Well she has to live with it for the rest of her life so I’m glad she changed it to the way she wants.

I’m sure her parents had the best intentions.

I know quite a few people who’ve done this, including quite later life.

Good on her for taking a stance and doing something she wanted. The parents said they named her the way they did to give her options. She chose to re spell her name. They can’t be angry at that.

I wouldn’t like my name to be spelt some weird way either so I don’t blame her for wanting to change it. I can see this happening a lot in the future with all the crazy spelt names parents are giving their kids nowadays

I would have changed my name too and I must admit I have never seem Emily spelt Emileigh. I don’t know why people have to keep changing the spelling of names. My husbands name is Brian and he is always asked if it is with an I or a Y now. This never was an issue years ago.

You are an adult now and if you didn’t like how your name was spelt you have the right to change it. I’m a female and I was named Terry. I would go to the Lion’s Christmas party and I always received boys gifts because of the spelling. As soon as possible the spelling was changed to Terrie. It still sounds the same but at least people now know I’m not a male before they see me. You’re the one who has to live with it, not them.

I think this is something we’re going to see happening more and more as people try to be ‘different’. I don’t see any issue with what she did.

spot on! I’d have done the same thing. So-called ‘unique’ spellings just look naff (sorry, it’s only my opinion, but it makes it look like you cant spell or dont know any better!)
My daughter’s mate is called siennarh which is just wrong!
But it’s a first world problem I guess. It would certainly annoy the crap out of me.

I feel sorry for the people whos parents spell the kids name differently just to be unique. These parents should respect that she changed it. The names is hers and she has to manage the miss spelling and respell it to everyone everytime she says her name. Good on her for standing her ground

I went through life spelling my Christian, middle and surname ..then when I finally married I went woohoo only to have that name spelled incorrectly many times.

The spelling was idiotic. But changing your name is rude to your parents. Good luck.

I can see reasonsing behind why she may have done it. I know someone who changed their name for a good reason.

At 18, she is an adult and able to do what she wants. In all honesty, if the spelling of her name has caused such angst throughout her life, I think it’s okay for her to change it. It’s not like she’s changing her first name totally, just to a way that makes her life easier.

Honestly, it’s her name she has a right to change it and it’s not like she changed the name anyway just the spelling.