Unusual spellings of names

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Have you come across many unusual spellings for names? Please share!

I've met a Micheal, a Kloe (Chloe), Tigher (as in big cat), Macks (Max), Sofi, Jorg (parents were not Scandinavian)

I've seen a Mersadies, Alexzsander, Raychel and Mollee.

Louce = Lucy.

Why do people do this?

Worst/Best I've ever seen was C'Elle.

Pronounced See-Elle

I'm sorry but those sorts of names make me cringe. It's either embarrassingly terrible spelling or an embarrassingly terrible attempt at being original.

I pity the poor kids.

Kloe? [wilts]

I've met a Falisity (Felicity), an Ofellia (Ophelia) and a Heigh-Lee (Hayley). Each to their own, but those aren't particularly common names; why do they warrant a 'unique' twist?

A friend who's a reception teacher has taught a Kloe (Chloe) and a Loois (Lewis) recently.

Whats the betting they complain that the names are always spelt rong [or right depnding on how you look at it]

I read an article in a paper where the names of the children were given. They both looked weird until you pronounced them. I can't remember the girl's [thick emoticon] but the boy was called Jaymz.

Meloney.

A child in the family is called Lucie. Which isn't that unusual but IT REALLY ANNOYS ME

These poor children, going through life saying 'no its spelt...J A Y M Z'

i always thinks its cos parents can't spell

DH taught a Jaxon, I always put it down to the parents being thick too.

Oh my goodness. There's me talking about spelling and look at my post. Wrong and depending (what's). I feel better now.

I know a Jorja (Georgia) and came across a Rooban (Reuben) not long ago. IMHO it just spoils what are otherwise perfectly nice names by making it look like the parents couldn't spell them properly.

I have a Danni-Ella, but not because I didn't like the spelling Daniella, but because I wanted to call her Ella, Danni-Ella was a compromise and I hate the way people say Dan-Yella, at least this way her name is said properly. She is known as Ella at school though.

She went to nursery with a girl called Emma-Lee.

I spelt dd's name Rheannon rather than Rhiannon. We did it because we thought it would probably get shorted to Rhea, which is a name correctly spelled in it's own right. So far though, she is 8 and it seems unlikely it will be shortened and now I regret not spelling it properly!

pot pourri how else can you say melanie, as here is is pronounced as mel annie.

Mel annie or mel-a-knee.

Jazelle (Giselle)
Zowie (but pronounced Zoe, not Zoww-eee)

Have said this before but I know a Lucee (Lucy)

ah thanks vs we tend to talk quite fast here and they both sound pretty much the same but now you put it that way is probably closer to mel a knee here too

Do registrars correct misspellings (or at least suggest an alternative?) I know vicars used to in pre-literate times (though some of these would suggest that literacy is still an ishoo)