Alene

It's gorgeous.

My mother named me Alene. I have never liked it. I always have to say and spell it several times a week for 70 years (more like 66). I always have to instruct how to pronounce it... I say 'like Arlene without the "r". If I had known years ago I could have had it legally changed I would. I vowed never to do that to my children and I didn't. Old friends and cousins call me A... I love that. The others call me Mom or Bubbie... those are better names... Happy Mothers Day to all⚘.

There's a song called coeur d'Alene by The Head And The Heart, and I'm pretty sure coeur d'Alene is a place too. I pronounce it uh-leen, it's very pretty as well as Eileen :)

My name is Alene and it's pronounced A-leen. Not "UH-leen" or "AH-leen" which are perfectly fine names, but I feel the pronunciation of the "A" as in "acorn" or "Amy" is much more interesting. I've heard nothing but good things about my name. The only thing bad I can say about it is when I was younger I heard the kids calling me "Alien" a few times, but it never hurt me or scarred me for life or anything. I thought it was funny. Kids will find a way to make fun of any name.

This is also my name which is pronounced ay-leen. Some people have always had a difficult time pronouncing it. Even pronouncing it "uh-leen" or "ah-leen". But everyone has always commented on how pretty the name is and I have grown to like it.