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?

I know an Asia- pronounced Essiya.

I also worked with a Karen, pronounced Car-en and there is a distinct difference in the way is sounds.

Ka-ren has a short, staccato 'a' like in 'happy'

Car-en has a long, drawn out 'a' like in .. well, car :-)

I used to work with a GROWN MAN in an IMPORTANT JOB called Willyum.

< scrubs brain at connotations it always suggested >

I also knew a little girl called Noami. No, not Naomi. Noami. Pronounced "No-Amy."

Noami IS a name in its own right, I understand.

But Naomi is what everyone else must have called her always. It must have driven the poor girl round the bend.

BalloonSlayer My name IS Naomi and you would not believe some of the misprounciations I get! I empathise with that poor girl!

I once spoke to the parent of Porsher.

MelinaM I had to fight back the giggles (as did everyone else in room) when we were having a discusion on what/where/why ect was the reason for our dcs names, and poor Sebasjuns mum told her reason. I think i may have wet my pants when one of the other mums piped up her HUGE mistake!!

foxytocin is Jorge prn as privtegodfrey says (hor-hay)? As this little Jorge is prn George. I dont think his mum even knows it is spanish as she deffinately thinks she made it up!! I remember her making a point of saying she loved the name George but dislikes the letter 'G' and thought Jeorge looked silly so decided to drop the 'E'!

I knew a Jaszon once which I thought was pretty odd. A friends of mine has a grandson called Max spelt Makks [wishtherewasarolleyessmiley].

The Dundee registrar is pretty good for these sorts of stupid variations link. Emoverere anyone?

I have heard of an Iyzik.. as in Issac. Which is not only spelt incorrectly but is spelt phoneticaly around the local accent.

Destinii-Vikkii

BallonSlayer - the French spelling of Naomi is Noémie. It is very confusing, I grant you!

for those of you that have not seen it before this baby name site is the funniest website ever made!

Sit back and try not to wake up the kids with your laughter

Over the years I have known a

Sharne
Sharni
Jessi (not short for anything)

But my persoanl favourite was

Dylon (Dylan)

Jeimmy - What possible reason to add the e?
Shona - but pronounced Shaww-nah.

myboots I fear the mother of the Jorge may be my SiL (same name, same reason)!

You can bet your bottom dollar the people naming these kids have very easy-to-spell/pronounce names and have no experience of the difficulties their kids will encounter [bitter emoticon].

youmakeme If its your sil with Jorge then prob a diff person as his mother is not married. Bit scary that they both had same reasons for using Jorge instead of George though.

I worked with an Ashliegh once. I kept getting into trouble with her Mum for spelling her name wrong (i.e correctly).

recycled it's probably because it's pronounced Jamie not Jimmy (you know to rhyme with lei) - still odd I grant you.

Myboots

Just found this explanation on t'interweb. I was pretty close.

^Jorge says:
March 20, 2007 at 1:22 pm
We are together in our pain

So I?ve settled for a way to explain in writing how to pronounce ?Jorge? to English speakers. Thinking of the uppercase ?H? as a strong, hard sound, then:

?Hor-Heh?

sort of does the trick"

Humphrey It is Tyler.
I suppose when you pronounce it like Thailand.
But when ever I look at it, it looks more like Taylor or even sailor with a lisp

desi'ree (sic) is a legit name. i have a dutch friend with this name. its pronounced 'dez - ray'.

I also have a Phoebe. Even family members spell her name wrongly and it drives me mad. Feebee is terrible though.

Once had a patient called La-a

I called out the name as "La" and her mother corrected me: "no it's Ladasha, you need to pronounce the -"

I used to have a boss called Brian Craggs. He frequently got some junk mail addressed to Brain Crapps.

So her name could equally have been said Lahyphena then ednurse. Some people are weird.