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.....

Laoise is an Irish Gaelic name and it IS pronounced (approx) Lee-sha or Leisha.

There is also the Irish town, Port Laoise en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Laoise and a whole county with the same name.

And many Irish people with the name, as well....

Flora it was spelt Louise, that's the point of the thread with the dodgy spellings...

*Loauise

The Scottish records office prints a list of all baby names used in a given year - I was just looking at the 2005 list and found the following:

2 x Maison
Patryck
Kamryn
Kraig
Louix
McColly
Rauridh

A-Leah
Bayleigh
Bobi-Lea
Caici
Channel
Chealsi
Chloey
Destyne
3 x Emilee
Emmalee
Gipsie-Leigh
Jaymee-Lee
Karmyn
Kaylyn
Kennidi-Lee
2 x Kloe
Kloee
Makenzi
McKayla
Mickayla
Pheobe
Rhyliegh
Saphire
Savanaha
Shannel
Skarlett

Plus a whole car theme going on - Kia, Mazda, Infinity, Lexus, Mercedes, Porscha (sic).

And a few off-the-wall ones: Orchid, Kiwi, Treasure, T, K-Ci, Oakley, Glory, Marshall-Squire, and my favourite Dong-Hee.

Kassidi (Casssidy would have been bad enough).
Madeleigh
Madailein

Maison? Maison? Parents are great Hugh Laurie fans, are they?
I wonder what their maison d'etre was for that?

I taight a Shivone once.

taught goddammit

Taight is a good alternative to Tate

A quick Google shows that Loauise has been an alternative spelling for over 100 years. It's not especially widespread, but it's most definitely not new or unique. Your colleague perhaps might, for instance, have been named after an older relative who used that spelling ....

FWIW, I absolutely agree with you that it's not the standard modern spelling, but it raises an interesting point: when does a different spelling become an alternative rather than an error? After 100 uses, or 1000, or more? I don't know - does anyone have any ideas?

I wonder if the girl who decided to spell her name Niké to be different, knows that it is french for 'fuck'?

I know a Shade. Pronounced Shar-de. ????

My niece was registered as Siobhan, but my DB announced that they had called her See-oh-ban. When my mum saw it written down she couldn't help but tell them that they were pronouncing the name totally wrong, which didn't go down too well.

I knew of an adult Jewelea (pron. Julie).

The vowel combination oaui would not appear in Irish either today or in centuries past.

If Louise was to be Hibernicised, it would be Labhaoise, which would be pronounced Laweesheh or Lavweesheh (a very soft V sound).

Laois the ancient kingdom and current county (formerly Queen's County) has always been spelled Laois in the nominative. The genitive/possessive is Laoise, e.g. (The March of the King of Laois).

Has no one mentioned la-a yet? :o
Is ladasha (spelt that way!) Actually a name? I like it

La-a is an urban legend but ladasha isn't a terrible name!

I met a Maison who must be 7 now. I thought he would be the only one to have that spelling but seems there are others too.
I also know a Kloe as her parents wanted her name to be a bit different.

I've just found a Maddyson-Dyamonds, a Marvellous, and a Madysyn in the Scottish 2014 list.

I used to know a baby Maison. I had to avoid saying his name because I couldn't do it without lapsing into a bad French accent.

Saw a xackaree being posted about on Facebook the other day.

I went to school with several girls named Amy - amongst them were Amy and Aimee, but also an Ami, an Amie and an Amiey.
I also know a girl named Charlee.
I've come across children at work called Kyarah (Ciara), Lili (Lily), Johnathon (Jonathan), Kaitlynn (Caitlin), Sumer (Summer), Laurynn (Lauren) and Wilyem (William).
As far as I'm aware none of them are recognised alternative spellings, and the parents just wanted to be a bit different!

DD goes to secondary school with a Lillie, Ryelee, Zarah and an Ember.

No where near as bad as some of these though.

Maddah-Lynne

Was reading an article about Kym Marsh the other day. I swear her daughter used to be Emily. Now she is trying to make it as a singer she seems to be an 'emilie'. Tres sophisticated.

When I was in hospital having DD1 there was a baby girl called Phay (Faye) !