Keira Knightley's Name Is 'A Spelling Error'

Keira Knightley has revealed that her name is the result of a spelling mistake her mother made when registering her birth.

The Imitation Game actress said her parents had wanted to name her after a Russian ice skater who her father was fond of called Kiera Ivanov.

But in an interview with Elle UK, the Oscar nominee said: "My dad fancied her and nicked her name for me. But it was my mum who went to register my birth, and she accidentally spelled 'ei' instead of 'ie' because my mum's c**p at spelling."

The 29-year-old explained that while they realised the mistake straight away, it was too late to change the spelling.

"What were they going to do, though? Once it's on the piece of paper, it's on the piece of paper. And that's me. A spelling error."

Hopefully Knightley and her musician husband James Righton will not make the same mistake when their first child is born in a few months!