Unusual spelling of names?

[PrincessShmoo]

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

Answer later.

OK, Ja Ne't = juh-nay

 

[cornflake]

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

Answer later.

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Ok, my real guess is Janet, but I'd be calling that kid Jean Nate' forever.

 

[*JoGo*]

A couple I've seen on cars lately, above a soccer ball or baseball, etc...

Coner -- my family still cracks up whenever one of us remembers it. Poor Coner. And no, it wasn't missing an N, there wasn't a gap for another letter to fit. His sibling is Ayden.

Izaic - what? Is it supposed to be Isaac? Or I-zay-ic?

 

[cornflake]

A couple I've seen on cars lately, above a soccer ball or baseball, etc...

Coner -- my family still cracks up whenever one of us remembers it. Poor Coner. And no, it wasn't missing an N, there wasn't a gap for another letter to fit. His sibling is Ayden.

Izaic - what? Is it supposed to be Isaac? Or I-zay-ic?

No one has mentioned a "famous" one - Jinger Duggar.

Not that it surprises me that they can't figure this out but that does not spell 'ginger.' It spells 'dzin-gurr.' Like Jingle Bell.

 

[esk]

My parents were hippies and yup, I got the "Rainbow" name. So when it came time for my kids, I named them what I thought were unique -- but not totally out there -- names. I kind of liked having a unique name, but since it wasn't Inspektor Pilot or Moon Zappa, I didn't get teased too much. People just said "Rainbow? That's a beautiful name" and moved on. Of course, I was the only one with my name that I knew.

In the late 80's, there were so many girls named Kristin, or some variation of it, or Lisa/Leesa/Llysa. Lots of Jeffs and Christophers too.

I have worked with, over the years, Precious, Delicious, Sunshine, Princess, Marquess and I'm in the military. Sure, we say "this is Sergeant Smith" but when the real name is Precious, they take a lot of teasing.

 

[Mandychelle79]

My dd is Bradyn. Yes I gave her a boys name ( at the beginning of the whole aiden sounding names, just didnt know it), yes its pronounced Braden, and yes I did it to make it look more girlie.

 

[design_mom]

Izaic - what? Is it supposed to be Isaac? Or I-zay-ic?

One of my good friends is of Colombian descent. Her uncle is named Isaac, but it's pronounced Eez-ah-ic. I wonder if they were going for an transliteration of an ethnic pronunciation? It's a weird looking name though.

 

[khertz]

I thought of another one. One of my mom's employees names was Levettie, pronounced Lee-vee-ette. I never could figure that one out, except to think her mother just couldn't spell.

My family is also full of a lot of "interesting" names. I have cousins named Rhiannon, Ecko, de'Ette, Levon (not weird really, but not common), Stryder, and a girl named Sawyer.

 

[DopeyDame]

I have a friend named Kristine. Not too bad, right?
Except that it's pronounced Kristen, not Christine. She gets so annoyed when people call her Christine. I'm sorry, but when you add an e to the end of a word, it changes the sound of the preceeding vowel. Kristine is not pronounced Kristen anymore than d-o-g is pronounced "cat".

 

[Mariep26]

I am guilty of a creative spelling -- I know how to spell but chose the name with the spelling.

My son's name is Jaxson -- with the nickname Jax (which we use 90% of the time). We wanted the nickname to be Jax not Jack so we decided on the alternate spelling. There is already a "x" in our last name so we didn't burden him with a letter he wouldn't have to learn early on anyways. We don't get much confusion on his name and I have seen the spelling used numerous times elsewhere.
Funny story about his name... when he was born and we were in the hospital our nurse came in at shift change to introduce herself (her name was Blythe) and she looked at Jax and said "Who do we have here?". She bent down to look at the name card which said "Jaxson Robert" and said "we have adorable little Jaxson Robot". We waited for her to correct herself but she didn't so we did. She said she has seen so many strange names that it didn't occur to her that it was odd. lol Needless to say that is still a nickname we throw around with my son occasionally.

My daughter is named Presley Jaye (middle name is my Mother's first) and when we were naming her all sorts of alternate spelling were available like Preslei or Presleigh. We stuck with the traditional Presley even though it is a unisex name -- none of the alternate spellings really appealed to us.

My name is Marie and very few people get it right on the first try. Usually they try Mary or Maria.
Although I am guilty of alternate "creative" spelling, some of the them are just over the top ridiculous... the use of multiple apostrophes should be an indicator that things are getting a little too complex.

