"Unusual Spellings of Baby Names Out of Control"

[maz]

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 have to say, i totally disagree with that. I know 4 Olivia's and every one of them is an incredibly unique individual.

A name is not just something spoke. As some have stated in here, a name can represent generations of a family, a nationality, a passion.

A name can by no means represent an individual...saying that name out loud may sound the same even if spelt different, yet its the way its spelt that means the earth to the parents, a priceless gift etched into history.

[[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"

[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!

[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!

[~Saram~]

See I get around the unusual spelling by picking weird names in general

I do believe in some circumstances it can go too far when things are spelt out of control but I don't have problem with a few letter substitutions to make it a bit different.

[Astrid]

Don't they say Imogen originated from a misspelling? Guess those of us who use it are a bit screwed either way then

From what I read it was a misprint in a Shakespearean play, it was meant to be Innogen or something like that.

[AliBaby]

JEnni I love the way you spelt Jorja! It does suit her!

[Anila]

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?

When i made the change is Bailea s name, besides being for numerilogical reasons, it was also because i thought it looked more feminine, and i thought that most boys had the spelling Bailey.
Her name has the ee sound, but i get people asking of its Bai leah. as they see lea as being leah.

[amberj]

I didn't want DS to have to spell his name so all the names we picked were fairly straightforward (as well as having other meanings for us)- I thought Peter would be an easy one for him, and it probably will be- for him, but not for me. I can't tell you how many times this past year people I have said his name over the phone and the paperwork comes back saying "Peta"!!

[smiles4u]

Maz your ears must have been burning this past weekend as i was telling my Mum about your children's names & that i especially liked the spelling of Vyolett & Wilhelm ... and my Mum instantly said " Oh, that's the proper German spelling of them, That's WONDERFUL " ... hence my Mum should know as her Dad was German

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Kerry, I've heard of a "fem-arley"... spelt "Female". I think that won a Dr's surgery sweepstake on "strange name of the year".

[cheekyfrog]

Yes, there's some really unusual names out there (I teach out west and we see quite a few). The mother of Kerosene told my friend that she'd seen the word Kerosene on a sign when they were driving somewhere and she'd really liked it. My favourite from teaching is a boy named Sham (his surname is Payne).

[widdly]

I like the good old fashioned names, not a fan of weird spelling and made up or 'strange' names at all. I think in a few years they will look really silly, but then again, maybe as the yeas go on names will just get stranger and stranger and the old fashioned names will look silly...

[beckleberry]

my partners name is spelt Joschua so i just asked him if it was annoying having a "random" letter in his name and he said it is annoying but he's used to it.

My bf's name is Tanjil (Like the river in gippsland) and she absolutely hates it when she tells people her name they usually reply no your first name then she tells them her last name with is a 5 syllable monstrosity and she cannot stand it at all.

she gave her kids short traditional names so they didnt have to throuh what she went through.

I personally love unusual names but cannot stand ridiculous spellns like pp have said small variations are ok but names like taylor that now have about 3000 spellings is kind of crazy imho

[lauren22]

My dad delivered a Yjaxon the other day pronounced jackson
and hes also had a pillow marie
and a rocket eighty-eight and martini ginger so id say it definatly has.