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.