Strange spellings

[CourtJester]

So i have just been reading the news and i saw the name Esteysi... apparently it is pronounced Stacy, but this had to be described in the news story becuase it was shown as Esteysi 'Stacy' Surname.

I was just wondering who would give their child a nice, normal name but lumber them with a spelling that will have to be explained for the rest of their life.

And what are the worst most unusual spellings of normal names you have come accross?

Anthony Martial is a Man Utd player.

Why if the boy was wearing a Manchester United shirt, then it is a players surname... Antony Martial.

I've seen Jessykah recently.

I don't normally comment on name threads as I find they generally descend into sneering and nastiness. But bloody hell, I hated that name.

i quite like it (on threads and in face to face situations) when people get a bit sniffy about a "yoonique" name only to find they are completely mistaken and the child has a completely traditional name from their own culture, or it's a nickname, and so on. Why do I like it? Probably because I am a cow. But there we are.

Agree Martial is probably relating to the actual footballer's surname. Also, I would guess that "Stacey" is just that women's nickname. For example, my friend Olashoula goes by the name "Shola" as far as I'm aware her parents named her Olashoula as its a traditional name in their home country, and Shola is just the diminutive form she uses.

*woman's nickname.

Esteysi looks like a Spanish/Hispanic name to me. "Stacey" must have been the nickname OP. Way to go making snobby assumptions though.

Martial is extremely odd. I get that it's the footballers surname but to name your child it?

Oh good we're doing this again. What are your kids names op?

alis just in case you are not joking.... The boy was wearing a football shirt. It is likely he is a fan of Martial and is wearing a replica shirt.

If you were joking- sorry!

I can sympathise with the confusion though as I once thought I saw John Terry outside a football stadium

Liya, pronounced Leah. Got told off for saying it as liar!

I know a Martial who is french - not from a whacky or artsy family. I don't think it's a 'waay out' name there.

Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis) was a famous ancient Roman poet. Born in Spain, he lived in Rome and wrote in Latin.

I know one of those Toddler! Think the one I know has a h on the end though.

No plims I wasn't joking...I was just being really thick in that moment!

alis At least you didn't shout "oh my god, John Terry?!" in front of a crowd of football fans (many of whom I then belatedly realised also had Terry on their replica shirts!)

Ah okay. It's after a footballer.
Makes sense.
Not a footie fan.
Glad it wasn't his name

But it could've been. It's the first name if the one I know.

abcde is the weirdest I've heard of (ab-see-dee) but I'm friends with someone who has named all her kids names like "Winter, Summer, Rainbow" etc

I taught I Sian (which I think is a lovely name) whose parents pronounces it Cyan (si-an).

Maybe they were printers...