"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[Taurean]

Totally agree with the poll - it has gotten out of hand.

I think it bothers me most as when you say a lot of these creatively spelt names, they sound identical to the traditional spelling so I don't see the point in adding/switching letters in an attempt to make the name original. It still sounds the same but the parents and child just have to correct everyone when it comes to spelling it for the rest of their lives. I just don't get it.

[Phteven]

Jayne is a tradition spelling personally I don't regard it as being an unusual spelling, it's just a variant, lot's of names have a number of spellings all of which are normal. Jhaiyn on the other hand, hmmmm.
We tried to chose names that are pretty simple and spellings that are fairly phonetic, I didn't want my children to have to tell people how to pronounce their name or how to spell it. It gets so tedious always having to help people out.

[Laranna]

I tend to agree with the poll and I'm not a fan of creative spelling of normal names. Although I do like the unusual names, it irks me seeing a lovely name all messed up with silly spelling.

I thought my name (Lynette) would be easy to spell, but I am always spelling it out for people as I get so many variations of it. Even if I just call myself Lyn, I get variations on that too! DF has even tougher time. He's a Mathieu which is the French spelling of Matthew. Even when you spell it out for people they still stick a 'w' on the end. It's like they can't get their head around it! LOL