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

I had to reread jaymz a few times before I understood what that was

Oooh, you've started me off with my war against the lack of hypens these days! Are you American? I read "pre-warn" as "prawn" since it didn't have a dash!

Had a friend whose mum only found out, later in life, when she got her first passport, that her name wasn't Tina, but actually Tena on her birth certificate.

I’m calling bullshit.

Yeah my mum’s friend found out she was actually born on the 2nd of August and not the 5th.

Surely that would be “predashwarn”?

My apologies. I foolishly thought that the picture of the gravestone at the bottom of the post was so cool that I had to leap in. (I only know one joke.)

Sadly, the pic doesn't even seem to show up. Anyone know why?

What reasoning do I possibly have to lie?! You see all sorts on labour ward - nevaeh is quite common (later explained to me as heaven spelt backwards

Yes I have already been corrected by multiple people. Thank you. I have learnt something new today. 🙂

God. Isla-Beau is horrific

Trying again for @ThisFluentBiscuit's forgiveness, and for my actual PP to make sense. (Photo from long yet fascinating post by @RedToothBrush)

Nice Beaver! (Other vulgar jokes are available).

Some parents are just thick and no doubt their poor children will grow up to be just as thick.

Yes, Nevaeh is a given name and I can think of three people I know with the name. Yes, it’s heaven spelt backwards, no, it’s not traditional and no, you’re not obliged to like the name, but it’s a name nonetheless. All of the “dash-a” stories, on the other hand, only ever seem to be urban myths. Usually rooted in classism and racism as a PP pointed out.

I think a previous poster is right about increasing US cultural influences on names here. It’s quite a big thing in the Caribbean too.

Look what I've just found. 'Knalij.' Right? Get ready - 'Knowledge.'

I know a Meeah and a Demiiee

I wish I wasn't joking

I can think of two times when someone visibly rolled their eyes at my son's name which really isn't as out there as his sister's 😅 His sister has had more eyerolls but the most comment reaction is people asking her how it's spelt which isn't so bad. Son has also been asked why he has a girls name on a few occasions since he was little.. I should have thought the Y through in retrospect!

Perhaps this is why these threads annoy me so much. I’m from a Caribbean island but grew up in the UK, and all of the snooty “Lynisha? That’s a ridiculous made up name” attitudes on MN just make me think how deeply rooted racism here is. We can’t even have our names without people looking down their noses and laughing at us.

I would imagine that there would be a significant correlation in the UK too, the pupils with 'normal' names tended to have more intelligent parents.

What? There’s more than one? 😂 Poor little bastards 😂

It’s not funky, it’s the correct Polish spelling of the name. Educating yourself would save embarrassment @tulippa

I haven't RTFT so I'm not sure if somebody else has already mentioned this.

This reminds me of a US sketch from a comedy show where, rather than normal names being given unusual spellings (as in this thread), common names were given unusual pronunciations.

For example, the name "Aaron" being pronounced as "A A Ron" or "Blake" pronounced as "Balockee" or "Denise" as "Dee Nice" or "Mr O'Shaughnessy" as "Mr O Shag Hennesy"

From Key & Peele "Substitute Teacher"

You're assuming that she knows the difference in the pronunciation of Is and Iss ,which is she is surgically attached to her phone I doubt she would know.

Someone I know has a great grandson called ’JayCub’. It seems so contrived.

@tulippa I taught a Kacper years ago. I mispronounced his name and you could tell by his reaction that this was a regular occurrence.