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?

Uton. Named after his mum's favourite place--Luton.

I've also met a woman with 'Jordon' tattooed on her arm, because she'd just given her DD the name. She was actually naming her after Katie Price. But when she went to the tattoo parlour she couldn't remember how to spell Jordan--and nor could he!

boy/girl twins Pele and Cartier.

minedragon- surely NOT Pudenda? sounds like someone out of life of brian!

speaking of successful lawyers with bizarre names i give you... Tarot! (male) trainee lawyer in my company. sweetest boy so can't really hold a grudge.

I used to teach a girl called Yekcim.

She was named after Mickey (as in mouse).

Spelled backwards

Really

why are people naming their dds after mickey mouse and Jordan? are these our role models nowadays? (i am allowed to say nowadays because i am still in my 20s). god help us!

I HOPE I dont qualify as weird, my DS is Dillan, as in the irish way of Dylan!

My friend was a midwife and encountered an Yvonne pronounced Whyvoney and a Pocahontas.

I was once served in a supermarket by a Nyckholah (Nicola)

My name is Sharon, but its pronounced as Share-On rather than Shaaahhron and that has caused me problems all my life.

And I have definately seen lots of stories in Take A Break about a Handrew

Did anyone watch that programme 'Britain's Youngest Grans' last night on BBC3? There was a girl on it called Rickieta. Rickieta. WTF.

she sounds nice and healthy

Once heard of the name Melena - I think its also a medical term for blood in ones stools!

Melina is a greek name meaning honey (Mel e na rather than mel eeee na if you get what I mean)

Knew a child called (I thought) Amber-Lyn, turns out her name was AnnBoleyn (one word). Mum seemed really nice.

ohhh I love AnnBoleyn!!! you have got to admire the guts! and has a nicer ring to it than AnneofCleves

today a friend told me of a girl called Amaryllis...

I can i join in?

I look in a Day nursery and we have
Caue - Pronounced Cow-e.
Liyana - Prounced Le anna.

And ive heard of a Nevaeh Pronounced Nee-v-a (Think Nivea face cream!)
Choosen because its Heaven spelt backwards.

Sorry i meant work! not look!- God its been a long day!

Madmuggle, thats all well and good but these people aren't american... and are open about how lovely they thought JonBenet sounded, seriously considered it but thankfully decided they would have to drop the 'jon' because of the connotations...

ah well, maybe they hate my DCs names

From another website I visit - joop! - complete with exclamation mark.

'You will never win the I-know-a-stupid-name competition against anyone who has ever lived in Hong Kong.'
Yes, they choose their own Western names there don't they? Ex-colleague of mine went to college with a guy called American Express (Amex for short.)

They do, sometimes with the assistance of some bored arsehole English teacher who thinks it's funny to send someone out into the world called Chuck Norris, Lucifer or Oral B (all real people)

at friend's DD's school - Falon (girl) and Drey (boy)...

I met a llibbeemaee today. (Libby-May) why all the extra letters!

A little bit the other way around, but when we were on holiday in South Africa, we met a wee boy called Sinjen. His parents had liked the name St John, but had changed the spelling to make it easier for him at school.

raye123, I too know a Taichi pronounced tie-ees. I think it might be a real name from elswhere in the world (Africa or the Caribbean?) Unless of course you're in Streatham and we know the same one?

Tiphainie,Danyal ,Manhattan and Buster all known here ,the Manahattan has a surname which makes her sound like a seedy film.

Correction - I know a Taychi pronounced tie-ees, so it's not the same one