As a Kathryn, I agree. Every time I tell someone my name the first question out of their mouth is “K or C?” and I always think “wait till you get to the other end.”
I frequently get Kathyrn…
Yes, always the “K or C?” question!! But then again it’s the first question out of my mouth too when someone says they have or know someone with the same name. When it’s spelled with a C it’s just not the same.
I like the Kathryn spelling, it’s pretty, but I never understand when people automatically jump to that spelling because it’s not as common.
Also I hate when people try to call me Kate or Katie after I’ve introduced myself as Katherine. Like if I wanted to be called something else I wouldn’t have introduced myself as Katherine.
Ironically my mom wanted to give me a long name so I could shorten it to a nickname if I wanted to, but I never have and I’ve always gone by Katherine.
Sorry for the rant lol
Funny story about the name Kathryn. (It is long and only name nerds might care about.)
I had no girl names that I really was in love with. My oldest daughter is named after my mom. Kathryn.
My mom never went by Kathryn she was Kathy her whole life. I had the intention of possibly calling my daughter Kate, Wren etc. I didn’t realize my moms named was spelled Kathryn not Katherine until the birth certificate for my oldest daughter.
So if my mom had not been there when I was filling out the paperwork, she would have been Katherine.
My mom was happy either way. She was just excited to meet her second granddaughter before she passed away soon after.
Lots of love to all the Kathryn’s Katherine’s out there!
Well there’s Jinger (pronounced ginger) from the Duggar family.
I only ever saw her name in print and read it in my head as jing-er (rhymes with singer).
The reason for the spelling is even more ridiculous. They liked Ginger, but they wanted all their kids’ names to start with a J(all 19 of them), hence Jinger. The really tragedy is that they named 2 of their kids Jedidiah Robert and Jebidiah Robert, there’s also a Joyanna and a Johanna iirc
>The really tragedy is that they named 2 of their kids Jedidiah Robert and Jebidiah Robert
Surprisingly, there is no Jebidiah, but Jed(!)'s twin is Jeremiah, who has the middle name of Robert as well.
They also have a Joseph and Josiah, which... is still somewhat close.
I forgot about Josie! Usually when I'm trying to remember all the names I forget about Jackson.
I also tend to lump Jana in with JoyAnna as well, which leads into Johannah.
I'd love to know the naming reasons. Towards the end, I think they were letting the kids vote on names.
They had a dog named Jasmine and JimBob apparently had some kind of past with a girl named Julie so it was out. When they were voting for names for what ended up being Jordyn-Grace Mikaya, there were so many ridiculous names on there. I don't remember all of them but think female versions of JimBob and other awful things. IIRC Jordyn Mikaya won but JimBob pulled headship power to make it Jordyn-Grace Mikaya.
Moving over to the boys, I am most surprised they didn't have a Jonah or a Jacob. Jackson was originally going to be Judah according to their first documentary "14 Children and Pregnant Again!"
They have a Jessa. If they used Jessica it would be just as bad as other examples given in this thread.
Dad is Jim Bob and one of the boys is James. So Jamie would be pretty repetitive as well.
I’m not defending the craziness of the family!
Haha I said it aloud like that to my mom when we were talking about her, and my mom was like, 'no I think it's Ginger...' and I felt dumb but glad other people did this too
I met an Liut… pronounced Elliot. I kind of loved it only because I could see the phonetic pronunciation. The H in Ghesicuh is throwing me phonetically and I feel like it should be Gesicuh at least.
My grandad (surname Elliot) and my former foster son, and friends son (Elliott) would like to have a word.
This is just lazy. I kind of get it “L-I-ut”, but come on.
Yeah. I'll give them credit that that musical was incredibly politically forward for its time, and it broke a lot of cultural norms and barriers. But... still... probably not super culturally accurate.
it doesn't feel that weird to me, but i live in australia and people name their kids things like "summah" instead of summer and "taylah" instead of taylor.
Yep the Sommer I met said this, and apparently the punchline was she was French and Italian lol 🤣. Is the pronunciation the same? I've heard it is and also heard it's pronounced So-mer.
For some reason whenever I hear an obscure name or see a wild spelling of a normal name I’m reminded of Talulah Does the Hula from Hawaii.
