Name spelling help

Girl Names
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We have narrowed down our baby girl name list quite a bit… I’m so proud! It had about 20 names on it before we started slashing.

We really like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], “[name_f]Annie[/name_f]” for short. And we like [name_f]Marin[/name_f]/[name_f]Maren[/name_f], but I don’t know the best way to spell it. We would like it to be pronounced MAH-rin (like [name_f]Karen[/name_f] with an M).

What spelling will make life easiest for our little girl?

What is the significance of the different name spellings?

We live in suburban central Massachusetts where people may not be used to hearing unusual or different names, so I’m trying to keep as simple as possible. The middle name isn’t settled, but top contenders include [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Chloe[/name_f]. All of our middle name options have some family significance.

I appreciate your comments on any of the above. [name_m]TY[/name_m]!

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I think [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “[name_f]Annie[/name_f]” is absolutely gorgeous but I’m slightly biased. :slight_smile: As for [name_f]Marin[/name_f]/[name_f]Maren[/name_f], I’d spell it [name_f]Marin[/name_f] or [name_f]Marine[/name_f]. If I saw [name_f]Maren[/name_f], I’d pronounce it “mah-ren”, not “mah-rin”.

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[name_f]Maren[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] or [name_f]Maren[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] would be super cute.

We are from [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_f]England[/name_f] as well and pronounce it like [name_f]Karen[/name_f] with an M

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[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] is really pretty. I’d spell it [name_f]Marin[/name_f], and as a combo, I love [name_f]Marin[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], too. :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Maren[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] or [name_f]Maren[/name_f] [name_f]Chloe[/name_f].

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I’d spell it [name_f]Maren[/name_f]; that way it’s definitely going to pronounced the way you want to (and if people aren’t sure how to spell it, “[name_f]Maren[/name_f] like [name_f]Karen[/name_f]” is pretty easy to remember). [name_f]Marin[/name_f] could be mispronounced as Ma-reen as it’s quite close to [name_f]Marine[/name_f] and [name_f]Marina[/name_f].

I do prefer [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] of your choices but if you do want to go the more unusual route, [name_f]Maren[/name_f] is nice.

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I love [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]!!! [name_f]Marin[/name_f] is nice too. I prefer the [name_f]Marin[/name_f] spelling because of the link to the water, but I suspect [name_f]Maren[/name_f] would be easier in the long run.