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?

Yup-its true !a little boy I knew at school.His mother was supremely dim.

You know, uniform spellings are a modern invention.. people used to be able to spell their own names a multitude of ways didn't they.. I think that would be more fun (if problematic in the digital age..)

Anyway, I have met an Aliss.

Worst I've ever heard: La-a.

Pronouced? Ladasha, of course. Apparently the mum gets snippy with anyone who doesn't pronounce it right first time as well

Took me embarrassingly long to work out the dash connection!

Worst I know was a girl at school years ago - called Mysheele. Worst spelling of Michelle ever.

la-a?? seriously? and gooie?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
also laughed out loud at chelsea bunn!! i don't think that people do think that through at all OR they have an incredible sense of humour and expect the same of their children.

isn't there a news reporter called juila caesar??

Analise- surely Annalise, looks too anal to me.
Micheal- mis-spelling of Michael, parents were considering deed-poll
Kianu- as in Keanu
DJ- short for DJ
Arry- not remotely Scandinavian (Ari)
Klo-e - Chloe
Hanner- why oh why?
Emma-Leigh

SIL ended up with a very bizarre spelling of Catherine, the blame is on FIL.

We have a couple of reasonably normal names, but with extraneous punctuation at nursery.

Cam'ron springs to mind.

Fynly
Madyson
Bethenay

I also know a woman called Sinead who insists it is pronounced 'Shin-ED'.

the La-a one comes up on every single 'silly' name thread I ever look at.

The Truth About La-a?

At least someone shot down the Limonjello/Oranjello story early on.

As well as the old 'La-a' chestnut, there is always someone who vaguely remembers hearing about someone called Yvonne pronounced Why-vonny or whatever.

Thats what i thought, Mama.
Gooie is bonafide, though.
Poor Gooie !

Summa

I know a Lyam too - obviously pronounced Liam. The mum admittd that she wanted her son to be different

Gooie sounds like a foreign pronounciation.How is Guy pronounced in French for example?

In French -pronounced Gee, with a hard G.
Poor Gooie should have been Guy.

Has anyone trotted out "Chlamydia" yet?

But no-ones ever been called that Shengdan, have they ?

I was watching an ancient episode of The Crstal Maze last night and there was a girl on it with the name Kertreena (typed on name badge and pronounced Catriona)!.

I know a Daysie and a Kinnidi. (Pr Daisy and Kennedy of course )

And a Xhadyn. Which is Zay-den. But that isn't a normal name anyway.

I saw a Holliegh - I thought it was a typo and the mother meant Holleigh at the very least, but no, she meant Holliegh...

Exactly, JugglingWithGoldandMyrhh. That's the point I was trying to make.

Isn't it tempting to spell the poor child's name "correctly" when you see these ridiculous spellings just to annoy the parents or show them how thick they are

The most recent one I've come across is Jorgie. For a girl. Just looks so terribly wrong. It isn't short for anything - just Jorgie. Yuck.

Jaxon for Jackson

I had an email from a Sharn (Sian I presume) once. I also saw a Brie on facebook (presumably Bree - Brie makes me think of cheese!)