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?

Malaria- poor girl !
Gooie might have gaelic origins, but imagine the looks Gooie got when he went to school in Huddersfield..Dont parents think sometimes ?

I know a school teacher who taught a child who's parents saw the name guy but read it as Gwee so the poor child was called Gwee spelt Guy! Another girl called her baby Cyan spelt sian after miss reading Sian

When my husband first read the Harry Potter books he had never heard the name Hermione before so read it as her-mee-own!!!!
What a plonker :)

"Another girl called her baby Cyan spelt sian after miss reading Sian"

Are her middle names Magenta, Yellow and Black?

That's the trouble with baby name books I suppose, maybe they should give a sounds like example

I know of an "Ocean" - pronounced Oh-See-Ahn.

Yeah, that's how it's pronounced in French, quite a common name here.

i also know a french oceane. i like it.

Actually upon reading up on him, D'Brickashaw sounds like a cool guy.

Still a rubbish name though. :)

Can i ask, if you had a very unusual name would you change it?

I think i would tbh, if i really disliked it. I'm nit mad about my name, but it's not offensive.

Can i say i'm not mad about nits at all .

I know someone who's a primary teacher in London and has a child in his class whose name is spelt K-A , pronounced kadasha - are the parents nutters !!!

I doubt that very much.

ColdGlass - are you sure? See earlier posts about the La-a urban legend . Not saying it's impossible, just unlikely.

There is a (an actual real!) boy's name Osian, though which I think is pronounced like Ocean but slightly more Oh-see-an, so perhaps that is where the recent craze for Ocean stems from. I met a woman whose daughter was called Ocean once years ago (the girl would be about 18 by now) and I was a bit by it, but I wouldn't bat an eyelid now and it has sort of grown on me.

The ones I also met that still grate on me years later though, are Priory and Kenyon for girls. Kenyon is yuk and Priory is just silly.

I was recently served in a shop by someone called 'Heaven-Leigh'

DS has a very standard (but lovely, IMO) traditional name but DH's family just can't spell it. We've received a card addressed to 'Benjermin' this year

Le-a where the dash as the mum stated 'not silent' ie ledasha

I know a little girl called Aleix, pronounced Alex of course. Why bother?

Kaaytee (normal spelling for me would be Katy)
Yohaness (Johannes) to which I imagine someone shouting from the getto 'Yo, Hannes, check dis out..'

Super smug I'm happy to be classic and boring

There is Oisin (Osh-sheen) who is a figure from Irish mythology, it means 'Little Deer'.

I would assume that was frence -"Waz-zan"

Goergia

I went to school with a Kamaran.

Enough Ladashas already!

Vylet is my birth name. I have always liked that my name was different. It's in fact a Czech word meaning small trip or jaunt.
Kinda aggravates me when people assume I would rather spell it Violet. That's not my name. I am not VI-O-LET.