When is unique spelling too much?

Question

Yes, I like unique spelling, but some names seems to be too overboard.
I understand with names like "Haylee" There are more than 1 option to spell it nicely "Haylee, Hayley, Hailey, Haylie etc" But is Hayleigh too overboard?
And with names with Hannah. More than one spelling. I have a friend named "Hena" Sounding the same a Hannah. IS that overboard?
SOME Unique spelling I like are usually with "Lee" being "Lie, Ley, leigh etc"

With the name "Ryker" i saw a girl named "Rykah" With the same sound as Ryker (rii KUH)
Also I now a few girls with the name "Bree" spelt either "Brii" Or Brei"

Some unique spellings I like are...
GIRLS
Rykah
Skylah
Rebeka
Taylah\Tayla
Haylie
Jayde
Jaeda(Jayda)( but i prefer Jayda)
Sami
Evah
Ariana
Kaitlynne
Macie
Alexea (al ex ee ah)
Kayt (kate)

BOYS
Lukas
Haydn
Raymund
Henrey
Shawnn
Shanin
Luce (luke)
SOME SPELLING I HAVE SEEN AND DONT LIKE:
Girls
Bekki
Kaytelinn
Farreah(farrah)
Lexiie
Payge
MacKenzy
MacKenneh(mac Ken ah)
Koralynn
Leesa
Meyghan
BOYS
Raider (ryder)
Jeordan (jordan)
Adim (adam)
Markis (marcus)


What unique spelling do you LIKE and not LIKE?

Answer 1

I like ones that don't just look like random letters have been stuffed together if you get me! For girls I like Haylie and Evah and for boys Lukas xx

Answer 2

I personally think its too much when the "spelling" says something totally different to the actual name you want. Meaning that it is more important to the parent to have a unique spelling than a correct one. I find that totally idiotic.



"Lie" doesn't say "Lee" does it? Its a word in the English language that says something totally different. Just like Hena doesn't say Hannah. That girl probably spends her life correcting people from saying "He-nah" And why? Simply because her parents wanted a stupid spelling that makes no sense.



Some names like you point out, Hayley or even Alison they say the same how ever they're spelt, and its just personal preference, even names like Catherine, whether to have a C or a K, it doesn't effect the pronounciation of the name, and its easy to say "Catherine with a C" but any other "unique" spellings, that actually say the name but in a long winded way, just make the parents and then later on the child come across as illiterate and thick. And do nothing for the child except annoy the hell out of them as they have to correct everyone.

Answer 3

I personally don't like unique spellings of common names. The children still have the same name as some other kids they go to school with and the other kids will still imagine nicknames because you can't hear the spelling if you talk to someone. Or even worse they will call the children as the name is written, eg. Jee-or-dan (Jeordan). Above all, everyone will misspell the name. Some spellings like Lukas I think they are ok but not good but most are bad and I'm just like the poor child.

Answer 4

I don't like 'unique' spellings as there's really nothing unique about taking an already well-established name and butchering the spelling, especially when so many people seem to be doing it at the moment. 'Unique' spellings are illiterate and, the last time I checked, illiteracy was not a desirable trait in our society. If you can't write "Hiye, mie nam izz..." without people thinking you're an inbred retard, then what on Earth makes you think a person named Kayt or Shawnn would be spared from that negativity?



Not only that but, you do realise that you're contradicting your own style, right? Because you can't say "THIS misspelling is totally great, but THAT misspelling is completely out of bounds!" Either all misspellings are OK, or none of them are. You can't pick and choose between them. -_-

Answer 5

confident, there are rather some distinctive spellings a probability, yet maximum of them look uneducated and downmarket to be bluntly undemanding. i think of Leslie is the excellent spelling for a woman or boy, yet Lesley isn't poor for a woman, yet I nonetheless desire Leslie. yet all the different a probability spellings (Leslee, Lesleigh, Leslyeigh, Lesli, Leslei, Lesliegh, Leslyi) i think of are undesirable. i'm uncertain if Lezlee and Lezley and such must be countered as spellings because of the fact some human beings might pronounce them otherwise to Leslie. (much less-lee vs LEZ-lee). :)

Answer 6

I usually hate any strange spellings of names. I especially dislike anything that ends in 'ee' or 'i' and I also have a special dislike for putting a 'h' or an 'r' on the end of names that should finish with an 'a'



I knew someone called Casey who spelled it K-ci and another spelled it Caci



and I went to school with a Katie who wrote it Kt



Debbie-Debi

Susan-Soozan

Tracey-Traysee

Joanne-Joeann

Casper-Kacper



Some names are spelled so weirdly it's hard to pronounce them.. it's not always clear what they are supposed to be because they just look made up and strange.

Answer 7

Hayleigh's really quite common, not "unique" at all.



I'm afraid I think just about all your other versions are hilariously awful...except for the concept of actually using them as names on a real person, which isn't funny at all. With the one exception of Lukas, which is an absolutely standard Eastern European name.



It is not about making yourself look unique - if you want to do that, go buy a dolly to name. It is about giving a real person the best name, the one which will make their life as easy as possible, that you can.

Answer 8

I'm a big fan of puting a traditional spelling on a birth certificate. If there is one thing that is true in this world, it is that by the time they turn 13, most Hailey's will have started spelling their name Heylee or Haleigh ect, but if they later decide to become a professional adult (judge, doctor, businessperson) they are going to be happy that their diploma dosen't say H'aliee Jones.

Answer 9

I generally really don't like unique spellings. I think they detract from the name itself and distract, and I think it just makes them look silly. But that's just me. Names like Catherine/Katherine/Cathryn/Kathryn, I like, because they aren't off-the-wall weird, and they make sense. But parents who give their kids super weird spellings are just making themselves look silly, and the poor kids have to live their lives forever correcting people. It's just unnecessary.



I think when there are things like 'Lexiie' and i's instead of u's, like in Markis instead of Marcus, it just makes the parents look like they can't spell. Imagine Lexiie on an older woman. It just doesn't look right.

Answer 10

I think pretty much all the names minus Lukas should be declared off limits and naming your child one of these names is considered terrorism and you be killed.



I hate all of them.

Answer 11

I hate all of them. They look like someone has just throw a bunch of letters together. They look very trashy and stupid. They're 'teen mom' names.

Answer 12

I don't know, but I went to school with twins named lemonjello and orangejello, Seriously.