To get annoyed when parents spell their kids name wrong

[HelloSteve]

...and then they get annoyed when people constantly spell their names "wrong" (aka the right way)? Or buy personalised items with their names spelt their way?

Not really a big deal I know, but I what do you expect when you give your child a name spelled in a way to be yoo-niq?

Over the past couple of weeks I've heard of a Emma-Leigh, a Sophy and a Jordyn. I can't help thinking 'poor kids they're going to have to go through their whole lives having to correct people'. It seems people don't think about that though.

I know a woman who has two grown up daughters called Jemma (I assume they meant for that to be Gemma) and a Hollie (again, I assume Holly) and she always gets annoyed when people don't ask and just assume they're spelt Gemma and Holly, but I don't know why. She should have expected that/be used to that now? I know she would constantly get irritated when the kids were at school and received Christmas cards/party invites with their names spelt wrong but honestly I have little sympathy. What was she expecting when she spelt her kids names wrong?

Your thoughts?

EllenJane, a name spelled 'Jorja' would be pronounced 'yor-ya' in most of Eastern Europe. Do you know what countries it is used in? I can't think where it would come from.

The only 'Jorja' I'm aware of is the actress on CSI, and my impression was that it originated as a phonetic spelling of 'Georgia'.

Did you mean Jorga?

Deverthemuzzler indeed I don't know if what I said applies to you... that's why I added, "not about you specifically, of course!".

I'm remembering how I chose my dcs names, I wanted two syllables, wanted it to end in a vowel, have a Celtic origin and feel right. The last one was named after someone and the first one had a name that had a meaning that suited her. We didn't find the name until she was over a week old.

It was mostly about how their names worked with their surname. There were so many to choose from I don't understand why people want to make up new ones.

Jane Austen's Persuasion has a 'Sophy'. Can't get much more English than that.

And of course "The Grand Sophy" by Georgette Heyer.

I did a quick google of 'Racheal' and found a female jockey called Racheal. I hope she does really well and loads of little girls are called Racheal after her.

www.behindthename.com/name/racheal/tree

great website

Badtime, you may well be right. Looks like I wrongly believed my friend's justification.

Sophy was the Elizabethan name for a Shah.

Me and DH gave our son a name that has a few variations of the spelling. We gave him a version that isn't the 'usual version' and I'm worried he's going to spend most of his life correcting people.

When people ask for his name (for documentation purposes) and I tell them, they will pause then spell it out in the way they'd expect it to be spelt, but it's never the same way that we chose.

I hope DS doesn't grow up resenting us

Just to add my two penn'orth - I know of an Emma-Leigh pronounced "Emily",also a Destinee and a Triniti.I also know a Jorja pronounced " Georgia"

The thing is, unless your name is Bob Smith, don't you always have to spell your name anyway? Unless you have a really long name it isn't an issue.

I saw a Cam'ron recently. Now that is But it doesn't annoy me particularly. There's a big trend for this 'uniqueness' and I don't know if that's a new thing.

Isn't jorja the female version of hor-hay. George in Spanish? Can't think if it's Jorge or jorje.

I know someone who named their son Micheal. They weren't being stylish or inventive, they just spelled it incorrectly when registering the birth and the poor sod is stuck with it.

I spotted a pram with one of those number plates on it with the name AULEY. Took me ages to actually figure it it was Ollie/Olly

The registrar should step in if it's something as simple as a spelling mistake, as long as they're sure it's a spelling mistake.

Oh- just remembered another one, hampton reminded me. I have a family member whose name is spelled incorrectly (actually incorrectly) because they told the registrar the name and he wrote it down, spelling it wrongly, and the parents didn't notice (sleep deprived plus heading towards a divorce)!

hampton I know someone who's sons middle name is micheal, she spelled it wrong even though its her dads name!
I also know a couple of girls called Cloe, again because the parents didnt know how to spell it.

I know someone who names their daughter 'Niamph' thinking it was the Irish spelling of Neve... The Irish spelling is actually Niamh....

You'd have thought they'd check

Wow. I can't actually believe the amount of ignorance, not to mention the prejudice and cultural myopia on this thread. That is depressing, not what someone else chooses to call their child.

A name is correctly spelt when you have spelt it the way the bearer of the name tells you to. Simples.

I have a Slav name, and the long version has a soft sign in it, in the Russian. There are also several different ways of spelling it, and the abbreviation.

We were going to call DD2 Abigail, until her Israeli godmother told us it was pronounced "Avigoil" in Hebrew and was an old lady's name!

Micheal is Irish for Michael. It's pronounced differently, though (as there are fada accents on the a and usually the i, and the 'ch' is pronounced more as an 'h').

badtime that's true bu

Sorry!
Tht was meant to say..
But the girl i know meant michael!