Rate my baby names - unusual

Believe me it does have an affect on a child if their name isn't spelt the traditional way. I am sure there are actual names that end in ie.

Thanks for explaining your thinking.

For girls you seem to want a fairly traditional girly name but spelt in a unique way. Bonus points for ie ending.

For boys you don't want anything Scottish, with a leaning towards surnames, and again, unique spelling.

You are fairly confident that your child won't mind having to spell their name out each time they say it, as your husband really enjoys doing this daily.

My suggestions for girls:

Rubie
Roesie
Peeonie
Phoebie
Ofeelia
Loocie
Topsie
Mopsie
Maesie
Nancie

Boys:
Smyth
Wryte
Reed
Read
Vynce
Bruwn
Macks
Machs
Feeo
Cartyr
Jonson
Bradie
Edwyrd

Let me know if you'd like more

I don't understand why your DM would be so offended by 'Jemma?'

Not offended, just felt a bit sorry for the person in question because she presumed the name had been misspelled in error.

I have to admit, I’d assume that Maebel and Jaxson had parents who struggled with spelling, due to something like Dyslexia or being very young or from a socially deprived background which meant they had poor education or didn’t engage with it and had poor literacy into adulthood. In clinics, we did tend to find this was the case with a lot of spellings like Filissity, Natily, Zackari, Bakster, Tailer, we even had a Janathon (Jonathan) and a Pheobe (Phoebe)...mainly children from quite sad backgrounds with parents who really struggled. I’d also have guessed Lockie was a misspelling for Loki from someone not very educated. Sorry! It’s just the way of the world.

Misspelled names make me think either the parents were thick as mince or they confused Different with Interesting. And I pity the child facing a lifetime of tediously spelling his/her name out.

My name is similar to a common British name that people often mishear/assume.m, as I discovered when I moved to the U.K. That’s irksome enough without deliberately choosing it for your child.

It’s hilarious that you’ve got Nuala in there - it’s a granny name in Ireland, but really not trendy. Like calling your child Brenda or Sharon or something.

The others are ok but please spell them properly. It’s Polly and Mabel. Posy is a nickname to me and should be spelled like that, not Posie.

Jaxson...wtf. It should be Jackson. Or if you insist on the “x” then Jaxon - the s is totally redundant. Even then I really dislike surnames as first names, so don’t like Reid either for same reason.

You'll see that there are a couple of spelling mistakes in my post above. I was obviously typing too quickly.
When we read them, they can make us stop, and lose concentration.
Names spelled very unusually can have the same effect.

OP Obviously, your baby, your choice of name.

But when your baby goes to school, they will be taught that letters and combinations of letters make particular sounds. Apart from national and regional variations, this is not a matter of choice or taste or opinion, as choosing a name might be.

Spelling habits have developed to make communication easier and/or more precise. They change over time, and, maybe will change radically in the future (as in textspeak etc). But for people who have been to school in the 2nd half of the 20th century/early 21st century - ie most Mumsentters - certain ways of spelling are embedded in their memories and have become the norm. It's the same with computer spellcheckers.

Some posters objecting to 'youneek' spelling might perhaps be being snobbish, but I think more often it's because odd spellings are diconcerting, and even worrying. They don't fit in with what our brains expect.
And, as a previous poser said, they can make it seem as if the parents who gave that name did not know how to spell, whether that's true or not. You can't really add a label to a name saying 'we just prefer to spell it thisway'.

To take one of your names as an example: Jaxson.
Normally, in the UK, we expect the letter 'x' to make the sound 'ks'.
Normally, in the UK and elsewhere, the surname Jackson is spelled 'Jackson' and pronounced Jack-son.
But your chosen spelling would make the sound Jacks-son. We would read it as if it had an unexpected hiss (the sound made by 'ss') in the middle. And, probably without them realising why, this can set people's teeth on edge.

Names also have meanings.
To take another of your chosen names, 'Maebel'.
The name Mabel as usually spelled comes from a Latin word, 'amabilis', which means 'loveable', and that's very nice.
Mae (or May) is a short form of Mary (which means 'bitter'), another nice but completely different name.
If you mix up the two different names, Mae and Mabel, it can feel a bit like fingernails scraping down a blackboard, if you see what I mean.

There is a pretty name usually spelled Maebelle or Maybelle which means 'beautiful Mary'. That's perhaps less likely to seem odd or disturbing.

But as I said, your choice of names is of course entirely up to you.

I'm sorry OP but a lot of people will assume you are illiterate or of low intelligence if you use an "original" spelling. I'm not saying it's right but you will definitely be judged and this will also be unhelpful for your child.

I only like Iris out of your selection. I feel like the others are destined to be the Gary, Darren etc of the future. Unless you spell them the correct way.

Jaxson was top of my list of DD was a boy, although I’m in the south east and it seems like every other boy being born is called Jackson which has put me off it a little bit. Other names we liked was Hudson, Leighton and Austin.

I really like Thalia and Maebel from your girls list. I’m with you in preferring the ie spellings on names and I really don’t think it will be annoying your DD would just say Pollie with an ie. Even popular names have lots of different spellings Stephen/Steven Sarah/Sara.

Other girls names you could have is Blossom, Maeva, Maevan, Maebry, Dahlia, Tansie.

I like all the girls names and know a number of people with them except Nuala although I do know a dog called that (German Shepherd). The Thalia's I know are pronounced differently one is th-al-ee-er and one is Tal-e-er.

The boys names are awful a bit chavvy

Don’t mind any IF you spell them properly

Iris is the only one of those I like. The "unusual" spellings are dreadful, imo.

Only Nuala and Reid are vaguely unusual names around here from your list.Spelling names incorrectly doesn't make them unusual. However, this your choice, go with what you want to. Lots of people will just spell them the right way though and this may become annoying for them child in time.

GIRLS:

Pollie - 1/10
Posie - 0/10
Maebel - 6/10
Thalia - 5/10
Iris - 2/10
Nuala - 6/10

BOYS:

Jaxson - 0/10
Lockie - 0/10
Reid - 5/10

Thalia and Jackson with the proper spelling.

I quite like Lockie but would have to have Lachlan on the birth certificate!

How about Arlo? Albie? Bertie?

Love Polly.,also Thalia! Dahlia!

Every kid within 10 miles of my brother's house is called Jaxson. When we go to the park we always say I wonder if Jaxson will be there?

Iris is really pretty. I've seen Mollie spelt like that but not pollie. A pollute here isn't a good thing.

Definition of 'pollies'

Politicians, or pollies, are generally disliked and distrusted.

To add I don’t think any are particularly unusual, they are predominantly normal names with weird spellings.

GIRLS:

Pollie - Hate the spelling, Polly is much better, the name is ok
Posie - if spelt Posy I like it, it reminds me of the book Ballet Shoes
Maebel - Again the spelling inputs me off, Mabel is ok
Thalia - I strongly dislike this name, Whether pronounced Talia or Tarlia
Iris - love it, I know a couple
Nuala - Dislike

BOYS:

Jaxson - Dislike, surnames are forenames are not my thing, the spelling is awful
Lockie - Best of a bad bunch, I’d go for Lochlan with Lochie (this spelling) as a nickname
Reid - It’s a surname, not even a particularly good one.