Unusual spellings of names

[tigermeow]

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)

[yawningmonster]

btw I once taught a wee one called Ee-v
(Evie) lovely name but v unusual spelling 9middle name was meigh (may)which again is lovely and the two names go nicely when spoken but I do think she will always have to spell her names

[MrsMattie]

Yes, many. Stand outs include Shevaun (a boy) / Shavonne (a girl) = Siobhan, and Rennaye (Rene).

p.s. Micheal is sometimes an Irish spelling - pronounced 'Mee-hawl'

[VictorianSqualor]

Effie, when we said what we were calling DD the registrar said 'Is that D A N I E L L A?' so I'm assuming if someones says 'James' they would say 'J A M E S?'
Mind you with Alexander we weren't questioned about the spelling.

[MrsMattie]

Ee-V Meigh. That is truly, truly vile.

[mamadiva]

I worked with a little girl called Laouise pronounced Leisha!?! Confused the hell out of us for an entire day se wouldnt talk on her first day and wouldn't answer to Louise, wasn't until her mum came at the end of the day we realised her name was Leisha.

[mamadiva]

We were questioned when we told the registrar Liam how many spellings are there? LOL.

[VictorianSqualor]

Leeyam of course. Doh!

[frazzledoldbag34]

There was a check out girl at the supermarket a few years ago who had a name badge on that said

SHUVAWN

I presume her parents couldn't spell Siobhan? (is that the correct spelling??????!!!!)

Truly an awful shame.
Poor girl

[frazzledoldbag34]

Also I've seen for Caitlin:

Kate-Lyn and
Katelynne
Kaytlyn (worse)

Which is just confusing.
Why do people do this?

Also my top name-hate at the mo (a pupil at school) is called Demi-Lee (or maybe its DemiLee or Demileigh not sure). Anyway dreadful.
IMHO.


And I think LeeYam is a good alternative to Liam!

[MrsMattie]

Laoise (Lee-sha) is Irish, too!

[gladders]

my mother deliberately chose a v odd way of spelling catherine for me. bane of my life - always gets spelt wrong. waste of time (although quite sane compared to a lot of the examples on here...)

[mamadiva]

Is it Kefferin LOL.

Maybe I should have thought of Leeyam when registering DS That would have been a conversation starter LOL.

[bikerunski]

Way back in the 1970s the registar pointed out to my mate's dad that her intials would be IRA, so her dad swapped around her first two names. I don't know if registrars can actually veto names, although there was that case of Tallulah Does the Hula in NZ a couple of weeks ago...

[Podrick]

sharon pronounced as Sian

[merryandmad]

I have an uncle Darran (named after the character on Bewitched but my Grandad didn't want him to be named after a TV character co changed the spelling.

[Thisismynewname]

I know a grown woman named Emma who chooses to spell her name Emah.

[merryandmad]

My dd is also names Maddison. We chose "dd" as we were going to use the shortening Maddy, but Maddison has stuck. Now we are always correcting people. Although Maddison & Madison are both in top 100

[devonsmummy]

saw a Feebee on CBeebies birthdays the other day!

[hw2004]

At work I delivered a baby and the parents told me they would call her Siobhan. I wrote it down and they said 'no, that's wrong' and spelt it....

Shavorn!! Oh god!

[mrz]

On a recent home visit the nursery teacher asked the parents how to spell their son's name and the answer was "We don't know!"

[Humphries]

I know a fionnlagh (prenounced Finley!)

Apparantly it's the gaelic spelling.

[Humphries]

Oh and I think it looks like people can't spell properly too, these poor children!

[bonnibaby]

Once on a nursery placement met an Eddelle.
Also a Jorja ,think thats an American spelling?

[Roboshua]

mrz. I had something similar at work. 15 yr old daughter asked Dad if her middle name had two 'l's or just one. His reply 'whatever you want it doesn't matter!!!'

[paolosgirl]

I know a Siobhan pronounced SHOW-bin and a Sharon pronounced SHAY-rin. Both grown women.

Why oh why oh why.