Unusual spelling of names?

[pixiewings71]

When we had DD#1, we did not find out her gender ahead of time. DH and I both have names that begin with "K" and both of my siblings have "K" names so we decided to keep that tradition going. We decided that DD's middle name would be Grace, after DH's grandmother, but we wanted a more "trendy" name for her first name. We settled on Kamryn. We call her Kammy.

While pregnant with baby #2, we decided that if it was a boy, his name would be Kaden Lawrence (middle name is DH's father's name). We were thinking Kathryn Elizabeth for a girl, but it just sounded so "proper". Right up until I delivered, I was convinced we were having a boy so we really didn't think too much about an alternate girl's name. Well, guess what? Yup, we had a beautiful baby girl. I was so in love with the name Kaden so we just decided to use it. Our little girl, Kaedyn Elizabeth, turns 7 next week! We call her Kaedy for short.

I like those names. My oldest is Cami, short for Camille. She is usually very unique in that it's a very simple name but not many people use it.

It seems we have added my daughter to the list of mispronounced names- her name is "Alivia". Most people around here tend to pronounce "Olivia" like "uh-livia" rather than with the long "o" at the beginning which is how I prefer it.
So, we thought lets just spell it with an "a" and it will always be pronounced correctly- not so much.

I would pronounce Alivia "Aahhhh-livia", like I'm saying "ahhh" at the dentist office. I have a friend who has a DD named Amalie, pronounced just like it's spelled, Ama-lee, his name is Cassady.

 

[Jaya]

Years ago, we had friends who named their daughter "Honey".....bad enough...but when her birth certificate came, it said "Hokey". They decided they liked it and kept her name as Hokey. Poor kid. Poor kid.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Nice choice! We named our daughter, who's now 28, Camryn, nicknamed Cammie. She has always loved her name. For many years we didn't know any other Camerons/Camryns but then it really caught on.

Ferris Buhlers day off?

 

[LittleMissMagic]

I would pronounce Alivia "Aahhhh-livia", like I'm saying "ahhh" at the dentist office.

I honestly don't think there is a huge difference between "Ah-livia" and "Oh-livia." It's just how different people say it, but not worth getting one's panties in a wad in my opinion.

My name is Victoria. There are four syllables - Vic-tor-ee-ah. However, most people (due to the length of my name), pronounce it, "Vic-tor-ya" (I actually had a girl spell my name "Victorya" once, and I didn't say anything to her - just thought she was incredibly ignorant). I don't correct them or get upset about it... and it's so common, I don't really notice when people do or do not annunciate all four syllables. But whenever I introduce myself to someone, I make sure to pronounce it correctly.

I think that's my position. If you want to spell your child's name abnormally, that's your decision. But don't get upset when people mispronounce or mispell their name because you set yourself (and your child) up for that.

 

[NotUrsula]

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I have a friend who has a DD named Amalie, pronounced just like it's spelled, Ama-lee, his name is Cassady.
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And there is yet another one that is a language issue. The conventional way to pronounce Amalie is actually ah-MAHL-ya; it is German.

A neighbor child of ours is named Amalie, her family calls her Molly for short. Her mother tells me that people who are not familiar with German names have issues with seeing how the nickname flows from the name, but it does if you are hearing it rather than seeing it.

 

[maxiesmom]

One of my best friends name is spelled Caley, but pronounced Kelly. And we are not spring chickens, so this has been going on for a while.

 

[Diznotyzed]

Ferris Buhlers day off?

Came out two years after we named our daughter!

 

[JVL1018]

I honestly don't think there is a huge difference between "Ah-livia" and "Oh-livia." It's just how different people say it, but not worth getting one's panties in a wad in my opinion.

My name is Victoria. There are four syllables - Vic-tor-ee-ah. However, most people (due to the length of my name), pronounce it, "Vic-tor-ya" (I actually had a girl spell my name "Victorya" once, and I didn't say anything to her - just thought she was incredibly ignorant). I don't correct them or get upset about it... and it's so common, I don't really notice when people do or do not annunciate all four syllables. But whenever I introduce myself to someone, I make sure to pronounce it correctly.

I think that's my position. If you want to spell your child's name abnormally, that's your decision. But don't get upset when people mispronounce or mispell their name because you set yourself (and your child) up for that.

My name is also Victoria, but I've never heard anyone say Vic-tor-ya. Always ee-ah at the end. I am not a fan of the ya at the end for our name, I have to say, sounds odd.

I have a Julia and people say both Jule-ee-uhh and Jule-ya. I prefer Jule-ee-uh, but I don't care if people pronounce it either way.
I purposely named both my kids names where I like all the variations and pronunciations.

My son is Matthew, you can call him Matthew, Matt or Matty.
You can call my daughter Julia(either pronunciation) Jule, Jules or J...not Julie, though. A fine name, but IMO a different name all together from hers..

 

[brookmey]

And there is yet another one that is a language issue. The conventional way to pronounce Amalie is actually ah-MAHL-ya; it is German.

A neighbor child of ours is named Amalie, her family calls her Molly for short. Her mother tells me that people who are not familiar with German names have issues with seeing how the nickname flows from the name, but it does if you are hearing it rather than seeing it.

DH's maternal grandmother was off the boat German and her name was Amalie. And her nickname was also Molly, but spelled Mollie. It's funny to learn of another Amalie/Molly out there!

