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

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Mine is Lucinda spelt Lucinder

Coochicoo - no Irish heritage as far as I know. I suppose it's possible that great grandparents might have been.

Jackerlean

O'lyvia [shudder]

at Cursty
I wounder if she gets called Krusty at school?
oh that's awful

I saw Jaike as Jake in a mag the other day
bonkers!!

MIL is a midwife, and said that she had a family who called the child Yvonne. Fair enough. However, the mother had only seen it written down...child's name was pronounced Why-vone-ey.

the awful thing is that Cursty is one of dh's distant cousins

Rebekkhah.

Isn't Rebekkhah close to the original Biblical spelling, though? I don't think it's in the same category.

re Jorja - there is an American actress called Jorja Fox.

I think it's time for Baby's Named A Bad Bad Thing again. Prepare to snort.

Some of these are made up, surely? people can't be that dense?

When I gave birth, the folks oppopsite were seriously considering calling their kid....

Buzby

In the end they settled for something far less 'exotic'

As an aside, did you know that Oprah Winfrey's name is allegedly a mis-spelling of a biblical name, Orpah?

Souixzanne

AKA Susan

Needless to say the woman who had mangled her name was the least exotic article I have ever met.

There was a woman who booked in at the hosptial I worked at (years ago)called Eielieen.

Her dad was so pissed when he went to register her he couldnt spell Eileen. Poor cow.

My friend (ex friend actually) called her daughter Kt. As in Katy.

Neave and Izaak (they are siblings!!) Their mum is absolutely lovely though just can't spell

I went to school with a Shawn. I thought it was an acceptable variation of Sean?

Ah chegirl that happened to my friend. Her dad went to register her, couldn't spell Jacqueline so she ended up as Susan. At least she got a name instead of a duff spelling of one.

My name's actually spelt wrong, my parents got it wrong at the registrar's. Thankfully its fairly unusual so nobody realises its wrong.

My friend taught at quite a rough London school and taught more than one girl called Lanesra (read it backwards).

Izaak is OK, surely? As in Mr Walton, author of "The Compleat (sic) Angler".

Izaak is a correct spelling and a very old english way of spelling it (ie Izaak Walton - google him). Nothing to do with bad spelling (and it's my DS's name )

toffee --- agh! Just got that one.

Thankfully here are very few children called Yadsendew Dleiffehs or Detinu Sdeel up here.

No but there are SEVERAL D'arby 's (boys and girls)

Any called Srups? Or Aeslehc ?