Worst spelling of perfectly ordinary names? Elyviya anyone?

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I have met a Danyal, Daniol, Naiphthan, Caytie and an Alivia. Why do people consign their children to a life time of 'no, that's Daniel spelt...'? Any equally terrible ones out there?

Jennyfur, really? That has to be the parents not being able to spell surely.

I've also heard of a couple of Jaxons born recently.

I'm a supply teacher so get to see quite a few good ones- the best yet has to be 'Joan'- the child corrected me when I pronounced it the obvious way and told me it was 'Joanne'!

Nike is a real name though, she was the ancient goddess of strength, speed and victory (I suppose that's why they called the sports brand after her).

just to say, Ayman is an arabic name meaning blessed/lucky and that is the correct spelling. nothing to do with Eamon although its pronounced the same.

'Shithead (pronounced SHi-tEEd) Bad one blush shock'

This must surely be the name of a child born and registered abroad and is a name acceptable in that country (not a mis-spelling) but doesn't translate so well in the UK .
I'm a Registrar and have found this thread amusing but can tell you that there is no way this name would be allowed in England and Wales. In fact, I would find it hard to believe that any parent would attempt to register their child in this name.

Saw a Jaxsen today.

Maizy

Siblings called Alan and Alana, pronounced Alan-a, ffs

A grown woman who insists on Care-on when it is spelt Karen, and she was plain old Karen at school. She is a knob in many different ways though.

Elena pron. Eleanor, I was going for Ell-eyna myself.

Niamh-Elyse and Elyssa-Cait (siblings). Can't work out how to pronounce the e names- Elise and elissa?

I have a baby Gabriel who gets called Gabrielle all the live long day er no.

Just flicked through school calendar- Bettie,Reilly, Annabelle, Kamilla, Kobbie, Jozef, Atessa (wtf) and Arial, all of which I am enjoying.

Girl in ds's class spelt Amelie, "oh no it's pronounced Amelia, we just liked that spelling"

Caydance (pron. cadence) peppa. CAYDANCE PEPPA.

That is all.

Sauce I've come across quite a few Jozefs, just thought it was the Polish spelling. Loving some of your others though

Jozef is the East European spelling of Joseph.
I think Elena is the original Greek spelling of Eleanor.
Cait is a legitimate abbreviation of Caitlin.

With the name Shona....I think it depends on accents. I would pronounce it as Shorna. Eg. Coat would be said like Cort. It's that 'O' that drags out to 'or'

I know of a Jaxon, Gracee-Roze, Izabellea, Dineese {Denise) who is in her 40's

Elena is the European spelling for Eleanor. Cait is an abbreviation of Caitlin

Hana is the arabic spelling of Hannah.

Hi

My brother in law is called Mathew instead of Matthew although that WAS a spelling error on his dads part & should actually be spelt with two T's lol :o

Aharon is the hebrew spelling of Aaron, pronounced as it is spelt, with a slightly guttaral 'h' sound.

I have a Zak and he still gets it spelled Zac, Zach, Zack and its only 3 letters long!
My youngest is also called Jared prn Ja-red the last time we went to baby clinic they announced him as Jerrard and presumed he was a girl! There is a Tequila on our street and have also heard an Abraham and a Cormack at toddler group.
Each to their own I suppose you can't win with an easily spelt name either in my experience but some of these are crazy spellings I would've presumed the registrar would correct the parents or at least double check it was right!

I thought the correct spelling of "Zak" is Zach, as the name is short for either Zachary or Zachariah.

I suppose Zac is therefore OK in my book. Zak I would put down as one of the odd spellings, sorry Jaydles

There is a woolen mill up the road from us called "Zacheuss Hincliffe and Son. I love Zacheuss.

All the longer "Zac" names start "Zach" so I would always think of that at the correct abbreviated version.

Surely Jerrad (or even Gerad?) is a boy's name too? Jared is not that unusual is it?

I saw a little boy's nursery bag with 'Kamron' written on it. An Caitlin Moran's daughter is called 'Eavie', which is very disappointing as Caitlin is practically perfect in every other way.

I read in a magazine today:

Mcrae

Archie-Boi

!!

I know of a

Jamys (James)
O'rion
Bayleigh
Sian (pronounced See-un, parents must have found in a name book and not known how to pronounce)

Love this thread, some are hilarious.

My DD is called Rhaya but most people either spell it Raya or Rayah???? I know its a little unusual but plain old english should tell you that spelling it Rayah just looks wrong! lol

BTW my mane is Dawn and I once received a birthday card from an elderly relative spelt "DORN" oh my god! lol

that should have read my 'name' is not my 'mane' is, (too ironic on a spelling thread) haha

My DH is Martyn is that not a legit spelling???

I think Martyn is a legit spelling. I know several.

kamryn