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Getting to a spelling based on a sound

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Changedname81 · 22/04/2020 19:09

The name is for a girl and the sound is Meeka. I don’t think this is a recognized spelling.

Obviously you have the boys name Micha (Myka) and then there is Mica which I believe is pronounced Misha?

Is Meeka a recognized girl name and we’ve overlooked an obvious spelling? (This is my cousins baby)

If it’s not a name no need to be harsh. Just inform us Grin

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Chilver · 22/04/2020 20:00

Mieke

absolutehush · 22/04/2020 19:59

Mieke is the spelling I recognise!

@lockdownstress she did tell say was her cousins baby! Super helpful though!

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 22/04/2020 19:54

Male not make

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 22/04/2020 19:54

If go Mika too like the character in waterloo rosd. Also wasn't there a make artist in the 2000s called Mika?

lockdownstress · 22/04/2020 19:52

If you’re having this much trouble with it now then consider your poor future daughter spending her whole life correcting people and just give her a normal name that you haven’t made up.

totallyyesno · 22/04/2020 19:50

How about Micah?

Elouera · 22/04/2020 19:48

Meeca? But then it looks too similar to Mecca!

Just go with Meeka.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 22/04/2020 19:48

It's Mieke isn't it? My German exchange partner had a cousin called Mieke.

summersun7 · 22/04/2020 19:44

Went to school with a girl called Mieke and she pronounced it "Mee-kah"

"Thename Miekeis agirl's nameof Dutch origin meaning "bitter". A Dutch version of Marie - this is a cutename that has potential."

Marcipex · 22/04/2020 19:34

Mika is I think the least confusing spelling.

Windyatthebeach · 22/04/2020 19:20

Sorry but it looks like meerkat!!

ThisIsNotARealAvo · 22/04/2020 19:19

Meka not Meke.

ThisIsNotARealAvo · 22/04/2020 19:18

Mika or Meke.

Some people might spell it Meekah so as not to have any confusion over the spelling, but it's not the prettiest spelling.

Sexnotgender · 22/04/2020 19:17

I’d spell it Mika.

StraightAndNarrow · 22/04/2020 19:16

Mika

Jaguarana · 22/04/2020 19:16

I know someone from Holland whose name is Myke, pronounced Meeka. The only problem is that sometimes people think she's a man called Mike using a yooneek spelling.

anonymum95 · 22/04/2020 19:11

Spell*

anonymum95 · 22/04/2020 19:11

I'd speed it Mika

Whatsyourflava · 22/04/2020 19:11

Not heard of it, heard of Mia for girl and Micha for boy

Treanor · 22/04/2020 19:10

Mika