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.

Jorja is perfectly acceptable, just not a British name.

And yes, La-a is an urban myth.

I can't understand why people get so offended by names and can't seem to accept that some names are not of British origin. There is more than one standardised form of some names.

I have no problem with non-British names (Kacpar comes to mind!) but names like Lileigh or Jaxon aren't from a different language, are they? It's just someone trying to be different and come up with a silly spelling. That's what I object to.

DDs middle name is Sofia, after her Spanish Grandmother. School changed it to Sophia on their records. They got a bollocking about that.

Games, they probably thought they were correcting the person who typed/transposed it in, or autocorrect or something. I doubt they were correcting you. given the variety of names around

Thanks showy, I was going to criticise the dislike of Jorja as that is what I named one of mine, I guess it must be an American spelling and in my case was inspired by actress Jorja Fox from CSI

Leigh is a valid alternative for lee tho. They've simply adapted it from Hayliegh, Kayleigh etc. they've not made up a new sound.

Jaxon, I would say, derives from America where they often change names to how they are said. Eg Darrin, Darryn, Darren.

Jorja is perfectly acceptable, just not a British name.

Jorja is not an accepted spelling of the name in another language, Showy. It's just a bastardisation of Georgia.

Umm, whoops - cross-posted with your response, cheerup - didn't mean to offend.

Yes, I do know where she got the Sioux spelling from, thanks, moxon. Obviously Siouxsie was a stage name.

As I said, her real name was Susan, and her nickname was Siouxsie.

Other people may choose to do the same.

Frankly, as someone with an unusual spelling of an ordinary name (see my earlier post) I would never choose to have an unusual spelling, but if someone wants to shorten their own name Susan to Siouxsie, that's their lookout.

games, the spelling of my name is constantly "corrected" by various organisations. It's quite frustrating, at times.

Oh, absolutely - shorten away! Nn are a whole different kettle of fish. I have no bone to pick with nn, ever. You can do whatever you want with a nn. But unfortunately I know of two Siouxsies, first names, birth certificated.

If Jaxon is American then it's just the case that someone in America made up a spelling rather than someone in Britain making up a spelling. It's not a language difference as both countries speak English.

I just don't understand the mentality of people who want to call their child a particular name, like Lily, but don't want to spell it correctly.

What thatstoast said. If it's a name from another language, or a name used across different languages so a variety of accepted spellings depending on the language (i.e. the Clare / Claire, Sophia / Sofia examples above), then fine. I've no problem with that.

But deliberately misspelling a name just for the sake of being different? I don't get that.

Shevonne for Siobhan is the one which makes my teeth itch most,

Or Steffanny.

Hmm, well the parents are probably a bit old to be old punk rockers. Unless they had their DS quite late in life.

I do sympathise with people wanting to give a name or even a spelling that means something to them, but I'm also sympathetic to their DC who have to constantly spell their names out.

There are worse problems, though. I'd rather be sitting here gnashing my teeth at Adam for giving me her grandmother's bizarrely spelt name than dying of Ebola in west Africa.

Yes in a way that's toast but I see it more as a separation from us and making their own culture...

One does annoy me. It's Amiee or amie. This is just a misspelling of Aimée and plain stoopid.

It takes a special kind of stupid to not even be able to spell your own child's name.

Awful.

DP got a tattoo of DDs name before we registered her birth and spelt it wrong. Well, how he thought it was spelt.

He is a special kind of stupid

Aw, that's a sweet story mcbear

Yes sweet. That's exactly what I thought...

Oh my god at the majority of these.
That is all!

I know a Xzanthy which is supposed to be Xanthe. Her parents wanted to get x, y and z in one name.

For scrabble purposes?

Ridiculous!

New one I've seen today is Ayprill but don't think it is as unusual as Skalett as at least Ayprill still reads like April, Skalett reads more like Skillett than Scarlet I think. (Oh and my middle name is Clare but named after St Clare I believe)