To not use proper spellings when naming your child

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Am I being unreasonable to think it's ridiculous to use a funky spelling of a normal name. I spent today dealing with lost paperwork for a child as the person that took the details didn't think to check the spelling as there is no other spelling of the name.

It looks silly and just causes no end of problems for the child. It also disadvantages them as straight away people get an image of what the child is like.

I've seen

Jaymz
Ezmay
Lil-leigh

People can spell names how they like. We have to deal with all sorts of names these days so what's the difference? My kids have names associated with their ethnicity - Im sure someone things Im funny with hiw I spell my sons name because its pronounced just like an English name.

Bigger and worse things to get het up on esp as our language is hardly straight forward with its silent letters and multiple ways to pronounce the same letters in different words, one gone, scone, bone etc...

YABU.

People who choose a silly spelling usually do so for attention or to stand out as unique when in reality their choice of spelling is plain stupid. Worst one I ever saw was Mykayla for Michaela but some of these on other posts are making me howl with laughter 😂

It’s the polish spelling 🙄

Ajay is a super common Indian name.

Thank you so much for enlightening those of us who were scratching our heads. I'm sure tulippa particularly will be pleased that she is able to learn something today.

And while I'm here, will anyone with online banking please cancel the cheque?

Is that the Czech spelling? That makes a very welcome change on this thread

Emme is Spanish, I considered it for DD as we are Spanish but decided it would look yoonoque in the UK.
It's Jennifer Lopez's daughters name.

@tulippa thanks you, she's learned something new today, particularly over the last 3 hours.

This still makes me laugh to this day!

😂😂 I’m dead 😂😂

Tell me about it. My non-standard spelling totally transforms my middle class name and shows my working class roots (which I’m proud of) before I even open my mouth or indeed before anyone even meets me. But that doesn’t bother me really; it’s how often I have to say “No, I don’t know why my mother made that decision to spell my name like that.”

Yes I know someone else mentioned in their reply earlier.

this Ajay was not Indian and didn’t pronounce it the Indian way. His parents wanted to call him AJ and then went for Ajay and pronounced it AJ

Someone at work said the other day people at the registry office should have the right of temporary veto and tell people to come back. Can’t help but think they’re onto something 😂

I went to school with a BeeJay. Always thought it was an interesting choice.

In this last hour I have found myself miraculously pregnant, aged 49 by my Polish neighbour who waved at me once.
A baby boy is due any day. We're struggling to agree on a name...

I suggested Jasper, but he doesn't think it's Polish enough.

We can't think of an alternative.

I guess we'll just have to get the baby adopted!

I can’t say I’m remotely surprised. I dare say there will be evidence that parents of the unfortunate children with ‘youneek’ names are somewhat thicker than average.

We're the band named after someone called Deacon Blue? I just assumed they chose 2 random words they liked the sound of 😂

I posted some time ago that there was a drawer I saw in my daughter's school - Y1 - at parents' evening:

Jackxxson

Yeah, mam and dad, good luck with that in later life, when people spell it normally and he gets upset...

Perhaps he'd be happier with Jacper?

Dayzee

My late aunt's name was Daisy. She hated it. In her teens she went through a brief phase of spelling it Dayzee.

Now look what you've done (pic) 🤣

The worst one I've ever seen was T'Kila, pronounced Tequila. As in, I wanted to name my baby Tequila but was too drunk to spell it.

I have friends who adopted their children (the children are full siblings). They have unusual names with strange spellings, and I suspect that they were in a similar position to you.

🤣🤣🤣

Bravo!

Well I have a young relative named Cobweb. Fine Shakespearean name.