Names with strange spellings

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I sent a birthday card to the friend of a daughter today then felt bad because I realised that I had addressed her as Sarah Jane instead of Sarah Jayne. I also know of an Allison and a Michele etc.

AIBU to wonder if you think this is an attempt at individuality or just a bit weird?

And Sarah Jayne is not a weird name how odd that you think it is!

Sararh Jaiyne would be weird

CaveJohnson Sararh Jaiyne would be weird

I am having so much fun with this thread, it is bloody hilarious ha ha ha

We don't so much avoid saint names as just not realize that's what they are.

The 'sorry, but am I supposed to know that?' is an attitude I can admire Tee

All I think this thread has proved is that if you're going to give your child a name from a different language, you should at least know what the name actually means

I have a common name with a variable spelling. It bothers me not a jot if people spell it wrong. I only feel compelled to correct officialdom papers (like my tax credits award). Just so unimportant, otherwise.

I think the Swedish couple who tried to name their child
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win

btw it was pronounced Albin

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 is still marginally better than Nevaeh.

We lived in a house one with the moniker Morte Lune - I thought it meant 'Dead Mad' so the plaque was the first thing down before unpacking any boxes!

Mort/e = Dead
Lune/Luna = lunatic, which of course derives from moon cycles.

My mother, overcome by a film, gave me a name that she thought adding an "a" to would feminise .
She was so wrong.

Unfortunately my name occurs reasonably often amongst women my age, so there is one reason why it might be a good idea to have a grounding in the classics.

My dd technically has a made up name. Its a family name (family is forrin though) and we didn't like the spelling so we changed it. It doesn't look made up though but does confuse some people who call her by a British name (one that I hate too ) because they are thick they can't be bothered to learn to say it properly. It's not even hard to say!

Am very curious ^^

So is 'La' technically her first name, and 'Luna' a middle name then.

Margerykemp..you are never going to be high court usher

Conor is a male given name that comes from the Irish name Conchobhar/Conchubhar or from the name Conaire, found in Irish legend as the name of the high king Conaire Mór and other heroes. It is popular in the English-speaking world. Conor has recently become a popular name in North America and in Great Britain, although outside Ireland the name is often spelled Connor, Conner and sometimes Konnor.[1]

Chimp

Marc (French 'Mark') and Conor (from Conchubair in Irish) are perfectly fine names.

Life is too short....

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You know when you are on a plane and the captain introduces himself, well unless you would feel confident being flown by someone of that name you shouldnt even contemplate it.

DD went to preschool with an Ysobel. She has met up with her again at high school and I notice that she now spells her name with an I

gnocchi was that to me?

Hunni?! No way. I am scornful of people who make up names that are bloody ridiculous, like the aforementioned.

Jayne/Jane etc= perfectly acceptable and in a very different league to "demonic" and "hunni" and "kayyyllleeeee" or whatever it was. Losers.

One of the US gymnasts at the Olympics was called Mc Kayla That's the kind of spelling that makes me

www.freakonomics.com/2012/02/28/bad-news-for-people-with-hard-to-pronounce-names/

Why do Americans replace Melissa with the nickname Missy? Never did get the point of that change.

YABVU, dh is Marc (mil wanted Marcus, fil said no way) DD is Tamsin rather than the famous Tamzin & she was very nearly Neave not Niamh but dh said no.

Do I give a shit how people choose to spell a name-err no as there are far more important things to get your knickers in a twist about.