"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[maz]

If you had decided to use William not Wilhelm and spelt it Whylyahm then my eyebrow might have popped.

oh THAT did my head in big time

My issue with unusual spelling is this - there are a lot of snobs out there who are going to think if you have an unusual spelling to your name, they can assume a whole lot of things about you as a person (from the viewpoint of socio-economic status, education levels, etc).

heheheh so Vy is oging to be a pole dancer come stripper then

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

thanks babe needed to hear that

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.

Because its a way to make your child unique, putting your stamp on them for life...that child is part of you and their name is one of the most important and most valuable thing you can give them bar life its self.

I hated my name as a child....my name was always misspronounced....its spelt
Maryan...and got Mary-Anne all my life..its actually pronounced Merry - en

It wasnt until my brothers headstone was layed down did I notice something very odd and questioned my parents about it. name was spelt Maryen not the usual way.
My dad wanted my name spelt MARYEN but somehow it had ended up MARYAN and it stayed. My dad has only realised that my name isnt spelt right (he has gotten a bit forgetful in old age) and isnt happy and to behonest, nor am I..... blame was pointed at my mum at first but we are now thinking that my name was changed by some 'well meaning nurse' in hospital who thought my name was actually promounced Mary-Anne...mum never changed it as she thought dad had wanted it that way and dad thought mum wanted it that was.

So a life time of missery and torment on over having my name spelt incorrectly by someone trying to fix what they thought was wrong.

And it still gnaw's at me......

[Nelle]

I reckon change it Maz. Would be fun.

Bx, how ARE some of those first names pronounced? I only recently learned about Niamh, so I'm fascinated by it all.

[~clover~]

Because its a way to make your child unique, putting your stamp on them for life...that child is part of you and their name is one of the most important and most valuable thing you can give them bar life its self.

Exactly. Thankyou. I know it sounds the same, but I didn't want her like all the other Jasmine's out there. I love the name, but I wanted it to be unique just like she is. I also prefer the nickname spelling - Jaz instead of Jas.