name spelling vent

bim38106

PLEASE spell your DC's name correctly. Don't think that "different" spellings are cute or make it unique. It's just a PITA. My name is not very common, and the spelling is even less common. I am so tired of people spelling it wrong. Once or twice or if it doesn't matter, no big deal. But I've been working w/ this designer for almost a year now and she still consistently spells my name incorrectly! I just got yet another email and it's spelled wrong. You'd think w/ me spelling it out for her and signing every single thing that she'd get it.. but nope, she insists on spelling it the way she wants. It kind of makes me feel like I'm not important enough for her to make the effort. Kind of pisses me off.. yet at the same time I'm so used to it. Don't do that to your child!

LMS05

My mom is Diane, but my grandpa always spelled it Dianne. He wanted it to be Dianne on her birth certificate, but my grandma got to it before he could. My moms sister is named Sheron, not Sharon, because my grandpa really wanted it to be "different". My grandma was so mad that he did that without asking her! My aunt says most people pronounce it, She-ron or Sha-rone and rarely Share-in. I've always felt bad for her! Dh and I would never do that to our child.?

ara4488

Could. Not. Agree. More.

To the OP:

Aliliv

I agree..... to a point.  There are many names (even somewhat common ones) that have several "proper" spellings.   So, chances are your baby will end up having to spell out their name a few times throughout life anyway.

RoxyLynn

Amen, amen, amen!  Your child can have many wonderful and individualistic qualities without any "help" from tragic misspellings.  It's an amazing thing to sacrifice for your child, but to deliberately be seen as semi-literate when naming your kid is of minimal value.

mybobble

I can see why parents want their child's name to be "unique" but most of the time it looks like they didn't know how to spell the name.

My cousin's dd for example. Her name is Colby but they wanted a "unique" spelling and went w/ Colebeigh. Yes, Im serious!

 

AllThatGlitters101

My sister and I were both "blessed" (ahem) by our mother with youneek spellings. We were just talking about what a PITA our names are. She said, "I cringe when I have to spell my name because people look at me like I'm crazy."

 

 

GettinNervous

WORD UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jsillyfun

I totally agree. I have to say, I have been lucky to have such an easy name (Jennifer). I can just say it, never have to spell it, and everyone pronounces it right. Sure, I wished for a more unusual name, but I do appreciate that I didn't get cursed with some crazy spelling like Genipher or something.

amyfelice

Part of it is just people are lazy and dumb, as in you have told this person countless times and she refuses to learn it.

but I agree, if there is a classic spelling, probably best to just stick with it.

pocketpixie28

My name has only one way to spell it but because it is so similar to Laura, ppl assume my name is Laura, even with I pronounce it correctly for them.

wheelenl

I agree, but I do think it's okay to use a variation if it's an ACTUAL spelling variation, OR if the original spelling has been bastardized and while less popular is the actual real spelling.

Bronwen/wyn is on my list. I can't decide how I would spell it. Bronwyn is more common, but the actual name Bronwyn is a boy's name, and Bronwen is the girl's spelling of the name. People have just started using the yn spelling for girls, but it's in fact the wrong version.

Also, we spelled  DS' name Colin with one L because it's statistically the more common one, but people spell it incorrectly all of the time, even after corrected.

So, I think it's one thing to name someone Stephen instead of Steven or whatever, but it's quite another to name someone Colbeigh instead of Colby! LOL!

 

Disneygeek77

Yep couldn't agree more.  I have a unique spelling for a common name and I am cursed to correct people on the spelling and pronunciation for the rest of my life. 

Plus when I was little I could never have stuff with my name on it.  If I did it always had the common spelling, Stephanie. 

I swore that my kids would have the most common spelling for their names.

ashleycharee

Well my name is Ashley, which you think would be easy, but people constantly misspell it.  I don't know.  I do agree that the classic spelling is usually the best, but there are some names with multiple ways of spelling them and in a lot of cases none is better or worse than the others.  A lot of the spellings that we think are "normal" in America aren't really the correct way to spell names.  I think it's sad when people criticize spelling because it's not the Americanized version of the name. 

But I agree that people who try to be unique often end up looking unintelligent.  I have a friend who has a son named "Izahia" which is suppost to be Isaiah and I cringe every time I see it.  To me, there is no way that it isn't "Is-a-HE-uh" or maybe "eye-zah-ee-uh" based on the spelling.  I have no idea how she can look at that and think it spells Isaiah.