Research reveals the most common autocorrected names in Britain. So is your name a typo?

It is designed to improve your texts, documents and emails.

But as anyone who has used spell check or autocorrect knows all too well, the software doesn’t always get it right.

The famous autocorrect from f*** to duck may be the first thing that comes to mind, but many Brits also have trouble spelling their own names.

In fact, a new report claims that as many as 41 percent of baby names born in Britain are mistaken as typos.

From Ottilie to Eesa: these are the most common autocorrect names in Britain.

In the study, experts from ‘I am not a typo’ (IANAT) entered a list of baby names registered in Britain into Microsoft Word.

Of all names registered in England and Wales in 2021, with at least three occurrences (13,532), 5,492 were found to be ‘wrong’.

Names considered typographical errors include many of African, Asian, and Eastern European descent.

However, it was also found that popular Scottish, Welsh and Irish names were incorrectly considered typographical errors.

Ottilie topped the list for girls’ names, followed by Esmae, Liyana, Ayda and Seren.

Meanwhile, Eesa was the most autocorrected boy’s name, followed by Rafe, Matei, Finnley and Zayan.

An analysis of National Records of Scotland data found that of all names given to children in Scotland in 2022, 41 percent were ‘typos’, including popular names such as Ruaridh, Lochlan, Maeva, Ayda and Fiadh.

The famous autocorrect from f*** to duck may be the first thing that comes to mind, but many Brits also have trouble spelling their own names (stock image)

Meanwhile, several popular baby names in Wales – including Alys, Seren and Osian – and Northern Ireland (including Oisin, Daithi, Meabh and Eabha) were also flagged as incorrect.

Based on the findings, the team wrote a report open letter to the tech giants, calling on them to fix the autocorrect.

“Esmae – all 398 of her born in England and Wales in 2021 – is apparently wrong,” the researchers wrote in the letter.

‘The same applies to the 447 born in 2020, 501 born in 2019, 480 born in 2018 and 502 born in 2017.

‘That’s 2,328 in the past five years. That compares to 36 instances of the Nigel name at the time.”

Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand, a researcher at Northeastern University, has lent her support to the campaign.

Based on the findings, the team has written an open letter to the tech giants, calling on them to fix the autocorrect

“My name is Rashmi, not Rashi, Rush me or Sashimi, despite autocorrect,” she said.

‘For people with names like mine, autocorrect is not convenient or useful. It’s useless. And yes, it is harmful.’

Journalist Dhruti Shah has also spoken out about the consequences of an autocorrection of her name.

‘My name is Dhruti. Not Drutee, Dirty or even Dorito,” she said.

“And yet these are all words that my name has been changed to, often due to an autocorrect decision or a hasty message.

“My first name isn’t even that long – only six characters – but if it’s listed as an error or garbled and treated as an unknown entity, it’s like saying that not only is your name wrong, but so are you.”