Odd spelled names

[DStar4cup]

My dd is Jami. People always spell it Jaimie or Jamie.

 

[Stitch Inside]

I don't know if my Grandma was too tired when she filled in the name or just didn't know how to spell, but my Dad is forever Mitchel.

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

I am Jessica Anne. I grew up saying, "Jessica, not Jennifer" and "Yes, there is an E on the end of Anne."

So what do I do???

DD1 is Ashlynn Jayne. At 6, she has already learned to say her name with the emphasis on Lynn so people know it is not Ashley. And the number of people who misspell Ashlynn astounds me. Usually people try to spell it Ashlin, Ashlen or Ashlyn. Personally I don't get it. Lynn is spelled L-Y-N-N, so why wouldn't Ashlynn be spelled A-S-H-L-Y-N-N. OK, off my soapbox now!

And DD2 is Maiya Victoria. I can find Mya, Maya, and Maia, but not Maiya. But I absolutely love the spelling of her name, so I deal with it!

You would think I would have learned after my youth!

 

[Karel]

My name is a family name and I wear it proudly, though it can be a major hassle. Verbally, it's quite a normal name - Carol - and sometimes when I give my name to perfect strangers, like a take out order, I don't even bother spelling it correctly. A lot of people remember that it's spelled differently but can't quite remember what the proper letters are.

It's amazing how many people don't pay attention to the last letter and automatically assume that's it's Karen.

I get most annoyed at people I've known for a long time who don't spell it correctly. Like they can't be bothered...

I've learned over the years just to start spelling when someone asks for my first name.

I totally do not identify with people named Carol, if that makes sense. When I think about their name spelling, it always strikes me as 'odd'. When some one says, oh, my name is Carol too, I don't agree because it's just....different.

 

[CareBearYN]

I think funky spellings are great, everyone wants to feel somewhat unique
My name is spelled Caryn...and I love that it's spelled that way, even though I have to spell it out for everyone. The only thing that can bug me, is when people imagine that there are more letters to my name and call me Carolyn!

 

[Beth76]

Sorry, but I hate "creative" spellings. If you want to give your child a "different" name, then do that. Changing the spelling of a well-known, already established name doesn't make it different, it makes it misspelled. Quite frankly, I find that it makes the parents look uneducated. This is, of course, just my opinion.

 

[phillybeth]

My maiden name was italian, and phonetically it sounds like it starts with an s, but really starts with a c, Everyone got that one wrong

I had one of those too!

 

[Caropooh]

My sisters name is Lynnda, noon e can ever get it right.

 

[elemusing]

I spelled my son's name Nicolas without an H. We aren't big Nicolas Cage fans, I mean he is ok, but I really like the way he spelled his name, so we went with that.

I teach school and have seen it all!! I have a little girl in KG right now whose name is Xabrieonia. (Pronouced Zabreeahna). What's funny is when we talked to her mom at the beginning of the school year, her MOM kept pronoucing it different ways. We finally asked her exactly how to say it once and for all, and she said "Oh, just call her Belle - I've always liked that name and it will be easier for her to spell." Poor kid.

I have many Ashleys - Ashley, Ashleigh, Ashlee and many many Haleys - Haley, Hailee, Haylie, Hayley, etc. etc.

I've always wanted to name a future daughter "Coeli" (Latin for Heaven) pronounced CHAYLEE but I know I will have to spell it phonetically because people woud call he COELEE.

 

[Twinkles6892]

I've always wanted to name a future daughter "Coeli" (Latin for Heaven) pronounced CHAYLEE but I know I will have to spell it phonetically because people woud call he COELEE.

I love the name Linlee, but I've never seen it, (it was on CSI once, go figure ) so I decided I'm going to spell it Linlee. One day. In the far future. When I have a daughter.

 

[Lizzydoll73]

People constantly misspell and mispronounce my name. It is spelled Lisabeth, not Elisabeth or Elizabeth or Lisa Beth.

That is how my name is spelled too. Everyone pronounces it Lisa Beth. People who know me just call me Liz.

 

[LadyBears]

Sorry, but I hate "creative" spellings. If you want to give your child a "different" name, then do that. Changing the spelling of a well-known, already established name doesn't make it different, it makes it misspelled. Quite frankly, I find that it makes the parents look uneducated. This is, of course, just my opinion.

While I understand what you are saying, this doesn't always hold true.
The name Lynn is a very good example. If it is not used as a first name, lots of people have it as a middle name. Everyone I have met with Lynn as part of their name has been spelt L-Y-N-N, so why does everyone else instist on adding an e to it (Lynne) when it is written out?

 

[meeshi]

This isn't an odd spelled name, but I found it an odd pronunciation. Several years ago my mother was taking a reservation from a lady. The lady's name was pronounced "why-vone-knee". My mother asked her if she could please spell that and the lady said Y-V-O-N-N-E.

 

[janette]

My name is usually spelled differently. I only did that to one of my girls, her name is Kathlin which almost no one gets right. She uses Kate or Katie most of the time. Both the girls have unusual middle names Rianne & Pineda.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

My sister's name is Cayte, pronounced "Kate".

Twinkles-
DS had a preschool teacher with a DD named Linley. Gosh, she's in Kindergarten by now. I think I have heard that name one other time, so it isn't very common.

DS has a name that is more common as a surname so he can never find anything with his name on it.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

I've never understood why people create unusual spellings of common names. If you want your child to stand out, they definitely will if they are always being asked how to pronounce their name. I named my daughter Hayley. That is the proper English spelling. (Haley is usually a male version, and it's Scandinavian). Anyhow, you can't really mispronounce it, but I'm always told that it's an unusual spelling. Hunh? There are zillion weird and unsual ways to spell Hayley these days! My sister named her daughter Casawndra so that it wouldn't be pronounced Cassandra (emphasis on sand). I hate the way it looks on paper! I've also knew someone whose name was spelled Stefaney. On paper it looks like a name for a bacteria or virus! Anyhow, to each their own!

 

[Kermit]

We'll only use "normal" spellings for our kids' first names because people insist that our last name is spelled wrong. Some people do have our last name with an S added to the end, but ours doesn't have the S. When people ask if it has an S and I tell them no, they'll ask, "Are you sure?" Yeah, pretty sure.

 

[swtnikki]

I think I yelled at someone once, 'cause they spelled my name "Nichole" instead of "Nicole". I like to go by Nikki though, they can't bucher that one up too much.

 

[Meriweather]

Yep...Christin is my DD's name ...no "e" on the end (pronounced just like it is spelled....Chris-tin)

DS's isn't that odd, but you would think so by the way people say it He's Geoff.

And we won't even start on last names

 

[mickey4ver]

I have a common name spelled in an uncommon form...although I'm starting to see it spelled like I do more and more....and I don't consider my parents "uneducated" for spelling my name the way they did, its what they chose for me. The only time I worry about telling someone how to correctly spell it is if they are looking up a record with my name in it, or it is a legal document...otherwise, they can spell it in the common form, it does not bother me at all.

On occasion, I have found personalized items with my name on it and spelled just like I spell it..........even at WDW..................