Why chose an alternative spelling for a recognised name?

[MrsThePoint]

Did you? Why?

How do you feel when others then spell the name ?correctly? in the recognised, established way?

Just curious!

I dropped the e from the most common version of DSs name. It still has a recognised spelling, I didn't make it up to try to be different.

The reason I chose to spell it that way is I thought the shape of the word when written down looked better. It looked more balanced with 5 letters instead of 6, and the text flowed better. Also e is one of my least favourite letters so I'd rather it wasn't in his name.

In the words of a woman I met 'to make it a bit different'. No, your DD is named Carmen, it's beautiful and unusual, why must you insist on spelling it Karman?

My brother is a Martyn. Named so for the Welsh variant I think. I've seen a few Martyns (as opposed to Martins) pop up over time, so I'd say it was an acceptable alternative, rather than anything wacky. A bit like Alistair/Alastair.

I think I chose an alternative spelling(for dd1)I didn't mean to, but was young and stoopid and head only heard my chosen name a few times.

I just picked the spelling I thought looked the best. I wasn't aware it was 'wrong', but tbh I don't really care either. No-one spells it right (my way or the orignal way) anyway. A lot of the time she is called a whole other name completely.

HelenFF that's reassuring to know that it's seen as acceptable in some parts (the spelling of Martyn). I had a feeling it was the Welsh spelling...

Yes maryz DH just seems to like it spelt Martyn rather than Martin, he just said to me he doesn't like the conventional spelling of this name. But DH doesn't really conform to most things so this is normal for him to be awkward (in my eyes!) I think Martin is lovely really, nice way of spelling it and I know most people would spell it that way when writing it down. Unless living in Wales, I doubt most people would spell Martyn

I have a Scarlett & Sienna ..... hate it when people spell Scarlett - Scarlet (which is the colour not the name!) and Sienna like Siena (the city whereas she is the colour version !!!!)
I knew someone who called their girl Elise but spelt it Ellesse, as they liked the sportswear and how it looked (??)- they didn't realise Ellesse is not pronounced the same as Elise, she has a lifetime of mis-spells !!

i like esmae not esme im not trying to be special just like the way it looks better! if we all liked the same thing would nt the world be a boring place!?!?

I knew a Micheala - shouldn't it have been Michaela? Pro - Mik-ay-la.

"The reason I chose to spell it that way is I thought the shape of the word when written down looked better. It looked more balanced with 5 letters instead of 6, and the text flowed better. Also e is one of my least favourite letters so I'd rather it wasn't in his name."

oh god, i hope you don't all represent the general public: my DS is named after the Cornish saint and place we live - Mawgan - obv this is pronounced the sam as more "common" nane Morgan. we thought best of both worlds - not too odd, but still culturally relevant to us.

do you think everyone will think we're/he's an arse?

i love his name but hadn't realised how irksome some find "alternative" spellings (who is actually to say what's "right" though?)

I have a dd called Baylee we chose not to use the spelling Bailey as this was used for the boys the Spelling we chose was in the girls name section of a baby name book & was a varient spelling mainly given to girls.People who dont know the way we spell it do spell it Bailey & it doesnt bother me because i knew this would happen we just didnt want to give her the boys spelling.

Thing is, people get judgy about this stuff, but you could have the most "everyday" of names eg Claire, and have it spelt "wrong" all the time eg Clare, Clair, or Catherine/Katherine/Katharine/Kathryn. Even Ann could be Anne, it's just a case of learning it or not minding people asking/occasionally making a reasonable but incorrect assumption. My DD has a very pedestrian name with a less used spelling and I take it on the chin that it will often be spelt wrongly (blood boils when the in-laws can't manage the correct spelling though!!)

I cared before I had DD but her name has 'iet' on the end..(difficult to guess her name hey? ). From the day she was born it's been spelled iot, iott, iette and iett. I thought the name was a well known, easy to spell name. Apparently not.

In Welsh certain letters don't exist and others are pronounced differently to English (though always consistently) e.g. there's no K so Karen is Caren or Caryn, Mark is Marc, Kerry is Ceri and there's something different going on with i's, hence Martyn. It's not just people trying to be different!

in my dd2's pre school class there is a sophy which i find to be rather

But nowwearefour, Sophy is the traditional English version - look at the book Tom Jones. Sophie is actually a more pretentious French version of the same name which has somehow prevailed. In Germany it's also spelled Sofie.

i have a v unusual spelling of catherine. used to drive me up the wall as no one would ever spell it right. Now i have given up, but still - all rather pointless.

when my mum suggested that i spell my son's name Mathew (as it was more unusual) I politely declined....

lots of hassle and no real point IMHO

I know someone who called their daughter Georgia but spelt it Jorja

I thought Jorja was a traditionaly spelling somewhere, Eatern Europe poss.

Hmmm that may be the case but I know she just spelt it that way to be different, she spelt it how you say it.

I know a Charmian (pronounced Charmaine) and a Rubee

for the love of God....

Charmian is a totally separate name. That must confuse everyone

I used to know a Sophy, the first time my Mum encountered a Sophie (whose name she saw written down) she was very surprised by the 'unusual spelling'. This was a year ago!!

It is one of my pet hates.