Which is your favorite spelling of these names and why?
HAY-lee:
HaylieKAY-lee:
KaylieCAR-lee:
CarlyKATE-linn:
Kaitlyn is my name so... biased.
KAY-linn:
KaylinAL-i-sen:
AllisonJAY-den:
Jayden KAY-den:
KaydenHAY-den:
HaydenAY-den:
AidenKATH-rinn:
Kathrynbree-ANN-a:
Brianna (bree-AHN-ah would be
Briana though)
ZO-ee:
ZoeyMak-AY-la:
MichaelaMAD-eh-linn:
MadeleineWhich other spellings of these names do you find tolerable?
HAY-lee:
HaileyKAY-lee:
Kailey or
Kaylee (Firefly)
CAR-lee:
CarleyKATE-linn:
CaitlinKAY-linn:
KailynAL-i-sen:
AlysonJAY-den:
JaidenKAY-den:
CaidenHAY-den: Only
HaydenAY-den:
AidanKATH-rinn:
Katharinebree-ANN-a:
BreannaZO-ee:
Zoe (although the 'y' is sooo much better!! lol)
Mak-AY-la:
Michaela only
MAD-eh-linn: Stubbornly
Madeleine only because it's gorgeous
If you met anyone with these names, how would you assume they were spelled?
Basically I'd hope they'd be spelled how I like. I'd probably instinctively spell it how I like or just flat out ask how they spell it.
Are there any spellings of these names you really hate? Or any endings, letter combinations you really hate and why?
HAY-lee:
Hayley (too many 'y's and it looks heavy)
KAY-lee:
Kayley (see
Hayley)
CAR-lee:
Carlie (this name is hideous so it doesn't matter how it's spelled)
KATE-linn: Kaitlynne (or any elaboration of the "lin" ending. Just too much, trying to hard)
KAY-linn: See KATE-linn
AL-i-sen: None, really.
JAY-den: Hate this name so any.
KAY-den: JAY-den ditto
HAY-den: Any other than
Hayden because it is lame.
AY-den: Anything other than
Aiden or
Aidan because it's trying too hard to be different.
KATH-rinn: Anything different than the standard. Stop butchering classic names, please. (not you specifically--just the general populous)
bree-ANN-a: All ugly.
ZO-ee:
Zoe is one I don't hate but drastically like
Zoey more.
Mak-AY-la: Anything other than
Michaela looks horrific.
MAD-eh-linn: Anything other than
Madeleine looks sad. I'm picky with some of these names apparently...
How many people with these names have you known? Approximate age? Siblings?
HAY-lee--A few. Mostly in high school so they'd be in their 20s now. I don't know about their siblings. I've never been friends with someone named Hailey/variants. Although one
Hailey (and I think it is this spelling) had a sister
Rachel.
KAY-lee: Uhm... 1 or 2. And not super-personally. They were a few years younger than me.
CAR-lee: 6. And each of them just as horrible as the last. Hideous name for hideous girls.
KATE-linn: A
LOT. And I'm one of them! My siblings are
Candice,
Eric,
Jillian,
William. Most other KATE-linns I've met were usually only children though.
KAY-linn: 1. She was snooty.
AL-i-sen: A fair few. About my age, a little older.
JAY-den: 0 thank goodness
KAY-den: 0 whoo-hoo
HAY-den: 1 or 2 in passing. Early 20s
AY-den: 0 :)
KATH-rinn: About 200. Every
Katie I meet is either
Kaitlyn or
Katharine.
bree-ANN-a: 1. And she was scary. Late teens/early 20s
ZO-ee: 0 thank goodness. Please no one ruin this name for me.
Mak-AY-la: about 2 and they were about 5 years older than me
MAD-eh-linn: If I include all the spellings probably about 10. Older and younger than me.
Do you like any of them? Would you use them?
I like
Kathryn, love
Zoey, adore
Madeleine.
Aiden, too.