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HelpMicaela or Michaela with Italian surname?
For an american child, would you ladies side with the Italian spelling 'Micaela' over the better known/known as most correct spelling of 'Michaela', if paired with an Italian surname?
1. am curious if the spelling 'Micaela," would be misjudged as one of the many creative spellings?
2. I'm also wondering if the Michaela spelling, might clash with the Italian lsat name?
I get that there are plenty of non-italian first name paired with Italian surnames, just curious which combo seems most ideal?
Thanks!
1. am curious if the spelling 'Micaela," would be misjudged as one of the many creative spellings?
2. I'm also wondering if the Michaela spelling, might clash with the Italian lsat name?
I get that there are plenty of non-italian first name paired with Italian surnames, just curious which combo seems most ideal?
Thanks!
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1. No I don’t think so since it is one of those names that everyone seems to spell differently.
2. No it wouldn’t. In the US there are so many different last names from all sorts of cultures so I think any first name could go with any last name.
2. No it wouldn’t. In the US there are so many different last names from all sorts of cultures so I think any first name could go with any last name.
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I don't think an Italian surname would make any difference in the U.S. The majority of people I went to school with had Italian surnames and people never really erred away from English spellings for first names. No clashing IMO.
I would almost always side with Michaela, simply because it's more familiar. Micaela doesn't look "creative" but I am sure it would get misspelled rather often.
I would almost always side with Michaela, simply because it's more familiar. Micaela doesn't look "creative" but I am sure it would get misspelled rather often.
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I think either would be fine. Micaela is a legitimate spelling, and besides, I think the general population probably views Makayla as the default spelling anyway, as that was the most common. I don’t think Michaela would clash with an Italian surname at all. So if I were you I’d just go with whatever spelling I thought looked nicer. My personal preference is Michaela.
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This is a name that enjoyed such heavy popularity a decade or two ago, in every conceivable spelling, that I don't think people would bat an eye one way or the other. If somebody named their kid 4@87CH%^5 and pronounced it "mik-AY-la" I don't think anybody would even question it. Whatever feels right to you is the way it should be spelled. Both are "correct".
That being said, in North America the name just feels so... tired. The popularity surge just wore it thin for me, and my eye starts twitching when I hear it. It and the parade of McNames and Kaylee-Kylie-Keelah-etc names that followed it.
That being said, in North America the name just feels so... tired. The popularity surge just wore it thin for me, and my eye starts twitching when I hear it. It and the parade of McNames and Kaylee-Kylie-Keelah-etc names that followed it.
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1. I don't really view it as having a correct spelling, so yeah, I guess. Micaela seems one of many spelling possibilities. My first guess would be Makayla for that sound, though my favorite would be Mikaela or Mikhaila, I think.
2. I would prefer Micaela personally, because it seems more streamlined, and I don't like Michael. But it wouldn't occur to me think that Michaela doesn't belong next to an Italian surname.
2. I would prefer Micaela personally, because it seems more streamlined, and I don't like Michael. But it wouldn't occur to me think that Michaela doesn't belong next to an Italian surname.
This message was edited 5/15/2018, 11:50 AM
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