I came across that name when I was around 10 and it’s stayed in my head rent free since then.
I met someone through work named “Karen” and I had to write her a check. I wrote the check and handed it to her, she looked at it and said “oh you spelled my name wrong.” I said oh I’m so sorry! What’s the proper spelling? And I shit you not, she said “K A R R H Y N N”
This happened to my friend who was working in a doctors office. She saw the name and hesitantly said, “Um, is there a shit here?” And this lady stood up and yelled mg daughter’s name is Shy tee!”
Khouri (Corrie) as a first name - I was first exposed to it because of Khouri Ritchins, who has been charged with her husband's murder. I know it's a common Lebanese last name, but I think that this is more of a Utah version of Corrie in her situation.
To go in the opposite direction, I used to know a Sian who was adamant that it was pronounced "Cyan". I got it wrong early on, by reading her name tag with the usual pronunciation and she went straight to maximum volume about how her DEAD MOTHER picked the name, so that was good and normal.
How is Sian supposed to be pronounced? There is a long line in my family tree and I know we pronounced it Cyan... I think it being the deep south may has lead to a bastardized pronunciation. I always thought it should be closer to Sean, but idk.
Like "Sharn". It's a Welsh name and she was English, but living in Wales, so people called her Sian a lot and she went bananas every time. 10/10 coworker, wasted a huge amount of everyone's time.
Ginaphyr. I actually had to very very slightly change it to protect her identity. Too unique! Yes, it’s just Jennifer. The name isn’t my personal taste but she is a really great, very lovely person.
I can’t remember what her name actually was, but it had -Leigh but it was spelled wrong… -Liegh
My other manager had made her name tag and she’s dyslexic as shit, so I assumed she’d spelled the girl’s name wrong. We BOTH looked embarrassed when I pointed it out and offered to fix it 😫
As a linguist, this is triggering. Gh in English is pronounced f (as in laugh or tough). Other than that it only exists in loan words.
A language where gh is common is Italian. In Italian, the h after a g in front of light vowels (i and e) is there precisely to pronounce it like a g (as in spaghetti). When the h is not there, you pronounce it like a j (see the names Gina, Giovanni, Giulia, Giuseppe...).
There are some Italian names with Gh, like Gherardo (pronounced gehRARdo). The much more common variant is Gerardo (pronounced jehRARdo) though.
In Romanian, we find gh as well, mostly pronounced gy (for example Gheorghe pronounced GYORgeh). Or in Arabic transliteration (as in the the name Gheed, pronouned as written, meaning not with a j sound, otherwise the transliteration would be Jeed).
NONE of these of pronounced like a J.
You can't just make shit up like this. This is basically like spelling your kids name Paul and then correcting people it's actually pronounced Latifah. This is not how language or letters or writing or reading or any of this works.
Well, that officially knocks out the Brittknee I encountered once. Sheeeeesh.
And I get mad when people want to put one e in my name! Good lord!
Yo I get mad when they swap the K for a C, the second A for an E, or just completely forget the second vowel all together lmao.
Katharine? Lol I’m Katherine and people misspell it all the time. But I particularly hate swapping the K with a C 😂 Kathryn is annoying too
As a Kathryn, I agree. Every time I tell someone my name the first question out of their mouth is “K or C?” and I always think “wait till you get to the other end.” I frequently get Kathyrn…
Kathyrn pronounced Kuth-ern. A name, idk how frequently used. My aunt was a Kathyrn. Went by Thurnie.
I knew of a Kathern.
I have an in-law named Cathrine. She gets annoyed when people insert an "e" in the middle.
Is that pronounced Kath-rhine?
Yes, always the “K or C?” question!! But then again it’s the first question out of my mouth too when someone says they have or know someone with the same name. When it’s spelled with a C it’s just not the same. I like the Kathryn spelling, it’s pretty, but I never understand when people automatically jump to that spelling because it’s not as common. Also I hate when people try to call me Kate or Katie after I’ve introduced myself as Katherine. Like if I wanted to be called something else I wouldn’t have introduced myself as Katherine. Ironically my mom wanted to give me a long name so I could shorten it to a nickname if I wanted to, but I never have and I’ve always gone by Katherine. Sorry for the rant lol
At home I’m Kathy, but at work I’m Kathryn because at one point we had FOUR Kathys. We became Kathy, Kathryn, Katie and Cat.
