"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[~clover~]

I know a Jaymz too.

I guess we are all different. I grew up with a long Irish last name & my first name & always had to spell both. My brother & sister are Wade & Sahra (not Sarah). They got Wayne & Sarah all the time, but none of us hate our names. (I wasn't a fan of mine, but, honestly...Skye's just a magnet for teasing!)

It does mean alot to me that DD's name is different.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Maz, I'm sooooo pleased I told my parents BEFORE I changed my name now! I didn't realise that other people were so attached to names they gave away: one reason I changed my name because the daughter I probably will never have was going to have Zaidie - as she's not going to appear any time soon, or ever, I figured why wait and give it away when I want it myself!

DS's name represents a LOT of family history (we're generally better at spelling boys' names than girls') but it wouldn't upset me if he changed it: yes, I picked it and gave it to him but he can do as he wishes with it now; it is his.

[maz]

Good on you for being able to do that Zaidie ...its something I just cant do in respect to my parents even if it was mixed up....I dont see why causing them unnecessary hurt or disapointment in their twilight years because of it...something they were proud giving me at the time.

My solution to it......... well just look at my username...that say's enough now doesnt it

[Phteven]

I'm sensing a bit of a tense vibe in here. Surely we can all disagree without getting over-wrought or upset.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

like my name... its spelt HOLLYE... y the "e"u ask??? i dont bloody know. Im so sick of spelling it to people, over and over. I give up most of the time and just let them spell and pronounce it how they like.

so yes, in some sense it can get a little out of control.

[Phteven]

I always thought you were Holly E...
Is it pronounced the same as Holly?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

yep, pronouced the same. Nah my middle name starts with an 'A' and my last name with a "d"

[maz]

I'm sensing a bit of a tense vibe in here. Surely we can all disagree without getting over-wrought or upset.

sorry if my post came across that way hon...it wasnt ment to.

zaidie - I really do mean it......good on you! I just cant do it .... your perhaps a stronger person then me

[paradise lost]

What about unisex names with different spellings to denote gender. I get confused by people changing spellings there...

I am ok with Francis/Frances, Leslie/Lesley but what about Lee/Leigh? I know male and female Leighs. Also Robin/Robyn and Charlie/Charley/Charleigh....any idea? I always used to think there were maybe universal rules i wasn't party to lol!

Bx

[Anila]

Most of those names were said for a LONG LONG time before they were written down. So really the spelling, even the oldest "traditional" spelling, is completely arbitrary - it's just what the first person to write the name down thought it should look like which is why there are variations between countries of origin even when the name sounds the same, and for all we know they could have been adding or omitting letters for the sake of fashion too.

i agree with that, who says that the traditional spelling is the right one, maybe someone didnt like the creative spelling so they changed it?

I am Lisa, and I get asked how to spell my name, my gf is Leesa (she is 10 yrs older than me) and she gets asked how to spell her name, but both names are the same, so i really dont think it matters what ur name is, someone is gonna aske u how to spell it one day!

[paradise lost]

It's funny, people ask me to spell my name, Rebecca, which is spelled in the totally standard way. I always kind of wished they'd called me Rebekah to reflect my Jewish extraction...

Bx

[BrightSparkles]

Meh-kel-tee

We tried to spell it phonetically.. LOL

This is why I decided to spell Jorja the way we did

J-or-ja
And it suited her LOL

[MrsFabuloso]

Personally I don't like creative spelling much. But really if the parent has a reason for it, even just to put their own stamp on thier child, then that's fair enough.
My name is Kellie. I have people spell it wrong all the time and they just assume its Kelly. I don't really care except if it's something important. But because of it, I tired to give my kids simple names, spelt the most common way (or so I thought!) But I have already had 'Lily' spelt in every combination possible and even 'Liam' has been Leem, Leiham, Leam.
Being a child care worker I see every spelling under the sun. At the moment we have so many double and triple names, all spelt differently. One name in particular, we have 5 girls with the same name. Only one spells it in what I would call the 'normal' spelling. It makes it tricky when the parents get upset at us for spelling the names wrongly, and while I can understand it, it's hard to know who's name is spelt which way!!
So I think no matter how you spell your kids names, they are always going to be asked how to spell it!

[paradise lost]

It's funny Jennjorja when i see jorja i "read" YorYa. Must be a german-head thing! lol.

Bx

[~clover~]

It's funny Jennjorja when i see jorja i "read" YorYa. Must be a german-head thing! lol.

Bx

I'm a bit like that. I have a friend who's DS is Djaygo (Jaygo), I always read it as Diego

[maz]

It's funny Jennjorja when i see jorja i "read" YorYa. Must be a german-head thing! lol.

Bx

ROFL me to...my eldest brother Jan and here in Australian he got called Yun and one of my other brothers is Klaus and gets claws

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I didn't see any offence, Maz. It's something I have wanted to do since the age of about 14 (all my school books have it on them!) so I thought at Easter "I've wanted this name half my life... why wait any longer? Silly graduation present for next year when I want my proper name on my certificate." So I spoke to Mum and changed my name! Dad laughed at me but his mum was really thrilled as it was her mum's middle name. I should have gotten Mum to do it for me age 14 (she said she would have) then less hassle with changing it on FAR more things now. It's not strength, it's realising I want that name and am never going to get a chance to use it unless I use it on myself!

Bec, I went to school with a female Lee. And Robin is unisex, but Robyn is female. At the moment. But look at The Pickwick Papers - Tracy's a boy! The rules change a lot.

I still say the traditional "Sophia" would never have been "Seaufeighya" - because most people go for the easiest spelling. Adding in extra letters, changing letters to make it more "cool"... I don't get that at all. It just makes life difficult for the child, from my experience.

Like names ending in ea - is that an "eee" sound or an "ear" sound: Bailea I figure is probably the eee sound but Lea would be - which one actually, Lee or Lear?

ETA - I always thought Jorja was from the Spanish: I know they spell George as Jorge, same pronounciation. Which would be pronounced "yorg" (hard G sound) by a Scandinavian.

[BrightSparkles]

It's funny Jennjorja when i see jorja i "read" YorYa. Must be a german-head thing!

lol

I guess jenni is a J rather than a Y - sound so to me Jorja sounds the same.
Hmm... i don't know if i've typed it right....