Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

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

134 replies

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.....

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
florascotia · 13/08/2015 09:04

A quick Google shows that Loauise has been an alternative spelling for over 100 years. It's not especially widespread, but it's most definitely not new or unique. Your colleague perhaps might, for instance, have been named after an older relative who used that spelling ....

FWIW, I absolutely agree with you that it's not the standard modern spelling, but it raises an interesting point: when does a different spelling become an alternative rather than an error? After 100 uses, or 1000, or more? I don't know - does anyone have any ideas?

VixxFace · 13/08/2015 07:55

Taight is a good alternative to Tate Grin

BecksTroll · 13/08/2015 03:05

taught Blush goddammit

BecksTroll · 13/08/2015 03:05

Maison? Maison? Parents are great Hugh Laurie fans, are they?
I wonder what their maison d'etre was for that? Wink

I taight a Shivone once.

mathanxiety · 13/08/2015 02:55

Kassidi (Casssidy would have been bad enough).
Madeleigh
Madailein

SquirrelledAway · 13/08/2015 01:33

The Scottish records office prints a list of all baby names used in a given year - I was just looking at the 2005 list and found the following:

2 x Maison
Patryck
Kamryn
Kraig
Louix
McColly
Rauridh

A-Leah
Bayleigh
Bobi-Lea
Caici
Channel
Chealsi
Chloey
Destyne
3 x Emilee
Emmalee
Gipsie-Leigh
Jaymee-Lee
Karmyn
Kaylyn
Kennidi-Lee
2 x Kloe
Kloee
Makenzi
McKayla
Mickayla
Pheobe
Rhyliegh
Saphire
Savanaha
Shannel
Skarlett

Plus a whole car theme going on - Kia, Mazda, Infinity, Lexus, Mercedes, Porscha (sic).

And a few off-the-wall ones: Orchid, Kiwi, Treasure, T, K-Ci, Oakley, Glory, Marshall-Squire, and my favourite Dong-Hee.

shitebag · 12/08/2015 22:29

*Loauise

shitebag · 12/08/2015 22:29

Flora it was spelt Louise, that's the point of the thread with the dodgy spellings...

florascotia · 12/08/2015 21:37

Laoise is an Irish Gaelic name and it IS pronounced (approx) Lee-sha or Leisha.

There is also the Irish town, Port Laoise en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Laoise and a whole county with the same name.

And many Irish people with the name, as well....

CarlaJones · 12/08/2015 21:16

There was a Channel in our local newspaper.

CarlaJones · 12/08/2015 21:15

I used to work with someone called Siobhan - fair enough, but we weren't to call her Shuh-vaughn (ie the way it's pronounced), we were to call her SHOW-bin. Grin

Cynara · 12/08/2015 17:31

I met a (child) Siobhan in the course of my work, wrote her name down on my paperwork and immediately got told off by her mum. Apparently I should have known to spell it Shivorn.....

annatha · 12/08/2015 17:14

Channel!!!

These parents are nobs. I've got a fairly standard English name that has two spellings and have spent most of my life spelling it out and receiving cards from close relatives and important documents with the incorrect spelling. These poor kids will have it even worse as their names aren't even real.

shitebag · 12/08/2015 14:23

Oops Twinkie, autocorrect :o

Jaxon not Jason lol

TwinkieTwinkle · 12/08/2015 14:06

What's wrong with Jason?! Confused

shitebag · 12/08/2015 14:04

Beatriss, Emmilee, Cassidee, Jason...

These are kids I've come across at work and been a bit miffed by.

Also worked with a Loauise pronounced Leisha which was apparently the Gaelic spelling Confused

goodnessgraciousgouda · 12/08/2015 13:52

"Maison" is not even remotely like "Mason" !!

I hope they are prepared for a sizeable part of the population to call him "May-zon" for his whole life!

Lightbulbon · 11/08/2015 17:31

Ailie which is a lazy phonetic/anglicised version of Eilidh.

HopOnTheMonnerBus · 11/08/2015 16:49

A girl in DS's year at school is Jordyn. I once made the mistake of pronouncing it Jor-din. Her mum glared at me and told me in no uncertain terms "it's Jord-un, like Jordan but prettier"

TwinkieTwinkle · 11/08/2015 16:08

Klohe. Chloe. I just... No.

kittylh · 08/08/2015 12:44

I've known a Lorran (Lauren) and I've seen a Dakota-Emerleigh on facebook.

StevieJo · 08/08/2015 10:41

Indii-Annah....Yep....

mummy0bummy · 08/08/2015 09:48

I used to know a Kelleigh, which is not bad compared to most of the names above!
DC1 is at school with a Jaynae pronounced Jayden, have never been able to figure that one out HmmConfused

silverglitterpisser · 08/08/2015 09:38

Ex neighbour - Shinade. Wtaf?

juneau · 07/08/2015 21:02

Oh yes, just remembered another one.

Guy who worked at the supermarket where DH and I always shopped called Jiovany (Giovanni). DH, as a piss-take, asked him if he was Italian and the guy just looked at him blankly Grin