Would you tell someone they’ve misspelt their baby’s name?!

I thought Aoife was pronounced Eefa and not Ee-fu..?

@istandwithposie Good thing I won't use it then

No, because they've spelt it how they like it. And with a name like phoebe or however they are spelling it, the child will go,through life having it spelt in all different ways!

I love the name Soairse

Saoirse.

I love the name Aoife but I wouldn’t use it either

1. I’m not Irish
2. I wouldn’t want me/my child go constantly say “not it’s not owfie it’s Ee-fuh”

Must be a lot easier in Irish communities

Sorry, phone fail. I love the name Soairse but would never use it because of a Sinead I knew in school who had endless problems (& because I'm not Irish in the slightest)

It seems as though Irish names are increasingly popular in England at the moment, complete with butchered pronunciation. I love the name So

I saw someone on fb named their child Aoife

Not pronounced Ee-fuh though....

Nope. Pronounced Oafie...like Sophie without the S

These ppl 'types'. Ergh!

are not the type to take a general interest in etymology
Were your exact words.
We are well passed the age of English names being spelt only a certain way. We are a multi-cultural society who's responsible for making sure a name is correctly spelt and pronounced, out of respect for the bearer, no matter how its spelt. I do draw a line at Hitler tho!!!!

Really...what's that 'type' then...no, I don't want to hear.

And yet you’ve taken the time to misquote me with a PA implication that I’m a snob.

So you might not want to know, but to expand:

People who name their daughter Pheobe are setting their child up for a lifetime of frustrations; of people doing a double-take when they see her name written down, of autocorrect changing their chosen spelling, of misdirected emails. They either do not know the correct spelling, or they have deliberately chosen a non-standard spelling and do not care what frustrations it causes their daughter in later life. I used to teach a Pheonix who had already had enough of this at the age of twelve.

People who take an interest in etymology are, by definition, interested in language. Correctness and precision is likely to be important to them and they are fairly unlikely to choose a non-standard spelling for their child’s name.

I stand by my assertion that there is very little overlap between these two groups of people. You should feel free to project whatever judgement you like onto that but that was not my point.

the type that name their daughter
Really...what's that 'type' then...no, I don't want to hear.

If someone is named Lilly then it is!

It's the name of one of my relatives

I know a baby ‘Roary’ which makes me cringe - i think it was deliberate sadly so never said anything

@reginaphalange89 I know someone who deliberately chose to spell it Pheobe having asked for advice on Facebook. She said she preferred it that way. I pointed out she would always get people spelling it wrong. Lots of her friends told her to go with what she wanted so she deliberately chose that spelling. Bonkers.

I think that the people who are naming their daughters Pheobe are not the type to take a general interest in etymology.

Kristofer is legit, by the way. It’s the spelling in Sweden and Norway. Kristófer in Iceland.

@Ngaio2 The Arabic form of Isaac is Ishaq, and therefore that's what Isaac is known as in Islam.

Issac is an English abomination misspelling.

I believe Issac is the Islamic version of Isaac and is pronounced Iss ( as in miss) ac and it’s not just an alternative spelling of Isaac

I would say something. It’s not fair for the child to go through life with a name that is such an obvious spelling mistake.

Just leave them to it, it's probably quite common with Phoebe. Some of my friends have a Keiron/Kieron/Keiran

I suppose any spelling is correct for a name.

I met a lady who's daughters name was pronounced why-vone-ee - spelling was Yvonne! Each to their own.

I went to school with a Jaime - she always got called Jamie then said no it's pronounces ja-may (the j being soft). I think it was supposed to be french as in J'aime.

I’m Amy spelt Amee, it’s never done me any harm. If it was a close friend I’d maybe say but if not I’d just leave them to it

Not everyone knows where words originate from.

Clearly. But it’s not hard to figure out or even look up.

Not everyone knows where words originate from.

Btw, I agree, the correct spelling is phoebe, however I’m trying to give op a solution on her original post without causing any embrassment or offence to the parents of a new baby

My son is Mathew
One T.
His first card from his big sister was spelled this way so it stayed that way at registration.

Two T is more common.