Worst spelling of perfectly ordinary names? Elyviya anyone?

[backonthedecaff]

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?

[aPixie]

Xristee definitely. I mean why?

The Neve/Nieve annoys me too.

[muggglewump]

I saw a Kymblie on another site recently.

In defense of Lora, further up the thread though, DD's best friend is a Lora, she's Slovakian so I assume it's the spelling used there.

[humphreythehamster]

Aaren

When DD2 started school (Caitlin) there was another little girl in the class but it was spelt Kaitlynn

[humphreythehamster]

Fatima - Tyler maybe?

[FooffyShmoofffer]

I also heard a woman shouting "Davidson" to a child passing our house and a child called "Kiraren". His mother swore blind to me that it was pronounced "Keiran".

[Quodlibet]

I knew an unfortunate 'Jasson'. Yep, Jason. Had to wear a namebadge with Jasson on at work and was in a perpetual hump at having to correct people who pronounced it phonetically.

[DirtyMartini]

Strandednomore, but if an illiterate woman is just saying the name, and the registrar is the one writing it, wouldn't the registrar have to be the one choosing the weird spellings? Which seems even more odd ...

[pinkhyena]

Ooh good thread!
I know a little girl called Destinee but it doesn't seem too bad compared to some of the others on here.

I get confused when I see Loren written down because I automatically assume its pronounced the same as Lauren but its not

Also going off on a tangent slightly but I also know of a child called Chlamydia

[strandednomore]

dirtymartini - I fear the registrars probably don't know the spellings either. Or the mums spell out how they think it should be. Let's put it this way, I don't think they had the same "rules" for names over there that we do here. Anything went!

[mippy]

Alys. Pronounced 'Elise'. Which makes Alys Fowler really confusing.

[Margles]

Jewels - 'Not the French way' said his Mum.

[mybootsaremuddy]

There is a Sebasjun at our toddler group whos mum herd the name in a park and liked it so spelt the name how she herd it!! she was a little when someone pointed out that what she herd was most probably a mispronunciation of Sebastian. There is also a little Jorge (intentionaly spelt this way)

I also have a friend who knows a Luighcee I remember when her dd handed her the birthday invite from said child, she almost choked on her . the poor child must hate her parents for that one, it takes twice as long to write it out and imagine telling every one 'im Lucy spelt Lu*~#@ohbollokstoit' Yet another perfectly 'normal' pretty name ruined by some idiot wanting to be 'different'

[MrsMichic]

I know of a Poppii-Mai :-) not sure why you'd give your kids a lifetime of spelling.....!

[privategodfrey]

Jorge is a Spanish name, pronounced 'hor-hay' (I think)

LOlol @ some of the spellings on here though!

[foxytocin]

nowt wrong with Jorge. T'is a perfectly fine Spanish name.

[3littlebadgers]

I agree some are horrific but some are also legitimate spellings. Danyal for example is the Turkish spelling for the name Daniel. Maybe the parents were just trying to reflect the child's herratige in which case it is quite nice. At least it kind of looks like it sounds. As a Sinead (as in O'connor) I have had a life time of sympathetic looks in doctors waiting rooms when the name sin-ee-ad gets called out!

Sinead x

[Psammead]

MyBoots I assumed it was going to be Luigi!

I fear I cannot talk my friend out of called her son Seen (spelled Sean).

[raspberryshake]

My mum knew of an Anferny....

[MelinaM]

mybootsaremuddy There is a Sebasjun at our toddler group whos mum herd the name in a park and liked it so spelt the name how she herd it!! she was a little when someone pointed out that what she herd was most probably a mispronunciation of Sebastian OMG I nearly died laughing at this!!! What an absolute moron!!!!

[trudibleakley]

Kona!

[LadyInPink]

fatima - would it be pronounced Taylor?

[NancyDrewHadaClue]

I went to school with a girl called Niamh....


Pronounced Nim

[Grockle]

Kloe (Chloe)

[darleneconnor]

It doesn't matter how many times I try saying it Car-en sounds the same to me as Ka-ren. is it really that different?