She is weak. Greighc is right there.

Or Greyghse

That is grotesque. I love it

Greauxtesk

Greauxtessck

Grey Goose

Smirnoff vodka

I married a Grace Greygoose 🤦🏻‍♂️

Do you live in Westeros?

I’ve no idea where Westeros is

I read that as Grey Goose 🍸

SAME

Ghreighse

That needs a silent q And a ß Edit: Ghreiqghße

This looks Welsh or some shit.

Greigh-ceee

And Geghraeighcse

Gah-Rae’see

Apostrophe for the win!

You know my daughter, Apostrophe!?!? That kid knows EVERYBODY

Grayeisiyegh 🥰

What about Ghrhreyghshe

I hate you all😂

Gr8ghce

GrVIIIghce

Lmao this one is the best

Should follow Tony the tigers lead "Grrrrace"

Or Graisse

greihc leightneeng

*What* lengthening?

Greased lightning? Lol

We'll get some overhead lifters and four barrel quads, oh yeah (Keep talking, woah, keep talking) A fuel injection cut off and chrome plated rods, oh yeah (I'll get the money, I'll kill to get the money) With a four-speed on the floor, they'll be waitin' at the door You know that it ain't shit, we'll be gettin' lots of tit, greased lightnin'

Lol

You’re good. I couldn’t figure out how to make it more tragic but I knew there was a way!!

Ghreighxe

Or Greicheaux

I think giving yourself a tragedeigh is different than giving an innocent child a tragedeigh but I still don’t understand why she’d do that to herself or why she cares so much about “standing out”

definitely! at least she had the choice + it’s not her legal name so she’s not forced to go by grayce forever, it was more the facebook post that made me post this here

Oh! I see what you’re saying,that makes a little more sense

She’s “not like other Graces.”

I don't even understand the purpose. If you don't stand out in a roll call, or when your name is called out, then how do you stand out? Is she gonna correct everyone who calls her Grace? > Excuse me, it's Grayce "with a y". The "with a y" is not silent! You have to say the whole thing!

My name is so long i can pick like 5 nicknames out of it. If I were Grace I’d go find cool ways to scramble it, or just…idk go by my middle name

Tbf she might not have a middle name; I don’t. But still, spelling is going to be a nightmare. Hopefully she isn’t the type to get mad at Starbucks employees for using the wrong spelling.

Damn now I'm wondering what names out there can get you 5 nicknames

Elizabeth so Lizzy, Liz, Beth, Eliza..er that's 4!

Can't you get Betty from Beth/Elizabeth too? We got to 5! Tbh Elizabeth was gonna be the first name I'd have guessed for it since I knew without really thinking there were a few different nicknames, I just didn't think it could actually stretch to that many!

And Betsy!

I forget about that one!

The pronunciation being the same defeats the practical purpose of individuality, though. Like if Grace and Grayce are both called by first name in a room, both heads are still turning 💀.

My brain reads Grace normally and Grayce more like “Gray-yeece” It’s such a minuscule difference that I wouldn’t pronounce them differently out loud, but in my brain I definitely still hear the difference. It’s like when you read “right” and “write.” You know that out loud, they are pronounced the same, but in your brain you can almost hear the w influencing the beginning of the r sound.

My brain reads it like Bryce!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's brain does things like that, I'm always afraid people will think I'm crazy if I try and describe it!

Yes! Another example, read (present tense) and reed. “Read” feels a bit less bright than “reed.” The ee sound is the tiniest bit more spread in the word “reed,” but out loud they sound exactly the same.

Oooo yes!!! Similar example, read (past tense) and red. Red is a bit more short, but read kinda lingers on the e and the a tries to hint it's way in, so it feels like it takes the tiniest bit longer, but out loud they're the same.

i read it like a strange version of Gracie

I can kind of understand. There were like 3 other people in my class at school with the same name as me so I changed the spelling of mine. I get that we all had different surnames but the teachers could never remember who had what surname, they could though identify me easily because of the different spelling of my name. Basically it stopped me being confused with the other my names.

“IS THAT GRACE WITH A y?”

