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What's the worst spelling of a name you have seen?

239 replies

Fimbo · 27/03/2009 17:29

Mine is Lucinda spelt Lucinder

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Squirdle · 16/04/2009 20:50

By unquietdad 'Isn't Rebekkhah close to the original Biblical spelling, though? I don't think it's in the same category.'

No, no, no!! Rebekah is the correct spelling!!! It's my name and the amount of s I have had when spelling it are amazing! It's the Old Testament spelling. I much prefer it to Rebecca.

I like unusual names, but they have to be proper names iyswim.

everGreensleeves · 16/04/2009 20:29

I was going to say "Tiaamii", but a)I'm not sure that's the 'spelling' and b) it's not a name

so wouldh ave to stick with things that irk me personally, like Kayte etc

but I try hard not to be snotty about people's choices of name, after seeing my children's names laughed at on here made me bawl

sazzerbear · 16/04/2009 20:27

Jaxon and Paradice.....

SalopianGirl · 16/04/2009 20:24

Shevaughan {Siobhan}
Chale`{Charlie - a girl}

FAQinglovely · 16/04/2009 15:58

well if they've ever been into West Wing, ER, CSi and a few other bits and bobs then they may have taken the name from an actress that appeared in all of the above

juneybean · 16/04/2009 15:53

LOL but we know the people using the name don't know it's fully legit....

mummydoc · 16/04/2009 15:53

Cloi ( chloe) i thoguth they had actually calle dthe baby cloy !!

FAQinglovely · 16/04/2009 15:47

oh Jorja was mention AGES ago - it's a fully legit name spelling - it's just not British

KERALA1 · 16/04/2009 15:46

Madisen

MrsPuddleduck · 16/04/2009 15:45

Jorja

skinnyontheinside · 16/04/2009 15:39

Erynne, took me a while to work iit out.

minimenace · 16/04/2009 10:22

I once me another Claire who spelt her name .... Klayre ... made me want to call her ... Claaayer

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TripleBYPass · 14/04/2009 21:16

In my nephew's class there is a Macksymillion.He is still having problems trying to spell out his name poor mite.

nappyaddict · 13/04/2009 12:53

Michel - for Mitchell.

RibenaBerry · 03/04/2009 18:38

I used to work with a Luccie.

She used to get annoyed when people, trying to work out how it was pronounced, called her 'Lucky' and used to rant that it was 'a perfectly ordinary name'. Don't know if it might be some sort of foreign variant on the spelling but she never mentioned anything, so I suspect that, if there is, that's not how she ended up with that spelling...

alurkerspeaks · 03/04/2009 17:48

Ah but it wasn't Jesse.

(Positive role model - Jesse Jackson)

It was Jessie

(Only modern reference Billy Connolly parroting shipyard slang "Ye big fat hairy Jessie".
A jessie in glaswegian vernacular is a wimp)

RachieB · 03/04/2009 17:43

I quite lie Jesse for a boy, but would never use it !

alurkerspeaks · 03/04/2009 16:48

Kamrin is a pakistani muslim name (also spelt Kamran).

It is on my friends list of names that would work for both her family (in Pakistan) and us poor Scots....

I agree with many of the posters shrieking with hilarity about names that are actually names albeit a little unusual.

The one i found difficult was a small boy named "Jessie". If you had grown up in the places I grew up (West Coast of Scotland) you would NOT pick that for your small son.

claireybeeinmyeasterbonnet · 02/04/2009 18:01

FAQ I'd agree with you there, one of dd's middle names frequently appears on ridiculous name threads, it's just not an English name (it's yoruba, and yes, her dad is half yoruba before anyone says you shouldn't use names if you don't have a connection with the culture )

badassfeline · 02/04/2009 17:44

Oh, forgot to say I also know of a girl that called her DS Tee-Jay.

pavlovthepregnantcat · 02/04/2009 17:43

Jaxon.

simpson · 02/04/2009 17:43

Not that you would want a hyphen in the Kane either

thesockmonsterofdoom · 02/04/2009 17:43

OMG my heart has just stopped as someone has mentioned both my dd's names in the same post, the only names they mention and they are quite unusual(mine are obviously spelt right).

badassfeline · 02/04/2009 17:42

A friend of a friend has called her DD Ashlee (I don't know if it could be in honour the American pop star though?)