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

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Fimbo · 27/03/2009 17:29

Mine is Lucinda spelt Lucinder

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simpson · 02/04/2009 17:42

and yes it is with an apostrophe not a hyphen!!

simpson · 02/04/2009 17:41

My DS goes to pre school with a K'ane

chandellina · 02/04/2009 17:37

Kamrin. my niece's ex-boyfriend. I had always heard his name and thought, oh Cameron, what a lovely name. Then saw it in an email!!

chegirl · 31/03/2009 19:48

I generally stay away from name threads as they wind me up a bit. I feel they can be pretty snobby. So I guess I am a real hypocrite joing in .

But anyway..........

When I was waiting to adopt my DS2 we used to get sent the 'children who wait' magazine. There were some real corkers in there! I remember one beautiful little boy called Dontay. At the time it struck me as appalling but strangely it doesnt seem so odd 6 years along. I suppose I am becoming desensitised?

One person's hidious name is another's treasure. On MNs Harriet would be met with coos of delight whilst on a different site you would hear the squeals of 'you cant call her THAT!' echoing through cyberspace. The same for Rio in reverse I suppose

When I looked in the adoption magazine it struck me that the little ones called Rave, Jazz, Reefer, Teleshinqualy etc etc were the ones who really did not look like they could deal with such out there names.

My children have fairly unusual names and my DS2 has a 'chavvy' name I suppose.

Sorry I am rambling . I think its a very interesting subject s'all.

Iklboo · 31/03/2009 14:02

A girl at DS's playschool is Rebekuh.
(yes with a u not an a)

BalloonSlayer · 31/03/2009 14:00

I knew of an adult, in a senior position in a world-famous company I used to work for, whose name was Willyum.

I never met him. I am glad. The name always made me think of blow jobs and I might have

FairLadyRantALot · 30/03/2009 23:23

well...suppose so...but sometimes it's hard to know if a person has that connection...to easy to judge to quickly....

but than, there is no hope for me and mine anyway...
my name is swedish, so is es (no swedish connection, but both commonly used in Germany, where I am from), my ms has a french name (no french connection neither...) and my ys has what many possibly would more consider a surname and it's an irish name (he was born in Northern Ireland....but that wasn't why he was called that nanme, lol...that is coincidental really)...

mrswoolf · 30/03/2009 23:06

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Rachmumoftwo · 30/03/2009 22:45

There are no right or wrong spellings of names- some are just more conventional than others.

FAQinglovely · 30/03/2009 22:41

".it just seems lazy to spend so much effort slagging off other people's stupidity without doing a bit of basic fact-checking yourself."

totally agree - the number of names I've seen mocked on here as being totally off the wall/stupid a quick google reveals are actually perfectly normal names that the poster just happens to not have come across before.

cyteen · 30/03/2009 22:38

The Bad Baby Names site is very funny in places but it always pisses me off that there is a whole list of fairly common Welsh names that are greeted with shrieking hilarity, as if they're made up mispelled bollocks names that nobody uses. I don't know why this bothers me so much as I'm not even Welsh...it just seems lazy to spend so much effort slagging off other people's stupidity without doing a bit of basic fact-checking yourself.

FairLadyRantALot · 30/03/2009 22:37

some of these are funny....

with others, it's actually the posters mocking the name that could seemingly do with a bit of an education ....i.e. Aimee is a perfectly acceptable spelling and so is Jorja....

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Fimbo · 30/03/2009 22:29

Hciwron Ytic has quite a ring to it. Let's behaving you

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UnquietDad · 30/03/2009 22:24

Any called Srups? Or Aeslehc ?

WedgiesMum · 30/03/2009 22:23

No but there are SEVERAL D'arby 's (boys and girls)

UnquietDad · 30/03/2009 22:21

toffee --- agh! Just got that one.

Thankfully here are very few children called Yadsendew Dleiffehs or Detinu Sdeel up here.

WedgiesMum · 30/03/2009 22:20

Izaak is a correct spelling and a very old english way of spelling it (ie Izaak Walton - google him). Nothing to do with bad spelling (and it's my DS's name )

UnquietDad · 30/03/2009 22:19

Izaak is OK, surely? As in Mr Walton, author of "The Compleat (sic) Angler".

Toffeepopple · 30/03/2009 22:12

My friend taught at quite a rough London school and taught more than one girl called Lanesra (read it backwards).

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 30/03/2009 22:01

My name's actually spelt wrong, my parents got it wrong at the registrar's. Thankfully its fairly unusual so nobody realises its wrong.

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Fimbo · 30/03/2009 21:59

Ah chegirl that happened to my friend. Her dad went to register her, couldn't spell Jacqueline so she ended up as Susan. At least she got a name instead of a duff spelling of one.

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StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 30/03/2009 21:57

I went to school with a Shawn. I thought it was an acceptable variation of Sean?

StarlightMcKenzie · 30/03/2009 21:55

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neenztwinz · 30/03/2009 21:52

Neave and Izaak (they are siblings!!) Their mum is absolutely lovely though just can't spell