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Which is your favorite spelling of these names and why?

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HAY-lee, Hayley
KAY-lee, Caley, looks more surnamey, less trendy
CAR-lee, Carly
KATE-linn, Caitlin
KAY-linn, Kaylyn
AL-i-sen, Alison, original spelling
JAY-den, Jaden, looks less trendy
KAY-den, Caden, looks less trendy
HAY-den, Hayden, original spelling
AY-den, Aidan, original anglicized spelling, less trendy
KATH-rinn, Katherine
bree-ANN-a, Brianna, pronunciation is more clear
ZO-ee, Zoe, original spelling
Mak-AY-la (actually mi-KAY-la), Michaela, non-trendy misspelling
MAD-eh-linn, Madeline, looks the best

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Which other spellings of these names do you find tolerable?

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HAY-lee, Hailey, Haley
KAY-lee, Cayley, Kayley
CAR-lee, Karly
KATE-linn, Katelyn
KAY-linn, none
AL-i-sen, Allison
JAY-den, Jayden
KAY-den, none
HAY-den, none
AY-den, Aodhán, Áedán
KATH-rinn, Catherine, Katharine
bree-ANN-a, Briana
ZO-ee, none
Mak-AY-la, Mikaela
MAD-eh-linn, Madeleine, Madelyn

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If you met anyone with these names, how would you assume they were spelled?

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HAY-lee, Hailey
KAY-lee, Kaylee
CAR-lee, Carly
KATE-linn, Katelyn
KAY-linn, Kaylin
AL-i-sen, Allison
JAY-den, Jayden
KAY-den, Kayden
HAY-den, Hayden
AY-den, Aiden
KATH-rinn, Katherine
bree-ANN-a, Brianna
ZO-ee, Zoe
Mak-AY-la, Mikayla
MAD-eh-linn, Madelyn

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Are there any spellings of these names you really hate? Or any endings, letter combinations you really hate and why?

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HAY-lee, Hailie, Hailee, Haylie, doesn't look good
KAY-lee, Kailie, Kailee, looks weird
CAR-lee, Karlee, Carlee, don't generally like -ee
KATE-linn, Kaitlyn, Kaitlin (they look wrong)
KAY-linn, non-Kay spellings like Kailyn, looks weird
AL-i-sen, Allyson, Alyson, too trendy and different
JAY-den, spellings with Jae or Jai look weird
KAY-den, spellings with "ai" or "ae" and endings other than "den"
HAY-den, all other spellings
AY-den, Aiden, Ayden, Aden, Aydan (none of those look as good as Aidan)
KATH-rinn, Katheryn, looks weird
bree-ANN-a, spellings with "Bre" instead of "Bri"
ZO-ee, all other spellings
Mak-AY-la, Makayla looks really dumb, as does spellings like McKayla
MAD-eh-linn, N/A

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How many people with these names have you known? Approximate age? Siblings?

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Kaylee (3), Jonathan
Carly (25)
Kaitlin (25), Christian, Callie, McKenzie
Kaitlyn (12), Mathieu, Christopher
Allison (20), Andrew, Jason, Philip
Alison (34), Rebekah, David, Jonathan, Daniel, Benjamin
Alison (20), Anna, John, Zhenya, Sarah, Kirsten, Matthew, Christina, Nathaniel, Faith, Hope, Eliana
Kayden (4)
Aiden (2), Carson
Catherine (11)
Kathryn (60?)
Briana (17), Pricilla, Alexander
Brianna (11?), Austin, Jonathon
Zoe (11), Derek
Michaela (45?), Kirsten

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Do you like any of them? Would you use them?

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I would consider using Katherine (as a mn, my own name is too similar) and Madeline