Baby names spelled with the names of letters: Ivy (IV), Casey (KC), Ellie (LE)

A reader named Becky recently emailed me with a rather cool request:

We’re looking for a girl name that has an actual spelling and letter combinations to represent the word. For example Evie (EV) and Katie (KT). Any suggestions would be great!

Here’s a long list of (mostly female) names that can be spelled with the names of letters. Some of the letter strings don’t quite replicate the pronunciation of the corresponding name, but, even if they don’t match perfectly, they do come pretty close.

Can you guys think of any others? Let me know and I’ll add them!

Update, 2015: Here’s a baby girl named Elloebee, a phonetic spelling of the acronym LOB (“legion of boom”).

[Latest update: Nov. 2023]

11 thoughts on “Baby names spelled with the names of letters: Ivy (IV), Casey (KC), Ellie (LE)

  1. D = Dee
    DD = Deedee
    LNE = Eleni
    GG = Gigi
    J = Jaye
    SE = Essie

    I have a friend whose daughter has the initials I.V., and they call her Ivy. And I once knew a Janine who signed her name “J-9” (even though that isn’t how it’s pronounced) and an Angela (not me) who signed her name “NG-La”.

    If you don’t mind a stretch, NG could be Angie, and LX could be Alex

  2. This game reminds me that the great Art Deco illustrator Erté, born Romain de Tirtoff, took his pseudonym from the French pronunciation of his initials, “R.T.”

  3. I once dreamt of the name Adie (AD) and later did find it in some baby name books, usually listed as a diminutive of other names.

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