Lilly - an incorrect spelling - is the 33rd most popular girl's name of 2007!

[DarthVader]

How can people give their child a name which is spelt wrong???

Lily is the name of a flower - there is no alternative spelling, just one that says to the world, "my parents cannot spell".

perhaps it's not Lily the flower but Lilly the girls name that sounds the same

I think there should be a spell check facility at the registry office to avoid years of embarassment later on

I thought the same as Iota.

how about Brooke?

like Brooke Shields

brook the stream is spelt brook

Skye

or is that Skye the island so it's ok?

DS1 has a name that I spelt correctly and say correctly. However, it's often mispronounced and one woman in particular used to repeat it to me, slowly, with a patronising "oh dear, can't you say your DS's name" look. I murdered her, obviously.

Oh calif....I love the name Bronwen!

Fabbo and wonderful

and what about Russell?

that should be spelt Rustle

Iota there is no such name as "Lilly", what would "Lilly" be supposed to mean if not the flower?

When my parents went to register me, there was a couple there who wanted to call their son "Lovely" because he was.

The registrar sent them away to reconsider their idea.

Perhaps that should be done more now

Phil should be spelt Fill

Taylor should be spelt Taylor

oops

Taylor should be spelt Tailor

On the baby name type websites they spell the name in three ways:

Lily
Lilly
Lilli

Originas are just given as Lily.

Lilly is also a short form of Lillian

or even Lillie Langtry

Lots of names have changed spelling, or rather have additional spelling variations, over the years, for lots of reasons.

I personally tend to prefer the more traditional versions. But prefer something like Lilly to a mde up non-name TBH.

DD's name has two spellings. We chose the less common of the two, but it is a perfectly valid and also an old spelling too. However spend many a time having to correct people's spelling of it.

dammit bundle - they really couldn't spell in the olden days

Iota is Maffew OK too?

DD picked up her 10m swimming certificate on Sunday made out to 'Lilly'

Thick tossers