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**Jennifer13** · November 26th, 2014, 01:01 PM

Just noticed in the newspaper the other day that a footballer has called his daughter

Kobyfox

**peanutter** · November 26th, 2014, 07:27 PM

Came across a Haidee today (Heidi)

**Dollyroux** · November 26th, 2014, 07:28 PM

I had seen that before and always pronounced it in my head as "hey-dee".

**AnyDream** · November 26th, 2014, 07:30 PM

That's weird. I thought Heidi was pronounced high-dee

**~clover~** · November 26th, 2014, 07:58 PM

I know a Heidi (hi dee) & a Haydee. Pronounced as you'd expect. Why do people insist on messing with spelling rules?

**Raupe** · November 26th, 2014, 09:05 PM

Yep, Heidi is pronounced high-dee. Think Heidi Klum.

**phebee** · November 28th, 2014, 10:13 AM

Did anyone else think "Hades"?

**Amity** · November 29th, 2014, 12:53 PM

Today's best version was Cookie.

Yep. Cookie.

**Doing my best** · November 29th, 2014, 08:36 PM

I just saw an educator at my ds's kindy spelt kymbelea.. Maybe I am struggling cause I love the name (it is my dd's name), just not the spelling (dd has one of the common spelt versions).

**Chocaholic** · November 30th, 2014, 07:05 AM

I just saw an educator at my ds's kindy spelt kymbelea.. Maybe I am struggling cause I love the name (it is my dd's name), just not the spelling (dd has one of the common spelt versions).

Honestly, it took me a few moments to work out how to pronounce it.

**Artechim** · May 29th, 2013, 01:37 PM

Maori names don't usually have apostrophes. Unless their parents are getting creative. It would be reasonably common in Samoan names though.

**Joski** · May 29th, 2013, 02:12 PM

There was an email that did the rounds a while ago (I'm a family lawyer, so we used to see heaps of these), everything from the twins called Fish & Chips to some poor kid called Number 16 Bus Shelter. Tullula was a landmark case that overturned crazy names.

The BDM in Australia is very strict in every state so they automatically reject anything remotely inappropriate. Honestly the mind boggles sometime!!

**briggsy's girl** · May 29th, 2013, 02:54 PM

Maori names don't usually have apostrophes. Unless their parents are getting creative. It would be reasonably common in Samoan names though.

My apologies. We see a lot of people come in from nz that are no citizens on nz passports, so I assume Maori. It's possible they were Samoan or similar and have lived in nz before coming here...

**Artechim** · May 29th, 2013, 03:16 PM

Ahhh NZ, the Pacific Islanders back door to Australian residency

I wasn't meaning to be snippy

**~clover~** · May 29th, 2013, 04:10 PM

I know quite a few Maori names & spaces are usually in them, even though they're one name (Te Kiri, Te Aho), but never seen an apostrophe. And if you're using traditional names like those, adding the apostrophe would kind of defeat the traditional purpose of it wouldn't it?

I have an apostrophe in my surname, so I get that. I've just never understood them in first names as they usually replace a missing letter. I have no idea if its true, but I was told names like O'Conner came about as they were children 'Of Conner'. My surname is a similar Irish surname that generates from Shaunessy.

And I guess in saying that, changing surname spellings is a pretty old thing in history. Our name started out as Shaunessy, then O'Shaunessy, then as they migrated to Australia it was changed & the 'u' is now an 'n', as far as I know, to simplify the name. Though I'm not so sure Le-ah is really simplified...

**Amity** · May 29th, 2013, 08:22 PM

"Fitz" used to mean "b@$tard son of"
"Mac" and "O'Whatever" were also "son of".

Obviously Gerald was a busy man.

The best twins I have personally seen were Benson & Hedges.

**jellybean88** · May 29th, 2013, 09:10 PM

"Fitz" used to mean "b@$tard son of"
"Mac" and "O'Whatever" were also "son of".

Obviously Gerald was a busy man.

The best twins I have personally seen were Benson & Hedges.

I automatically thought gee Gerald was busy as was Simmons and Patrick too I guess