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

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

It drives me crazy too. Especially when the name becomes unrecognizable because of it. It does become tricky when you're dealing with a name that *does* have multiple accepted spellings (Katherine/Catherine, Lindsay/Lindsey, etc.), but for the most part there is a right and a wrong way.

What's even worse is when you have a more 'feminized' version of the name, and it's on a boy! I have a (male) cousin whose name is Kamryn!