Shawn/Sean/Shaun?
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babynamesSo how do you spell this name?
Shawn?
Sean?
Shaun?
I ask because my son's name is Shawn, and I'm forever having to spell it for people, they always automatically spell it Sean.
I named him partly after the wrestler Shawn Michaels, and I HATE the spelling Sean, it just doesn't... look right to me. It looks like it should be pronounced 'Seen' not 'Shawn.' So I went with the literal spelling, I like it much better.
But now I'm getting a couple 'Shaun' spellings too.
Haha it's so annoying, I name my son something normal (for me anyway) and I get trouble with it -.-
Shawn?
Sean?
Shaun?
I ask because my son's name is Shawn, and I'm forever having to spell it for people, they always automatically spell it Sean.
I named him partly after the wrestler Shawn Michaels, and I HATE the spelling Sean, it just doesn't... look right to me. It looks like it should be pronounced 'Seen' not 'Shawn.' So I went with the literal spelling, I like it much better.
But now I'm getting a couple 'Shaun' spellings too.
Haha it's so annoying, I name my son something normal (for me anyway) and I get trouble with it -.-
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Date: 2009-09-25 06:51 pm (UTC)Ironically all the guys named Sean/Shawn I know have the same last name lol.
Dated a guy in high school with the 'Sean' spelling, I believe it was Irish. (He's about 23/24 years old now.)
I had a neighbor/roommate last year with the 'Shawn' spelling, don't know why, but he's in his 50's now.