OSX Bash Script working with Files/Folders with spaces in the name

I'm trying to build a BASH script on OS X (10.6/10.7) to process a folder called QCExports which has folders with people's names in it in the format "LAST, First", i.e. "BOND, James".

When I run the following script, everything works but it falls over on folder or filenames with a space in them.

Script Code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "QuickCeph Export Script"

#Set Path to Process & Paths to Copy To
pathToQCExports=/Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExports
sureSmilePath=/Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSureSmile
sesamePath=/Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSesame
blankReplace=""

#Process Each Name
find $pathToQCExports -type d | while read name ; do

    #escaping the folder with a space in the name
nameParsed=${name/", "/",\ "}

    echo "Processing: "$nameParsed  
    pathSureSmile=${nameParsed/$pathToQCExports/$sureSmilePath}
    pathSesame=${nameParsed/$pathToQCExports/$sesamePath}
    mkdir $pathSesame
    mkdir $pathSureSmile

    echo "Folders Created"

    #Copy For SureSmile 
    echo ${pathSureSmile}"/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg" ${pathSureSmile}"/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg"
    #cp `${$pathSureSmile}"/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg" ${pathSureSmile}"/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg"`

    #Copy For Sesame
    echo ${pathSesame}"/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg" ${pathSesame}"/S02.jpg"
    #cp `${pathSesame}"/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg" ${pathSesame}"/S02.jpg"`

done

echo "Completed";

Output:

QuickCeph Export Script
Processing: /Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExports/BOND,\ James
mkdir /Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSesame/BOND,\ James
mkdir: James: File exists
mkdir /Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSureSmile/BOND,\ James
mkdir: James: File exists
Folders Created
/Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSureSmile/BOND,\ James/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg /Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSureSmile/BOND,\ James/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg
/Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSesame/BOND,\ James/Suresmile-Frontal\ Photo.jpg /Users/myuser/Desktop/QCExportsForSesame/BOND,\ James/S02.jpg
Completed

On OS X usually in the terminal, you use a \ to escape a space in a folder or filename, but that doesn't seem to work.

I notice that it's interpreting the spaces as a normal space would be interpreted on the command line and thinking I want to execute the command on two files - i.e. it's not passing the \ onwards. I end up with a folder called "Bond,\" and a folder called "James" in the folder I execute the script from.

Note, I deliberately have the cp commands # out at the moment, so they aren't being executed... the problem is the same for both creating the folders & copying the filenames.

If I copy and paste the "echo'd" version of these commands into a terminal window, the commands work! But when BASH executes them, it doesn't respect the . :(

Any ideas?

Thanks!! John