yes, I know alternative spellings involving Y’s isn’t nameberry’s favorite trend, but rest assured I’m just exploring! it just so happened that my crush on the names [name_f]Huttyn[/name_f] & [name_m]Lennyx[/name_m] as sisters coincided with my discovery of the singer [name_f]Emyrson[/name_f] [name_f]Flora[/name_f], and now I’m interested in finding more creative ways to spell names with Y’s!
basically, names where someone wearing it would say, “Emyrson with a Y… but not where you expect it to be!”
[name_f]Huttyn[/name_f] and [name_m]Lennyx[/name_m] are some more tame/obvious alternative spellings. I would throw [name_f]Maveryk[/name_f], a recent discovery, into the mix. I also stopped dead in the middle of typing the other day to try Avyrie
so now I’m curious what other creative Y spelling ideas the berries can come up with! beyond -syn in place of -son, or every possible combination to make [name_f]Rylie[/name_f]. I find this works best with more modern and unisex names, but if you have an idea with a more established name, I’d love to see it too!
i don’t have the time right now to come up with a whole host of ideas but i just wanted to hop on and say i met an [name_f]Elyzabeth[/name_f] once !!!
[name_f]Morgyn[/name_f]
Adylaide
[name_f]Dylaney[/name_f] (or Dylanie?)
[name_f]Teagyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Elyana[/name_f]
Isybelle
[name_f]Emyrie[/name_f]
Mabyl
[name_f]Matylda[/name_f] (this is a totally established Polish spelling but I love it so had to suggest it)
[name_f]Harpyr[/name_f]
Peppyr
[name_f]Elyza[/name_f]
Spyncer
[name_f]Cadynce[/name_f]
[name_f]Mayve[/name_f]
Evyrett
[name_f]Daysie[/name_f]
Rosylie
[name_f]Larkyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Byrdie[/name_f]
[name_f]Wynnie[/name_f]
Bennytt
The Berries gave you so many great suggestions, the only one I can think of that has not been mentioned yet is [name_f]Yris[/name_f] or [name_f]Irys[/name_f]. I had a completely random dream about the former a fairly long time ago, and it has been on the back of my mind since then.
ETA: I also enjoy [name_f]Evangelyne[/name_f] thanks to an animated series I loved as a child, however, this one may not be very “you”?
My name is C@thryn. Does that count? lol My daughters are @rwen and R@ven and we’ve had people try to spell their names [name_m]Arwyn[/name_m] and [name_f]Ravyn[/name_f].
thank you everyone!! this got a lot more interest than I thought it would, given the subject matter! I’m not even sure what I’m to do with this list… a caf, perhaps?
anyway, I especially enjoy:
[name_f]Ryver[/name_f] (in theory… maybe Rivyr?)
[name_f]Annistyn[/name_f] / Annystan
Rydlee
Andyrson (something about the “yr”!)
[name_f]Anthym[/name_f] (as much as I detest KC…)
Kyndred
[name_f]Hayzel[/name_f]
[name_f]Elynor[/name_f]
[name_f]Madyline[/name_f]
[name_f]Junyper[/name_f] (Junipyr?)
[name_f]Arybella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lylith[/name_f] / [name_f]Lilyth[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvie[/name_f]
Jyrnie
[name_f]Fynlee[/name_f]
Elydie / Elydi
[name_f]Apryl[/name_f]
[name_f]Emyrie[/name_f] / [name_f]Amyrie[/name_f]
[name_f]Vyolet[/name_f]
[name_m]Wyllow[/name_m]
[name_f]Byrdie[/name_f]
[name_m]Fyfer[/name_m]
Mabyl
Evyrett / Everytt
[name_f]Mayve[/name_f]
Bennytt
Jynsen
Kalyxta
Evyrlie
[name_f]Kynnadee[/name_f]
[name_f]Wynrie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nyxie[/name_f]
Hynrie
Ivyrie
[name_f]Wylder[/name_f] (I know a little boy who spells it this way! love it for a girl too!)
[name_f]Pyper[/name_f]
Emyrence
[name_f]Stetsyn[/name_f] (I also know a little girl who spells it this way!)
Brydges
[name_f]Irys[/name_f] (Yris also reminds me of my Ynès!)
Revyrie
[name_f]Zynnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Blyss[/name_f]
[name_m]Bryar[/name_m]
Hollys
Merytt
[name_f]Wynslow[/name_f]
[name_f]Wynter[/name_f]
[name_m]Aspyn[/name_m]
