Life long spelling error—at least you’re unique?

Posted on March 10, 2009 at 11:14am

“My parents’ intent was to name me Stephanie.”

-Staphanie Tung

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Michi

I have a viet classmate at school who's name is Pretty Nguyen LOL

She's Pretty Nguyen (ha i made a funny ;])

and there's a dude here named Forrest Ash
jenny

When I was born my parents were told that I had to have a middle name. My parents didn't understand, so they just gave me the letter "O" as my middle name. So I'm Jenny O (yes, like the turkey....)
Ijlin21

my mom told me she was gonna name me juliet but spelled my name wrong on the birth certificate so now it's Julia. how do u get that wrong??
Esther

My name is Esther. My Korean friends call me ass-tul. (Tul is hair or fur.)
JTsao

My parents had always loved the name Jacob.
Now I get funny looks from people when they read my name (Jakub Tsao)
thereislightonthehorizon

I, too, have taught many a Eugene of Korean origin (Male and Female) as it sounds very similar to :Yoon Jin, Un Jin, Yu Jin, Eunjin, Jin Woo, etc!
Makes for an interesting classroom of Pre-School English Learners :)
I have also taught a few Risa's (intentional and unintentional Lisa's) of Spanish and Japanese origins.
Such sweet children :)
Jeniper

My friend's Korean dad always called me Jeniper (my name is Jennifer). It always made me laugh because my friend's name is Jennifer too, and I never understood why you would name your daughter something you couldn't pronounce.
PrairieGal

Apparently, a couple wanted to show their devotion to their new country so they named their son Toronto, Canada. They were told it was was weird, so they named their next son Johnny Toronto.
PrairieGal

My friend named herself Coleen when she moved here. Weird spelling, but ok. She named her son Kyle. 5 years later she named her daughter Kylie. (She wanted to name her Tennessee or Shimmer, but we told her that they were not good names.)
lali

i know someone named elsia who was supposed to be named elisa hahaha
theyesman

My neighbor was born on September 14th so her Chinese parents decided to name her Sepherteen, an amalgamation of 'September' and 'Fourteen'.
tartdesigns

I have one that will blow all of you misnamed ones out there.
I have a cousin whose parents intended to name him Elvis. Bad enough, that he has to live up to the King of Rock's name, right?
Well, they couldn't spell the name right and he ended up with the name, Elivis.
Krystal

It's cool, my friend will forever be named Kavin
I'M NOT A MARSHMALLOW!

My mother--who's Irish Catholic--once told me that she was going to name me Lourdes. It probably would've gone nicely with my very Spanish last name. Unfortunately, she told me wasn't thinking straight after my sister and I were born, which was probably why my sister's named after a car and I somehow managed to get an Italian first name...which rhymes with "Marshmallow." Guess what people call me when I introduce myself properly?
mei

my friend was born in august, so her parents named her augustine.... all thru school she had to endure quizzical looks and whispers: Isn't Augustine a male name??
She now calls herself Augustina.
td

my friends name is david david (yes his last name is david)
420guy

That's ok I know a woman named April who married a man named John May so she became April May. Her sister June was a bridesmaid ;)
Mr2Sheds

My father, an OB, once delivered an "April May June."
fongolicious

wow…that is just sad.
Lulu

I was born on December 13, so my parents agreed on my name to be Lucy coz it;s her feast day. My last name is Pearl.

Lucy Pearl... Lucifer
Hurrah.
yrenechan

My parents intended to name me Irene after the beautiful Miss Venezuela who ran against Mr. Chavez the year I was born...I ended up with Yrene
420guy

I like Yrene better
SassyGirl

My friend was supposed to be named Alexander. His name is Alexanda.
limpopo

that's hilarious ^___^
sorry man. it is kinda cool to have a fob name tho haha
Karren

Well my name is Karren Wong .... P_P people always ask about the extra R ....lol
chaerin

My mom wrote my cousin's name for his birth certificate. His name was suppose to be Vic...but since my mom heard it wrong it became Dick instead. He is scarred for life.
Jonie

I know two guys who are identical twins. One named Danny the other Daniel
sandra

my brother's name was supposed to be warren but ended up as warner. he actually likes it better.
Stephanie

...Coincidences come in threes, right?

My name is Stephanie.
This was posted on my birthday (March 10th).
WHAT NEXT? =O
jesssicar

I know a guy named 'Chinoy' for Chinese Boy.
andyyy

But its actually a cute name!!! heehee
medea

The simple and easiest way would probably be Cali. But however you decide that is a beautiful name so keep it!
menopauza
samuelLsamson

Staph Tung. Sounds like an oral infection. You have my sympathy.
420guy

Oral infection FTW.... good one
cliq

+1
yogibear54

Haha, that a good one!

