This is wrong.

[MrsSeanBean]

I recently saw the name 'Naterlee' which I assume was for 'Natalie'.

Of course, anyone is perfectly entitled to call a child whatever they wish

When a name is clearly mis-spelt, should the registrar not question it?

I do feel sorry for a child lumbered with such an obviously mis-spelt name.

yes i think they should

I see you are already perfecting your disclaimer there, Mrs Bean.

That is pretty bad, isn't it?

Hi tinsel. An early working draft

I thought it was very succinct.

a friend's dh was a registrar. In these cases he'd say something like 'oh that's an unusual spelling, I haven't seen that before. How interesting, is it a tradition in your family?'

Our registrar questioned my choice of name!

Yes I did want to spell DS's name with a C and not a K,thankyou, and no I didn't want to call DD Tatania - I really did mean Tatiana!

She said she wasn't supposed to interfere, but she couldn't help herself.

Well it is a free country but having an "original" spelling must be a massive PITA.

i would point out the miss spelling. poor spelling and literacy is nothing to be ashamed of, i would rather it was pointed out to me

in lynettes case obv was registrar who was not sure of spellings. Tatiana is agorgeous name btw

Are you sure it was an accident? Surely if you are naming a child you look all this up if you are bad at spelling?

I have seen more than one birth cert with MICHEAL or RACHEAL in my previous job

Was it a birth certificate or other official or reliable document? I ask because in my experience nurseries and other places often have a very (ahem) approximate way of spelling our beloved infants' names.

there's so many kids with daft names that they're probably used to it.

I am sat at work and can actually see someone whose name is 'Keef' He looked a bit sheepish when he had to spell it to my colleague....poor man is about 40 but still looks mortified...

maybe his parent's were stones fans

Perhaps her parents are trying to instil phonics at an eraly age

There's a Prayshus at M&T. Her mother says she wanted it to be 'easy to spell' so she knew what she was doing.

DS has a Kacper at school

We were quite surprised when the registrar didn't bat an eyelid at our choice of name, even though it isn't actually a name (it's a name of an thing, but not previously used for a baby AFAIK). (Although we did spell it right!) So smooth and unruffled was his demeanour we wondered if they had special training in keeping your gob shut.

an thing? Doh

God I am so sad for Keef

Is he single?

I think kacper Polish name, non?

Do tell!

I used to work with someone called 'Robat' which was a mispelling He was about 50 so its clearly not a new problem...

That was to snowleopard!

That was to snowleopard!