Spellings

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So I have a predicament. I have started to right my book but I haven’t gotten very far because the spelling of the names just don’t sit right with me and I just end up thinking about spellings not what I’m supposed to write.
The names are [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Arianna[/name_f], McKenna, and [name_f]Elaina[/name_f] (Elena). They go by [name_f]Cora[/name_f], Aria/Ari, [name_u]Kenna[/name_u], and [name_f]Ella[/name_f]. These are important to remember. The story is set in the future and I’m thinking about having unique but understandable spellings of names like [name_m]Jaxon[/name_m] instead of [name_u]Jackson[/name_u], [name_f]Alaysia[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Alesia[/name_f] and so on but that is not yet confirmed.

So what spelling do you like of each name?

[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] – Coardelia, Coardellia, Coardelya, [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], Cordellia, Cordellya, Cordelya

[name_f]Elaina[/name_f] – [name_f]Elayna[/name_f], [name_f]Ellaina[/name_f], [name_f]Elainna[/name_f], Elaena, Ellayna, Elaynna, Ellainna, Ellaena, Elaena

[name_f]Mckenna[/name_f] – Mkenna, Mckenah, Mickenna, [name_f]Makenna[/name_f], Mikennah

[name_f]Arianna[/name_f] – [name_f]Aryanna[/name_f], [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], [name_f]Aryana[/name_f], Ariannah, Aryannah, [name_f]Arianah[/name_f], Aryanah

Airalynn – Airalin, Ayralyn, Airallyn, Airalen, Airalon, Auralyn, Aeralyn, Airalyn, Airallin, Auralin, Aeralin, Airalinn, Ayralin, Ayrallyn, Ayralen, Ayralon, Ayralon, Ayralynn, Airalyn, Airallen, Airallon, Aurallyn, Aerallyn, Airallynn, Auralen, Aeralen, Airalenn, Auralon, Aeralon, Airalonn, Awralyn, Auralynn, Aeralynn

[name_f]My[/name_f] friend likes Cordelya, Elaena, Mikennah, and [name_f]Aryanna[/name_f] (She likes the spelling of Ayralin for Airalynn)

Should I use [name_f]Arianna[/name_f] or Airalynn (eye-ra-Lynn almost like Ireland)? Which one do you like better?

Give you honest opinions? I don’t care if it is brutal. I want it all.

The names are significant because the meanings of the name play a role in the story.

[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] means daughter of the sea
[name_f]Ela[/name_f] means earth
[name_u]Kenna[/name_u] means born of fire
[name_u]Aria[/name_u] and [name_f]Aira[/name_f] mean air
The four elements of matter

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I like these spellings:
Cordelya
Elaena
[name_f]Mckenna[/name_f] (I know it’s the normal spelling, but the other spellings don’t seem right to me)
Aryannah
Ayralin

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[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like Aryannah or Ayralin better because both names are for the the same character I just can’t decide if I like [name_u]Aria[/name_u] or [name_f]Aira[/name_f] better

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I’d probably go [name_f]Aira[/name_f], if it was me. For some reason I just really like that name

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Me to but I thought it would be to put there so I though I would ask

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You could use [name_f]Makena[/name_f] for McKenna.

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are Cordelya, Elaena, [name_f]Makena[/name_f], [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], and Aurallyn or Aeralen. I prefer some sort of Airalynn over [name_f]Ariana[/name_f].

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I prefer these:
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] or Cordellia

[name_f]Elaina[/name_f] or Elaena

[name_f]Mckenna[/name_f] or [name_f]Makenna[/name_f]

[name_f]Ariana[/name_f] or [name_f]Arianna[/name_f]

Airalen, Aeralin, Aeralon and Airalyn(n) all look good to me.

One thing I want to say is that with a lot of these, changing the spelling actually changes the pronunciation of the name as well! :slight_smile: So if you want the names to be pronounced the way you’ve originally spelled them, you can’t use some of the alternate spellings. (for example, adding the 2nd L usually changes the pronunciation and in this case will often be pronounced as Cor-Deh-lee-ah instead of Cor-Dee-lee-ah. And Aeralin is generally pronounced slightly different to Airalin)

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I understand that the pronunciation will change as long as you can get [name_f]Cora[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_u]Kenna[/name_u] and Aria/Aira it works. Because they will go by there nickname for most things I just need to know which long name spelling you like the best for when I need to use the long spelling.

Which name do you prefer [name_f]Arianna[/name_f] or Airalynn?

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[name_m]Ah[/name_m] I see, that’s good :smiley:
I think I prefer Airalynn because it’s more unusual than [name_f]Arianna[/name_f], and I also prefer [name_f]Aira[/name_f] to [name_u]Aria[/name_u] as a nickname :slight_smile:

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