Interesting spellings.

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I saw this one today. Lileigh.

Not saying it's good or bad. Never seen it before that's all.

My DH and I are having the baby name discussion at the minute. He wants to put Ys in everything. Vyvian for fucks sake. I despair.

New to me too.

I wouldn't pronounce that the same as Lily, though - I'd want to stress the second syllable.

I can see it would be Lily when I look at it properley but first glance it makes no sense and people would always be asking what does that say. She must get fed up explaining or at least her parents must. It's nice though.

My son was at preschool with a Leigho. How ridiculous, I hate stupid spellings lol.

I thought Vyvyan was a long-established Welsh version?

I was thinking more like Lila at first glance. But after considering it further, I suppose they're probably aiming for Lily.

Yeah Vyvyan is - for a man. He doesn't want that. He wants Vivian for a girl, but with a Y. He's a pain in the arse.

A a quick google has told me Vyvyan is unisex. Still, he's not having his spelling!

I hate all unnecessary extra letters.

I even hate the spelling Claire for not being Clare.

I am a hardcore name purist.

Also Anne (nb it should be ann, though, not an)

Been told it is Lily.

Claire is the French spelling. And it's a French name meaning bright or pure.

I don't mind Clair, although that's traditionally the masculine version (clair de lune).

But I detest Clare - it just looks wrong without the "i".

I'm a hardcore purist too!

I went to school with a Jazelle. She so suited it.

I read a story in a magazine the other day and the girl was call tai'la.

Just why?

I have an unusual spelling of an ordinary name. It's actually a long established spelling in my family, not a whim of my parents.

Nonetheless, it's a pain in the arse.

I know a Hermyonney and a Amelyah.

Adher. I'm a Clare as apose to Claire. I hate my name but like the way it's spelt different.

My d.d is Molly. I was going to spell it Moli but written down it looked daft. I could have actually spelt it like Liliegh but Moliegh or Molli or Mollee.
I'm kicking myself I never thought more about it now

I know a Murfee and Mylea.

Leah spelt as lia/leia

There's an Alyzzabeth in my son's high school.

It makes my blood run cold!

Leia isn't the same name as Leah though. It's not pronounced the same way (lay - ya rather than Lee-a) and has different origins (think George Lucas).

Of course the other thing to bear in mind is that if the name was originally in a different script (eg Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew etc) then there may be no 'right' Latin script version.

I have a less common (but proper) spelling of a fairly common name and that's annoying enough having to spell it for people.

There's an interesting chapter in Freakanomics as to why made-up spellings are tied to less success in life.

My cousin called her son Dylon, in an attempt to have a "different" spelling of dylan. Ffs.