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[WolfNameLover]

Wouls you spell names like Christopher different or would you keep them the same?

[Holloway]

Everyone is different but I prefer to keep them spelled the traditional way unless you're going for a clear foreign influence or honoring someone who spelled it not in a traditional way.

For Christopher I could spell it Kristoffer in order to honor my Swedish heritage. Other than that I would keep it as the traditional spelling because with names that people recognize people assume they know the spelling and your child will constantly be correcting the spelling of a name everyone knows.

[Addison]

Everyone is different but I prefer to keep them spelled the traditional way unless you're going for a clear foreign influence or honoring someone who spelled it not in a traditional way.

For Christopher I could spell it Kristoffer in order to honor my Swedish heritage. Other than that I would keep it as the traditional spelling because with names that people recognize people assume they know the spelling and your child will constantly be correcting the spelling of a name everyone knows.

 

I agree with this exactly!

[Remy Hadley]

I definitely prefer classic spellings for most names, not even just traditional names. There are some names that I do like the different spellings to, like Katherine vs Catherine, but they're both within traditional spellings so..

[ashlynnx]

i prefer to spell names the way i like them the most. for example i don't see the issue with spelling kristopher rather than christopher if you prefer kristopher. i understand why other people want to keep the name strictly the way it is but in my opinion you don't NEED to do that. for example i like the names Alizabeth and Alisabeth but I do not like Elizabeth. so why would i use Elizabeth just to be "correct" if i don't like the way it looks? again this is just my opinion. I understand spelling would be a minor issue but then again... when is it not?