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Blithe. Especially if pronounced "Blih(Like him)-th(Like thimble)".

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Dinah is an okay name, but I think variants of Dianne would fit better with Blythe/Blithe.

Blythe.

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Normally I don't go for y's when there is another option, but Blithe just looks strange to me. I've only run into people who use the spelling Blythe.

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I don't care for that combo. The double long-i sound is too much. (In the way I'm saying it, anyway.)

Blythe is a more appealing spelling to me than Blithe, perhaps because it looks more like a name and the Y spelling also seems like it might be easier to know how it should be pronounced. Looking at Blithe it reminds me of words like blight and bright.
I think Dinah Blythe looks best to my eyes too, and the combo has a very sweet sound to it!

Blythe looks more correct to me. I actually always thought the word was spelled that way too until, like, college. I think which one I'd prefer depends on the combo. In the case of Dinah, I'd prefer Blithe. Dinah is the sort of pioneery name I love to pair with Puritany things. So I'd spell it like the word, and that's one great combo.

This message was edited 6/4/2012, 7:49 AM

Blythe would be my pick. I've never seen or heard of Blithe, so it looks like it's trying to get too "cool". Dinah is a lot of fun. Personally, I would pair her with something more common than Blythe, but it doesn't sound bad.

I like Blithe, it seems fresh and clean. Blythe feels a bit dusty and worn in comparison.

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I do not like the combo Dinah Blythe / Dinah Blithe.

I like Blythe better but agree your combo doesn't really work together as the sounds are too similar. Blithe looks like it should be pronounced differently than blythe, like with, though I know it isn't. Blythe looks more namey.

This message was edited 6/4/2012, 9:17 AM

Blythe. I say it with an unvoiced th like in 'thin.' I would say Blithe with a voiced th like in 'this.' Blythe is a name, and I like it. But Blithe is just a word meaning something not very namey, like 'chirpy and glib,' as far as I'm concerned.

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I'm not excited about Dinah Blythe. The consonant sounds don't work together IMO. It's like orange, green, and white, and too square with the two stressed I sounds (I mean square shape, not dorkiness). And it has a 'nub' sound in the middle. How about Daphne Blythe or Ada Blythe.

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This message was edited 6/4/2012, 9:47 AM

Blythe is more appealing. Looks more elegant and pretty than Blithe.

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Dinah Blythe is lovely.

I prefer Blythe, but both seem to be two completely different names.

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I prefer Dena Blythe to Dinah Blythe/Blithe.

Blythe looks better. Dinah is fine, but I don't really care for it. The combo is nice.

I like Blythe because of the "y" going below the line;I like the look of it.

Blythe looks more name-like to me.

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I've never really liked either Dinah or Blythe/Blithe (as a name), so I can't say I like the combo.

Blythe

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I always want to follow Blithe with Spirit. Blythe, though, is lovely.

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Dinah Blythe doesn't sound good at all to me because of the double /eye/ sound. Bleh. If you're going for DEE-na, then Dina, Dena, or Deena would be more appropriate. I think you could find another way to create the oh-so-Southern combo you seem to be going for. :) Dinah Blanche would work better.

Blythe looks more like a name/less than just a word than Blithe.

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Dinah Blythe? Nms, but it's not the worst. Individually, I think they are very nice and unexpected names but I don't see them together, somehow.