Yikes

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

I just found out how my fiance's niece's name is spelled. I thought they'd picked out a nice name.
However.....


Chloee Jayde


Yeah... my fiance's older sister wanted, "to be different."

I told my fiance that our children will NOT be having names with pointless "e"s and extra "y"s thrown in just for the fun of it. He completely agreed. :)
First pick for a girl is currently Samantha.
Chelsea is a close second.
No middle names yet.

We still can't agree on any boy names. Good thing we have a year or two.

Comments

[dncr119.livejournal.com]

I think Samantha is cute. But are you okay with people calling her Sam?

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Yes. We fully intend on calling her Sam.
And it'll be a lot easier for her when she's learning how to write/spell.
Of course, this is if we even HAVE a girl! We're not even trying yet. heh

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

my niece is samantha josephina and everyone calls her sam and sammy-jo....its funny and cute and i love it.

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Awww... that is cute.
I was actually thinking of Josephine for the middle name.

[missc1224.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah Chloee Jayde is going a little overboard. I think Samantha is classy, but I don't love it. Chelsea... ahh I don't even know what I think of this name, and it's my name! haha

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Chloee looks like a typo, but I suppose it's not the worst alternative spelling around....

[so-there.livejournal.com]

don't forget z's. my friend has a nephew named what I thought was Isaiah, but later found out it's spelled Izaiah. ugh. and actually writing it right now is the first time I've seen it written out and it looks awful!

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That definitely looks off.

[maude.livejournal.com]

But don't you want to be original? Why not try S'myanntha or Chylssie. Much better! ;)

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Heh!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Those are good choices :)

Ugh totally agree with you. Chloe Jade is such a lovely name too, if it aint broke don't fix it.

As a kid I was never quite sure how to spell my [given] middle name, and as an adult I notice how often people/companies use the standard spelling. It isn't even that outrageous a 'variant' either (Clair, as opposed to Claire).
I've grown to appreciate it, as it was quite well intentioned, but overall it's so not worth the agro/embarassment.

I've got a bit of a complex now. Gave myself a word name partly because surely everyone will get it right (it's on every other packet of stuffing, lol).
Would definetly not want to be a teacher in five years time, because damn no name is safe these days. Then people act like your the idiot for not being psychic and knowing how to spell their [kid's] name (my parents still get that way *roll eyes*).

Creative spellings can make pronounciation issue too. I have a forum friend Casie. For the longest time I thought it was said 'cassie', but nope it's 'casey'. She's used to that though.

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Yes! My mom has had her name mispronounced her entire life. She avoided that with her children (Joseph, Rebecca and Nathaniel) and she's mentioned to us that our children's lives will be much easier if we give them names people know how to pronounce/spell.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I love Chloee Jayde! Totally going on my list with Chloe and Kloie.


Good choices of yours!

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

I like Chloe Jade, but man...those spellings are bad.

Samantha and Chelsea are good choices, too!

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

Chloe looks like it would be pronounced the normal way, KLOE-ee. but Chloee looks like it would be kloe-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE with major emphasis on the EEEEEEEEEEE.

I've never liked Jade, and extraneous y's are hideous, so Jayde is my nightmare.

Samantha and Chelsea are, to me, really mid-1980s, but better than Chloee.

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw it!

And that's odd since the only Chelsea I know was born in the 70's. And I don't know any Samantha's. Heh. Oh well! :)

[gothikbutterfly.livejournal.com]

I like the name Jayde.

Now... Chelsea looks weird to me... lol It always has, though. The 'a' throws me off...

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

I like Jade. I do not like JaYde.

Think of Chelsea this way... how do you pronounce sea? Like the Red Sea? That's exactly what that spelling at the end of Chelsea is.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

Chloe Jade would've been so pretty.... *cries* why must people be creative with their spellings? For example, a friend of mine, "Kaeleigh" ... now isn't that a TAD bit excessive spelling for Kaleigh/Kaylee? *sigh*

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

Wow. Yeah... what is with people?

[lilfaeriegirl.livejournal.com]

chloee looks like a typo.

she could have gone with cloe, or chloey

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Chloee Jayde. Ouch.

I'm not a fan of Samantha or Chelsea. They're both kind of trashy.. where i live at least.

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

It seems as though you're in the minority. Eh. To each her own.