All of our first names begin with "J". All of our middle names begin with "L". In fact, 5 out of the 6 of us have the SAME middle name. Yes, my husband and I have the same middle name. Josie is the odd ball ( in oh so many ways). Her middle name is Lynn, vs. the Lee that we all have. I liked Josie Lynn better than I liked Josie Lee and back then, I didn't know she would be my only girl. Some of the grandmothers have the middle name of Lynn as well so it's not a complete shut out.
And, of course, all of our last names begin with "J".
I know. Corny much?
None of the names are that complicated. But,there have been a few instances of mispronunciation and spelling.
Jayce: (rhymes with Ace) Sometimes misspelled Jace. Or mispronounced Jay-cee. But, understandable.
Josie: Not much confusion here.
Jarrett: Hardly ever mispronounced but often misspelled. Again, understandable.
Jeven: Now, this one gets interesting. Not a name you hear often. And, usually not within a Caucasian family. Just sayin'. We knew when we named him , that we would be repeating ourselves. "Kevin?" "No, Jeven." "Devin?" "Nope, Jeven".
When I was pregnant with Jeven, we argued on how we were going to spell it for a long time. I wanted J-e-v-i-n. At the time, my husband was working with a Kevin that he really didn't care for. So, he wanted J-e-v-e-n. As you can see, he won. But, that's ok. Looks right.
Again, his name does get misspelled. Understandable. I'm fine with it. Really.
But this? This is a little ridiculous, don't ya think?
Hahahahaha! Poor guy! There was ALWAYS confusion with my name growing up (in college, I got called "Karen" and "Car-ee" all.the.time.) because of my weird spelling so I went 100% traditional with my kids' names and spellings. The spelling of my name might be pretty different (the only person I've ever met with the same spelling was a guy volleyball referee when I was in High School, lol) but I've never had confusion like little Jeven at Build A Bear! LOL (laughing in love of course) :)
ReplyDeleteWow. Did they fix it?
ReplyDeleteJevannie? Really?
Sheesh.
I think if I did not know how to spell it, I'd probably ask. But then of course the people who work at Build a Bear aren't rocket scientists, I suppose.
Not that I am a rocket scientist either.
:)
Oh dear, they really screwed that up.
ReplyDeleteI found your post really interesting because we are trying to figure out a name for #3 and my husband said we need an "m" name. I asked him why and he said "l,m,n" Lucas, "m", Natalie. I just had to laugh ;)
Now, that's a little ridiculous and major screw-up. We have one, too that we spelled differently than the average spelling of his name. It's always misspelled. **kicks self in butt** LOL
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