Mollie/Molly?

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Which spelling do you prefer for the name? Molly or Mollie? I've been told by a few people it changes the "image" they get from the name. I tend to agree--I sort of like Molly, but it strikes me as almost mundane; while I find myself absolutely loving Mollie. What do you think?

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[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Just for personal preference, I like Molly, Mollie looks strange to me for some reason. But I like it either way, it's not horrible or anything, I can SO see someone one day spelling it something awful like Maywliey. In the scope of 'alternate spellings' it's pretty normal.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, "unique" (Uneek!) spellings. MiKayla. McKenzee. Alivia. It's enough to make you smack your head into a wall.

(my favourite name is Kate, and a friend once told me she can see the day someone spells it "K8" or something similar; it made me laugh, like Maywliey, and then it made me sad, because you just know it's bound to happen, if it hasn't already).

I'm not even sure Mollie is an alternate spelling. It's been around as long as Molly, as far as I can see. It's actually really interesting, as they're both pet forms for Mary. I wonder when Mollie came along.

:-)

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Haha, I know, that poor child out there somewhere. Moderating this community has made me bitter, I think :P. I'd go with it, I think you may be right on that 'alternate spelling', I think both are pretty common. I've always said people need to start putting LESS Y's in their children's names, with all these Jaydyn's and whatnot.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Haha. People are certianly getting VERY creative. Illyzybeth, anyone?

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

rofl.