Does everyone think the spelling of my chosen name is odd??

[MrsMonkeyBear]

Hubby and I just found out we are expecting a little girl.

We have chosen the name Sofee but everyone thinks we should spell it a more traditional way.

Am I just being weird??

[TravellingToad]

You (and by extension Sofee) will come across as
total thickys

[imsureineverdo]

It isn't spelling it differently. It's spelling it incorrectly!

[Whatisaweekend]

Dear god let this be a wind up!!!

(Sophie is a gorgeous name. Why why why would you change the spelling?? No. No. No.)

[SauvignonBlanche]

Dear God, no!

[TheFillyjonk]

Mixture of sofa and settee... Was she conceived in the living room?

[NorksEnormous]

Definitely not sofee! Even my autocorrect wants to change it!

I know of an Alfey instead of Alfie- I think that's kinda wankish

[SauvignonBlanche]

Was she conceived in the living room?

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Yes

[Monkeybubbles1]

Maybe just do Sophie with a "y" on the end if you're going for a different spelling, so Sophy. That still looks nice, I think. Sofee, quite frankly, just looks stupid and dare I say, chavvy.

[LoveVintage]

Don't do it!. I hate it when people make up spellings just to be different.

I know an Amy - spelt Aiymee. I kid you not.

[Lesleythegiraffe]

Just spell it the normal way otherwise she will spend her life saying it's "Sophie, spelled S-o-f-e-e"

For her sake, if nothing else, I've never understood why people take normal names and give them silly different spellings

[ILoveCoreyHaim]

Sofee is not pronounced Sophie so it's a completely different name imo.

With my dialect I would pronounce it

SOFFF E

[museumum]

Sofie I think you can get away with - she'll still have to keep spelling it but I think some other countries use that spelling.

Sofee to me looks like it should be pronounced saw-fee

[Chottie]

Please, please just don't :)

[deadwitchproject]

It makes me think of a child misspelling a friends name on an invite "dear sofee please come to my party..."

[Tranquilitybaby]

No sorry, it will never be spelt correctly by others and will be questioned throughout her life.

[roadwalker]

I met an Alys
I really do not see the point- trying too hard to be different?

[tallulah]

Actually Alys is the original spelling.

[slithytove]

Yeah, Alys is welsh isn't it?

[Alisvolatpropiis]

As others have said, Alys is Welsh and an older spelling of the name than Alys.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

*older than Alice even

[HaroldLloyd]

Alys is a totally legitimate spelling.

This thread is getting very whiffy.

Or whiffeeee whatever.

[FishWithABicycle]

I've known a Sophy and that was just different enough to be interesting without getting too silly. I agree that Sofee makes you look embarrassingly illiterate, which would be very ironic given that the name means Wisdom. She would not thank you for giving her such a weird spelling. Sofia would be reasonable.

[Alita7]

I'd advise against it. She won't thank you for it.

And to me it either looks like It should be spelt Soffy or so feeeeeeee. bad idea.

[Iswallowedawatermelon]

If I saw a child called Sofee, I would pronounce it so-feee (more if an emphasis on the fee part)