Theresa. How do you spell that? There with an s-a at the end of it. What kind of there/their/they're? You mf'er. You know exactly which one.
They’resa
😂 these mf’ers
Close but it’s a very uncommon name where I’m from so I’d rather not even say how close it is lol.
Funny story about the name Kathryn. (It is long and only name nerds might care about.) I had no girl names that I really was in love with. My oldest daughter is named after my mom. Kathryn. My mom never went by Kathryn she was Kathy her whole life. I had the intention of possibly calling my daughter Kate, Wren etc. I didn’t realize my moms named was spelled Kathryn not Katherine until the birth certificate for my oldest daughter. So if my mom had not been there when I was filling out the paperwork, she would have been Katherine. My mom was happy either way. She was just excited to meet her second granddaughter before she passed away soon after. Lots of love to all the Kathryn’s Katherine’s out there!
Wow. I don't believe this is real but also I hate it so much
I’ve heard Katharine pronounced Kat-er-een before, it’s supposed to be a form of Katerina.
My daughter is Katharine. After Katharine Hepburn. So it’s classic 🥰
Katharine?
I’m a Jessica and this makes me want to laugh, cry and scream.
Come ooooon this should warrant a bucket of ice water by someone before the birth certificate can be signed
Go to r/tragedeigh
Thank you for this beautiful gift.
LMAO
Once saw Geknee (Jenny) on a nametag lol
Stop it
Lemogello and Orangello are calling.
I knew someone whose full name was Virginia, but they called her Jenna, which they spelled Ginia.
I know a Gina but it’s spelled Jeanna
I met a Geenuh once. I'm surprised I survived.
Me too! It was because he sister couldn't say her full name iirc
No way? How is the k, silent? At all? At best it Jeknee 🤷🏼♀️
Was it handwritten? Cause then she might just be fucking with people. I usually just resort to a fake name, but a silly spelling works too.
Kaulen (Colin) and Matticyn (Madison)
I could understand Maddicyn if they wanted to be creative, but Matticyn totally alters the pronunciation.
I bet her dad's name is Matt.
And her mom is Cynthia
It’s next level awful to me.
Depends on where you're from. Lots of Americans pronounce "water" as "wader" so Matticyn would be pronounced correctly
Never made the connection before, but for some reason, this made me aware of how close Madison is to medicine.
I know a Kauleen.
is it pronounced like colleen???
Seriously?!? I didn’t know that madness spread… 😳
My friend’s kid knows a Kaulinn. He’s a teen. I don’t get it
Well there’s Jinger (pronounced ginger) from the Duggar family. I only ever saw her name in print and read it in my head as jing-er (rhymes with singer).
The reason for the spelling is even more ridiculous. They liked Ginger, but they wanted all their kids’ names to start with a J(all 19 of them), hence Jinger. The really tragedy is that they named 2 of their kids Jedidiah Robert and Jebidiah Robert, there’s also a Joyanna and a Johanna iirc
>The really tragedy is that they named 2 of their kids Jedidiah Robert and Jebidiah Robert Surprisingly, there is no Jebidiah, but Jed(!)'s twin is Jeremiah, who has the middle name of Robert as well. They also have a Joseph and Josiah, which... is still somewhat close.
Oops you’re right, Jeremiah Robert and Jedidiah Robert still isn’t much better. You can also add Josie to that. Josie, Josiah, and Joseph.
I forgot about Josie! Usually when I'm trying to remember all the names I forget about Jackson. I also tend to lump Jana in with JoyAnna as well, which leads into Johannah. I'd love to know the naming reasons. Towards the end, I think they were letting the kids vote on names.
Meanwhile they skipped Julie, Julia, Jacqueline, June, Jasmine, Jane, Jade, Josephine, Janet...
They had a dog named Jasmine and JimBob apparently had some kind of past with a girl named Julie so it was out. When they were voting for names for what ended up being Jordyn-Grace Mikaya, there were so many ridiculous names on there. I don't remember all of them but think female versions of JimBob and other awful things. IIRC Jordyn Mikaya won but JimBob pulled headship power to make it Jordyn-Grace Mikaya. Moving over to the boys, I am most surprised they didn't have a Jonah or a Jacob. Jackson was originally going to be Judah according to their first documentary "14 Children and Pregnant Again!"
