[name]Just[/name] watched The Help and love the name [name]Abilene[/name]. What do you think of Abelene? I am not normally a fan of alternative spellings but that was my instinctive spelling when searching for this name. Abelene seems to reach more naturally for the nickname [name]Belle[/name]/[name]Bella[/name], but also seems more clunkily like the masculine name [name]Abel[/name].
I don’t care for it because it looks like abilene spelled wrong
I like [name]Abilene[/name]! I would honestly keep the [name]Abilene[/name] spelling–it just looks more streamlined. I hadn’t even thought of the nn [name]Belle[/name]/[name]Bella[/name] for it, though! I think you could still use the nn [name]Belle[/name] for it, although it’s a bit of a stretch.
I much prefer [name]Abilene[/name]. It makes me think of the city in [name]Texas[/name], so any other spelling just seems wrong. [name]Abby[/name] seems like more of a natural nickname. I agree with [name]Ash[/name] that [name]Belle[/name]/[name]Bella[/name] is a bit of a stretch.