I would pronunce it LYE-kin, since the first syllable looks like the "lai" in "balalaika," one of my favourite words. And the LYE-kin pronunciation is hardly great--lichen is the flat stuff that grows on rocks.
If you really want to pronunce it LAY-kin, you'd do better to spell it Laken. That's streamlined, far easier to look at and spell, and less confusing with pronunciation. I'm still not a big fan of it--I prefer
Larkin / Larken, like the character in
Once Upon A Mattress--but it looks better as Laken.
Laken
Georgia would be fine--I do like
Georgia a bit. I'd be sure to use a feminine middle name, since I've seen Laken on boys, too.
Laken
PamelaLaken
UrsulaLaken
JohannaLaken
JoannaLaken
ReneeLaken
TacitaLaken
AureliaLaken
AmeliaLaken
TeresaLaken
SerenityLaken
Isobel
Array
I've seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
This message was edited 1/14/2006, 9:07 AM