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I've never been a fan of Bethany. It's always been in the same class as Amber and Summer to me -- kind of low-class (no offense to anyone, it's JMO!). Spelling it a different way just makes it confusing for the person, too, I believe.

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I do have a good friend named Bethany. She's made me like the name a little more. But she says that growing up, when she first said her name, people thought she was saying "Stephanie". :b But the name is more common now, so I don't think that would be a problem.

My oldest friend is named Bethanie :-)

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We've been friends since 1993. I prefer Bethany, but I'm so used to seeing Bethanie that I don't mind it. Her mn is Jane btw.

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:-)

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

Sorry but Bethanie looks horrible to me. I only like Bethany

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I think Bethanie is fine. It's a lovely name either way you spell it. I just don't like girls names that end abruptly with I or with EE (Bethani or Bethanee).

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Leslie edd 4/17/05. Baby should be arriving via c-section April 12th!
???????? Reagan, Gabrielle, Sabrina, Scarlett, Karina and my boys Sean, Adam and Noah

Well I normally don't like alternative spellings unless they are widely accepted and/or the original spelling looks awkward/weird to me somehow, which Bethany doesn't. BUT... Bethanie isn't all that bad. I do think it looks more cutesy but besides that, I guess I have no real problem with it. I still prefer Bethany though.

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"I dare you to make less sense."

Bethany is one of my favorite names and I've always really liked the spelling Bethanie myself but wasn't sure which spelling I would actually use. In my subdivision directory there is a four year old girl named Bethanie so I guess it's more common than we think! :) Very pretty!

I would immediately think the parent(s) was/were trying to be different, thinking that by changing the spelling of the name, it would change the name itself (those troublesome creative spellings!).

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Bethanie looks awkward to me, while Bethany looks much simpler. With the spelling Bethanie, there would probably be spelling problems, as people would most likely assume the spelling is Bethany.

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I think it's a lovely name, with the spelling Bethany only.

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P.S. For some reason, I see parents who really want to be cutes-y with their twin girls, by naming their daughters Stephanie and Bethanie. Haha.

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-Lissa Hannah-
!, !, !, !, !, !, !, !, !, ! = Kipling, Barry, Mortimer, Miles, Marmaduke, Maris, Blanche, Gladys, Arlette, and Glenda

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?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? = Pasquale, Archibald, Humphrey, Nigel, Minna, Doris, Shirley, and Cordelia

I don't like Bethany at all, Bethanie is nice :) I wouldn't label it a kre8tiv spelling

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Alice x

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Proud big sister to Sophie and Isabel

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Favourite names are: Anouk, Audrey, Iris, Atticus, Henry and Starling

I love the name Bethany...I'm not keen on the 'ie spelling. It looks kind of weird.
Sorry.

It looks a little off spelled Bethanie, and personally I much prefer the spelling Bethany, but it's not all together horrible.

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Hannah

"If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot long than you'd like." - Garden State
Loving mom to 18 PPs -- see profile for names.

I hate it. It looks wrong.

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"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she's a feminist or a masochist." -G. Steinem

It wouldn't be awful if you're French. But I prefer Bethany.

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~~ Claire ~~