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.

I know a Sian. This is ok, apart from it's pronounced See-Ann.

Our registrar's notes from the hospital said that DS was a boy. She did question "Samuel Peter" for a girl! We assured her that he was a boy.... I like to think I am liberal, but not that liberal!

In the early 70s the registrar sugguested to my friend's father that he really didn't want to give her the initials IRA.

Years ago a mate of mine was supply-teaching, and met a little girl who said her name was Wyevonny. The little girl was too young to be able to spell it so at the end of the day my mate asked the girl's mother about the name. Which was, of course, spelt Y V O N N E.

Years ago there was a girl on the checkouts in the supermarket with a badge saying 'Shuvawn'. Poor girl.
I do also know of a Siobhan but she is pronounced 'Sigh-oh- ban'. Why would you?
PMSL at Keef and Befan.

Not really relevant to this thread but I used to know a Brian whose mum spelt his name wrong...Brain...well either that or that really was his name

my dad registered my sister as rachAel by mistake, she does not want the second a and it is difficult to shake off.

One of my friends was going to be Philip but his Mum didn't want him to end up with the initials PIS .

Fishie, that's interesting because the registrar was very keen for me to include the second 'a' in Rachel for my daughter's second name. I didn't want to, but when I got home dh said he did. TOO LATE! Serves him right for never doing these things with me You'd think there would be more consistency among registrars. Am totally in favour of list of standardised names, as in some countries. Some poor kids get burdened with some real clangers and they're probably not the ones with the best start in life anyway...

Don't think it matters really - find the irish spelt names had to pronouce & wouldn't know if these were spelt right.

A little boy at my DS's nursery is called Adamant - lovely little boy

My mum is a teacher in Essex and teaches a little girl called 'Taylah'. It just seems like it's been spelt out phonetically in an Essex accent and it makes me cringe.

omg pmsl at some of thse names!!

poor poor kids

I once taught a kid called Roksam. Was this meant to be Roxanne? I thought so...

IME as a teacher of 14 years, names are usually spelt wrongly on purpose to make them different.

Ema
Kalea
Rebekka or Rebeka
Rozie
Kymberly amongst many many others.

Parents seem very fond of swopping c with s, and i with y

I had to spell my daughter's name to the registrar - she asked how Elizabeth (one of dd's middle names) was going to spelt, Z or S, and was given a draft cert to look at before the real birth certificate was printed. Maybe some people can't spell very well so they can't 'see' if a word or name looks wrong - either that or they're all trying to be different! I'm not talking about names taken from other cultures here but what are seen as deliberate mis-spellings. It must grate on some registrars. Not sure I'd like having to choose from an approved list of names though.