Just curious...

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What is the most ~creative/unique~ spelling you have seen... of your own name or your kid(s) name(s)? Not necessarily a pretty or nice spelling, mind you lol, just something that made you go, "but... why?"

For me: I'm Jennifer. I have personally seen: Jenapher, Jennefer, Genifer and Jennafer. I also have seen it shortened to: Jenne (prn "Jen/Jenn"), Jenney, and Genny. Which leads me to: there is really no way to *spice up* Jennifer, it is what it is haha. 

My son is Ryan. Last year in his class he had Reyane(*my bad, I misspelled it the first time, had to double check his class picture from last year) that was said like "Ryan." That just made me go "huh?" You can't just change the sound of letters or make them randomly silent... I mean, you can... but in this case, your child is likely being called "Ray-Ann" when their name is read.

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My birth name is Kathleen, which I haven't seen spelled too weirdly. However, I have seen it as Kathlene. I also had a school librarian who spelled it Kathlyn (but still pronounced it like Kathleen), and she was born in the 20s or 30s.

As for the name I go by, Katie...there seem to be a myriad of spellings out there. The weirdest I've seen were Caydee and Kati. Kati was the name of my middle-aged boss, and it wasn't short for anything, either. It was funny because if we were both working, our coworkers would pronounce her name Kate-eye so we'd know which person they were calling!

The original poster mentioned Jennafer. I've seen that spelling, too. The girl's parents actually spelled it that way so that they could call her Jenna.