Parents Name Newborn 'Kaitlyn' But How They Spelt It is Craaaazy

Publish date
Tuesday, 21 Jun 2016, 3:36PM
Photo: iStock

Photo: iStock

These Australian parents really have taken the cake with the most interesting spelling of a common name...

KVIIIlyn.

LOL WHUT?!

Baby KVIIIkyn’s mum, identified only as Mavis, wrote to a magazine proudly discussing her parenting choice. ‘I’ve always loved the name Kaitlyn but hated how popular it was,’ she said.

‘So, when I found out I was having a girl, my husband suggested we replace the ‘ait’ with the Roman numeral symbol for 8.

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In Australia, parents are banned from including numbers in their children’s names.

Perhaps that is why KVIIIlyn was given the Roman numerals instead of the more obvious 'K8lyn'.

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