"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[sas85]

Mel- Thats what I figured, but wasn't sure if it was foreign so might have different innotations.

Trill-. It's true, even with my common name Sarah I still get asked by the Gloria Jeans people with or without an H EVERY time, (which I find funny in itself because they're calling my name out not spelling it out for everyone, duh)

And my husband Lloyd, there is only 1 way to spell Lloyd, and yet most people spell it Llyod which isn't even phonetical so what the??? Or my Oma spells it Loid - Bwa ha ha ha! I think we figure we just see the lighter side of it all, some people will always get it wrong regardless of whether it's unusual spelling or not. (In saying that I would think it was weird if I came across a Sxarah, spelt with a silent x)

Slightly off the subject but my brother named his second son . . . wait for it . . SINBAD. I'd take almost any name with a silent X or Z over that any day.

[Anila]

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]

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

[nic]

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]

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!

[Jennifer13]

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]

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

[*TripleJ*]

Interestingly enough I still get asked howt o spell James!

just hope it doesnt happen to me

[Trillian]

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.

[kirsty_lee]

That being said - I gave DS a "normal" name - Lachlan and 3 times in the last week I have had to correct people's spelling of that too .....

LOL dee, I have to spell dd's name all the time.. i mean seriously how hard is AVA?! It's not even the asking how Jayde is spelt cause her name is hyphenated.. it's ava they have a problem with

[Nelle]

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.

[Bathsheba]

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?

[AliBaby]

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.

[butterfly_warrior]

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]

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.

[Heaven]

I don't get it either! I prefer traditional spellings but I also like uncommon names.

Off topic but Bath, I loooooove your new avvy!!

[Bathsheba]

Ta Heaven! I just logged back on after doing a spot of housework and noticed it myself!

[Phteven]

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

Actually to be really pedantic it's Sinbad the Sailor. As-Sindibād al-Baḥri was a sailor not a pirate. From Basrah.
Most Westerners are familiar with him from translations of The Thousand and One Nights where he has been included in the tales of Scheherazade but historically the Tales of Sinbad were not part of the Thousand and One Nights.