You're naming your baby what?!?

Mama2Be11911 · June 2011

One of my biggest pet peeves is someone naming their baby something and spelling it in the most weirdly "creative" way possible. UGH! This drives me crazy along with people not using turn signals and people not wiping down the machines at the gym. Maybe it doesn't bug everyone, but it does me! I won't list examples because they are floating around these boards!

knottie198f1ac43570b6c2 · June 2011

ha I agree that I think it's silly. I have heard some definite strange examples and my cousin spelled both of her girls names wrong to make them more "unique" and now even my family can't figure out how to spell them or even say them haha. I just think it makes it annoying for the kids when they get older and no one can pronounce and/or spell their name. But I guess that's their personal decision.

jjabs18 · June 2011

My aunt would like us to change the spelling of Peyton's name to Paiten so that it is more "original". I told her that I took her suggestion into consideration and we will not be changing the spelling of her name.

MommaErica · June 2011

I'm with you on this one! These crazy spellings do not make children seem unique, they make parents seem illiterate. Honestly though, I have yet to see a name on this board that makes me really cringe. I've seen a few I don't like but, nothing completely butchered. Check out some other parenting websites out there. Seriously it's scary.

The thing that really, really makes me batty is when parents butcher a name beyond all recognition and then get an attitude with me for "mispronouncing" it. I'm sorry but the rules of English pronunciation apply equally to everyone. You and your child are not special. I did NOT "mispronounce" it. YOU MISSPELLED IT!!!!!!!!!!

lmorg678 · June 2011

Mama2Be11911:
One of my biggest pet peeves is someone naming their baby something and spelling it in the most weirdly "creative" way possible. UGH! This drives me crazy along with people not using turn signals and people not wiping down the machines at the gym. Maybe it doesn't bug everyone, but it does me! I won't list examples because they are floating around these boards!

I completely agree!! And btw, Avery Elizabeth was going to be our girls name if the baby were a girl... but alas, he's a boy. but yay! the name.

KBBH · June 2011

To piggy back on this, I know that people choose their names on personal preference, and who am I to judge...however, sometimes I hear these names and it makes me want to rip my ears off. Really!? That is what you are going to give this child to live with for the rest of their lives? Please don't think about how "cute" it is or how "trendy" it is because if it's "cute," the adorable baby named a "cute" name will become a grown adult who has to use that forever. If it is "trendy" and you like the sound of it, know that "trends" will change and then it will just be an odd name. Not to mention there will be 7-10 of that name in your kid's graduating class. So by being "original," you really aren't because there are 100 others.

knottie198f1ac43570b6c2 · June 2011

jjabs18:
My aunt would like us to change the spelling of Peyton's name to Paiten so that it is more "original". I told her that I took her suggestion into consideration and we will not be changing the spelling of her name.

I have never seen it spelled Paiten ha so I would totally agree with you on that one.

seamco12 · June 2011

I agree. If you want a unique name. Find a legitimate name that is rare. Do not butcher a boring name with horrible phonetic spelling, or random Y's, just to make it youneek.

Sarahcakes29 · June 2011

I totally agree. Especially when it comes to common names with common spellings (e.g., Lyndsee vs. Lindsey); just seems like the child will have to constantly need to spelling their name out. It also makes me wonder what the motivation is to have a name spelled in such a unique way. We all want our children to be special - and each will be unique - but a child can be just as original as a Jane than as a Jaiyne. I want my kid to stand out for who they are.

forensicmama · June 2011

Oh, I agree. It's a pet peeve of mine and it looks trashy.

katiebug66 · June 2011

I agree. My DH teaches school and has a student who goes by a nickname because she can't spell her own name. It wouldn't be so bad but he teaches 8th grade!!!

turtlewifey · June 2011

MommaErica:

I'm with you on this one! These crazy spellings do not make children seem unique, they make parents seem illiterate. Honestly though, I have yet to see a name on this board that makes me really cringe. I've seen a few I don't like but, nothing completely butchered. Check out some other parenting websites out there. Seriously it's scary.

Yep, this exactly. I definitely judge the parents when I see wacko spellings for common names.

FuFey · June 2011

Have you all been to the baby names board I take it? LOL I love reading that board and sharing the crazy names I hear at work. It makes me feel like our LO will be a step ahead by being able to go to kindergarten and say "my name is Edward" or "My name is Claire" and spell it. Not "my name is D'aJavon'Tae Amairyka" and have no idea how to spell it, let alone have the teacher pronounce it right. I think so many of them are dooming their lo's to a lifetime of having to explain "no, it is spelled/pronounced..." Indifferent

Cranang · June 2011

Waiting for all of the people to come by and start flaming.

I don't know why people actually try to defend these horrible spellings, but they do. I understand "to each his own" but that's only if it's affecting only YOU. Unfortunately, when you completely botch the spelling of your child's name, you're condemning him/her to at least 18 years of phonics F**K ups. "Y" and "I" are NOT, repeat NOT, completely interchangeable in the English language. Spelling "Lindsey" as "Lindsee" makes it look like YOU can't spell. Or that your mind is so simple that it can only understand the phonetic spelling of things so you don't mispronounce it!

