Weird Names

**mumofethan** · 08-07-2005 15:17

I seem to be surrounded by people with weird names, or different spelling... i know this is common now, but some of my friends are between 20 and 30!

My list includes:
Kristijaan (pronounced Christian)
Krystian (pronounced Christian)
Lyam (Liam)
Kaitlyn (Caitlin)
Vladamir
Liesa (pronounced Li-es-a)
Kylan

And their are more...

Is this just something i didnt really think about when i named Ethan!

Michelle

**Chickadee** · 08-07-2005 15:50

Wow. The worst I've had among my age group (35ish) is trying to remember which Jen is Jenifer and which is Jennifer! We had a LOT of Jens.

**madvoice** · 08-07-2005 16:19

I often get comments on my daugher's name as they pronounce Raleigh as raylee. I pronounce it as rally, like Sir Walter Raleigh.

**cleighsa** · 08-07-2005 16:48

hi im one of those mid 20's people with weird name (well not weird just spelt weird). im Leighsa -(lisa) and i always had problems with teachers at school and everyone else. it was hard then cause i was always so shy, but i like it now to be a little different.
my little girl is elliot, and ive prob condemed her to a life of being thought of as a boy, but at least its easy to pronounce.

**madvoice** · 08-07-2005 19:12

Don't worry Leighsa, you're not alone everyone thinks Raleigh is a boy too LOL

**razzle** · 08-07-2005 19:16

I personally think that weird spellings are ridiculous. I have nothing against original or unusual names (or boy's names for girls - Eloise's middle name is Cameron) but when it's clearly a name just spelled differently to guarantee originality

it's pathetic.

Kristijaan's mum & dad have sentenced this kid to a lifetime of teasing!!

Kids nowadays have enough trouble spelling (witness "sms speak"

) without all these wacky names interfering! It's just BAD spelling!

But.... just my opinion.....

**draught** · 08-07-2005 19:39

The best I have come across was in America where I was told of a girl whose name was pronounced "feh-ma-lee" - which was okay until you saw the spelling - "female" - when asked, her mother told the officer I was talking to that the hospital had named her?!?! In other words when they wrote, "Baby Smith - Female", the mother thought that was her name! Now that is a case of great spelling but no idea!!!!
(And this is not an urban myth - it was a child protection officer telling me of one of her cases!)

**Briannabear** · 08-07-2005 19:46

I think I posted somewhere else that I found a website that said that a young woman named her child ******* (Im not swearing - thats how she spelt it...) pronounced Ah-shol-ee. True story - somewhere in America! I cant believe that someone could do that to their child! That poor person will be victim to bad jokes for the rest of their life.

**Briannabear** · 08-07-2005 20:07

I think Mara-Jade is a pretty name!

**Graeme** · 08-07-2005 21:03

Hi

I know a couple who named their daughter Fuel Sever. I kid you not.

I also have a friend whos name is Rohnda. Her parents just made a mistake and got the H in the wrong place.

Graeme