Is it just me?

[kockxfight.livejournal.com]

Spelling names in an nontraditional way irks me for some reason. I mean I know it's completely up to the parents how they name thier child but I would never do it to my kids.

Does anyone else feel this way? I don't know it's just a huge pet peeve for me. I'm 9 months pregnant and I'm naming my daughter Harley. My best friend would like me to spell her name differently so that it is more feminine i.e. Harleigh, Harlie, or Harlee. I don't want the name to be more feminine though, if I had wanted a feminine name I would have chosen one, right?

Also a friend of mine named her daughter Kamryn. I love the little girl to death and I really like the name but hate the spelling, I just don't understand why people cannot leave well enough alone.

What are all of you thoughts?

Comments

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

No, it's definitely not just you. It's a major pet peeve amongst most of the posters in this community, I'd say. It irritates me because the parents are trying so hard to be "unique" when all they're doing is changing the spelling, which has no effect whatsoever when conversing verbally and, when written, only causes the headache of trying to spell the name correctly. Changing the spelling might make the name look more "feminine", but the name will be said more than it will be written, and the name will still be pronounced the same non-feminine way, regardless of spelling.