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Maison (Mason) and other names with spellings you may not expect?

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didwedotherightthing · 05/08/2015 14:10

Just got a party invite from one of DS' fellow mindees. I also knew his name is Mason but it turns out that they spell it Maison. I thought it may be a typo but I checked with the CM and she said that's how it's spelled. Probably is especially odd for me as I'm part French, so to be, it reads as 'house' in French. I know the nameMason probably has construction origins too but I do wonder if people unknowingly mis-spell names or whether they are just trying to be 'different'. Either way, he's going to spenf a lifetime correcting the spelling of that one.
Anyone else got other examples of strangely spelled names?
I also know a Camron.....

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CarlaJones · 14/08/2015 15:28

I can see how if you'd never learned French at school you might think Maison was an ok way to spell it, but the problem is that most people did at least basic French at school and "maison" is one of the first things you learn!

AuntieDee · 14/08/2015 15:23

I work in a hospital blood bank and these oddly spelled names cause serious delays in processing samples as they always come down spelled 'wrongly' and we have to reject them :(

badtime · 14/08/2015 15:14

Anthony usually (not always) has a 't' sound in the middle in England. In Ireland and America it usually has a 'th' sound (but I don't know about other regions).

Breezy1985 · 14/08/2015 14:49

A very close family member called her children Lileigh and Jaymz. I was Hmm and Shock

GinAndSonic · 14/08/2015 14:17

Anthony always has a "th" sound in the middle Confused

EmNetta · 14/08/2015 13:49

Once knew an Anthony, with a "th" sound in the middle; never knew how to say it myself.

Pinkball75 · 14/08/2015 10:28

Oh, and a Sharn and a Titarnia Confused

Pinkball75 · 14/08/2015 10:28

I know a Marliey. Bonkers.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 14/08/2015 10:15

Twodogs that is hysterical. I just went on her Wikipedia and it was edited yesterday. I'm willing to bet the edit was Emily to Emilie. Absolutely brilliant.

Frecklefacedgirls · 14/08/2015 06:19

When I was in hospital having DD1 there was a baby girl called Phay (Faye) !

Twodogsandahooch · 14/08/2015 05:31

Was reading an article about Kym Marsh the other day. I swear her daughter used to be Emily. Now she is trying to make it as a singer she seems to be an 'emilie'. Tres sophisticated.

Koalafications · 14/08/2015 05:13

Maddah-Lynne

HearTheThunderRoar · 14/08/2015 04:23

DD goes to secondary school with a Lillie, Ryelee, Zarah and an Ember.

No where near as bad as some of these though.

FlyDragonfly1 · 13/08/2015 23:41

I went to school with several girls named Amy - amongst them were Amy and Aimee, but also an Ami, an Amie and an Amiey.
I also know a girl named Charlee.
I've come across children at work called Kyarah (Ciara), Lili (Lily), Johnathon (Jonathan), Kaitlynn (Caitlin), Sumer (Summer), Laurynn (Lauren) and Wilyem (William).
As far as I'm aware none of them are recognised alternative spellings, and the parents just wanted to be a bit different!

SecretRed · 13/08/2015 23:40

Saw a xackaree being posted about on Facebook the other day.

onthering · 13/08/2015 23:37

I used to know a baby Maison. I had to avoid saying his name because I couldn't do it without lapsing into a bad French accent.

SquirrelledAway · 13/08/2015 23:36

I've just found a Maddyson-Dyamonds, a Marvellous, and a Madysyn in the Scottish 2014 list.

orangepudding · 13/08/2015 23:28

I met a Maison who must be 7 now. I thought he would be the only one to have that spelling but seems there are others too.
I also know a Kloe as her parents wanted her name to be a bit different.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 13/08/2015 23:17

La-a is an urban legend but ladasha isn't a terrible name!

StealthPolarBear · 13/08/2015 21:31

Has no one mentioned la-a yet? :o
Is ladasha (spelt that way!) Actually a name? I like it

mathanxiety · 13/08/2015 21:23

The vowel combination oaui would not appear in Irish either today or in centuries past.

If Louise was to be Hibernicised, it would be Labhaoise, which would be pronounced Laweesheh or Lavweesheh (a very soft V sound).

Laois the ancient kingdom and current county (formerly Queen's County) has always been spelled Laois in the nominative. The genitive/possessive is Laoise, e.g. (The March of the King of Laois).

Sundaysmumisfullofwine · 13/08/2015 20:47

I knew of an adult Jewelea (pron. Julie).

Equimum · 13/08/2015 20:21

My niece was registered as Siobhan, but my DB announced that they had called her See-oh-ban. When my mum saw it written down she couldn't help but tell them that they were pronouncing the name totally wrong, which didn't go down too well.

DefinitelyNotElsa · 13/08/2015 15:53

I know a Shade. Pronounced Shar-de. ????

WiIdfire · 13/08/2015 10:31

I wonder if the girl who decided to spell her name Niké to be different, knows that it is french for 'fuck'?