Parents Name Newborn 'Kaitlyn' But You Won't Believe How They Spelt It

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

KVIIIlyn - can you say that?

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.

It was posted on Imgur with the caption simply: ‘Surely a form of child abuse?’

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'.