Kearstin.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I was just reminded of a name (my name) that I heard spelled ridiculously.
My name is still fairly unique, so everytime I hear someone say it, my ears perk up, and when I find out it's another person with my name I ask them how to spell it. This girl (probably 15 or 16) was with her mom, so I asked her, and she said:

"Well, when I was in the hospital having her, I didn't know how to spell it, so I just spelled it the way it sounded: K-e-a-r-s-t-i-n."

In the back of my mind, I was just like, "Wooooow." And nodded my head.

Comments

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

You'd think that if you didn't know how to spell the name you wanted to name your child, you'd either wait until you found a baby name book, or picked a different name!

P.S- I love that name. How do you spell it?

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I spell it Kiersten. I've met others that just spell it Kirsten.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I like both spellings. But I really like yours. At some point, I remember hearing a character on a television show named Kirsten who pronounced it "Kurr-sten" and since then, I've been trying to figure out how to spell it properly so it would be pronounced properly.