--- title: 'Lakynn' Baby Name Births Hilarious Spelling Meme description: There are almost no rules about what parents are allowed to name their kids. But that doesn't mean the internet won't poke fun at your choice. canonical: https://time.com/5654198/lakynn-meme/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-16T17:18:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:57.795Z og:title: Mom's Unique Baby Name Choice Births Hilarious Spelling Meme og:description: How would your name be spelled? og:url: https://time.com/5654198/lakynn-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22a363341eedf523/698a017a86f68e21016ed6af/lakynn-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lakynn-Meme og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mom's Unique Baby Name Choice Births Hilarious Spelling Meme twitter:description: How would your name be spelled? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22a363341eedf523/698a017a86f68e21016ed6af/lakynn-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Endlessly Enjoyable Thread Helps You Figure Out How a Mom With a Unique Baby Name Would Spell Your Name  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 16, 2019 5:18 PM UTC  Pregnant woman with blackboard full of baby names Pregnant woman with blackboard full of baby namesJamie Grill—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 16, 2019 5:18 PM UTC There are almost no rules about what [parents](https://time.com/5492109/weird-parenting-tricks-hillary-frank/) are allowed to [name their children](https://time.com/5274339/most-popular-baby-names-2017/). But that doesn’t mean the internet won’t poke fun at your choice if they find it particularly unique or funny. Which is exactly what happened when a photo of one [mom-to-be’s](https://time.com/4868711/genetic-testing-pregnancy-parents/) chalkboard of potential baby names recently made the rounds on Twitter. After the photo — which shows the names Taylee, McKarty, Nayvie and Maylee crossed out to reveal that the mom settled on Lakynn — started going viral, people began wondering how their names would have been spelled if their moms had favored similar spelling patterns. “If she was your mom, how would your name be spelled?” Twitter user Sean Yun questioned before revealing that he thought his own name would be Shoughnn. > [](https://twitter.com/vib%5Fola/status/1161750883262173190) Other Twitter users then started chiming in with their own variations. One named Julio suggested that his would be “Wholeeoh” while another named Todd landed on Tauwde. > [](https://twitter.com/Psst%5FitsJulio/status/1162079835956494336) > [](https://twitter.com/iamtoddpaxton/status/1162393464195158016) See some of the best takes on the Lakynn meme below. > [](https://twitter.com/lexysheep/status/1162225466129801216) > [](https://twitter.com/morganisawizard/status/1162221241614233603) > [](https://twitter.com/omwgray/status/1162127724959453184) > [](https://twitter.com/chriss%5Fttopher/status/1162034640670076928) > [](https://twitter.com/YukonRadioDave/status/1162148786644377606) > [](https://twitter.com/Julia%5FSCI/status/1162159612469993473) > [](https://twitter.com/IAlien51/status/1162383657870483457) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5654198/lakynn-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5654198/lakynn-meme/"},"headline":"Endlessly Enjoyable Thread Helps You Figure Out How a Mom With a Unique Baby Name Would Spell Your Name","datePublished":"2019-08-16T17:18:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:57.795Z","description":"How would your name be spelled?","url":"https://time.com/5654198/lakynn-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","memes","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22a363341eedf523/698a017a86f68e21016ed6af/lakynn-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22a363341eedf523/698a017a86f68e21016ed6af/lakynn-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lakynn-Meme","caption":"Pregnant woman with blackboard full of baby names","creditText":"Jamie Grill—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5654198/lakynn-meme/","name":"Endlessly Enjoyable Thread Helps You Figure Out How a Mom With a Unique Baby Name Would Spell Your Name"}}]}] ```