I think I win the prize for the most craziest spelling of a first name ever -

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Abee. New child today at playgroup.

Why oh why oh why?

I used to work as a Drs receptionist and some of the names were just spelt wrongly as parents really had no idea i think. But the best one i heard was Shannade as in Sinead.

I just feel sorry for the child who will be forever having to spell it out.

A friend in Glasgow told me a tale once of meeting a woman in the doctors' waiting room who said her child was called 'whyvonee' She'd seen it written down. Can you guess how it was spelled?

DrippingLizzie, Mercedes (spelt correctly) is a valid girl's name in Spain. The car manufacturer named the car after his daughter (I think!).

I am so pleased there are others out their who know of Jorja, and think it is as strange as I did.

Know of a Ceejay and a Teejay.

And someone called Sian but says it 'Seeanne' when should be said 'Sharn'.

What about someone I know called Lucee (pronounced Lucy)?

oo oo - I have one. My friends DD goes to school with a girl called Sckai-Bleu (Sky Blue). Love it!

some of these are so funny.do you think the parents just couldnt spell or were they trying to be different.

Where I live Juan is a very popular name for boys....except it is pronounced Joo-an

I over heard some people in a GP surgery registering a new baby called Skye Blu. Blu was her surname.

i know an Emer (pronounced eeeemer) and an oisin (pronounced oshin) both are irish though!
My daughter is Alex-Leigh, didnt mean for it to be double like that but in hospital despite being in pink she kept getting mistaken for a boy! the Leigh spelling was cos it looked more feminine that Lee

My nepheew is called Osian which is pronounced Oshan - Welsh name. I love it.

well we all know of a grown up and v powerful woman called CONDOLEEZZA which is apparently a misspelling of "CON DOLCEZZA" which is an operatic term- app her parents where opera aficionados but somewhere along the way the spelling got a bit wonky (and tbh even Condolcezza would have been a bit of a joke!)

I give you.... Benay because the parents liked the sound of JonBenet's name... but not its connotations... They are still there people!!!! Why oh why name your child after a little girl who was not only murdered but probably pimped around in vegas showgirl outfits by her parents? To me it is the epitome of ick.
(actually come to think of it JonBenet is even worse, all faux french and pretentious)

lol at Loo-ceee
By that logic my name is Kay-yut
My parents missed a trick there

Aimee (Emmay) is French, means 'loved.'

Shocking how many people don't have a good basic grounding in Ancient Greek and Latin these days . Bring back verb declension recitation with a ruler over the knuckles for each one wrong.

Klair is the worst one I can think of. it was in the late seventies.

Oughhhhhyeuch

Went to school with a Jazell. And have come across a Zowie.

I know a Jaylee and a keelee

I wonder why the registrar doesn't comment on some of the odder spellings- are they not allowed to?

Wouldn't you on being confronted with Porsher suggest the right spelling?

I've run into an 'X' - no other first name, no surname. His parents 'don't believe in names', but apparantly had to give some kind of name when registering the birth, so baby X he was.
I think the idea is he will pick his own name once older - wonder what will happen at playgroup, though.

Maybe registars do point out odd names and weird spellings, but parents are too stubborn, or independent or summat to change them?

Back in the 70s the registar pointed out to my friends dad that his daughter's initials would be IRA, so he swapped her first names.

I once taught a Terrison - yes his dad's name was Terry! Met a boy called Farley last week, have never heard that before.

I've heard of a Tuesday Peach !!

"Taichi
(pronounced tie-ees)
???! "

I used to work with a Catalan girl called Thais, pronounced tie-ees - always liked the name after that. Fuck knows how you get tie-ees from Taichi though!

Am good friends with a Zoie, which actually I really like. I think her mum did misspell it when registering rather than do it deliberately, but as my friend is an actor now the extra i has come in handy with her Equity registration.