We named our daughter Molly and my MIL's family just did not get it that Molly is her name, not her nickname. We did not name her Amalie, but a couple of DH's great aunts continue to think that's her real name, even after 8 years. LOL

DH's name is Bryon, like Brian. He hates it since people always assume his name is BYron. It's actually caused a lot of problems for him because official documents (DL, SS card, marriage license, insurance cards, etc) have all been spelled wrong at first, leading to the hassles of having to change the spelling.

My name is Brook, without the "e.". It's never mispronounced, but I can't tell you how much mail I've gotten addressed to Mr. Brook. When I turned 18 I got several letters from the military reminding me to register. I had to go to the Secretary of State to straighten it out. It was a huge pain. So, with our kids we decided to spell their names the most common way so they wouldn't have to go through the messes DH and I did.

 

[plyeng2ff]

I have been doing some Genealogy myself and my legal name is Cathy. Not Catherine, not Kathleen, but just Cathy. Imagine my surprise when I found a birth certificate that had all my info, but with the name Katherine. I asked my dad about it and he had no clue. But for whatever reason one was filed. One of these days, I'm going to see if I can get a copy of it.

When I was in high school I went to an all girls Catholic school and the nuns insisted you go by your Christian name. They didn't believe me that my Christian name was just Cathy. My mom had to bring in my birth certificate to prove it.

My mother had the same problems with her name. Her legal first Kathy and middle name of Lynn and everyone try calling her Katherine. Her nickname was Katt so they would also think it was short for Katlynn.

 

[2DisPrincesses]

I have to ask - How should Alivia be pronounced? If i was guessing the pronunciation I might say the A like the A in cat, or possibly like the A in Ahh (as in "Open your mouth and say Ahh"), or even A like the sound in Hey, or Yay or May. But your post makes me think you would pronounce it Oh-livia, which I would never guess from that spelling.

Sorry, I guess my post was confusing. The "A" is supposed to be pronounced like at the beginning of "anatomy" and "acoustic".

 

[Casperina]

My name is Elphey. Try to figure *that* out!

 

[2DisPrincesses]

I honestly don't think there is a huge difference between "Ah-livia" and "Oh-livia." It's just how different people say it, but not worth getting one's panties in a wad in my opinion.

I think that's my position. If you want to spell your child's name abnormally, that's your decision. But don't get upset when people mispronounce or mispell their name because you set yourself (and your child) up for that.

No "panties in a wad here". In fact, I believe I said we set her up for mispronunciations. I'm glad the difference doesn't bother you, but I don't care for "Oh-livia" so we've eliminated that one at least.

She tends to introduce herself as "Liv" anyway, so that works too.

 

[pixiewings71]

I honestly don't think there is a huge difference between "Ah-livia" and "Oh-livia." It's just how different people say it, but not worth getting one's panties in a wad in my opinion.

My name is Victoria. There are four syllables - Vic-tor-ee-ah. However, most people (due to the length of my name), pronounce it, "Vic-tor-ya" (I actually had a girl spell my name "Victorya" once, and I didn't say anything to her - just thought she was incredibly ignorant). I don't correct them or get upset about it... and it's so common, I don't really notice when people do or do not annunciate all four syllables. But whenever I introduce myself to someone, I make sure to pronounce it correctly.

I think that's my position. If you want to spell your child's name abnormally, that's your decision. But don't get upset when people mispronounce or mispell their name because you set yourself (and your child) up for that.

Who's panties are wadded? LOL
Not mine My given name is Kathryn, after my Grandmother (now try to figure out where Kerri came from haha) She refused to let my Mom call me Kathryn because where she grew up it was pronounced Katherrrrrn, with a long r and a slurred e. So to use that name my Mom had to come up with an acceptable nickname, she tried all the usuals, Katy, Kathy, etc, but Grandma nixed them so Kerri I am. It can be very easy to mis-pronounce a name that you would think was very common.

And there is yet another one that is a language issue. The conventional way to pronounce Amalie is actually ah-MAHL-ya; it is German.

A neighbor child of ours is named Amalie, her family calls her Molly for short. Her mother tells me that people who are not familiar with German names have issues with seeing how the nickname flows from the name, but it does if you are hearing it rather than seeing it.

I didn't realize, I doubt they did either. I think Amalie is a very pretty name and pronouncing it Ama-Lee would be acceptable. I also like the pronunciation the way you have it listed.

Sorry, I guess my post was confusing. The "A" is supposed to be pronounced like at the beginning of "anatomy" and "acoustic".

So I think I guessed it right I just need to less of a awwww sound and more of an ah sound. lol

 

[SaraJayne]

My name is also Victoria, but I've never heard anyone say Vic-tor-ya. Always ee-ah at the end. I am not a fan of the ya at the end for our name, I have to say, sounds odd.

I have a Julia and people say both Jule-ee-uhh and Jule-ya. I prefer Jule-ee-uh, but I don't care if people pronounce it either way.
I purposely named both my kids names where I like all the variations and pronunciations.

My son is Matthew, you can call him Matthew, Matt or Matty.
You can call my daughter Julia(either pronunciation) Jule, Jules or J...not Julie, though. A fine name, but IMO a different name all together from hers..

My DD is Julia and we always pronounce it Jule ee uh, unless we are teasing her, then we call her Juleya (said very quickly).

No Julie!

 

[plyeng2ff]

Steffani

I have seen Stephanie and Stefanie but never Steffani before

I dont think Steffani is different just a like unusual. It been around for while now. Its Lady Gaga real first name and she twenty-six.