Teachers: the names you will never name your own kids

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by maconmagnolia

I also cannot stand names that are a pretty common name, but spelled way too weird.

For instance, I know a Jacob whose name is spelled Jaekkobe. Poor kid. If you wanna go unique, more power to you. But don't give the kid a common name that everyone is going to misspell for the rest of his life.

Too bad my mother-in-law wasn't told this when my husband was born. He has a common name with two of the letters reversed: Jeffery instead of Jeffrey. People tend to "correct" it to the typical spelling. This has caused him to have to have his passport redone, barely in time for a trip to Australia, and to have the mortgage papers on our first house redone. It's just a pain.

Changing the spelling on a common name creates a lifelong nuisance.