Maison (Mason) and other names with spellings you may not expect?

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Just got a party invite from one of DS' fellow mindees. I also knew his name is Mason but it turns out that they spell it Maison. I thought it may be a typo but I checked with the CM and she said that's how it's spelled. Probably is especially odd for me as I'm part French, so to be, it reads as 'house' in French. I know the nameMason probably has construction origins too but I do wonder if people unknowingly mis-spell names or whether they are just trying to be 'different'. Either way, he's going to spenf a lifetime correcting the spelling of that one.
Anyone else got other examples of strangely spelled names?
I also know a Camron.....

I knew a Channel, pronounced Chanel like the perfume. I always thought Tunnel.

I know a Lilliee. Awful spelling imho

I'd pronounce Maison totally differently from Mason!
But them I can't see how Jaime (which is Spanish and pronounced Hay-me) gets transformed in Jamie.

I know a Murfee. His family always use unique spellings, going back a few generations now. There's a Mylea, an Emmerlee and a Cayte in the family too.

On baby face mums (channel 5 show ) the little boy was named Seannyy.

Exactly sir chenjin,when I see it written down I have to correct myself.
vixx,that's just a waste of ink

LOL some of these are hilarious! But then I'm a name snob

Skallett? Siobhan = Show-bin. WTAF??

I used to work with a TrayC (yup, pron. Tracy).
Maison to me is 'house' too.

I think the worst ones I know of now are Kayden and Kylan (not brothers, just both yuk names).

Channel! ROFLMAO

Maison
Was it a 'house' party?

Oh yes, just remembered another one.

Guy who worked at the supermarket where DH and I always shopped called Jiovany (Giovanni). DH, as a piss-take, asked him if he was Italian and the guy just looked at him blankly

Ex neighbour - Shinade. Wtaf?

I used to know a Kelleigh, which is not bad compared to most of the names above!
DC1 is at school with a Jaynae pronounced Jayden, have never been able to figure that one out

Indii-Annah....Yep....

I've known a Lorran (Lauren) and I've seen a Dakota-Emerleigh on facebook.

Klohe. Chloe. I just... No.

A girl in DS's year at school is Jordyn. I once made the mistake of pronouncing it Jor-din. Her mum glared at me and told me in no uncertain terms "it's Jord-un, like Jordan but prettier"

Ailie which is a lazy phonetic/anglicised version of Eilidh.

"Maison" is not even remotely like "Mason" !!

I hope they are prepared for a sizeable part of the population to call him "May-zon" for his whole life!

Beatriss, Emmilee, Cassidee, Jason...

These are kids I've come across at work and been a bit miffed by.

Also worked with a Loauise pronounced Leisha which was apparently the Gaelic spelling

What's wrong with Jason?!

Oops Twinkie, autocorrect :o

Jaxon not Jason lol

Channel!!!

These parents are nobs. I've got a fairly standard English name that has two spellings and have spent most of my life spelling it out and receiving cards from close relatives and important documents with the incorrect spelling. These poor kids will have it even worse as their names aren't even real.

I met a (child) Siobhan in the course of my work, wrote her name down on my paperwork and immediately got told off by her mum. Apparently I should have known to spell it Shivorn.....

I used to work with someone called Siobhan - fair enough, but we weren't to call her Shuh-vaughn (ie the way it's pronounced), we were to call her SHOW-bin.

There was a Channel in our local newspaper.