 

[Handbag Lady]

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

Answer later.

Heiney

 

[indimom]

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

Answer later.

First Guess: Jeanette
Second Guess: Janet
Final Guess: Jen-ay (not sure how to spell that, hope you get the drift...)

 

[NotUrsula]

Coner -- my family still cracks up whenever one of us remembers it. Poor Coner. And no, it wasn't missing an N, there wasn't a gap for another letter to fit. His sibling is Ayden.

Coner isn't missing a letter, actually, but there is a letter off because E doesn't belong in there. As a first name it really should be Conor.

The trick with messing about with the spelling of Irish-language names is that Irish is a language in which nouns (even proper names) have both case and gender, gramatically speaking, and this can differ depending on the spelling.

 

[pixiewings71]

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

LOL I do the same thing, I don't use my legal names at all, I use only a nickname, if one addresses by my legal name I know it isn't someone I need to talk to. LOL

Heiney

So I have a friend, she's my sister's friend really but she's a nice lady who I enjoy calling my friend as well. Her name is MorningStar, all 1 word, she goes by Star. Her boys have regular names but her girls are Modiesty Star and GoldieMoon HeatherLou. They use Modiesty or Modie and Goldie as their nicknames.

 

[snapppyd]

?

Ok, my real guess is Janet, but I'd be calling that kid Jean Nate' forever.

Off topic, but my mother always used Jean Nate. Once when I was young I took the "bath splash" literally and splashed it all over myself. Well it got in my eyes - holy crap that stuff BURNS!!!!

 

[design_mom]

Heiney

Sadly, I bet you're right.

 

[SaraJayne]

I am guilty of a creative spelling -- I know how to spell but chose the name with the spelling.

My son's name is Jaxson -- with the nickname Jax (which we use 90% of the time). We wanted the nickname to be Jax not Jack so we decided on the alternate spelling. There is already a "x" in our last name so we didn't burden him with a letter he wouldn't have to learn early on anyways. We don't get much confusion on his name and I have seen the spelling used numerous times elsewhere.
Funny story about his name... when he was born and we were in the hospital our nurse came in at shift change to introduce herself (her name was Blythe) and she looked at Jax and said "Who do we have here?". She bent down to look at the name card which said "Jaxson Robert" and said "we have adorable little Jaxson Robot". We waited for her to correct herself but she didn't so we did. She said she has seen so many strange names that it didn't occur to her that it was odd. lol Needless to say that is still a nickname we throw around with my son occasionally.

My daughter is named Presley Jaye (middle name is my Mother's first) and when we were naming her all sorts of alternate spelling were available like Preslei or Presleigh. We stuck with the traditional Presley even though it is a unisex name -- none of the alternate spellings really appealed to us.

My name is Marie and very few people get it right on the first try. Usually they try Mary or Maria.
Although I am guilty of alternate "creative" spelling, some of the them are just over the top ridiculous... the use of multiple apostrophes should be an indicator that things are getting a little too complex.

My DD's middle name is Jaye, also. She's named after a man that is like an older brother to me. Her first name also starts with a J, so I sometimes call her JJ.

 

[badblackpug]

I've said this before, and I will say it again, my older daughter has a VERY unusual name, with a very unusual spelling. ...and before everyone jumps on me, I did not name her, she is adopted.... The name itself is kre8tyve (okay, made up) but add in the H's, Z's, and Y's is is virtually impossible to spell and/or pronounce. (and, no, I will not tell you what it is because it is so unusual if you google it it goes to her facebook page)

The name has been a constant source of annoyance to her. She has to spell and pronounce it for everyone.

 

[bethbuchall]

No one has mentioned a "famous" one - Jinger Duggar.

Not that it surprises me that they can't figure this out but that does not spell 'ginger.' It spells 'dzin-gurr.' Like Jingle Bell.

I don't love the different spelling, but I can see the g being soft in Jinger the same as it is in ginger. Generally, when the g is followed by an e, it is soft. That isn't always the case, though. Zinger and bringer are pronounced with a hard g, for example. Usually, that is when there is a root word that the -er suffix is added to. I do not see Jing as a root word.

 

[bimshire]

My aunt is Annette and her husband is Daniel. Their daughter's name is Danette by taking syllables from the parents names. That's creative and Kool. Why give kids the same boring names as their classmates?