silly name spellings

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ESMAI!!!????

That's it really - just being a judgy judgemeister.....

Libertey and MaisY. Capital Y.

""Have we had Ysabel yet?
True.""

It's a valid spelling?

I knew an Emmah.

I know an Ysabelle but in a class of Isobel A, Isobel B, Isobel C, Isobel D, she has somehow become "Isobel With-a-Y" - with invites addressed to Isobel Withawhy

I see Esmai OP and bring "Eszmey" to the table.

Same name, just trying to cheat at scrabble there.

I have a sister who spells my nephews name Dany

for some reason it makes me shudder everytime I read it so yanbu

I know of a Sofphia--pronounced Sophia........THAT took some explaining....I believe her adoptive parents dropped the "F"....can't think why.

I used to work with a girl named Sheila, but it was spelt "Shelia". Just daft.

Frazor. His brother was Lotus-Elan.
There was another sibling but my mind has bleached the horror of the name.

Ah-liss-ia is the traditional pronunciation though Eternal.

Which is why most Ah-lee-sha's don't spell it that way.

When I was a child I knew a boy called Dolphin but was called Finn for short.

Alis I was thinking the same about Alicia - I'm sure in my lifetime (though I am relatively old) it was more common to pronounce it Alissia.

I've fairly recently met two (unrelated) Kristians - that may be the norm in some countries for all I know, but both of these were solidly English.

Oh, and back when I was a kid myself - Cathreen. Pronounced Cathryn.

I went to school with a number of Kristians - I thought that spelling was more common.

I distinctly recall my mother firmly telling me that Alicia (of Malory Towers fame) would be pronounced Ah-liss-eee-ah.

There's a Cylee-Rhi at my sons nursery

'Emmah' is just daft.

I've just seen a Djulie

What on earth is Cylee-Rhi a version of?

All I can see is Celery; surely not?

I was reading a magazine, where a mother had named her little girl Summah. Aghghgh

You know you're getting old when the HT at your dc school is called Kris

I distinctly recall my mother firmly telling me that Alicia (of Malory Towers fame) would be pronounced Ah-liss-eee-ah.

I was at primary school in the mid 90's with an Alicia, pronounced Ah-lease-ee-ah. Her sister was Genevieve - their dad was French so maybe that's where the pronounciation comes from?

I know of an Evylyn, the extra 'y' sets my teeth on edge.

My mum also told me that Alicia in Malory Towers was pronounced ah-liss-ee-ah.

The baby even looks annoyed in the photo

Can't see who mentioned it upthread but Lian is a proper name. Chinese I think.

My name is Rebekah. Because my granny was Rebekah. Because it's in the old King James Version of the bible. A translation which began in the 1600s.

I may be slightly irrational about this (have just quit smoking) and it definitely fucks me off that my mum gave me a different spelling to what is expected but I am named after my Gran so what are you going to do.

Accepted spellings are one thing, made up another. Rebecka?! No way...