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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?

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1. Brittany
2. Katherine (though I prefer Catherine)
3. Aliyah
4. Nicolas
5. Valerie
6. Casey used for masculine, and Kacie used for feminine
7. Aiden
8. Isabelle
9. Elliot and Elliott equally
10. Zain
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.
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
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
1. Brittany, though i cant stand it in any form
2. Katherine
3. Aliyah
4. Nicholas
5. Valerie
6. Casey, but same with Brittany
7. Aiden
8. Isobel
9. Elliott
10. Zain
Britney
Katherine
Alia
Nicholas
Valerie
Kasey
Aiden
Isabelle
Elliott
Zayn
1. Brittany
2. Katherine and Kathryn, I'm sorry I can't choose, I adore both
3. Alia
4. Nicholas
5. Valerie
6. Casey
7. Aidan
8. Isabel
9. Elliot
10. Zayn
1. Brittany
2. Kathryn
3. Alia
4. Nicholas
5. Valerie
6. Casey
7. Aiden
8. Isobel
9. Elliott (this being my #1 boys name of all time, in this spelling)
10. Zane
1 Brittany
2 Katharine
3 None
4 Nicholas
5 Valerie
6 None
7 Aidan
8 Isobel
9 Elliott
10 Zane
1. Brittany
2. Katherine
3. Aleah (Although, I prefer Alea more)
4. Nikolas
5. Valorie
6. Kacey
7. Aidan
8. Isabelle
9. Eliot
10. Zain
1. Brittany
2. Katherine, if I have to use k.
3. Aliyah
4. Nicholas
5. Valerie
6. Casey, but I hate it.
7. Aidan ... or Aiden? They seem the same.
8. Isobel? Isabel is nearly as likable.
9. Elliot
10. Zane

This message was edited 3/21/2024, 11:04 PM

Brittany
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
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.

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