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DD's name has no other spellings. DS's name has no alternate spellings, but sometimes people think his name is a different one. His name begins with "O" and sometimes people don't hear it when we say it.

I've seen -en and -yn for our DD1's name which we spelled with -an and is the most common spelling. I didn't even know there were other ways to spell it until after she was born and someone asked!

DD2's name is only spelled one way. And if I ever saw it spelled another way, it would be "unique." To say the least.

No, unless they are just spelling it wrong or in a made up way... We purposely chose easy to spell / 1 spelling names for all of our kids.

As far as I know there is only one way to spell Micah. Peope mispronounce it though and it irritates me

There are two commonly accepted ways to spell DD's name. We chose the far more common one. I also believe that it is the traditional/original spelling.

So far, most misspellings I have seen have been a third version altogether, but at least one that makes phonetic sense. Lots of people have been confused about how to pronounce her name, too.

My name is literally two letters long, spelled precisely as it sounds, and people who have known me since birth still misspell it. I usually just laugh it off, because obviously it just doesn't matter that much to some people. I am sensitive about spelling others' names correctly, though.