Baby Name Spellings

I personally prefer the traditional spellings. I have to admit that I roll my eyes when I see silly spellings and feel just a little bit sorry for the child and wonder whatever were the parents thinking? Having said that, it's really none of my business, is it? :)

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It's a beautiful name. I much prefer the original spelling. But I am admittedly a traditionalist. I really don't like all the unique spellings and the unique name trend. Yet, I know I am wayyyyy in the minority with this, especially the name thing :)

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Traditional,hands down. There are so many trendy names these days that the traditional are now "uncommon". My little boy's 1st name is William...he is the only William in his daycare. There are 3 Aidans,2 Taylors,and 2 Kadens. :)
What ever happened to the names like Mary and Sandy and Beth...???? Mallory is very pretty and grown up. :)
I like Mallory Jane. Long first names sound good with one syllabal middles. But your choice of Mallory Taylor is cute.
I am 5 months pregnant and about to find out the sex next week, so I will be in the same boat as you with the baby naming!!!

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My vote is for the traditional spelling....I think it comes across as more sophisticated and elegant too. I think "made up" spellings appear trendy. You need to think about what it will be like when you child is a grown up or that she/he will always have to help other people spell their name. Unusual spellings are cute for a 2 or 5 year old..not so much when you are a professional.

Please do whatever makes you happy though....just sharing my opinion. It is a personal pet peeve of mine when people spell their children's names phonetically or make up the spellings...to me, it makes the parents seem uneducated or unable to spell.

Again....JUST my opinion and I have LOTS of friends with beautiful children who have very unusual names.

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I prefer the traditional way. I personally don't think giving children a "unique" spelling makes them unique. They will constantly have to correct people or repeatedly spell their name for people. Also in a classroom it doesn't change anything as a teacher I have first hand experience with this. If there are 2 kids with the same name and different spelling it is still going to sound the same. I once had a Brittany, Britney and Britni all in the same class but they all sound the same and I had to use last initials with all three. I don't think that will be as big of an issue because I don't think Mallory will be a hugely popular name. Good Luck no matter what you decide.

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As a child, I hated the fact that my name had an unusual spelling. It was regularly misspelled and incorrectly pronounced. I wanted those cute little stickers and pencils with my name. Silly, but even now, I can remember how left out I felt and how I hated being different.

Just my experience -

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