What do you think about the trend of giving children unique or oddly-spelled names?

In my opinion, i love unique names. We shouldn't just still to the old names because we need to try something new! Well, I want to name my children Jaxon, Landen, or Jakob and they are spelled differently. I like the spellings because they are different.

Some spellings are okay. some people don't do it to be unique. For example here are some exceptable spellings:

Haley - Hailey, Hayley

Catherine- Katherine, Kathryn

Sarah - Sara

Rachel - Racheal

Caitlin - Kaitlyn, Katelyn, Kaitlin

Annoying spelled names:

Madison- Madisyn, Madyson

Emily - Emmaleigh

Haley - Hayleigh

Jessica - Jessikuh

caitlin - Kaytlynne, Kaytlynn

I think giving a child a unique/different name is overrated. It really doesn't matter. However, I say that and my kids have very off beat names. Not spelled weird or made up, just not commonly used. I have a fairly uncommon name and it probably hasn't had too much of an affect on my life, I think a person makes the name, the name doesn't make a person. A weird name or unusual spelling might grab my attention (good or bad) but I wouldn't judge a person just on the name.

Edit- I also don't think that an unusual spelling makes a name unique, just spelled weird. So, I would much rather have an uncommon name than a common name that is spelled different. I also think the spelling can ruin a name that would otherwise be pretty, like Kennedy spelled Kynadee, etc.

I know for a fact that those children will have a hard time in conservative industries. Some names belong on a business card and some go on a name tag.

Names are names. A child grows up with it; hates it at stages, loves it at stages.

Personally, I would prefer to have a unique name than a very common one. Ashley and Jane are boring.

Spellings are the issue to me. I can't stand when people purposely misspell names to make it 'unique.' It doesn't change anything. All it does is make people think the parents can't spell.

Oddly spelled names will most probably make life more difficult for the child.

However, a UNIQUE name will probably be appreciated.

I don't object to unusual names. My only rule is if it's an unusual name use a spelling that you won't have to repeat 3 or more times over the phone. It will annoy clients.

When reviewing an application I take in the visual ie) is it well presented first, which only takes about a second and prefer a covering letter tailored to the position.

An odd spelling I link with immaturity, lack of education and low socio-economic status of the parents. I also don't like bland names. I am aware of this tendency and hope to balance it out when reviewing applications. I certainly wouldn't cull a well qualified applicant because of their name.

I think parents should give a great deal of consideration to what they name their children and how they spell the names. The long term consequences can be embarrassment and frustration on the child's part.

My parents gave me an extremely old-fashioned name. It's been an inconvenience my entire life. I can imagine the same would apply to an odd or oddly spelled name.

Unique is different than irritating or childish; and creative spellings are irritating, as is taking ordinary words and putting excessive apostrophies in it. "Creative" spellings make me immediately assume that the parents are druggie teenagers.

I don't mind it as long as it doesn't get crazy... Jareet'sha is ugly and let's be realistic..our names mark us and people stereotype us by our names. Giving your child a good name is important and creativity is good too, but don't stick your kid with a name that won't sound good as a professional adult!

I wouldnt treat an Ayshlee any different then an ashley...the sound of the name is a normal name, doesnt matter the spelling....although some people named their children very ghetto names that you can hardly say let alone spell and yes they will be judged.