I was reading some reviews on babynamesworld.com on the various spellings of AH/UH-LAYN-UH and almost everyone said they got their named mispronounced/mispelled. I thought it was fairly easy to pronounce but maybe I'm wrong.
I really love the name but I'm worried if I ever used it, she would get her named mispronounced all of the time. Which spelling do you think is easiest just by looking at it?
Alaina- My favorite spelling
Alayna- Too trendy with the "Y"?
Elaina
Elena
Any others?
Alaina/Alayna/Elaina/Elena???
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, Oct 16 2009 09:43 PM
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 09:43 PM
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 09:53 PM
I like Elena, because I know a little girl with this name, and I like that its not cluttered with a lot of letters. Its the Greek way to spell it, but a lot of people would probably mispronouce it as eh-LEN-uh
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 10:01 PM
Yeah I really do like it spelled Elena. It seems far simpler and not so trendy. I'm just afraid it will get super mispronounced since I really love the Ah-lay-nuh pronunciation.
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Posted 17 October 2009 - 06:11 PM
There is Alana (like my step-daughter) and Alanna (a girl at my work). Both prn Uh-lay-nuh.
But I have heard it prn'ed Ah-la-nuh.
But I have heard it prn'ed Ah-la-nuh.
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Posted 17 October 2009 - 06:24 PM
There is Alana (like my step-daughter) and Alanna (a girl at my work). Both prn Uh-lay-nuh.
But I have heard it prn'ed Ah-la-nuh.
Ashley--I never realized her name was pronouced as eh-LAY-nuh. I would've said uh-LAWN-uh based on the spelling...
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 09:04 AM
Ashley--I never realized her name was pronouced as eh-LAY-nuh. I would've said uh-LAWN-uh based on the spelling...
Same here.
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 02:32 PM
I really like it spelled Alaina 
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 07:59 AM
For that pronunciation (AH/UH-LAYN-UH) I like the spelling Alaina.
But generally, I prefer Elena.I know your pronunciation is eh-LEN-ah, but in Italy we say EH-len-ah. I've got an aunt with this name (:
But generally, I prefer Elena.I know your pronunciation is eh-LEN-ah, but in Italy we say EH-len-ah. I've got an aunt with this name (:
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 02:38 PM
I have always loved Alaina, but I have recently started liking Elena.
I also like Alanna, but pronounced Ah-LAWN-uh.
good luck!
~alyssa
I also like Alanna, but pronounced Ah-LAWN-uh.
good luck!
~alyssa
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 05:29 PM
Ashley--I never realized her name was pronouced as eh-LAY-nuh. I would've said uh-LAWN-uh based on the spelling...
Same here. I have a friend named Alanna, and her name is pronounced uh-LAWN-na.
I prefer Elena.
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 10:13 PM
Alaina- LOVE IT
Alayna- Definitely the trend to use a "y" whenever you can
Elaina- Somewhat LOVE it
Elena- my absolute favourite spelling but there is always the mispronounciation problem and I don't like the name Eh-LEN-uh.
Alayna- Definitely the trend to use a "y" whenever you can
Elaina- Somewhat LOVE it
Elena- my absolute favourite spelling but there is always the mispronounciation problem and I don't like the name Eh-LEN-uh.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 11:02 AM
Ashley--I never realized her name was pronouced as eh-LAY-nuh. I would've said uh-LAWN-uh based on the spelling...
LOL. Yeah. When I first met James and his kids, I had the impression that her name was spelled Elena. But, they got her name out of a baby name book, so they might have assumed that is was prn eh-LAY-nuh, because I have heard it prn uh-LAWN-uh more. Except for the girl at work.
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