Purposeful Misspelling?

[jessicat11]

That being said, by just reading it, I too would assume Issac was pronounced Is-sac, with a short I, and that Vivianna was Vivi-an-na not Vivi-ah-na.

[llama_lord]

I obviously never brought it up to her. I just thought it would be an interesting thing to talk about on here.

But I certainly was never trying to insult this woman's intelligence. I don't want to come off as a know-it-all or pretentious, I just had to wonder how that spelling came about, because I too have misspelled Isaac quite a few times on accident. But maybe it wasn't a misspelling and she wanted it like that. I don't know.

[greyer]

Issac is a legitimate spelling, although I agree I want to pronounce it differently than Isaac on first glance. Something more like ISS-sack than I-zack.

Vivianna could be pronounced either way, I guess. The extra N does seem a little unnecessary.

[southern.maple]

I've come across Issac on census records as early as the 1790s (when the US began taking a federal census). I definitely prefer Isaac, but Issac certainly has its own legitimate history not as a misspelling.

I don't see a problem with Vivianna.

[taz]

Issac bothers me. Since Vivianna is kind of a smush name the spelling is ok with me...though I like just plain Vivian or Vivian Anna nn Vivi Anna a ton better....

[darci]

Issac is somewhere in the 400's on the SSA popularity lists, so I'd assume it was intentional, rather than a misspelling. The Anna/Ana pronunciation thing seems to be regional, so it's entirely possible she's used to them being pronounced the same.

[hibigem]

Out of all the variations of spellings I cannot believe the gripe is over spelling Isaac as Issac. First the 2 a's seems stupid to me whether it is the original spelling or not and considering I have seen Isaac spelled as Izak the double s version is not so bad. How about we concentrate on people using pre-existing words and pronouncing them differently to make it into a name (Ration pronounced as Rayshawn) or using apostrophes/dashes when they are not needed (La-a pronounced Ladasha). I work in an area where I see these crazy names all day every day. I named my son Issac and I am glad I spelled it that way. It suits him very well. Someone has to stick up for the name.