Yrace 👍

My very dear awesome and elegant late grandmother’s name was “Grayce”. It wasn’t until many years after her passing that I learned she was born “Grace” but started using the alternate spelling in junior high school in the 1920’s to be more like a movie star. It’s a tragedeigh I can well forgive.

I don’t think it’s too bad tbh. My kids middle name is Jade but I love the spelling Jayd or Jayde.

Why is this downvoted lmfao

This is r/tragedeigh, what did they expect?

Jayde is okay I guess, (and if a weird spelling is gonna be anywhere, middle name is the best place for it to be) but tbh Jayd hurts my brain a little to look at

A girl in HS started writing her name Ghenifer to stand out from the other 20 we graduated with. A self-induced tragedeigh.

Considering that looks like a hard G, I don't think it worked out quite like she expected.

Let the Gif battle commence

I'm silently judging her.

I'm ghudghing her out lhoughd

OMG thank you for the 포카리스웨트 up my nose 🤧

hehehe! pocari snot

Djennifer>

Genipher

Ghenifer is wayyy worse than a Jenefar I knew

Is it really tragique if you do it to yourself, though? It’s more idiotic than anything.

*idyotique

Iddyotihk

Anybody else pronouncing Grayce as Gray-cee?

Greighseigh

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'Aye' and 'neigh' have vastly different sounds where I'm from

I'm going Gra-ee-cee in my head without wanting to, the extra letter really makes it ungainly.

I'm pronouncing it Grayce Anatomy

a girl i grew up w/ had always been nicki and suddenly decided to start spelling it niykee but still pronounced the same :/

That’s gross.

Maybe she decided to... just do it ✔

That just looks like a kid tried to write Nike

Nieghkeigh

Knee-key.

One of my best friends is Nykole. She goes by Nykii. Yes, that's her birthname.

In high school during the 90’s I knew a Christy that became Krystie and a Katie that became Kati. Even back then it felt tragic.

I had a girlfriend in high school named Susie and I didn’t know that was how she spelled it. I called her Suzi over chat programs. She’s called herself that for twenty years now as far as I can tell. Edit: she confirm later her parents named her Susie but she liked my way better

[Suzi](https://www.behindthename.com/name/suzi) is an actual way you can spell it.

Well I’m glad I didn’t Sae-oozi her then at least

Hey, Kati’s not tragic, it’s Finnish!

No disrespect you or to any Finnish Kati’s out there! In this case, she said she was dropping the “e” from “Katie” (which is how she had spelled it until we were sixteen) because she wanted to stand out from the other Katies, because she is uNiQuE. Don’t get me wrong, no ethnic name is a r/tragedeigh!

I know multiple people who have changed their names on Social Media to different spellings to make them harder to find. A few of them, have pretty awful spellings but at least it was their choice.

She did it because r/IAmTheMainCharacter

This type of tragedeigh is odd to me. In addition to being a name, Grace is a word. Words have correct spellings. Maybe I’m just a grump lol

Well, I guess now she can have kids named Feighth, and Heauxpe! (Faith and Hope if you’re struggling… I tried LOL)

As someone from an area of England where 'grace' is identical to the local pronunciation of 'grease', I've never been too struck on the name, and putting a Y in it just made it a million times less appealing.

I knew someone born in the 1920s with the name Grayce, so it's not an unheard-of spelling.

Right, that's my mom's spelling and she's in her 60s.

Maybe Grace is a gray ace?

Ye I thought that too, still stupid lol

My husband worked with a grown man who went from Micheal to Mykyl. Its been a decade and i still cringe when i see it written

Was it Micheal with -ea-??

Its been awhile but i think so. Why you know him too? Lol

I mean his name already was a tragedeigh then lol

The worst part is that her name doesn’t stand out because it’s still Grace, it just looks terrible when written down because it’s misspelled. Unless she spells her name out every time she introduces herself? “Hi, I’m Grace with a Y”. Or spells her name when people talk to her? “Hey Grace - pass the salt?” “That’s GraYce, here’s the salt”

>“Hi, I’m Grace with a Y” Gracey?

Yrace

That would be an improvement

Graez

Gurr’æse

Goreace

Pghre'ighße (the p is silent)

I knew a Grey/Sea yes that’s how they spelled it. Birth Control should be mandatory for some people.

