In 2010, 8 American girls were given the name Jlee.
I'm guessing that this name is pronounced JAY-lee. Either that or some Glee fans have a poor understanding of English phonics.
It reminds me of a girl I grew up with, whose name was Lynz, pronounced LIN-zee.
There was an X factor contestant here in the UK a couple of years ago called Treyc (i.e. Tracy). I'm a very open-minded name-nerd, but even I'm not a fan of "creatively" spelled names of this kind; it frequently leads to a lifetime of people mispronouncing and mis-spelling the name...
ReplyDeleteThe next time I'm annoyed at having to spell out "Jaime not Jamie" for the 10 millionth time, I'll remember it could be worse. I could be Jmee...
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