Hey, that rant felt good!!! Anyway, I obviously agree with you ladies 110%. Names are a hot button item for me, and boy have I seen some real doozies just on this board (not November, thank God, but the Bump in general). It takes every bit of self-control in my extraordinarily hormonal state to not call them out and be like "WTF are you thinking???"

Sarahbear621 · June 2011

haha do i fall into this category- i posted a mn for my DD which is Deveroux and I think I got a few crazy looks. If you explain it though- it is not unique- just a city in ireland my family is from. Regardless try cutting people a little slack. I know there are a lot of extremes but do you really want a world full of tiffany's, sofia and Bella?

Cranang · June 2011

Sarahbear621:
haha do i fall into this category- i posted a mn for my DD which is Deveroux and I think I got a few crazy looks. If you explain it though- it is not unique- just a city in ireland my family is from. Regardless try cutting people a little slack. I know there are a lot of extremes but do you really want a world full of tiffany's, sofia and Bella?

I'm confused though. There is no city in Ireland with that spelling. Only "Devereux". The difference in the phonetics is large. "Devereux" would end in a long "O" sound, and "Deveroux" should end in a "ROO" sound, like "kangaROO." How do you pronounce your DD name?

Sarahbear621 · June 2011

Cranang:

Sarahbear621:
haha do i fall into this category- i posted a mn for my DD which is Deveroux and I think I got a few crazy looks. If you explain it though- it is not unique- just a city in ireland my family is from. Regardless try cutting people a little slack. I know there are a lot of extremes but do you really want a world full of tiffany's, sofia and Bella?

I'm confused though. There is no city in Ireland with that spelling. Only "Devereux". The difference in the phonetics is large. "Devereux" would end in a long "O" sound, and "Deveroux" should end in a "ROO" sound, like "kangaROO." How do you pronounce your DD name?

Sorry I meant to spell is Devereux. Trying to multi-task and I'm one of those bad people that never bother to go back and fix my spelling errors or re-read what I wrote.

ashnsean · June 2011

I agree with you. It is just way too confusing. This isn't an odd name spelling, but my DH's coworker recently had a baby and named him Titus. Yep like a dog.

shelbyluvschachi · June 2011

ashnsean:
I agree with you. It is just way too confusing. This isn't an odd name spelling, but my DH's coworker recently had a baby and named him Titus. Yep like a dog.

I don't have a problem at all with Titus. It's a real name (albeit an uncommon one) and that's how you spell it. Also don't get the dog reference, but maybe that's just me.

MommaErica · June 2011

Sarahbear621:
Cranang:

Sarahbear621:
haha do i fall into this category- i posted a mn for my DD which is Deveroux and I think I got a few crazy looks. If you explain it though- it is not unique- just a city in ireland my family is from. Regardless try cutting people a little slack. I know there are a lot of extremes but do you really want a world full of tiffany's, sofia and Bella?
I'm confused though. There is no city in Ireland with that spelling. Only "Devereux". The difference in the phonetics is large. "Devereux" would end in a long "O" sound, and "Deveroux" should end in a "ROO" sound, like "kangaROO." How do you pronounce your DD name?
Sorry I meant to spell is Devereux. Trying to multi-task and I'm one of those bad people that never bother to go back and fix my spelling errors or re-read what I wrote.

So long as you spell it correctly, you DON'T fall into this category. There is a world of difference between uncommon and completely made up.

Leah8435 · June 2011

I totally agree! I don't understand the strange spelling at all. Part of the reason I hate it, is because of what it has done to my own name. My name is Leah. As in, look in the Bible, it's in Genesis. You don't get much older than that. But NO ONE can spell it. For some reason people always think it needs a "cute" spelling. My name isn't Leigha, Laiea, Leeah, or anything like that. But because crazy spellings are the trend, everyone just messes up my very normal name. It drives me CRAZY!

lydswashere · June 2011

shelbyluvschachi:
ashnsean:
I agree with you. It is just way too confusing. This isn't an odd name spelling, but my DH's coworker recently had a baby and named him Titus. Yep like a dog.
I don't have a problem at all with Titus. It's a real name (albeit an uncommon one) and that's how you spell it. Also don't get the dog reference, but maybe that's just me.

I also don't get the dog reference...I've only known people named Titus. And it is a legitimate name + biblical one.

mrsjabas · June 2011

lydswashere:
shelbyluvschachi:
ashnsean:
I agree with you. It is just way too confusing. This isn't an odd name spelling, but my DH's coworker recently had a baby and named him Titus. Yep like a dog.
I don't have a problem at all with Titus. It's a real name (albeit an uncommon one) and that's how you spell it. Also don't get the dog reference, but maybe that's just me.
I also don't get the dog reference...I've only known people named Titus. And it is a legitimate name + biblical one.

And it's a Shakespearean name... albeit a very dark and morbid one.

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