My name is Chris, short for Christopher. At one point in my life, I tried correcting the mistakes i get for my name, but i've given up. At least once every year, I would get a birthday card from an aunt or granny that says, "Dear Christ", Happy Birthday!!
Anne

Mine's not as bad as these lol. So funny. My parents thought the letter "e" made a double "e" sound so they named me Anne. Instead of Annie. Then they got really confused why people kept calling me Ann. Then someone explained it to them. They don't like my name now.
oomi

Hahaha my friend's parents were trying to name their child "Cynthia" bc they thought it was a pretty name, but ended up naming her "Syndia" instead. She now goes by her Korean name hahaha
Timidemerald

I actually think Syndia's a pretty name! xD
Jon

Staphanie is kind of a fun name though, definitely easy to remember...Just don't get a job for the CDC ;-)
Leila

or marry a guy whose last name is Aureus!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dangers

OMG! my name was supposed to be 'brenda'... branda is close enough. LOL
Denny

My friend was named Josef when his parents intended to just name him Joseph. There wasn't any reason behind the alternative spelling; they just didn't realize that 'ph' could make the same sound as an 'f.'
Name

Lol ironically I'm pretty sure Josef is a very European way of spelling it.
Hnnn

I'm European and I've never seen the name Joseph spelt like that.
YetiBao

Josef in Europe is very common, especially Germanic languages.
Neve

Stalin, Mengele, Goebbels...the examples are plentiful and unflattering.
Katie

my sisters friends name is Johnerson. he was suppose to be Jonathan.
rokucha

this is as funny as "Anfernee" from Mean Girls!
Joe Zhou

omg... OMG!
Frank T

Staph, I can't believe you're an pseudo internet celebrity! Funny seeing you here :)
alicekim

ouch, that sucks.
do people mispronounce it often?
Seattlite

One of my friends was named by the labor ward nurse- his name is Bonty. Rhymes with Monty from Monty Python. (I've heard him say this line so many times, I've lost count!)

My little cousin is a 2nd grader, is full Chinese, and his name is KADAR! In this time and age, having an Arabic name is not easy, let alone being 7 y.o. with that name. My stupid uncle wanted his son to have a name starting with the letter "K' like his does. The genius that he is, he asks the hospital interpreter to find a name in the K boy's section of the baby name book. Apparently said interpreter selected Kadar as it was the first name and sounded good. Interpreter told my uncle that Kadar means strong and powerful.

I asked a friend who minored in Arabic if that was true. She said yes, but that it also means "dirty" and the color "green" depending on how the word is spelled in Arabic.
yoyoyo

I have a feeling thats what my parents did to me too. I also have the name Stephanie but spelled differently LOL
naomi

i know a person with the name Risa...they wanted Lisa.
Name

I think Risa is also a japanese name. Well, it was the name of one of the girls in the j-drama Tiger & Dragon. Maybe it was supposed to be Lisa, too.
RocioR

There's no L in the Japanese alphabet, but the R sounds pretty close to L so the name Risa = Lisa. My friend's name is Risa too, but she just goes by Lisa
Paul

It's Toyota Colola in Chinese and Toyota Corora in Japanese.
Amy

My sister's name is Risa. She was named that intentionally.
Aoede

That's actually quite pretty! It's Spanish for "laughter".
andrewq

My friend Mitty was supposed to be named Mighty o_o; Incredibly, the mistake name is less odd than the intended one.
et4

oh man. lol
shandrew

That is awesome, because it's exactly how my parents would pronounce your name.
E

Ha, you're marked for life. I know somebody who was supposed to be named Gordon, until his grandparents were taking a drive from LA to SF, and passed by the town of "Gorman" and thought it was a much better American name.
rokucha

omg, i just got through everything that's above this comment and then i read this. i'm crying right now ROFL!!!
mooo

like Kevin, my parents mispelt my Chinese name that's used as my English middle name.

Me and all my siblings have mispelt/weirdly spelt names too. =(
Hrna

LOLLLL OHMYGAWWW.
allie

I have a friend who was named "Lona"... it was supposed to be "Lorna"
Jameson

Don't feel bad, my dad wanted to call me Joseph.

Somehow it ended up as Jameson.
sooshi

Haha, awesome. I knew a guy who was named the same twice.

Eugene Eujin W
waylan

burn
kevin

hahaha...that's awesome! my parents misspelled my chinese name (used as my english middle name) pretty horribly, but this is way better!
Sidney

same... why is it always the translations they muck up?
apennyawish

My friend was supposed to be Suzanne, but she was named Sujan. :O)
Christine Cheng

ahahahahahahahahh
Altissima

Among my FOB-parented friends, there is an "Emilly" and a "Michele" (
female) -- we joke that Emilly's Dad stole the extra L from Michele.
Ren

Michele is a fairly common spelling.
JhonnyC

ROR that is tooooo funny!!!
renagade676

ROR! Too funny!
emilio

i know a girl name jannefer...
her name was supposed to be jennifer
and i know a boy name chistopher.
..if that helps
Tiffany

LOL that's the best one I've seen so far.
EATxCHOUI

Aahahahahahhhhh!!!! FOB for life!

My Mom is a Fob

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