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

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Some names have traditional different ways to spell it, for example, Cathryn. Some people spell it Cathryn, some people spell it Kathryn.

But I can't stand when people get all creative and add a few y's, or like everyone else said - Aydyn or Maddysn? I don't get that.

[missinfinity.livejournal.com]

"Cathryn"'s not actually a traditional spelling... it is Kathryn.

Both are usually considered contractions of Katherine. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I didn't know that, but I didn't think Cathryn was considered a kr8tive way to spell it... I guess that was the point of my comment.