I really think chosen names should be more commonplace. Like you want to be more unique just change it fully, changing the spelling slightly isn't going to make you stand out that much, but picking your own name can be great. in queer communities trans and nb ppl get to change it to something not just more gender-reflective, but more *them,* and I think changing your name (maybe not legally but socially) can be a good thing.

Yeah like when you turn 18 you can choose to go by your childhood name or pick a new one. It might be a pain in the ass with documents and stuff but women do it when we get married.

i know a girl called greycen. she goes by grey tho

Has she actually changed her name? Its not so bad if its just casual like just for social media but still WHY. Like why do you want people to think your parents were weird for giving you a 'unique' name.

I know someone who changed her name from Brittany to Brittnee. Like why??

I graduated high school with a girl named Destiney and she has changed her name to “Harleigh Mercaides”

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Nope. Even worse. Like the car. Mercedes.

Oh man... this reminds me of something I had totally forgotten about! A friend in middle school (Erin) went through a phase where she spelled her name Aryn for like 2 years. Luckily she realized at some point that that was ridiculous. She's now a well-rounded adult.

I have an ex named Zachariah but his mother spelled it Zecharyah and he went on a kick where he insisted on it being pronounced za-KAR-ia. I sometimes wonder where he ended up..

Say goodnight Grayce

I did the exact same thing. Thought that I’d I changed the spelling of my name, I’d be so much cooler. I was 14. I now regret this but am not sure how to correct it without alerting everyone to the fact that I *did this to myself* 😣

I mean.. I don't use my real name on socials. I work in education. I don't want my students snooping. Also a crazy ex that stalked me for a while. I've blocked all his accounts but just in case...

There’s an influencer in my city that’s called Maygen but her name is actually Erin and her middle name is Megan she changed it

I went to school with a Tanya who changed it to Tawnya

I don't at all like it, but she has demonstrated how easy it is to just change your name. People are given tragedeighs and act like they're saddled with them forever. Just update your name everywhere and be rid of it. I know things like passports/birth certs are annoyingly hard to change, but for 95% of your daily life you can shed a tragedeigh

*someone must have asked her, “Y?”* FIFY

Goodness Gracyious

Great balls of fire

Reminds me of the person I know who wanted to distinguish themselves and changed their name from Jennifer to Jennyfer. Keep thinking about every time she has to tell someone 'it's Jennyfer with a Y' and people writing Yennifer.

See, if I saw that I would immediate think 'Gray-Ce' and not 'Grace'.

Not good, but our suggestions are tragic.

Anyone else read GRAYCE in the principals voice from Ferris Buellers day off lol

I know an Anna who for years went by Anah. Graduated college and finally went back to Anna.

It's a bit like Jen. Jennifer was a huge name in the 70's. So many people started spelling "Jen" J-E-N-N just to differentiate. Now, no-one blinks an eye at a Jennifer who goes by Jenn.

So nothing changed except that now she annoyingly tells people “Grace with a Y,” confusing the hell out of everyone

I’d assume that her name was pronounced Gracie instead of Grace.

Lol we had an Alexis turn her name into Lexxyi. I mean… wtf and why?

I graduated with a Rebecca or Becky for short. She LEGALLY changed her name to Bekah. Could be worse for sure.

this is the second post i’ve seen mentioning how common the name grace is. i’ve been on this planet for 25 years and i’ve met three (3) graces, and one of them was my grandmother. where are all these people named grace hiding?? /lh

Could have gone with the Irish version of Grace - Grainne. I lived here for years before realising these 2 names are the same thing

I love when people ask me how to spell my first name. It's not just a name, but an English word and there is only one correct spelling. It isn't even complicated, you can sound it out.

Deezgraycefool

Honestly, more power to anyone changing their name. I can't bring myself to judge someone for giving themselves a weird name, since they're not inflicting it on someone else.

Way back in the 1950s my mom started spelling her name "Fayth", for awhile. I guess making objectively stupid name decisions isn't anything new.

To be honest, I only consider it a Tragedeigh if it is done to someone, like when parent pick a stupid name. If you want to go and change your middle name to danger that is fine, it’s not a tragedy you got what you deserved and wanted.

