Haha, my dad wanted to name me
Heidi - then my name would have been
Heidi LaVerne [we are very
German] but my mom wouldn't let him. So he tried
Gretchen and she hated that too, and they settled on
Ashley. Actually, I wouldn't have minded
Gretchen,
Ashley is okay, but theres about a bazillion other
Ashley's, I can't go anywhere without having to be called '
Ashley Z' or 'Z!'
I think
Heidi is alright (it definitely wouldn't have worked on me] but it is a bit too old for me.
Alana is okay as well. I like the spelling
Alana or
Alayna best.
Alanna or
Alannah makes it sound like 'Uh-Lawn-Uh' rather than 'Uh-Lane-Uh' unless you are going for the first pronounciation.