Tbh I don't care If I am, some parents need to get a grip

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I give you A-Jay, Charlidh, Ameiliah, Blaiyre, Boudicca, Blu-rayne, Foozy, Deztany-Rose, Madison-Bluebell

My favourite is Wyntrr. They could at least have added an h to the end though.

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Boudicca is a great name

Sorry PMSL at Latrina

I have encountered 'Shivonne' ( I think they were aiming fir Siobhan) 'Cobweb'

And 'Blessèd' which I thought rather nice.

Sorry scarlet but I'm neither bullfighting or bullshitting - Le-a has really just arrived at my place of work.... First time I'd come across this one and it floored me completely

Whats wrong with Charlie?

I pointed out the obvious socio-economic connection pages ago LaQueen and was called a snob.

My sister writes her name as Shivonne-that is NOT how it is spelt on her birth certificate but it fits in with the type of people she associates with now.

I have 3 dc and only 1 of the three names on that list! My kids names all short (3 letters) but not widely used - but recognisable as names - some of the names on that list are ridic. My dad worked as gp in inner city Glasgow and he claimed to have a patient (white) called Pocahontas mc...... After the Disney princess....

I have seen people on Mumsnet criticising 'Elinor' as a made-up spelling. On this thread, we have someone criticising 'Maksymilian', which is the Polish version of Maximilian.

I think people would do well to remember that a 'yooneek' spelling may well be a recognised alternative spelling or a foreign spelling they are not familiar with.

(Don't get me wrong, some names bother me a lot, but I realise that my opinion is just an opinion.)

badtime exactly.

'Elinor' is of course a Jane Austen heroine so not exactly arriviste. This is the point about 'unique' spellings - it may just be a spelling you are unfamiliar with, which is why it is ignorant to assume that 'Harriot' (e.g.) is a misspelling.

It's not a misspelling, it's how that person spells their name.

I have seen Tomasz criticised on here as a 'unique' spelling of 'Thomas', which probably totally stumps lot of Eastern Europeans!!

Lots of common names like Pamela and Wendy were 'made up' or at least introduced into currency by authors at some point.

My brother lives in South Africa. When we go there on holiday we encounter people with name badges saying

Happiness
Precious
and my fave
Computer

Fabulous names.

And Russell, Howard, Percy and so on were surnames of dukes etc which became Christian names for the lower orders.

suedoku - you might want to let Snopes.com know then as they have it down as an urban myth that's been doing the rounds for years.

When my son was born the hospital made a minor mistake and had my sons name listed as George George, I gave them a disgusted look and still think whoever wrote that down should have checked.

My Dad used to work at the BBC with a Jeff Jeffrey. I kid you not, he's probably on IMDb or something. Why? WHY??!!

Peevish the pronunciation of Caitlin as 'Kate-Lin' is not 'wrong', it's different.

My daughter does not say her name incorrectly. She says it as I intended it to be.

It may not be the traditional Irish way, but I am neither traditional nor Irish, so why the fuck should I?

How should Caitlin be pronounced?

I wouldn't be surprised if le-a started as an urban myth but has now been used after someone saw the urban myth and liked it.

Remember - all names are made up.

Exit according to Google and numerous 'Irish baby name' sites, Caitlin can be pronounced 'Kath-Leen', 'Kat-Leen', 'Cotch-Leen' & my chavvy, wrong way of 'Kate-Lin'.

It seems even the Irish are unsure of the 'correct' pronunciation

I do think you're fantastic mrsdv

Well currently there is a entire thread ripping the piss out of a name that just so happens to be my middle name.

I overheard someone on the phone proudly saying his wife had given birth to their daughter. "...we decided to spell it the new way. 'Pheebee'"

I think you'll find that's the WRONG way.

It's a personal thing but I don't like extreme, creative, made up or pop culture names. That's just me. I don't think I'm dull, closed minded etc. I'd rather make an impression with what I say and do than by a wacky name.

I have a v unusual surname, which I love. And I enjoy coming across interesting names in my research. But I'd rather give my own kid a recognisable and easily spelled name, they may well end up with a nickname I can do nowt about but I did at least get to choose their birth name.

All those who get so upset about judging, can you truly say you never judge stuff (trivial or otherwise) or people?

Because I think it's bullfight () to suggest there's anybody who doesn't judge; you'd have to be raised in a vacuum and have no values, opinions or beliefs about anything.

IME, those who go round calling out others for it are, deep down, rather judgy and insecure themselves which is why they see it everywhere.

Everybody judges; it's what you do with it that counts.

(I've just realised that I've reached critical mass with the j-word - it's a stupid word in the context it gets used on MN and I, erm, evaluate harshly those who use it.)

Spot on, something. It's so overused. In my world it's called having an opinion. People who don't, bore my tits off.