Classic names, less familiar spellings

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Mind I have a name with a G but sometimes people have it with a J, so im forever saying "Hacked with a G"

But Ghacked is such a classic spelling!

I think when its something with 2 or morre commonly accepted spellings...... Jane / Jayne for example...... its not so irritating as neither is the correct or 'wrong' way and its not too muchhassleto say 'Jayne with a y'. I'd certainly try and avoid anything morre complex or unusual than that though as is is a pain to have to spell your name everywhere you go.

I have a name with several variants and people consistently get it wrong, even when they are replying to an email with it written in front of them. It drives me mad.

I have a 9 year old Sofia and we haven't run into any problems, although to be fair she's not dealing with different people every day. She hasn't had any problems with teachers/ nursery / friends automatically spelling the ph way. On occasions she's had to wear a name badge or had to give her name & it's been spelt differently but she just asks them to fix it. It's not irritated her as yet.

I have a name like Anne. I do have to say 'Anne with an e' quite a lot but I've never thought it was any kind of problem.

I would also add that name spelling variations and international variations of names are getting more and more commonplace so I would think it's easier than it was as a child 30 years ago with a variant spelling.

I would go with the spelling you love.

My SIL has a classic name that is officially spelt wrong. PIL weren't sure of the correct spelling and went with what they thought would be simplest to remember. She never has a problem with it.

DS2 has one of the names on your list. It is a name where people know there are variants, so they often ask, but it annoys me when staff at his nursery get it wrong.

I think it depends a bit on the name.

If there is more than one spelling in popular use like say Claire/Clare, Anne/Ann or Katherine/Katharine/Catherine/Kathryn then I think probably ask how to spell it anyway (or guess wrong 50% of the time).

Names like Susannah/Susanna people seem to get confused and often guess at Suzanna or other variations and however you spell it there is a lifetime of 'no with two s's and an h' or whatever it may be.

Rachel is far more widely used than Rachael so people are more likely to assume the spelling without asking and perhaps some have not come across the extra a before. This would be more troublesome than a name like Isobel/Isabelle etc which is known to have variants.

My name has 3 spelling variants. I am normally asked which one I use, very few people assume. It doesn't bother me to confirm the spelling. I also have to confirm the spelling of my surname.

Alice / Alys

I always loved the Kathryn spelling

Mind I have a name with a G but sometimes people have it with a J, so im forever saying "Hacked with a G"

Id just go for it.