Lynn or Lynh?

[Rose1000]

I like Lynn/lynh names but can't decide the spelling..
Which do you prefer?

can't decide the spelling
You can't decide whether to spell it correctly or make up your own version??

It's not a made-up version. It's just a lot more common in Vietnam than it is in the UK.

Lynn if you’re going to pick one of the two.

It’s an odd choice though. It’s like calling a baby Debbie or Glenda.

It’s Vietnamese. God there are some bloody vile people on these threads.

The op should have said that she was considering the Vietnamese spelling for the name. Have you got Vietnamese ancestry op? Mentioning that would have prevented the pile......

Pile on

I know a Lynn in her 20s - it's pretty lame to think a name belongs to one generation

Neither

@Blursula, spot on. I can’t believe my eyes sometimes. How odd to think they get pleasure from these small acts of unkindness.

“What the fuck is Lynh??”

Took the words right out of my mouth!

Why not add a silent k at the beginning - Klinh

Ok
It's a Vietnamese name. Apologies to any Vietnamese people I've offended. When a poster comes on to a uk baby name site and says what about 'normal U.K. spelling of commonly used name' or 'apparently totally made up an non phonetic spelling of same name' they are going to get the piss taken. It's not the same as someone coming and saying 'we are Vietnamese, we like Lynh, it's a Vietnamese name, what do you think'?

What Villanelle said.

Or you could see an unusual spelling of a name, assume the poster has a reason for choosing that spelling, have a quick google and learn something new instead of jumping in to sneer.

Yes, if only the OP could have predicted that so many people’s default setting is “rude and intentionally hurtful”. She shouldn’t need to add mitigating factors to prevent people being horrible. If your initial reaction to any post is to be really rude, but you can somehow control yourself if it turns out the OP might not be British, then the chances are you’re a bit of a turd. Unless of course you’re foreign. Then it’s ok.

Lynn is so dated.

The last child I knew called lynn was in 1979.

I know a man Lyn

But Lynh is NOT an "unusual spelling of a name". It is an entirely diffferent name from Lynne, with different origins, different meaning, different linguistic heritage and cultural context etc.

However, Lynh was presented by the OP as a straightforward alternative to the conventional name Lynne, in exactly the same way as many, many previous posters have asked for opinions about different spellings of a name - eg Annabel or Annabelle, Louis or Lewis, Niamh or Neve. The OP actually said that she "can't decide the spelling" That was what confused people.

As Villanelle says, no-one wants to offend, but if people are directly asked by the OP about the spelling of a name, then that is what they are going to comment on.

Plenty of people in this thread have hoped to offend. Must be really (if inexplicably) satisfying for them.

To be honest I don't feel bad at all about taking the piss out of stupid names/spellings of names.

Lynn

Lynn if you really have to. It’s such a dull name though, completely ‘meh’. Nothing about it.

Very dated. Lynn if you must. The alternative is awful and looks made up.
All the Lynn, Linda and Lynseys I know are late 40s to mid 60s.
Lynette is better. Or Evelyn.

What about Lydia?

Never heard of Lynh. Looks like you added an extra letter bu accident.