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?

Ednurse - So I could name my daughter Em&a, pronounced Emampersanda?

Elyviya - bleurghhh it sounds like conditioner

EvilTwins I think Ro-MAY-o may be the Italian pronunciation, no?

Very possibly, but there was absolutely nothing Italian about the boy in question WhoSlept! Poor lad had to correct people constantly.

I feel sorry for the Khylaeb on the Dundee registry. What
s wrong with Caleb, eh?

DebiTheScot - Hana is legit, DH works with one (pronounced as you'd expect), it's a reasonably common Jewish, Kurdish, Arabic AND Persian spelling of Hannah.

I feel kinda strange having given my eldest son and irish name but with germanic spelling (he is half austrian) so it starts with a K instead of a C but i honestly thought it would be easier to pronounce with the K but i have heard so many different variations of pronunciations of his name i'm beginning to wonder

Wolfie and Ieon are proper names aren't they? The first from, er, somewhere in Europe and the second from that there Welsh Wales, no?

Re La-a - not only could you say 'Lahyphena' but also 'Laendasha' or 'Laemdasha' depending on the length of said dash.

Honestly, the pedants will get it...

not a poor spelling but awful pronounciation new a litle girl in pre harry potter days called her me one

Don't know if that's already been mentioned but while working at a school, I met an awful lot of kids with an h at the end of their names, like Jessikah or Laurah. Ugh!

Thaila
Fenix
and Aymee

Piffpaffpoff - yes exactly! I mean really why would you?

I was going to mention Gooey. Now wondering if that's urban legend, or a very famous Guy.

I would like to enter Gypsy and Pirate as names I've heard children called. To keep in with this thread I suppose I should claim it was Pyrut but that would be daft.

And DP works with a Harry Potter

Chynna (pronounced China)

I met a little girl called Ry-leigh... bleurgh.

Also used to know a guy called Janson as was supposed to be Jason but was spelt wrongly on the BC! I actually like it better than Jason.

Zsuzsanna, blueshoes, may be a Hungarian or is it Czech spelling.

I know a Myakeal -pronounced Michael

Cayenne - Cain

I saw a beautiful baby girl in a pram this week with her name festooned on a frilly cosytoes - Arrabiata ...I thought that was a pasta sauce ...shows how little I know

a little boy I knew many years ago who will now be in his mid 20's was named ....are you ready? ....Maddersin Lucifer Lastname eeeeeeek!

Foxytocin, I thought the same, looks like Eastern European spelling to me and probably pronounced Shushanna, but wasn't sure so didn't voice it

'What about Cate Blanchett and Fearne Cotton.'
Ahem
Cate is a legitimate shortening of Catherine. Why would you shorten Catherine to Kate? There are 5 generations if Catherines in our family, dating back over 100 years. Cate or Catey have always been used. I've met others.

yes, "La-a" is an urban legend, as CheerfulYank already pointed out. There are a fair number of racist urban legends, popular in the States, that center on "ghetto" (read: uneducated black) women naming their children ridiculous things like Lemonjello (it was the only thing she could keep down during pregnancy) or Chlamydia (such a pretty sound) or La-a ("the dash don't be silent").

Despite the story being around for the last six or seven years or so, there has been no child registered as La-a in the States, ever, according to the Social Security Administration which keeps those records.

I suppose it's possible that someone wherever Ednurse works heard the urban legend and liked the name so much they copied it.

washngo please say your Gooey was in Derbyshire somewhere? I heard it from a teacher too y'see. Couldn't possibly be urban legend.

Used to play badminton with an Abbeygayle when I was a kid.

Oh and one of the kids at toddlers when ds1 was small was KC. I always assumed that as it was pronounced Casey that's how it was spelt but no. Maybe he was Kennel Club registered?

I knew a D'kodia, pronounced Dakota.

Have met a Chynna (China) and a Shardonneigh - I got the pronunciation on the second right but got a cats-bum-face from the first's mother when I called "Chinna" into clinic

we have a 'Locklann' at school (Lachlan) and I always feel sorry for the kid. His sister has a very nice, not very common, but correctly spelt name, which makes me wonder if the parents made a mistake with poor Locklann's.

sungirltan 'i know a taomie (as in naomi) i don't know if it is made up etc but v cute little girl.'

I knew of a girl called Taome (pron as Naomi). Apparently it was an acronym for The Apple Of My Eye. I don't know what the I in your version could be for- itchy? Irritated?