It always amazes me

CoffeeQueen · Guru

It always amazes me

Robin · Guru

Actually I have seen it spelled that way but I prefer the way you thought it should be spelled.

There is a baby in my Mother's Day Out class named Hayllie--yes, with an extra "L". ??

Whatever.

Sara · Guru

I have heard it spelled that way as well.

Keegan's is however, Keegan Graham. :)

kris · Guru

don't people realize that those poor kinds are going to have to learn to spell and write that???

My kids are gonna love me . . . . we keep it simple smile

CoffeeQueen · Guru

wow, surprised people have seen the name spelled that way. I have never once in my entire life seen it spelled that way. I see a lot of kids and names and that is not one of them.

I feel better. It is very uncommon

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Graeme

you have to click on graeme only.

-- Edited by CoffeeQueen on Thursday 4th of February 2010 09:38:51 AM

-- Edited by CoffeeQueen on Thursday 4th of February 2010 09:41:44 AM

Toni · Guru

A lot of parents change the spelling because of their nationality.

I have a friend who's kids are Ciera (pronounced Sierra) and Aedan. They are Irish, and those are the Gaelic spellings.

As much as I love how they stick to their heritage, poor kids are going to have to spell their names out for people for ever.

sbucking · Guru

Two people I know just had/are having Makennas. One is Makenna the other is Mykenna. The second? The poor kid'll be my-kenna her whole life.

The Graham/Graeme is sort of like Jeffrey/Geofrey, right?

korilu · Veteran Member

Toni wrote:

A lot of parents change the spelling because of their nationality.

I have a friend who's kids are Ciera (pronounced Sierra) and Aedan. They are Irish, and those are the Gaelic spellings.

As much as I love how they stick to their heritage, poor kids are going to have to spell their names out for people for ever.

Toni, I was thinking the same thing. Gaelic names are notorious for sounding completely differently than they are spelled in English. Take Siobhan, for instance. There is just no way a person can look at that name, without ever encountering it before, and think "She-VONNE." They tend to be really beautiful names, but yeah, it would be a real drag correcting everyone---I'm a K-O-R-I, so I know what it is like to have to spell my name out over, and over, and over, and over...:)

I wonder if the other Graham spelling is Gaelic??

muffy · Guru

GRAEME is the traditional scottish spelling and actually is popular over here on this side of the ocean

i have known quite a few professionally - clients and colleagues - from the uk offices.

to me, its not strange at all.

muffy · Guru

muffy wrote:

GRAEME is the traditional scottish spelling and actually is popular over here on this side of the ocean

i have known quite a few professionally - clients and colleagues - from the uk offices.

to me, its not strange at all.

that said, i think americans tend to fuck up a lot of name spellings in an attempt to be different but what they do is give a headache to their poor child who is stuck always having to spell out the crazy spelled name. i think i would hate my parents if they did that to me.

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