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I think I've found the ultimate 'dodgy spelling of normal baby name to try and make it unique'

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FelixFelix · 05/10/2015 21:34

Grace is quite a nice name. So is Gracie as a nn.

So what's the consensus on 'Graicae'? Hmm

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TheTigerIsOut · 05/10/2015 21:36

I have seen Dayana for Diana. But your Graicae gets the prize.

Scarletforya · 05/10/2015 21:37

Grah-ick-ay ? Shock

TheVeryHungryPreggo · 05/10/2015 21:38

Ooooh. I'd pronounce it to rhyme with "Crikey!"

FelixFelix · 05/10/2015 21:43

It took me a while to work out what it was actually meant to be when I saw it on FB!

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JeffreySadsacIsUnwell · 05/10/2015 21:50

I'd assume it was the nominative plural of an -a ending, so I'd think there were a couple of girls called Graica. I might wonder if it was Serbian (wasn't thee end aSebian composer with the surname Graic?).

Or else I'd just think it was a totally shit name.

I'd definitely pronounce it Grike-eye though! And I genuinely wouldn't have a clue it was supposed to be a variant of Grace. I think I'd probably piss off the parents quite a lot Grin

Pipbin · 05/10/2015 21:51

Are they of any kind of heritage where this spelling might make sense?

JeffreySadsacIsUnwell · 05/10/2015 21:51

"There a" not thee end a. Bloody autocorrect.

SmugairleRoin · 05/10/2015 21:53

That's...interesting.
I know a Liliee. I like to think it must be an actual name somewhere but it's a younieek spelling isn't it?

FelixFelix · 05/10/2015 21:58

Pipbin nope! I've been trying to think of some excuse for it but no idea what's going on Confused

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SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 05/10/2015 21:59

That reads how someone with a thick Birmingham accent would pronounce Gracie.

"Grayyyy-sayyyy".

ShowOfHands · 05/10/2015 22:03

I have a friend whose family uses only unique names. They have four generations of this tradition. I LOVE it when they chat on FB. It's very pleasing.

DriveMeMad · 05/10/2015 22:04

An old work pal liked L'Oren. I was aghast.

sparechange · 05/10/2015 22:07

I see you, and raise you a unique 'Erica'
(Although it is in the US so I don't know if it counts...)

m.imgur.com/gallery/mSZLSMh

HairyLittleCarrot · 05/10/2015 22:08

Oh heck. I read that and my brain involuntarily went to "faecal".
Blush

LineyReborn · 05/10/2015 22:09

Fuck me.

Airwrecka.

ouryve · 05/10/2015 22:10

Airwrecka sounds like a NN for someone with particularly potent farts.

BondGate · 05/10/2015 22:10

Isn't Erica an established 'normal' baby name?

Ricardian · 05/10/2015 22:10

Graicae

Shouldn't that be Graicæ?

BondGate · 05/10/2015 22:10

Oh, right. Ignore my last post Blush

sparechange · 05/10/2015 22:11

bond
Not the way she spells it. Did you look at the link?

DaimYou · 05/10/2015 22:12

I recently came across La-a pronounced La dash a.

FelixFelix · 05/10/2015 22:14

Airwrecka Grin

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 05/10/2015 22:14

What!!!. It doesn't even spell Gracie. Its more like Gray-Say. I've nothing against unique spellings. I actually quite like some of them. Lili for Lily.
Elliegh for Ellie, at least you can still tell what names they are. There's nothing wrong with difference. Being unique is one thing being daft is another.
There are some names you can't change the spelling of, and Gracie is certainly one of them.. Almost as bad as J-Cub.

buddhasbelly · 05/10/2015 22:15

Daim surely not?!

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