"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

**Trillian** · July 7th, 2009, 01:38 PM

Hehe Sam, I was nearly going to be a Sam and always thought that would have made life easier, but I guess it might not have after all PMSL!

There is not one single child's name on here that I can't look at, and not know how to say it - even Maz and Arimeh's children's names

, and I bet that the poll probably wasn't referring so much to unusual names, but just the total randomness of replacing letters just so it looks different.

**Anila** · July 7th, 2009, 01:57 PM

There is not one single child's name on here that I can't look at, and not know how to say it - even Maz and Arimeh's children's names , and I bet that the poll probably wasn't referring so much to unusual names, but just the total randomness of replacing letters just so it looks different

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:yeahthat:

**Phteven** · July 7th, 2009, 02:01 PM

woah! Sinbad is seriously a fantastic name. I love it!!

**nic** · July 7th, 2009, 02:04 PM

We took a letter off the end of DD's name which then makes it a combo of the first two letters from mine and DH's names. we are always being asked how to spell and pronounce it. Most times I give up and tell them DH's name then write out the first 2 letters, then my name and the first two letters from it..

**lilima** · July 7th, 2009, 02:30 PM

People think that I made up the spelling of Emilia. But it is jsut the Italian version of Emily. They say do you pronounce it Ah-meal-iah. It is actually pronounced exactly as spelt, but I am not too fussed if people pronounce it slightly wrong. I jsut wonder if she will hate me when she is older for having to spell it all the time. Interestingly enough I still get asked howt o spell James!

***TripleJ*** · July 7th, 2009, 02:53 PM

Interestingly enough I still get asked howt o spell James!

just hope it doesnt happen to me

**Trillian** · July 7th, 2009, 03:07 PM

our neighbours named their girl twin Emilia and I really like it, especially because Amelia has gotten so popular of late, it's still a way to have the same sounding name but still different.

**Nelle** · July 7th, 2009, 03:11 PM

I really like Sinbad.

Ahhh I don't care really. All my kids are going to be known as Your Honour, Doctor or Professor anyway, so who cares what their first name is.

**Marlene** · July 7th, 2009, 03:33 PM

All my kids are going to be known as Your Honour, Doctor or Professor anyway, so who cares what their first name is.

Love it!!!!

**tk1999** · July 7th, 2009, 03:55 PM

Ahhh I don't care really. All my kids are going to be known as Your Honour, Doctor or Professor anyway, so who cares what their first name is.

Love it Nelle

Slightly off topic but when considering names I have been going through the following process

* <name I like> mmm that is a nice name
* how would I spell <name>
* mmm how does Doctor <name> surname sound... oh, what about <name> surname, esq etc etc etc

yes I must be a loon

Ok, back on topic

**AliBaby** · July 7th, 2009, 03:15 PM

The world would be a very boring place if we all had the same name. I think all these name changes, variations come with people wanting their child to have their own identity in this crazy world.

I personally changed the spelling of DD's name from the traditional Irish way which is Aisling. I was worried that no one would be able to pronounce her name correctly as that is not even phonetically close to it. So we spelt it Ashlyn. I do get annoyed when people say to me "oh did you combine 2 names together?" ummm no, it is actually a name!!

A few times I used to get offended when someone would ask me what DD's name is and would then go 'oh' (like they hated it) when I told them but now I dont give a toss. We love it, we hope she will love it and that is what matters.

**Jennifer13** · July 7th, 2009, 02:30 PM

My grandma has always been a shocker for my name - I have childhood letters from her with every conceivable combination of 'n's and 'f's.

What annoys me about unusual spellings is that we deliberately chose the most common way to spell our DD's name and I'm constantly questioned as to whether it has a 'y' or an 'ie' anyway!

**Lulu** · July 7th, 2009, 02:33 PM

Jen - I never used to be questioned about the y - ie thing, only in recent years...

**Bathsheba** · July 7th, 2009, 03:12 PM

I bet that the poll probably wasn't referring so much to unusual names, but just the total randomness of replacing letters just so it looks different.

Spot on Trill.

ETA: and ROFL Nelle!

Also: how do you pronounce Sinbad...

is it phonetic? Or like Siobian and tricky?

**butterfly_warrior** · July 7th, 2009, 03:16 PM

They all sound the same on the playground... you're going to hear it more than you see it, so why do people want names to look different? I mean Jessica is going to be sound the same as Jessyka in the end. I don't get it.

BW

**sas85** · July 7th, 2009, 03:17 PM

He He, we mostly enjoyed ribbing my brother whenever he'd say what he was going to name him we'd all go "Arrrrrrrrrgh" like pirates. Sinbad does suit him, he's half-Tongan and the darkest of the 3 boys so looks like he can carry a more unusual name - that and he's massive already at 1 so woe to any kid who mocks him in the playground, he'll take them down

PS - so yeah, it's phonetic, Sinbad . . .like the pirate.