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Worst spelling of perfectly ordinary names? Elyviya anyone?

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backonthedecaff · 21/02/2011 22:35

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?

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LB29 · 22/02/2011 19:25

I have met a Jayme before, but compared to some of these it seems pretty normal.

BetterThanChocolate · 22/02/2011 19:29

Worst one I've heard is Shampane. Not sure if it was deliberate or her mother thought that's how you spelt it, either way not good!

cupofteaplease · 22/02/2011 19:31

I know someone with a Malakia, pronounced Malakai. How on earth can 'kia' be pronounced as 'kai'??

LadyInPink · 22/02/2011 19:33

ednurse - that has to be the winner, OMG the madness of hormonal woman when they go to name their children Grin

thefirstMrsDeVere · 22/02/2011 19:34

I once saw a souixzannne (susan). She was an adult and I suspect she had changed the spelling herself to make it more 'interesting'. She wore a lot of purple velvet, pentangles and wrote to men on death row.

My son has a much hated name on MN. It is misspelt. His birth mother didnt know how to spell it so she made it up. It could be worse Hmm

I had a boy in my class (when I was a ta) called Leroy. I happen to really like this name, I think its a classic. His mum used to go demented because she insisted it was pronounced La-Roy or L'roy. How the hell she thought people were supposed to know that is beyond me (it was spelt Leroy). She gave up in the end. I suspect she thought it up years after he was born but when it didnt catch on she forgot about it.

SkipToTheEnd · 22/02/2011 19:37

I have a Phoebe but my mum wanted me to call her fibi and to this day spells it like this in cards. This is purely because she can't spell it right and can't be bothered to learn!

FeeBee...... (shudder)

thefirstMrsDeVere · 22/02/2011 19:44

I have an Asher and my mum told everyone (before asking me) that it was spelt Ascher. This is how his name is now spelt by all of the extended family. It is bloody annoying. I get the 'hmm bit pretentious' and its not even my fault!

She spells DS2 name wrong and spells my youngest's name with an I rather than a Y.

Law unto herself that woman Hmm

sungirltan · 22/02/2011 19:44

poppi - mai?? i know a 'lilli mai' sorry but it does my head in.

apparently registrars in the uk can reject names for birth certs. i'd love love LOVE that job. i'd have to have a laminate with all the often wrongly spelled names to show peoples (best them over the head with :-))

IlsaLund · 22/02/2011 19:49

Tatyarna

Abbeygale

LoisLame · 22/02/2011 19:49

I've seen a Vylet (violet). My name's pretty normal but I've had to spend my life spelling it just because there are so many accepted spellings. I also get alot of people assuming my name is shortened but it's not iyswim. Now I feel like an evil mother for calling my DD Hollie.

What about Cate Blanchett and Fearne Cotton.

EvilTwins · 22/02/2011 19:53

I've taught a Shevon, a Zowie (Zoe), a Romeo (pronounced Ro-MAY-o, not RO-meo), a boy called Jaime (which I assumed was the girl version. Still pronounced Jamie though)a Lorah a Kalum (pronounced Kay-lum) and a Serice (twin brother Junior - I guess the parents ran out of imaginative names).

EvilTwins · 22/02/2011 19:53

IslaLund - I know an Abbeygale too.

DriverDan · 22/02/2011 19:55

Also nowhere near as bad but drives me mad, my cousin named her ds jaxson, just why?

Maternelle · 22/02/2011 19:55

MrsTicklemouse Even is a Breton name.

EvilTwins · 22/02/2011 19:59

I know of a woman whose nephew is called JD. Her sister (mother of the child) likes Jack Daniels, apparently I asked if the baby was actually called Jack Daniel, but no, just JD. Acutally, it might be Jaydee, but I was too Shock to ask.

EvilTwins · 22/02/2011 20:00

Missed a "." there. "Likes Jack Daniels, apparently. I asked..."

BabyIsabella · 22/02/2011 20:08

I know someone who had a daughter called Czazquiyah (Saskia) It's dreadful.

JumpOnIt · 22/02/2011 20:09

LOL Weegiemum. Someone's been watching River City and has no clue how to spell it! Would you really want to name your child after Bonkers Ruth's? Eilidh is a pretty name when correct! :)

NorthernComfort · 22/02/2011 20:15

I know a Jay'me.

Underachieving · 22/02/2011 20:20

BabyIsabella I think you win. I can not imagine a more terrible missplling than Czazquiyah (Saskia).

I actually decided to copy and paste that because it looked intimidatingly hard to retype. That does indeed take the biscuit. Or should that be bzkitt? Biscuit

MissCKitty · 22/02/2011 20:22

I went to Uni with a 'Lissa' which she pronounced it as standard 'Lisa' and therefore spent all of her time telling people "thats with a double S" Hmm
V V pretentious....

Tommy · 22/02/2011 20:26

as a teacher I had , in the same (very small) class,
Dane (I though it was Dayne but no, Danny)
Wolfe (Wolfie - Hmm anyway as a name)
and Ieon
and a girl called Laurie which I thought was a boy's name

Confused
shoshe · 22/02/2011 20:30

recycledteen I'm a Shona and you would be surprised how many people pronounce it Shawwnah !

mollymole · 22/02/2011 20:32

a friend of mine represented a client who had called her daughter 'clamydia' because she thought it sounded nice !!!!

BlueberryPancake · 22/02/2011 20:34

Laurie is French. I have an aunt Laurie. Actually she is called Laurie-Anna. And I have a French friend called Marie-Laure. I love that name, and it's not misspelled, it's just from a different language/country. Nothing wrong with that. I have a French name which has a very similar spelling in English (my name is Josee) and I'm sure that some people raise an eyebrow when they ask me to spell it and I say not with ie, it's double ee. Well it's my name, isn't it? I'm not going to change it because I've emigrated...