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?

FartyMcGhee how would you pronounce "Aneurin"? In Welsh it is pronounced An-eye-rin, which is prettty much what you put down as incorrect pronounciation, unless I have misunderstood.

I know someone who has a DD Annee. Why?!?

Isobel sounds like a camping product, reminds me of isobar.

Interesting about Mary and Mollie, a bit like Jack and John. But it was a different version of the same name. So why did I think Mollie should have been Molly?

Polly is short for Pollyanna I think is Molly short for anything?

I often get asked if one of my boys names is with a "y" or "ie"

This doesn't bother me

I expect it neither does it both me if it gets spelt the other way - I know people aren't doing it on purpose

Poor little Rubby. That's just shit.

Mollie translates as 'sea of bitterness'

Certainly suits Mrs Slocombe

Rubby will get on ok with Michael Jacksons son Blanket.

Molly comes from Mollissia, Greek version of Melissa. Means honey bee. It figures because you never hear of Melly or Mellie.

Polly is also short for Mary and you'll notice that to a lipreader Polly and Molly are practically indistinguishable.

I agree that if you are named after a vocabulary word that has a single spelling, then that spelling is standard and others are variants (Lily, Poppy, Holly).

Polly is also short for Mary and you'll notice that to a lipreader Polly and Molly are practically indistinguishable.

I agree that if you are named after a vocabulary word that has a single spelling, then that spelling is standard and others are variants (Lily, Poppy, Holly).

I may be wrong but I was under the impression that Issy was quite a common Scottish shortening of Isobel, which is the Scottish spelling? I also know an Isabelle (French spelling), and Isabelle short for Isabella (Spanish) and, just to be awkward, an Isabel. None of them are wrong, any more than Mollie/Molly. My father's SM was called both Molly and Polly by various peoples as nicknames for Mary.

Names do evolve just as words do, though - very few "Daisy"s in the last century or before would have been christened Daisy - they were mostly Margarets or Marguerites - but now Daisy is a relatively common given name.

I think deliberately "different" spellings (homophones with very little in common with the usual spellings) are an "interesting" parental choice for which you may well not be thanked in later life, but they too are not new. I know a Vikki, and a Kenton, both born in the 70's, whose parents thought they were being "unique" (the latter were not Archers fans, either - they had never heard of the name )

Polly's another one that's a nickname for Mary. Goodness knows why. Pollyanna comes from Polly rather than vice versa, I think. There's a list on the Wikipedia entry for Mary of all the names that are used as short forms/nicknames/variants of Mary and it's as long as your arm.

Rubby is unbelievably awful. Poor kid.

Polly is short for Mary

Dick being short for Richard is a little strange and only found this out a few years ago

How can Polly be short for Mary? It's got more letters!

I have absolutely no problem with people calling their children unusual names, or a variation on a standard spelling that is different to that which you would usually see.

But I do find it odd when parents then get the hump that someone mispronounces or misspells that name. I think if you choose a unique spelling then get used to correcting people!

Mollie Hunters real first name was Maureen. Not sure if that's relevant.

DD has a "Daizee" in her nursery room, makes me shudder when I see re name above the peg! (Snob disclaimer)

I'm a teacher and have to deal with kids telling me I've pronounced their name wrongly (& looking annoyed as they've no doubt said it time and time again) but I feel like saying "well if your parent could spell your name correctly...".

...then, of course, thetr's the School of Naming which has the parents' names combined. Infamously (and, I hope, apocryphally) resulting in names like VicTim.

Gah at Kenton. A town name at best, housing development at worst. Or a cross between a trouser press and an electric razor. Sooo 70s.

Yes, yes, "Apocrypha St Clair" (pronounced "Sinclair")!

Innit.

Kenton is an estate agency, where we live.

My dd is Mollie.

I chose that spelling because that is how it was on old records (1900s and before) I had seen and personally preferred the way it looked. The older people - alive and not - had it with ie and not y.

As far as I'm concerned it is a perfectly proper, acceptable and correct way of spelling her name. Not wrong.

Interesting point about Daisy and Margaret.

Maggie is a nice name. Not Madge though.

HATE the way my name is spelt- Lucie. Don't know why my parents fucking bothered. They just condemned me to a lifetime of comments and people spelling it wrong. Would much prefer to be just Lucy. To boot, I also have an awkward long foreign surname! Cursed!