Modern spellings for classic names?

Lillie is a recognised alternate spelling and fine to use

Rubie is a misspelling and unlike Lily is a name that doesn’t have a ton of alternate spellings so would always be misspelled by everyone

Gracie is a pet form of Grace but could be used alone like other nicknames (Tilly etc) but why not just use Grace and call her Gracie

Personally I think genuinely unique names spelled in a standard way look better than classic names spelled in a different way.

Lillie is a perfectly legitimate spelling of the name. The famous Victorian beauty and mistress of Edward VII was Lillie Langtry.

It’s not a unique name so why do you want a ‘unique’ spelling.

What about Lilliby or Rubilly?

If you’re naming your kid Ruby because that’s going to be her name why not spell it as Ruby?

I met a Sharlotte and even now it still infuriates me.

I much prefer the traditional spellings except Lucy/Lucie and Holly/Hollie for some reason where I don't mine the ie, maybe because it's a recognised alternative spelling rather than made up. I much prefer Grace to Gracie which is a nickname to me. I also know a load of Gracies so its certainly not unique.

I love Marlowe,@14B01F2021P. Why does your MIL get a say in what you name your child?

I don't mind ie on the end of names like Lucie etc but just think the child will spend all her life telling people which is a faff.

Think of your poor child desperately searching for a pencil with her name on in the gift shops on holiday OP.

"Lillie" is how Lillie Langtry spelled her name (short for Emilie) and she was born in 1853, so not really a modern version.
Rubie looks ugly though (Ruby is lovely)

Polish and Welsh names are sometimes the same as English, but with different spellings. I think they're seen as "unique" spellings when they are not.
Thomas and Tomasz, Alice and Alys.

Perhaps that's an alternative for you?

Hate 'incorrectly' spelt classic names sorry!

[quote 14B01F2021P]@LadyLazaruss thank you :) we’ve still got time so I think this is a good idea!

I do love the thought of a lovely unique name that no one really has but a name that isn’t as out there but also one that isn’t ‘unique’ but common now such as Wolf and River (DH has a 10 y/o nephew called Wolf, so yeah announcing that 10 years ago was a shock, but now it wouldn’t be so much)
No offence to those names ^ they’re lovely! Just I feel like I see so many nowadays!

I loved Marlowe for a little girl but MIL shot it down and said it reminded her of Marlon from Eastenders! I was gutted. No going back to that name now[/quote]
I like River

I used to have a job where I had to input the names of 1,000’s school children into a database. Traditional names, unique names, difficult to spell names e.g children with an Eastern European background, names with accents, hyphenated names all no problem. Traditional names with an unusual spelling used to send me into a rage, always had to check back with the school just in case, sometimes even the school admin got the spelling wrong. I just wanted the kids to have the right name on their certificate so that they could display it with pride, I figured that they so often got their name spelled incorrectly.

@14B01F2021P you could give them a unique name as a middle name. Then they won't need to spell it as its rare they would be telling it to anyone. But they would have it.

Please don't they will spend a lifetime explaining it to people. I work in a lab and the amount of blood samples we have to discard and the patient need to be contacted and rebled because doctors nurses and midwives fill out the form one way and the sample bottle the other (spelling) it's a pain in arse for everyone involved, just because the parent was trying to be 'different or edgy'

Hate 'yooniqe' spellings- the name is the same and you give your child a lifetime of misspelled name and eye rolling from those who don't see the point.

Rubie looks particularly awful.

I don’t mind Gracie as much because it’s not a modern spelling of Grace, it’s a slightly different name with two syllables instead of one. If someone tells you their name is Gracie out loud you wouldn’t mis-spell it as Grace whereas if someone says their name is Rubie you’d write down Ruby.

Honestly I can’t get over how bad Rubie is.

I don’t understand why you’d want a quirky spelling for an established name. Said aloud it’s the same name so hardly makes the child stand out from others with the same name. All it does is add confusion and mean they will spend the whole time correcting spellings and telling others that no, they don’t know why their parents chose to spell it like that. If there is a Ruby and a Rubie in a class they’ll still need to be known as Ruby A and Rubie B because there is no difference in pronunciation.

If you want to be different just choose a more modern and quirky name in the first place?

Another we considered was Gracie smile modernised Grace

That's not a "modernised" spelling, it's a different pronunciation. And an old one.

I like Lillie, although prefer Lily. On the whole I like the 'proper' spellings for names. (Although quite who decides what the proper spelling is I don't know)

I met a D'arcy the other day.

They will spend their life correcting people. Not fun for them.