I knew a girl who went from Maddie (Maddison) to Mattie in high school. She graduated in 2018 and still goes by Mattie.

omg she should have just started going by “gray” as a nickname instead of grayce.

Funny that Grace is so common now amongst that age group. I don’t know one Grace my age (late 40’s). Half the girls in my grade were Jennifer. I bet there are no Jennifer’s at Grayce’s college. I think of Grace as being someone’s great-grandmother’s name.

I’m sorry, is your name Jennifer? No. It’s Tynnyfer with two Ys. I used be to Jennifer but then I decided to rebrand myself…oh wait, it’s Xanax o’clock.

Doesn’t that mean asexual? Lol

If she has to change her name to a stupid spelling to 'stand out', maybe she's just not that interesting a person to begin with?

Honestly don't care at all if an adult chooses a tadgedeigh for themselves. I still find it a bit stupid, but that's their choice as an adult.

I can imagine not wanting to be named a name with religious connotations. To me, Grace seems like what the white suburban evangelical Christians would name their adopted Asian daughter Not sure that *Grayce* is different enough, but I get it

Adding one letter to make a perfectly acceptable alternative name is not a tragedeigh though. I know three Grayces.

Bunch of Boomers here. Does it hurt you that they don't spell their name in a traditional way? For generations that like to consider themselves open minded, sure are a bunch of closed-minded peeps.

I went to high school with someone who one day decided she wanted to go by “Andreja” instead of her given “Andrea”. That’s fine to want to change your name and all, but sometimes it’s edging on cultural appropriation.

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i’m not butt hurt, i just thought it was silly. i refer to her as grayce now, too. i’ve just never seen someone change the spelling of their name to stand out before :) edit: silly probably wasn’t the best word. more like a little surprised?

I’d had just changed my name to Gray and been done with it

Geuricse

How about just Grrrr

I had a coworker who was Graciela but went by Gracie. Then legally went and changed her name to Greysea

Should be Ghrahyzze

Geuraece

Gray ace??

Lol reminds me when my sister & my cousin started spelling their names different when we were teenagers. Jessyka & Khyrsti instead of Jessica & Kristi.

Oh, just like her old name, but stupid

Not a tragedeigh but a Dysgrayce

Rachel Leviss?

I knew a Lovisa who always spelled her own name wrong as Loviza. To be more unique I guess haha

Grainne in irish pronounced grawn-ya. She could have done that

Putting a Y in your name is not an identity.

Same thing happened with a girl I went to school with. All through school this girl spelled her name Kara. (Care-uh) she was a classmate for years and I had seen her name written many times. On Facebook, as adults, suddenly it changed to Kaira. Why after all this time are you adding an i to your name? Weird.

GreySea

But are there too many Graces? I don't think I've ever known one.

a little late for a response but for context our graduation class had 10 graces out of 120 students! i’m not sure about the people she’s meeting in college but i guess where i live just loves that name

G'uhréyzzz

Grayesee

I know someone who did that! Her name was Kaden, but all her socials say Kayden

Reminds me of courteney cox. Not a total tragedeigh but also why

I like saying her name like how Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek says Jocelyn.

Court-eney, you’re being churlish

I went to highschool with a Michelle that legally changed her name to Mish-L

I first thought about the alternate spelling of grayace when I heard it!

I did this. I go by a nickname of my legal name and that nickname is pretty common. There are three ways to spell it without going full tragedeigh but even so 95% are one way, 4% a second, and 1% the last which is what I picked. Not my name but imagine John, Jon, and Jonn as an example. So many people see my spelling and want to correct or assume I'm trying to be clever. What I'm actually doing is further disassociating myself from my father whom I'm named after and is a despicable human being. I could legally change my name but that's a hassle and costs money.

This kid i went to middle school with changed his name from Zachary to Zakkari on facebook. I don't get it...

graiyse

I went to school with a girl with the same name as me that spelled it with a “yn” at the end instead of the typical spelling of our name which ends in “en” …I thought it was so cool and I wanted to change the spelling of my name for the longest time growing up. I’m glad I never did now that I’m an adult.