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

I would guess it's a misspelling but it's a common enough misspelling that lots of people use it every year. Or she could just be not properly proof reading her Facebook. Either way, hopefully someone close enough to her to be able to tactfully point it out will do so.

At least it's not as bad as an acquaintance who, wanting to use a unique spelling for 'Damon', called her baby 'Daemon'.

Yes, they are saying that because Phoebe is a name from ancient Greece. Phoenix also comes from Greek. Read my previous posts.

People is from Latin and has a different etymology.

I meant that both oe and eo have the same ee sound with the letters in a different order. Some pp are saying that the spelling of the name is definitely oe and using a word like Phoenix as an example. Others are saying well what about people. That is why I’m saying it’s not a good example. The English language must be a nightmare to learn

You really can’t say that oe as in Phoenix or people when you have words like cough and though that although they end in ough are pronounced differently

Of course you can, much is etymology dependent. English is a very irregular language.

You really can’t say that oe as in Phoenix or people when you have words like cough and though that although they end in ough are pronounced differently

I would message them and ask if it’s pronounced like Phoebe in friends. They might then say yes (you then know it’s not a mistake) give you a different pronunciation (poor kid, everyone will think her parents didn’t know how to spell phoebe and she’ll have a lifetime of correcting people) or they’ll say oops typo and correct it. You then don’t cause offence by telling them they’re wrong but you’re clear on spelling and pronunciation.

I'm curious of the age of "pheobe"...I have one on my Facebook with this misspelling who is around 2-3 months old?

My friend text me to say her granddaughter Felissity had arrived. I queried 'not spelt Felicity ?' She replied no, parents want to call her Fliss for short.

i have no idea why but my daughter was called amy just plain and simple but i have lost count of the number of folk who have asked if it is the French spelling of Aimee no idea why

No, oe in English is ee as in phoenix and diarrhoea

Comes from the Latin oe which is a rendering of Ancient Greek oi

^This! Other examples are coeliac and foetus.

I taught Kristofer, Aimme (said Amy) and girls called Beau and Jaime.

If I knew Aimme's mum at birth I might have asked if they meant Aimee! I think with Pheobe I'd have to say something op.

I named my DS Malakai. It was the spelling I preferred at the time. Although everyone’s just always called him Mally!

IHeartMarmiteToast "I have a Phoebe. I spelt it Phoebe in a fb group telling them of the birth and someone pointed it out gently. I had just made an error ..... I was tired!"

Are you still tired?

OMG I would have to tell them. That spelling looks ridiculous.

Just email them and ask them if its pronounced the same way as the other spelling. It might trigger them to think about it. I know lots of people change spelling these days but I think this might have been an error. My dad spelt my sister's name wrong in the same way - and it caused her no end of stress with legal documents as people assumed it was spelt the way it is pronounced.

My daughters name is Tayler and that was the spelling I wanted.

yes the S in ghislaine is usually pronounced so it's the friend who's right not the poster who thinks it's wrong. guylaine is perhaps the name you're thinking of.

It was actually the other way: Greek Aikatherina/e (from katheros) -> Latin Katherina -> Catherine.

What about Catherine morphing into Kathryn?

No! E as in “Ello there mate” **

That's what I meant!! 🤣🤣🤣

P for Phoebe
H for Hebe
O for Obee
E for Ebee
B for Bebe
E for Ebee

No! E as in “Ello there mate”

Send them the clip from Friends...

P for Phoebe
H for Hebe
O for Obee
E for Ebee
B for Bebe
E for Ebee

Never lets me get it wrong! 😉

Surely the spelling of names have evolved over the years. Do people question Clare/Claire, Tracey/Tracy, Sara/Sarah(pronounced the same way) Steven/Stephen, Stuart/Stewart, Jeff/ Geoff... I could go on all night.

CatkinToadflax
They're two genuine spellings of Rachel though. The 3rd version is simply wrong.

It's like in my school we have Daniel and Danyal. One is the English name and the other is the Islamic version of the same name.

Other names (random letter order, no particular etymology before it) are people being unaware or purposefully unique.

The other day someone told me I'd spelt caleb wrong, it should be with a K. I pointed out it was originally spelt Caleb. She looked at me as though I was mad.

And yes I would very carefully ask them to confirm the spelling.

Rachael is the traditional English spelling, I believe.