Bizarre spellings of names

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Anyone seen or heard a name which has a ridiculous spelling? I was served in a shop today by a Georja.

Looked very wrong

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I know someone who has named their child Niambh.

Donny not sure why you are cringing since this is an Irish spelling of an Irish name??

Bit like me saying that the spelling of Anne makes me cringe when it should be Ann

I knew a Callum spelt Kalum, at my DS nursery.
Also a Crystal....surname Bowles!

Kllo-ee (Chloe), used to get cross of you missed the hyphen !

I once did temp for a class where a lot of their names were seemingly normal but spelt wrong!
Alicks (Alex)
Caki (Casey)
Arin (Aaron)
Kaylee
Abbigayle

I can’t remember any others but they’ve stuck with me since!

EchoesOfLeon there's no b in Niamh!

I knew a Litasha & a Nutalia, both must be adults by now.

Donny not sure why you are cringing since this is an Irish spelling of an Irish name?? confused

It’s not an Irish spelling of any name. It’s a cringey fuck up of an Irish name that the poor child is now stuck with.

Bit like me saying that the spelling of Anne makes me cringe when it should be Ann hmm

No. Nothing like that at all. Those are both names.

goingrogue There are definitely lots of Niambhs where I live including the daughter of one of my closest friends. There could be a regional issue, where in Ireland are you?

It's like Clare or Claire, Anne or Ann. Both accepted spellings with 'extra' letters added to aid pronunciation

Donny don't be a dick, your Irish may be better than mine but it is definitely an accepted spelling in my part of the country.

Poor people.

I'm not in Ireland, though am of Irish decent (my Mum was from Wexford). Apologies - I didn't know Niambh was an accepted spelling. You learn something new every day

Neither did I, we only have Niamh’s round here. But I guess it is the same sound as in Siobhan

My DS has recently started at a new school so I have recently come across:

Liham (Liam)
Chinade (Sinead)
Alphey (Alfie)
Mackenzzi

I know of a Jaxxon.
And a Sabastion. That one confuses me as I now can't remember the correct spelling of the name...

I know a KT, Ezmay, Jaxson, Neve and a Kei.

Geordan. It makes sense but it just didn't look right written down.

I've never once come across Niambh. I'm Irish.

Oh and used to work with a Chevaun.

A friend of mine knew of a couple who called their baby "shlow" but spelt Chloe

Wtf is wrong with people?????

Bloke at work names his DD Jorja. I have to bite my tongue whenever he mentions her name. Why would you change a nice name like Georgie to Jorja

I know several Debras. It was a fashionable variant in the 70s. An adult Deborah recently told me her name is spelt 'the posh way'.

Chloe pronounced shlow is dire. Poor kid.

Jaxon, Abigayle, and Shevaunne have all made their way to rural Devon. At least they are phonetic.

I know an Eyvie pronounced Evie - i would have definitely thought Ivy not Evie.

Also come across Mathilder (Matilda), Waneta (Juanita) and Halley (Hayley).