Unusual spelling of names?

[Ccann]

So when I was born 83' my mom named me Casey (I am a female) she had my spelling CASIE the nurses and everyone called me CASSIE instead of Casey so before we left the hospital she changed it to Casey. She didn't want to have to correct everyone who called me the wrong name.

Now typically this is a boy spelling of the name, in High School I wanted my original spelling. I thought it was more girly, since i could not change it I started to add my middle name ANN to everything.

But now I have fun with it. I leave my middle name out of it.

My line of work there are very few females. So when Someone sees my name they assume I am a male. I love when I receive email addresses as Mr. Or I get phone calls and people ask for Casey and I say this is she the confusion in their voice is Great. My husband laughs at me because I do get a kick out of People assuming.

 

[cah5525]

Casey Ann... Well, Hello! My name is Casey Ann, too. The reason... My father wanted a boy and picked out the name. Have had the same reactions, when I checked into my first Navy command, they were expecting a guy! Anyone remember a song by Sammy Kershaw...Vidalia? In '96 when my daughter was born, it was a popular song so we named her Vidahlia!

 

[torinsmom]

So when I was born 83' my mom named me Casey (I am a female) she had my spelling CASIE the nurses and everyone called me CASSIE instead of Casey so before we left the hospital she changed it to Casey. She didn't want to have to correct everyone who called me the wrong name.

Now typically this is a boy spelling of the name, in High School I wanted my original spelling. I thought it was more girly, since i could not change it I started to add my middle name ANN to everything.

But now I have fun with it. I leave my middle name out of it.

My line of work there are very few females. So when Someone sees my name they assume I am a male. I love when I receive email addresses as Mr. Or I get phone calls and people ask for Casey and I say this is she the confusion in their voice is Great. My husband laughs at me because I do get a kick out of People assuming.

It can also help you weed out telemarketers My sister's name is Donna Michelle and she goes by Michelle. If anyone asks or Donna, she knows they don't know here and tells them Donna is not there

 

[christineann]

Here's an unusual name..........Yourhighness *****.

If you want proof, check out the roster for Florida Atlantic University.

http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/morgan_yourhighness00.html

 

[christineann]

My sister taught a student named "Mona Lisa" and a little girl whose name was pronounced "Fe-MAH-lee." Her name is "Female." When she was born, her mother thought the hospital had named the baby for her.

 

[SaraJayne]

I have a girl on my bus whose name is Lilliana (pronounced Lilly-ONa) For some reason though, when I see your daughter's name, it looks like it would be pronounced Lilli-ANNa. Not sure if it's the one L or because it has the Y. Either way, it's a pretty name though.

I think many people get their name mispronounced with names like that. My friend's daughter's name is Brianna. Some people call her Bree-ONa and some people call her Bree-ANNa. Funny thing is though, some people call her both (including her mother) LOL Some days I hear her calling her Bree-ONa and some days I hear her calling her Bree-ANNa. Another thing with my friend is that her youngest son is called Jacob. I remember when he was a toddler she flat out REFUSED to have anyone call him "Jake" for short. Now that's he's about 12 or so, I hear her call him Jake more than Jacob. LOL

I have a Jacob...and he's been Jake since he was about a week old.

The only one that ever calls him Jacob is my Mother.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I think it is interesting to me that several posters here have listed names I think of as mispelled as the names of their kids, and then gone on to judge others. I think it's because I am old and naming norms change over time.

 

[Tinijocaro]

I am a teacher and currently have a Saffiyah, Michaylla, Tylor (always call him Taylor cause if the "o". Even Lauryn which isn't at all hard I figure out is always having to correct her teachers who spell it the usual Lauren.

Why do parents have to make it hard on their kids? Having a unique spelling doesn't make their child more unique. It makes the parents look like they cant spell.

 

[kirstenb1]

I think it is interesting to me that several posters here have listed names I think of as mispelled as the names of their kids, and then gone on to judge others. I think it's because I am old and naming norms change over time.

I'm old too, because I noticed the same thing.

 

[Rylee]

I have a Jacob...and he's been Jake since he was about a week old.

The only one that ever calls him Jacob is my Mother.

We have a Jake, too, and the only one who ever called him Jacob was my mother, also!

I actually wanted to name him just "Jake" but DH said, "Name him Jake, and he'll grow up to be a construction worker. Name him Jacob, and he can be a lawyer. " (He was JOKING, of course.)

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I am a teacher and currently have a Saffiyah, Michaylla, Tylor (always call him Taylor cause if the "o". Even Lauryn which isn't at all hard I figure out is always having to correct her teachers who spell it the usual Lauren.

