[Opinions] Which spelling for these names?
Choose your favorite spelling in each set.
1. Brittany, Brittney, or Britney?
2. Katherine, Katharine, or Kathryn?
3. Aleah, Aliyah, or Alia?
4. Nicholas, Nicolas, or Nikolas?
5. Valerie, Valarie, or Valorie?
6. Casey, Kacey, or Kacie?
7. Aidan, Aiden, or Aden?
8. Isabelle, Isabel, or Isobel?
9. Elliot, Elliott, or Eliot?
10. Zane, Zain, or Zayn?
1. Brittany, Brittney, or Britney?
2. Katherine, Katharine, or Kathryn?
3. Aleah, Aliyah, or Alia?
4. Nicholas, Nicolas, or Nikolas?
5. Valerie, Valarie, or Valorie?
6. Casey, Kacey, or Kacie?
7. Aidan, Aiden, or Aden?
8. Isabelle, Isabel, or Isobel?
9. Elliot, Elliott, or Eliot?
10. Zane, Zain, or Zayn?
Replies
Britney. It's the simplest, although Brittany is prettier. Either way it's bound to get misspelled.
Katherine all the way.
Alia is the simplest and it looks the best.
Nicholas looks the best.
Valerie looks the best.
Casey looks the best but I do prefer Kasey and Kacey on females.
Aiden because I like "Ai" over simply "A" and "den" over "dan".
Isabelle because it looks the prettiest.
Elliott looks the most complete.
Zane looks the best.
Katherine all the way.
Alia is the simplest and it looks the best.
Nicholas looks the best.
Valerie looks the best.
Casey looks the best but I do prefer Kasey and Kacey on females.
Aiden because I like "Ai" over simply "A" and "den" over "dan".
Isabelle because it looks the prettiest.
Elliott looks the most complete.
Zane looks the best.
Some of my answers weren't options.
1. Brittany is most common but Britney looks okay, too.
2. Katheryn
3. Aaliyah
4. Nicholas
5. Valerie
6. Kasey
7. Aiden
8. Isabel
9. Elliot
10. Zayne
1. Brittany is most common but Britney looks okay, too.
2. Katheryn
3. Aaliyah
4. Nicholas
5. Valerie
6. Kasey
7. Aiden
8. Isabel
9. Elliot
10. Zayne
Yeah, I didn't want to list too many because I thought people might get overwhelmed.
1. Brittney
2. Katherine
3. only Aaliyah
4. Nicholas, prefer Niklas
5. Valerie
6. Casey
7. Aiden
8. Isabelle
9. Elliott
10. Zane
2. Katherine
3. only Aaliyah
4. Nicholas, prefer Niklas
5. Valerie
6. Casey
7. Aiden
8. Isabelle
9. Elliott
10. Zane
Britney
Katherine
Alia
Nicholas
Valerie
Kasey
Aiden
Isabelle
Elliott
Zayn
Katherine
Alia
Nicholas
Valerie
Kasey
Aiden
Isabelle
Elliott
Zayn
1 Brittany
2 Katharine
3 None
4 Nicholas
5 Valerie
6 None
7 Aidan
8 Isobel
9 Elliott
10 Zane
2 Katharine
3 None
4 Nicholas
5 Valerie
6 None
7 Aidan
8 Isobel
9 Elliott
10 Zane
Brittany
Katherine
Aliyah
Nicholas
Valerie
Casey
Aidan
Isobel
Elliot
Zane
Katherine
Aliyah
Nicholas
Valerie
Casey
Aidan
Isobel
Elliot
Zane
1. Brittany
2. Katherine
3. Alia or Aaliyah idc
4. Nicholas
5. I'd prefer Valeria, but of these, Valerie f. Valarie is like salary and Valorie is like calorie (and anyway the name doesn't mean valor)
6. Casey m, Kacey f
7. Aidan
8. Isabel
9. Elliot
10. Zane ... the others look like they might be pron to rhyme wine
2. Katherine
3. Alia or Aaliyah idc
4. Nicholas
5. I'd prefer Valeria, but of these, Valerie f. Valarie is like salary and Valorie is like calorie (and anyway the name doesn't mean valor)
6. Casey m, Kacey f
7. Aidan
8. Isabel
9. Elliot
10. Zane ... the others look like they might be pron to rhyme wine
1. Brittany because it most reflects the meaning.
2. It depends on the namesake. I don’t have a preference.
3. None. Aaliyah is how it should be spelled.
4. Nicholas, but this seems anglophonic.
5. Valorie because it looks like valor
6. Casey. Personal preference.
7. Aiden probably. Aden looks like it would be pronounced differently.
8. Isabel. Historical precedent
9. Elliot. Two L’s is just right. Two T’s is just fussy.
10. Zayn probably. Zane next. Zain looks like vain.
2. It depends on the namesake. I don’t have a preference.
3. None. Aaliyah is how it should be spelled.
4. Nicholas, but this seems anglophonic.
5. Valorie because it looks like valor
6. Casey. Personal preference.
7. Aiden probably. Aden looks like it would be pronounced differently.
8. Isabel. Historical precedent
9. Elliot. Two L’s is just right. Two T’s is just fussy.
10. Zayn probably. Zane next. Zain looks like vain.
This message was edited 3/21/2024, 4:31 PM
I hate the spelling Aaliyah, so I think it should be spelled anyway else, haha.
I do wonder when they romanize a name from Arabic why they sometimes add two A’s. Idk I don’t speak Arabic.
Aa is closer to the Arabic pronunciation. I think it's usually to indicate the letter ayn, which doesn't exist in English (it's more guttural).
This message was edited 3/22/2024, 1:09 PM