spelling of name

[lankeela]

My name is Jacqueline but I am always called Jacky (spelt with a 'y'). I know it is often spelt Jackie, and we had a teacher who spelt it Jacqui, and I went to school with a Jacci and a Jacalyn, slightly different to Jaclyn (as in Smith) but I noticed on another thread that Jade Goodey's mum is called Jackiey which is a new one on me.

Are there any other names with so many different spellings?

[shaneystar2]

Snap ..I have never seen it spelt in that fashion either.
Though by the look of those two I wouldn't have thought spelling was very high on their agenda.
I spell mine Jacqui ...but every one shortens it to Jac or Jax.
My father was called Jack and I have a brother brother Jack so when Mum called ..Jack ...she got a reply in triplicate .
I was only ever called Jacqueline when she was annoyed with me and at school by the teachers ...when they weren't calling me something else !

[shaneystar2]

Typing correctly is obviously not on my agenda !!

[lankeela]

Thats a coincidence - my mum only ever called me Jacqueline when she was annoyed with me, or to get me up in the mornings!

Most friends call me Jack. I have an Uncle Jack (real name John) and I was called after him, so had I been a boy I would have been called John. Wonder why John was changed to Jack ?

[lankeela]

Just remembered, the lady doctor in Casualty (or is it Holby) is called Jack. So was the girl every one thought was a boy in Robin Hood, but that was spelt something weird like Djaq.

[shaneystar2]

My dad was also a John but nobody ever called him that including my mother.He was always known as Jack ..It's like John Kennedy people called him Jack Kennedy .One site says ...........

JACK. Scholars cannot agree whether this derives from the popular diminutive for John or from the French Jacques which translates of course as James. The answer is probably both at various times. A very similar name Jagge the Jongleur appears in no less a source than Piers Plowman in the late 14th C .
Ooooh fame at last !!

[heathfield]

Our local newspaper carries a birthday greetings page with entries from mums, dads, and friends. You'd think that names like Wayne, Darren, and Kylie would have standard spellings. Not so. You'll see half-a-dozen variations on each. Staff at the local Registry Office must fall about laughing at some of the spellings they see.

[natalie_1982]

I am called neither Jack, James, Jackie or Jacqueline, but my grandfather was Christened John and has always been known as Jack, when asked why he replies with his favourite joke..... wait for it.... because it is shorter than John.

[lankeela]

Jagge the Jongleur - I think that would make a great name for my next dog!