precious stone but spelt wrong. (Think "Dimond".) I spent ages believing it was a misprint by school on the class list.

I don't get it - mum seems pretty sensible and we love in the age of google.

TheGirlAtTheRockShow · 22/10/2014 02:08

I've seen Ayrille and Sharlett. Just 2 that stick with me S wtf! I'm sure I've seen others.

WrappedInABlankie · 22/10/2014 02:05

There was a girl at th doctors the other day cause ezmaie swear it thought she was called eczema.

WrappedInABlankie · 22/10/2014 01:58

I'm a Josephene not a Josephine as my dad said it should be pronounced Joseph-fine

Never found a personalised keyring on school trips and my phone auto corrects it every time Hmm

TurquoiseCat · 22/10/2014 01:36

Don't know any personally, but I know there are some girls (thank you name stats) called nevaeh-rae.

Ear-heaven. FFS.

Middleagedmotheroftwo · 22/10/2014 01:07

I know an Anaïs whose name is actually spelled correctly, but the parents pronounce it wrong. They call her Anay instead of Ann-ay-ees. They pronounce the perfumecwrong as well.
And I know a Kraig. His whole family have C names spelled with a K.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 22/10/2014 00:41

Oh, and Harvee.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 22/10/2014 00:41

The 'best' ones I know of are Mayzii and Cortnee.

Also Emma-Leigh, although that's more of a pain to explain to everyone than actually wrong!

NadiaWadia · 22/10/2014 00:19

spidey of course Anne is not wrong and I think that's well-known. Both Anne and Ann have been used in this country for hundreds of years (Anne Boleyn, Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife, not the film star!), Queen Anne, etc. In fact, your version, Anne ,is probably more popular and I do think it looks classier than Ann.

Some names do have more than one accepted spelling, and have done for a long time, Katherine/Katharine/Catherine/Kathryn etc. being a prime example.

tuckingfits · 21/10/2014 23:50

I know a Marcous (Marcus) and a Jamye (female, Jamie or Jaime). Marcous is so wrong.

sooperdooper · 21/10/2014 23:03

Surely some of these must be people who just didn't know how to spell the name rather than intentional?? Hmm

Pipbin · 21/10/2014 22:50

Ladies I realise I have lied to you. I said I knew an actual La-a. Well I saw a colleague from the school a couple of days ago and mentioned La-a and she corrected me. It wasn't La-a but J-a.

Szeli · 18/10/2014 14:26

Jamie is a boy, Jaime is a girl

ShadowStar · 18/10/2014 13:56

I'd be struggling to keep a straight face if I came across a Martian Grin

Floggingmolly · 18/10/2014 12:45

Martian Shock!!

Pipbin · 18/10/2014 12:43

Jamie and Jaime. I've always known it to be Jamie, am I wrong? (I guess really neither of them are real name.

I knew a child with the middle name Martian, should have been Martin but it was misspelled by the parents while filling out the registration forms.

Dinesaur · 18/10/2014 11:38

When naming dd (Phoebe) DH thought it was spelt Feebee bless him! Soon put him straight.

Have recently seen the spelling Phoebie which looks all kinds of wrong.

Itsfab · 18/10/2014 11:11

I read about a child who was allowed to name his baby sister and he picked Laa Laa. Teletubby fan, no doubt. And I read on here about someone whose son is Kayne - after Kanye West Grin.

DH and I were very careful when naming our children. Proper names, spelt the correct way, nothing spelt from their three initials and the one who has the potential to be shortened is not - except at school which drives me nuts when they call to talk to me as it doesn't sound like they are talking about my child Confused.

Szeli · 18/10/2014 11:00

heard of a b.aley too (no dot) :/

i agree mispellings arent interesting - they make the family look illiterate

i hate mykylaa and the ilk