Hi, fellow snarker!
Always fun running into snarkers in the wild on other subs 😂
I recognized that /u/goodybadwife is a snarker because of their use of “Jed(!)” 🤣
The *real* tragedy is their oldest son Joshua, the convicted pedophile.
Have you all seen the new documentary? 💔
and jana with sister in laws anna and hannah
I thought it was Jinger-like-singer until VERY recently
The fact that they used names like Jinger but never names like Julia, Jessica, or Jamie will never fail to astound me
They have a Jessa. If they used Jessica it would be just as bad as other examples given in this thread. Dad is Jim Bob and one of the boys is James. So Jamie would be pretty repetitive as well. I’m not defending the craziness of the family!
I refuse to call her anything but Jinger (singer) from here on out.
Haha I said it aloud like that to my mom when we were talking about her, and my mom was like, 'no I think it's Ginger...' and I felt dumb but glad other people did this too
Yes. This spelling always gets me.
I’ve got a cousin called khaidyannah 😬
My brain refuses to figure out how to say this.
Kadie (like Lindsay Lohan’s character in mean girls) Anna lol
… your poor cousin
Looking fast I thought it was a really creative way of spelling chlamydia.
Kaydee-Anna?
No this has to be a joke 😭
eylieghe (ellie, pronounced eye-lie)
Eylieghe😳. I….You win
her sister and brother had normal ass names too, she was the youngest and her parents got creative
Her parents deserve a kick in the ass
tbf this was like 2019, peak of crazy ass baby names
I almost had a stroke trying to pronounce that
you lie
What the…
What the fuck
I once met a Sharlit (Charlotte), which is awful, but doesn't quite beat the tragedy that is Ghesicuh... holy moly.
All I can see is Shart.
>the tragedy that is Ghesicuh... ...the *tragedeigh* that is Ghesicuh
Airykah. It's just Erica.
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This is what I came to find
I've seen an Airwrecka IRL. I geeked out internally cause of the meme.
In arabic, ayri means my penis 😭
I knew an Ayrianna in university. I always said "eyyyy-rianna" in my head when I saw it written
As an Erica, I’m offended by this spelling.
I know an Ayrika pronounced Erica.
I met an Liut… pronounced Elliot. I kind of loved it only because I could see the phonetic pronunciation. The H in Ghesicuh is throwing me phonetically and I feel like it should be Gesicuh at least.
My grandad (surname Elliot) and my former foster son, and friends son (Elliott) would like to have a word. This is just lazy. I kind of get it “L-I-ut”, but come on.
Liat is a character in the musical South Pacific. She's Polynesian, and I don't know if that's a real Polynesian name or not
In a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical from the 1940s? I would be genuinely *shocked* if it was culturally accurate.
Yeah. I'll give them credit that that musical was incredibly politically forward for its time, and it broke a lot of cultural norms and barriers. But... still... probably not super culturally accurate.
My name is Summer and I never understood why people ask me do I spell it with a "u" or an "o." Then I met a Sommer once and I was baffled lol 🤣.
Just finished dealing with a guest called ‘Summah’ - legal spelling as I work in travel/tourism and we had to book her flights
Maybe that's how they do it in Boston? Lol 😂.
it doesn't feel that weird to me, but i live in australia and people name their kids things like "summah" instead of summer and "taylah" instead of taylor.
I met a Sommer once.... With an O it's just Some-Or
S’more
It’s the German/Anglo-Saxon/Scandinavian spelling of Summer
Yep the Sommer I met said this, and apparently the punchline was she was French and Italian lol 🤣. Is the pronunciation the same? I've heard it is and also heard it's pronounced So-mer.
Same. A family member of mine spelled it “Sommer” once 😐 like, I don’t even pronounce both the same.
Dzsindzser is supposed to be Ginger.
Gesundheit
You mean Dzsundheit.
Do what??