Why do parents have to make it hard on their kids? Having a unique spelling doesn't make their child more unique. It makes the parents look like they cant spell.

Do you think that if Saffiyah's parents had spelled it Safiyyah, or Safiya (the two more common transliterations) it would be easier for her?

 

[Ccann]

Casey Ann... Well, Hello! My name is Casey Ann, too. The reason... My father wanted a boy and picked out the name. Have had the same reactions, when I checked into my first Navy command, they were expecting a guy! Anyone remember a song by Sammy Kershaw...Vidalia? In '96 when my daughter was born, it was a popular song so we named her Vidahlia!

That is too cool! What did they say after you checked in?

I will have to listen to that song but I like names that have some relevance to the parents!

 

[honeydiane1953]

Most of these Unique spelling names for around here is ..... the PARENTS cannot spell!! Plain and simple. They are not trying to be flamboyant they cannot spell.

 

[SaraJayne]

We have a Jake, too, and the only one who ever called him Jacob was my mother, also!

I actually wanted to name him just "Jake" but DH said, "Name him Jake, and he'll grow up to be a construction worker. Name him Jacob, and he can be a lawyer. " (He was JOKING, of course.)

 

[almburr]

There are lots of variant ways to spell names. Some modern names are actually misspelled from the old names. there are several ways to spell Bailey- its is in English name for Bailiff/steward.

My children have old names with the original spellings. I researched the names. But I have a problem with parents who spell phonetically. Or the name Heaven spelled backwards.

 

[Schmeck]

My parents used a nickname of a common name as my real, legal name. I've had so many legal documents use the incorrect name, thinking I was just being called a nickname.

To make matters worse, on my younger daughter's birth certificate, the hospital dropped the Y at the end of my name. So, when she's being a pest, I tell her I'm not really her mommy! Someday, I will go to the hospital records office and have it fixed, I guess. When I'm in that area, I never think of doing it, and I'd have to bring so much paperwork with me, stuff I don't want to have hanging around in the car for 'just in case'. (The hospital is about an hour away.)

Our oldest daughter has a unique name, well, not too unique, it was in a baby book My mom made me promise not to use her name (she hates it!) and she gave me a list of variations 'we couldn't use' either. So, I spent 8 months looking through every baby book I could find (before internet!) and found one in the grocery checkout that had an obscure reference to a variation.

Then husband decided it couldn't be spelled this way or that way, no double letters, no letters used twice I have no idea what that was all about! The most common spelling was Aislinn, but he accepted Aislyn. It's Gaelic, and is becoming trendy. I know she is the first person at her college to ever have that first name, because she got it as her email OK, maybe there was an Aislyn there before email, but I doubt it.

 

[goofinoff]

Ugh....I just saw a baby picture in Facebook with the caption of "playing with my cousin Sophjiah.". Sophia! Give me a break!!!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

OK, I just saw one - how do you pronouce Ja Ne't?

Answer later.

 

[pg0314]

My parents used a nickname of a common name as my real, legal name. I've had so many legal documents use the incorrect name, thinking I was just being called a nickname.

Same here. My name's Peggy and people are constantly trying to make me into a Margaret.

As for creative spellings of names and/or unique names, I'm not a fan. But they're not my kids so ... What drives me crazy is parents who get mad when you mispronounce their little darling's weird name. Had a patient not too long ago whose name was Citti. City? Kitty? Who knows? I went with Kitty and boy did I get a dirty look from her mom. Turns out it was pronounced Si-tay.

 

[NotUrsula]

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Our oldest daughter has a unique name, well, not too unique, it was in a baby book My mom made me promise not to use her name (she hates it!) and she gave me a list of variations 'we couldn't use' either. So, I spent 8 months looking through every baby book I could find (before internet!) and found one in the grocery checkout that had an obscure reference to a variation.

Then husband decided it couldn't be spelled this way or that way, no double letters, no letters used twice I have no idea what that was all about! The most common spelling was Aislinn, but he accepted Aislyn. It's Gaelic, and is becoming trendy. I know she is the first person at her college to ever have that first name, because she got it as her email OK, maybe there was an Aislyn there before email, but I doubt it.

In regard to that spelling, you're probably right.

FWIW, the traditional spelling is Aisling, and in the Irish language it is the word for fantasy. It is also the Irish-language term for a very specific type of poetry: patriotic poetry that describes the nation as a woman. It is one of those names that is rather political if you're Irish. (Though not as much as Saoirse is. Both of those names are seldom found among non-Catholics in Ireland, as they have Republican associations, and there is no record of either one of them being used as a name before the Easter Rising.)