This morning was my first Poli. Sci. class at university. The teacher was reading roll call, and called out what sounded like “Claw [name]Johnson[/name]”.
“It’s [name]Kayla[/name]”, said a girl in the back. "Oh, this must be a misprint.
[name]How[/name]'s it spelled?" asked the professor.
“No, that’s right. It K-L-A” replied the unfortunate young woman.
“Is there an apostrophe after the K?”
“Nope. [name]Just[/name] K-l-a.”
[name]Kayla[/name] = Kla (???)
[name]Just[/name] wanted to share. LOL
Ahh I get it. It’s K-lah. Still what the heck Kla isnt even remotely appealing…
I know! I kind of want to smack her parents. Why not K’la. It’s still bad, but at least it makes sense.
That is awful. [name]Truly[/name] awful.
I too saw a terrible name today on a pregnancy board - Phayth. This wasn’t an “idea” name - this woman already had a daughter named Phayth. It was too late to help her.
Seriously, poor girl. I think if it was me I would have taken it upon myself to change the spelling by the time I hit university!
oh my. . that’s bad!
Kla pronounced “[name]Kay[/name]-luh”? Really?! I’ll wager she has sisters named DNA and JME(pronounced [name]Dee[/name]-nuh and [name]Jay[/name]-mee, naturally). 
Phayth? That’s phabyoolus.
Kla pronounced as [name]Kayla[/name]?
Clearly her parents don’t understand the basics of pronounciation. For it to be [name]Kayla[/name] it would have to be K-la or K’la. Although arguably that last one could still be pronounced as Cuh-la
lol are we so sure she didnt change it herself…I’ve seen many self namers go awry trying to make their new name yooneek. perhaps she failed english a few times?
Lol!! I burst out laughing right when I saw “Claw [name]Johnson[/name].” Haha!!!