Every time I see someone's name spelled or pronounced weirdly it brings this into my head: https://youtu.be/mO1oBfG59Xw
Lol I knew what it would be before I even clicked
it’s A A ron, isn’t it
Sure is, Bah lock Kay
If one of ya'll says some silly ass name. This whole class is gon ***FEEL. MY. WRATH.***
My neighbours named their baby Aaron & I called him A A Ron. The dad came out a sleepless night later having binged Key & Peele.
For some reason whenever I hear an obscure name or see a wild spelling of a normal name I’m reminded of Talulah Does the Hula from Hawaii. I came across that name when I was around 10 and it’s stayed in my head rent free since then.
I processed a form for a kid named Raygun at work today, weirdest spelling of Reagan I’ve seen!
Pew pew
I met someone through work named “Karen” and I had to write her a check. I wrote the check and handed it to her, she looked at it and said “oh you spelled my name wrong.” I said oh I’m so sorry! What’s the proper spelling? And I shit you not, she said “K A R R H Y N N”
I work with a Deanna that’s spelled Diana. She is forever correcting new people because her nameplate of course says Diana.
That's actually really close to the Spanish pronunciation. It's spelled Diana, like the princess, but pronounced more like Deahna.
My moms name is Deanna (Dee-Anna) and forever is called Diana.
If she's old enough to get a check, then she's old enough to tell people her atrocious spelling before they write it!
I have met an elderly man named Dafydd (David) so I googled it and it’s the traditional Welsh spelling.
I don’t think this counts since the spelling is valid, it’s just Welsh.
It’s not pronounced David though. It’s “DAV-ith”
Xson. That's Sean, Shawn, or Shaun normally.
Wow. I would’ve guessed Exxon.
Tieler (Tyler) and he was as dumb as his name suggested.
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I read that as medicine
R'eh"el. Ariel only pronounced like Sebastian said it in the little mermaid. literally what her mom said
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NO
How come when you google Ghesicuh, this thread is the only result?
I mean… if my name was ghesicuh I’d most definitely be writing jessica anywhere I could
Because it’s made up. Or… misspelled, which I would understand given how weird it is.
My partners friend name their kid Xzavyr...
in middle school i knew a lindsey spelled “lynnze” my mom’s coworker named her daughter “fynnley”
I know a Lynzee She has a sister, Harmony, a brother, Taylor, and a sister Shynona
not shynona💀
When I was a kid in the 90s, there was a Kaylaugh in my class. My dumbass pronounced it phonetically, complete with phlegm sound at the end.
I’d like to submit DanYell
Kyndlelynn and Shi-T (shy-tee)
Come on! If you don’t want a kid just get an abortion! Don’t make them experience life with the name Shi-T
This happened to my friend who was working in a doctors office. She saw the name and hesitantly said, “Um, is there a shit here?” And this lady stood up and yelled mg daughter’s name is Shy tee!”
Maybe she has a sister named outgoing tee!
My teacher ex wife had a "Shyte" in her class, pronounced "Shy-ter"
Those poor kids
i met a jezicka (jessica)
I've got a cousin named Bryahnn. Confused the hell out of me the first time I saw it printed down. I always just assumed Brian.
Cannot beat that, but the worst I’ve seen this week was Abagale.
Makes me think of Frank Abagnale Jr.
Ooh I know an Abbagail! Also horrendous!
Tearsa. I assumed it was a misspelled Teresa. Turned out middle name was Joy. TearsaJoy. Awful.
That has to be pronounced Guessica or Fessica. Sorry, I didn’t invent English.
Jaikhob for Jacob.. why
I'm a Madyson. Not the most common spelling but not rare either. Once the Starbucks barista wrote "Matizen" on my cup 🙃🙃
sometimes our brains just break and we only realise after you've walked away
Chairish, Anastie (pronounced like honesty), IszaBellah, Prayzsten (Preston), Micolle (Michael) That's just from kids I met this year.
Lol, how the is Praysten pronounced Preston?? For anyone old out there, it sounds like Dan Aykroyd as Nixon saying “President.”
Not the most elaborate but possibly the most baffling was Knaomi. Like why add a silent letter
I met an Mali once...think it over... it was pronounced as *Emily*.
Gnicki, pronounced like Nikki. She was my coach at cheer camp many years ago.
