Names spelt strange ways

[Brian]

There was someone on the old Prodigy boards (who may be here, for all I know) who named their daughter Kira Delenn.

One of my coworkers named his daughters Ariel and Jessica (after Disney's The Little Mermaid and Jessica Rabbit), and his son Luke Walker (only because his wife vetoed the middle name Skywalker; he only got Walker approved because it was a name already in the family).

 

[K'Ehleyr]

I'm only bothered when the spelling is retarded or completely changes (or at least SHOULD change) the pronunciation.

You might not like living in Ireland, then, among the Aiofes and Siobhans and Niamhs....

And to know how to pronounce them is difficult enough

My first name is Roger

This changes everything.

*snickers*

My surname is Joy ~ exactly as it is. And the amount of people that ask 'how do you spell that?' makes me want to make up a different way...
Actually I have deja vu ~ I think The Iguana came out with the Italian for Joy which I should use.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

quark, rom, nog, odo, worf, opaka, nerys, adami and dukat?

Nerys isn't that unusual. Nor, for that matter, is Kira.

 

[LitmusDragon]

People tend to get confused by my name, even though it's pretty common

"Brian"

People want to spell it "Bryan" or even worse, "Brain". I was at a school function once where they passed out little name tags, and mine said "Brain". I didn't see the humor in it at the time.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Brian's my name too, and I also get that a lot.

 

[scotpens]

There was someone on the old Prodigy boards (who may be here, for all I know) who named their daughter Kira Delenn.

I assume "Delenn" is stressed on the second syllable -- "duh-LEN"? That actually sounds rather pretty.

My surname is Penslar (pronounced "PENCE-ler") but a lot of people pronounce it as "Penzler" or "Penzlar." And you can imagine some of the things I was called in school: Pencil, Pencilhead, Pencilneck, Penislar.

Still, I suppose it's better than being a Jones or a Smith. Or a Gomez or a Garcia in my neck of the woods, for that matter.

 

[NCC1701]

The first thing that sprung to my mind is my mate's sister-in-law's daughter's name, she named the poor child Kaisee - a bastardised version of Casey if anyone is wondering. Fuck having to spell that out for the rest of your life

 

[Velocity]

One of the secretaries is named Kal'E. Pronounced Calley. I always have to be careful not to call her Kal-El.

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

My name is Jade and I f'n HATE when people spell it Jayde or Jaid. HATE.

 

[ladyheather69]

I don't have a problem so much with the fact that people name their kids with 'odd' names... but when I can't pronounce it, and they look at me like I am an idiot, that bugs me!! Don't blame me for not being able to spell or pronounce a name you spell weirdly.

I get a tad irritated with my nickname being spelled incorrectly....Especially when I have just sent that person and email with my name right there!!!!

{Jennifer= Jenny or Jen...NOT Jennie or Jenn....do NOT like the 'ie' thing or the double n} :P

 

[Kestra]

The first thing that sprung to my mind is my mate's sister-in-law's daughter's name, she named the poor child Kaisee - a bastardised version of Casey if anyone is wondering. Fuck having to spell that out for the rest of your life

Having an odd name and having to spell it out isn't actually that horrible. When I was younger I didn't like my name but I grew to like it quite a bit. If I am ever lucky enough to have children, I'd like them to have Hindu names and they'll just have to tough it out like the rest of us did.

 

[Jetfire]

One of the secretaries is named Kal'E. Pronounced Calley. I always have to be careful not to call her Kal-El.

Just have to call her Kal-El once...just for us.

 

[SiorX]

There's probably parents at my daughter's school who think we're nuts for mis-spelling Dora. Her name is Dara, it's Gaelic and quite common in Ireland, but of course we moved to Canada - not so common there!

I have a friend who has that problem since moving to the States. Mostly, she just lets people go ahead and spell her name "Eve", but occasionally the right spelling is necessary for official forms and things. Queue the endless fun of trying to persuade people that she's not taking the piss when she spells it A-o-i-b-h.

 

[iguana_tonante]

My surname is Joy ~ exactly as it is. And the amount of people that ask 'how do you spell that?' makes me want to make up a different way...
Actually I have deja vu ~ I think The Iguana came out with the Italian for Joy which I should use.

It was Gioi (pronounce the same as Joy), which is the name of a town near Salerno, in South Italy. Striking beautiful place, I might add... which is obviously quite apt for you, darling.

 

[Roshi]

My name is Derek, so when I see it as "Derrick" it just looks weird to me. Makes me think of oil. My best friend's name is Eric, but so far I've never seen a "Derek" named "Deric." .

It makes me think of the famous German bug-eyed tv-detective Derrick.

Ah, Derrick! A never ending source of ... zZZzzzzzzzZZZZz


Um, whut?

 

[bluedana]

There's probably parents at my daughter's school who think we're nuts for mis-spelling Dora. Her name is Dara, it's Gaelic and quite common in Ireland, but of course we moved to Canada - not so common there!

I have a friend who has that problem since moving to the States. Mostly, she just lets people go ahead and spell her name "Eve", but occasionally the right spelling is necessary for official forms and things. Queue the endless fun of trying to persuade people that she's not taking the piss when she spells it A-o-i-b-h.

That's how you pronounce it? That's awesome! I wish I could have more kids so I could name my daughter Aoibh! My niece is named Siobhan, and grew up on a predominately black (though British) island. Poor kid got so frustrated trying to convince people that her name wasn't spelled Shevonne or some such. Personally, I love it when people use other-than-English spellings of names, but it does irk me when they just make up the spelling, especially if phonetically it doesn't make sense. Case in point: Micheal. There's a reason why the "a" comes before the "e", so get it right.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

My name is Randi. Growing up i didn't like the name as it wasn't a "popular" name. And people were always asking me what Randi was short for. They had a hard time believing that it wasn't short for anything. And I always get people asking me if it is spelled with an I or Y. I always thought Y was the male spelling and I the female. I guess not.

Anyway, people were always calling me Randolf. Just shows that no matter what name you have, kids will find a way to make a joke out of it.

I do like my name now. And I don't know any other women named Randi.

 

[RoJoHen]

I've never met anybody named Randi.

Boys are Randy, but that's usually short for Randolph.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

^ Yes, i guess that's why people always asked me what Randi was short for. Randy was short for Randolf, so my name had to be a nickname for something else.

Imagine my surprise when backpacking across Europe people would snicker at my name. I had no idea that 'randy' had other definitions over there.

 

[Brian]

I know two females named Randi on another board. Until recently, I had never seen that spelling of the name. Now I'm surrounded by Randi's.