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I think I've found the ultimate 'dodgy spelling of normal baby name to try and make it unique'

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FelixFelix · 05/10/2015 21:34

Grace is quite a nice name. So is Gracie as a nn.

So what's the consensus on 'Graicae'? Hmm

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Ricardian · 07/10/2015 07:12

If spelled right, Irish names are never ridiculous.

They are if your only connection to Ireland is that you quite like some U2 albums. Similarly, calling your child ? and demanding that it be spelt that way isn't ridiculous if you're Chinese, although the pinyin transliteration Jia might help get in into the school database, but is cultural appropriation and wildly pretentious if you aren't.

mathanxiety · 07/10/2015 05:12

Aboihe is most likely meant to be Aoibhe, pronounced Eva or Ava depending on your Irish accent (Eva for Connacht Irish, Ava for Kerry Irish).

The name pronounced EEfa is spelled Aoife.

If spelled right, Irish names are never ridiculous. They are names in a different language that naturally comes with its own orthographic system.

IguanaTail · 07/10/2015 01:24

*So he wrote

IguanaTail · 07/10/2015 01:23

Jaymiee.

He said his dad didn't know how to spell it at the registry office to just write what it sounded like.

DixieNormas · 07/10/2015 01:08

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SiobhanSharpe · 07/10/2015 01:04

Or s'
pose it could be Shiny? Or Chinie? Please don't tell me it's China...

SiobhanSharpe · 07/10/2015 01:02

Chain-ie, as in Cheyne Walk, posh street in Chelsea.

princessamidala · 07/10/2015 00:45

How would you pronounce Cheyne??

Newtoallthis81 · 07/10/2015 00:24

I'll hold my hands up to spelling it wrong (partly a typo and partly cos it's a ridiculous spelling when you're not Irish and live in Barnsley) but the pronunciation has come straight from the parents so I'll stand by it.. If even the parents can't spell/pronounce their daughters name, maybe it's a bit stupid!

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Liomsa · 06/10/2015 23:58

For crying out loud, Newto, there's nothing remotely pretentious or misspelled and 'younique' about Aoibhe, or Aoife, the more usual version. It's as ordinary as Emma. Can people really not understand the difference between 'made up', mis-spelled and 'perfectly ordinary foreign names'?

And you're spelling it wrong.

FloraDiesEarly · 06/10/2015 23:55

Totally off-topic but I just wanted to admire your username pipbin Smile

As you were.

KaraokeQueenOfTheNorth · 06/10/2015 23:48

I know a Jazzmyn and a Khandi...

Newtoallthis81 · 06/10/2015 23:39

How about Aboihe?? (Eva). Acceptable if either parent is Irish, not if neither are... Pretentious chuffs!

Pipbin · 06/10/2015 23:36

Seems there was 8 of them in 2006!
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Ricardian · 06/10/2015 23:35

I give you KT. Honest truth

I assume that KT Tunstall is a tribute to the short-lived KT Bush Band. One's Kate Victoria. The other is Catherine.

WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 06/10/2015 23:31

I give you KT. Honest truth.

Pipbin · 06/10/2015 23:24

There was one at a school where I taught for a short while. However I don't think I ever met her.
This was about 8 years ago now. If I had known the doubt it would cause I would have been sure to meet her and produce her birth certificate!

PrincessTooty · 06/10/2015 23:21

Everyone knows of a La-a but I bet no one know an actual La-a. Wink

Liomsa · 06/10/2015 23:15

You know something - I'm going to actually give a prize to the first person to produce official documentary evidence of the existence of an actual child called La-a.

DickDewy · 06/10/2015 23:05

The worst I know in RL are an Allyce and a Kate-Lynn (I know that one might be a name, but it screams trailer park to me).

And once Allyce went to uni a year ago, she started spelling her name Alice!

Piffpaffpoff · 06/10/2015 23:02

I know of a Ladashla, spelt La-la. Tellytubbies fan maybe?

SmellyHead · 06/10/2015 23:01

Rob't

That one had me hoicking my judgy-pants.

Pipbin · 06/10/2015 22:57

But whatever the name is, the parents chose it because they think it's a beautiful, special name for their baby.

And here is the problem, it's not a name for just a baby is it. It's a name for a 16 year old, a 40 year old, a 28 year old. They are not naming a puppy, they are naming a human being who will have to spend their whole life not being taken seriously or repeatedly having to spell their name.

but Chloe is a Greek name, Ch makes a K sound just like 'school' or 'chaos'.

This is true, but it could be argued that Klowii phonetically says Chloe more than Chloe does.

HarryLimeFoxtrot · 06/10/2015 22:54

Oh - two of the 1980s examples above were actually hyphenated. Anyone want to guess which ones?