What's the worst spelling of a name you have seen?

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Mine is Lucinda spelt Lucinder

Karr- leigh.

Keef (Keith) is the worst I have ever encountered. Naterlee a close second.

melony (melanie, i don't think she taseted like melon)
geccicka (jessica)
kattie (katie)
Sain (sian)

i taught in an area which was quite educationally challenged. ALL of these had parents who'd been to the school, and there were teachers looking at the names saying 'yep, they couldn't spell when they were at school either'

DD1 has a Chray in her class.

Friends have a 17yr old Emily who for the last couple of years has insisted on spelling her name Emilee. I guess she thinks it's cooler or something...

What is Chray meant to be? Or is it just an odd name in its own right?

Well, tbh I'm not sure of the correct spelling but I think Sheree (with an accute accent over the penultimate e).

Kimberleigh..

DS used to have a Jhané in his class.

Juanita - spelt right but pronounced Joo - an - eeta! I kid you not

Coreigh
Layeon
Shaneece
Kodee

Eurgh. Apologies if you have a child called any of the above though.

I have taught a "Chesney", prounounced "Janée" (with a soft J and emphasis on the second syllable).

Nike - pronounced Nicky (a girl).

Littlefish, could Chesney be Irish? I met a girl called Duchesney, pronounced Du-shane and I think it's a bona fide name. No one ever pronounced it correctly outside of Ireland though.

This thread is making me weep tears of true despair. Some of the names are hideous. I mean, Geccicka ffs.

The registrar asked us how to spell our daughter's (very normal) name, and afterwards I wished I'd said some weird and wonderful spelling just to see her reaction. Probably lucky I didn't or dd may have been stuck with her name being spelt Sharlut or something!

pmsl @ some of these!

ones i have come accross are
Kloe (Chloe)
Karis (Carys)
Ammie (Amy)

there was a trend in school to change the spelling of your names...

One friend called Nicola added an H (Nichola)
and a few Lyndseys changed to Linzi !

Lez-leigh
Zowey
Jazelle

I got a catalogue delivered to me the other week and addressed to 'Roof'.

Tee-Jay
WTF!

Read about little Chel-C in a paper once.

Wensdy-instead of Wednesday

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Nike probably should be Nicky, to be fair...Greek goddess of victory. Maybe Ni-kay, but certainly not to rhyme with Mike.

I've worked in a number of schools and have come across...

Micheal (yep, ea not ae)
Mathew (with one T)
Klo-e (Chloe)
Analise (always made me laugh)
Porsha
Sofi

There's a girl called Jay-Ci in dd's class.

Horrendous.

jaymz

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