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Totally unusal spellings for common names?

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WeOnlyWantToBeOurselves · 14/06/2015 00:10

I was just wondering what unusual spellings of totally common names that you have heard. I've come across a Khatlynne and an Ezykile.

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SoldierBear · 22/06/2015 05:29

Clayer.
Why?
Claire means bright and shining.
Clay is heavy and grey.
How to ruin a name in one easy lesson.

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WeOnlyWantToBeOurselves · 22/06/2015 02:42

I quite like Emmer, but it would be better as Emmerson.

Is Lakelynne a real name? I know of a girl at Uni named Lakelynne and I'm not sure if it is, but I love it.

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WeOnlyWantToBeOurselves · 22/06/2015 02:38

Actually for some reason, I think that Jhon just makes more sense.

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CookPassBabtrigde · 21/06/2015 21:32

Emmer (in my head I read it Emmeerrrrrr)

Cloggal · 21/06/2015 20:49

Same with the Versace McClatchey story in Scotland. I'm awaiting the stampede of people telling me their friend taught her, but I've heard this from people in at least five different council areas. If she is out there, her story has spread...

SunnyBaudelaire · 21/06/2015 20:13

that one about Ladasha is simply not true - it has been regurgitated so many times that if it were true, there would be at least one in every school in the country.

AnneOfCleavage · 21/06/2015 20:10

I think that's an urban myth theavenger as heard that story from many people & it always gets trotted out on these baby name threads Grin

theaveragebear1983 · 21/06/2015 20:03

One of my teacher friends delights in telling us of her student L - A (pronounced Ladasha). I think these made up, ridiculous spellings are a cruel thing to do to a child, who has to live with the name all through school.

EmmaWoodlouse · 21/06/2015 19:54

The most unusual ones I can remember meeting are Calib, Dayseye and Jaimee.

Cloggal · 21/06/2015 14:16

I know two Natassjas fish, same issue, drives them mad.

FishCanFly · 21/06/2015 14:06

My name -- Natalija. Next one who tries to pronounce it other than Natalia, will get their teeth kicked in

SunnyBaudelaire · 21/06/2015 10:04

I dont think so mamalazarou, it wouldnt make sense in any European language I can think of.

MamaLazarou · 21/06/2015 09:59

Jorja is a common spelling in parts of Europe, I think. Though it may be pronounced differently.

HazleNutt · 21/06/2015 08:58

There's a family in my home country that decided to call their son John. Nice, internationally known name and all. Unfortunately the dad was sent to register the baby, and he got it slightly wrong. In that country, it's also expensive and complicated to change names, so the kid will be Jhon for the foreseeable future..

LynetteScavo · 21/06/2015 07:45

I can only offer Jorjah and Summa.

Loving this thread!

summerlovingliz · 21/06/2015 06:33

Alfee instead of Alfie

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WeOnlyWantToBeOurselves · 21/06/2015 06:16

That is an awful way of spelling Chanel. :(

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SeenSheen · 21/06/2015 02:52

I have a Schnell at work. I thought it might be German or similar when I'd only seen it written down but no - Chanel it is!

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WeOnlyWantToBeOurselves · 20/06/2015 17:29

These names are all pretty bad.

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WeOnlyWantToBeOurselves · 20/06/2015 17:25

The name Ezekiel is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Ezekiel is: God strengthens. Biblical Ezekiel was a prophet among the captives taken to Babylon at the first fall of Jerusalem who wrote the Book of Ezekiel in captivity.

This is the common spellings of the name that I first posted. Ezykile. For those of you that asked. ^^ It is up there in the first paragraph.

I know of a girl who spells her name Aaryka, but that is just horrible. HazleNutt

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AnneOfCleavage · 19/06/2015 14:41

It's supposed to Ezekiel longlist and Norfolk Grin

I've seen a Leisa (Lisa) and Sera (Sarah however she is Turkish so that's probably why) also Cera.

I had someone sign their name Amiee and thought they must have typed it to quickly and therefore mis-spelled it but no it's Amiee.

Norfolknway · 19/06/2015 14:25

I scrolled all the way through to.see if someone knew what ezykile, or whatever it was, was.

no such luck! Grin

longlistofexlovers · 19/06/2015 14:17

I've got no idea what Ezykile is meant to be either. Can anybody shed any light?

I'm reading it as Ez-eye-kyle.

diploddycus · 19/06/2015 14:10

It boils my piss when I see Tyla, Summa, Frayr type names. It just screams "my parents can't spell OR speak properly"! I don't even think I could manage to say Fray-er without having to think really hard about it.

Iseeall · 19/06/2015 14:05

I know a Gemmimah

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