Helping ny dd write her xmas cads has made me realise that over half her class have mispelt names

[conniedescending]

gawd - how and I supposed to help her with her reading and writing when we have: Jak, Zak, Abbey, Mollie, Kloe, Alivia, Ayden, Rebekha, Elli, Reece, Charley..............

dreadful state of affairs [fsad}

Kloe is beyond awful.

And ABBEY?!!!!!!

better pull her out now ...

that's just wrong. Alivia?? WTF.

last year we sent all the cards with the proper spellings as she had only just started reception so I took the names at face value. However, I now know how they are spelling their names and it is awful.

Charley is a boy btw

I know someone who has a Kloe, think its awful

Abbey, Mollie and Reece are fairly common spellings though, not sure about the others!

lol@Kloe

Yuk.

I know people are trying to be original, but...

well........my dd is asking me to spell Chloe so I'm saying c-h-l-o-e but Chloe in your class is spelling it k-l-o-e so she asks why is it spelt like that????

what on earth can you say?????????

and Abbey is a BANK not a name

from your list - had a Zak in my class when I was about 7 (I'm much older than that now )

Abbey and Reece - ermm not sure of the problem there

Mollie, Ayden, Rebekha - all variations that I've seen in people older than me. Although tends to be Rebekah rather than the spelling you've put.

Tomas is Polish surely?

ahh yes changer22 - hadn't thought of that - of course it probably is we have quite a lot of Polish around here >>>>>

Tomas is Spanish/other European.

Connie,you say 'because that's how Kloe spells her name'

I think too far afield sometimes with names often forgetting Europe

What is wrong with Abbey?

LOL at Kloe especially as Klo is loo in German

well I said 'that's how her mummy wanted to spell it'

(I used to get lots of cards for Sarha...)

there was another mother standing next to me also writing down the names (they've been told they're not allowed to give out class name lists to parents - but DS2's teacher turned a quiet blind eye to us all frantically writing them down off the birthdays board lol) and she was thinking out loud and said "oh and Tongai - how do you spell ^that" - I smiled sweetly and pointed it out on the board for her (it's DS2 )

there was another mother standing next to me also writing down the names (they've been told they're not allowed to give out class name lists to parents - but DS2's teacher turned a quiet blind eye to us all frantically writing them down off the birthdays board lol) and she was thinking out loud and said "oh and Tongai - how do you spell ^that" - I smiled sweetly and pointed it out on the board for her (it's DS2 )

Oh my goodness! You have a high concentration there. It would kill me!!

yes....thankfully the rest of the school seems more literate according to the school play list.

My grandfathers name was Charley and he was born in 1915 so not a new or made up spelling for a boys name by any means.