Would this ruin a lovely name?

[Lucaslovesfelicity]

We really like the name Philippa for a little girl but was wondering if spelling the name with a 'Y' would just not work. So it would be Phylippa Ivy or Phylippa Mary. TIA

It looks weird to me tbh, and she'll be constantly correcting people's spelling/pronunciation of it. Why not just spell it the normal way?

What's wrong with the usual spelling? The y certainly doesn't enhance the name any, so why bother?

I don't like it and do personally by think it spoils it, but its what you think that matters.

Is there any particular reason you want to spell it with a y?

Yes, that's what I was thinking. I am not one for messing around with the spelling of names but a dear family member of mine was Phyllis. I don't really want to have Phyllis as a first or middle name, as we have got a Felicity in the family, which sounds similar.

It just looks very odd.

Awful and pointless. Phillippa Mary or Philippa May are both lovely names.. If you spell them sensibly.

Well it doesn't work, so you'll just have to find another way of honouring Phyllis. x

I've never seen it spelled like that and, to me, it makes the name look somehow unbalanced.
What advantage do you see from using this spelling?

sorry cross post

Roaring with laughter at the spelling.

Phyllida if you particularly want to honour the Phyl- link?

There was a Neveyah on CBeebies birthdays this morning

Also, Felicity sounds very nearly as similar to Philippa as to Phyllis to me, tbh.

Trying too hard IMO. It's a great name why screw about with it?

Thanks for the advice, all points took on board :-)

I'm honestly not sure why you would do that - just spell it the usual way x

Sorry but I think it looks weird. Did your Phyllis have a middle name? Maybe you could use that. I have a Phyllis in my family and she goes by the name of Phil - with an I - so you are honouring your Phyllis if she does the same thing.

Thank you Katy, I appreciate your feedback :). Yes she was known as Phil a lot of the time, so no need to change things for the sake of it. Mary was her middle name, which I too love x

It's a lovely name. But made slightly uglier by your spelling. Chose it but with one of the two standard spellings

There aren't two standard spellings. There's one correct spelling (one L, total of three Ps) and one common misspelling (two Ls, total of two Ps).

Please don't. Philippa known as Phil is ace.