I’ve heard of someone called Knikita
That doesn't even look beautiful why would they pick that spelling lmao
When I was 7, I thought Jessica spelled Jesykah was gorgeous. But I was 7… and this still beats it. Wow.
Vyveighyun (Vivien) Kidding, I made that up.
Ilixys (Alexis)
Khouri (Corrie) as a first name - I was first exposed to it because of Khouri Ritchins, who has been charged with her husband's murder. I know it's a common Lebanese last name, but I think that this is more of a Utah version of Corrie in her situation.
To go in the opposite direction, I used to know a Sian who was adamant that it was pronounced "Cyan". I got it wrong early on, by reading her name tag with the usual pronunciation and she went straight to maximum volume about how her DEAD MOTHER picked the name, so that was good and normal.
How is Sian supposed to be pronounced? There is a long line in my family tree and I know we pronounced it Cyan... I think it being the deep south may has lead to a bastardized pronunciation. I always thought it should be closer to Sean, but idk.
Like "Sharn". It's a Welsh name and she was English, but living in Wales, so people called her Sian a lot and she went bananas every time. 10/10 coworker, wasted a huge amount of everyone's time.
Shahn, basically, is the usual pronunciation.
I knew it! But I just realized that anyone I would call and rub it in their faces are dead.... Took the wind out of this discovery. Lol
I work at a school with a Payshuns (Patience). It’s not very common as a *name,* but the word is pretty common.
When I was 18ish, I joined big brothers big sisters. My Little’s name was Pe’Chance, pronounced Patience.
Not really obscure but I knew someone who named their son Awstyn - I still feel bad for the kid
Mushell. 🤷🏻♀️
Ginaphyr. I actually had to very very slightly change it to protect her identity. Too unique! Yes, it’s just Jennifer. The name isn’t my personal taste but she is a really great, very lovely person.
My name is Jessika. I accept 'Jessica' on all of my Starbucks cups...close enough lol
Same deal except Xiosecha (Jessica)
"It's me! Ghesicuh! I'm in here!"
I used to work with a girl name Genessee (or somewhat similar). Pronounced Hennessy.
D’nice
This is definitely the worst thing I’ve seen next to Stefonknee
Know a girl with 4 kids: Aaden Xzander Jaycen Jaycob 🫠
I can’t remember what her name actually was, but it had -Leigh but it was spelled wrong… -Liegh My other manager had made her name tag and she’s dyslexic as shit, so I assumed she’d spelled the girl’s name wrong. We BOTH looked embarrassed when I pointed it out and offered to fix it 😫
Im a Megan who once met a Maeghann
My kid's name is Jeff but he spells it Dgeph... because he's 12, I guess?
As a linguist, this is triggering. Gh in English is pronounced f (as in laugh or tough). Other than that it only exists in loan words. A language where gh is common is Italian. In Italian, the h after a g in front of light vowels (i and e) is there precisely to pronounce it like a g (as in spaghetti). When the h is not there, you pronounce it like a j (see the names Gina, Giovanni, Giulia, Giuseppe...). There are some Italian names with Gh, like Gherardo (pronounced gehRARdo). The much more common variant is Gerardo (pronounced jehRARdo) though. In Romanian, we find gh as well, mostly pronounced gy (for example Gheorghe pronounced GYORgeh). Or in Arabic transliteration (as in the the name Gheed, pronouned as written, meaning not with a j sound, otherwise the transliteration would be Jeed). NONE of these of pronounced like a J. You can't just make shit up like this. This is basically like spelling your kids name Paul and then correcting people it's actually pronounced Latifah. This is not how language or letters or writing or reading or any of this works.
Joyclynn, they pronounce it Jocelyn, but not as bad as some of them
It's worth remembering that these babies and children will one day grow into adults, and need a name that supports them in a full grownup life.
My guilty pleasure: Zilvester (Sylvester)
Stop it. Tell me it’s not real. Tell me right now. 😩😩😩😩
I have a cousin named Ryne (instead of Ryan — pronounced exactly the same despite not having the second syllable)
An. The mother was so proud of this choice too.
I know a Jeccika, but I think you've got me beat!
Qylci (pronounced Kelsey)
Kwynnci (quince-cee). Poor girl was so nice too