"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[maz]

I wanna give a little run down to why we decided to spell our children's names the way they have so there is a little understanding as to why some people prefer to do something out of the box

I remember when Nikolaus was at kinder there was another NIcholaus B (last name very simular to ours) and at the christmas party a nana commented
oh I bet its not 'aus' its quiet uncommon
hmmm me being me came right back and said
so your german aswell are you
nana quickly made an exit

Ive spelt both Nikolaus and Wilhelm the traditional way...although I did have a little chat to the art teacher at school about Nilolaus' name when she continuously miss spelt it but all hs teachers have been wrapped by his variation due to both my Nikolaus and hte other Nicholaus being in the same class this year.
Wilhelm....I get sick of him being called William...grrrr its not his name
Vyolett...i had to spell it different...I really didnt want another child with i as their second letter in their name
Mateauz - omg my dad couldnt believe the way we spelt it. Its ment to be Mathias and for me it looked was to girly. We get Mah - tooez all the time and people get surprised when I say no actually it Mah- tea - az. And for those who dont know Mathias is Matthew in German meaning son of god fits him perfect me thinks

We also decided to pick names that would be able to be shortened into nicknames when the kids get older - eg Nik, Wil, Vy and Mat but that is if they choose it.

FWIW - we have more troubles having to spll our last name and its every common

I hope thats helped some understand why some of us parents decided for a reason...we all dont put letters in a hat and pull them out to make up a name