Three Part Question

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Yes...I am too lazy to make separate posts:)

I. I want to name a daughter after my grandma, Helen. I much prefer Helena (He-LAY-na). However, my brother in law goes by Lane (John Delaney) and I have recently discovered he is not the man we thought he was and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the similarity in name, especially since Lane appears to be the nn of choice for Helena. i do like Helena pn Helen-ah, but not as much. 

Am I over reacting or is it too close?

II. I met a girl named Franchester.

Franchester!

III. I am looking for first name suggestions to go with Wiley has a mn. John, Johnathan, Riley, Brian, Douglas, Kenneth, Logan, Alex, Allan, Ray, Arthur, Larry, Eric, Jason, Elliott, Connor, Lucas, Asher, Joshua, and Liam are out as they are family names...well...and Riley Wiley would just be funny.

Comments

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

1. My grandmother is Helena - heh-LENN-uh. I like Hellen as a possibility for a future child. I don't see Lane and Helena being close really at all. I think it's nitpicky to think they're close. And "don't allow" the nickname Lane for Helena if you don't like it. I think that's really ruining the name Helena, even though I love the name Lane. I don't like the pronunciations hell-AY-nuh or HELL-ih-nuh. I just like the way my grandmother pronounces it - heh-LENN-uh.

2. Wow. Ew.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

LOL! I suck at describing pronounciations!

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL I wasn't correcting you! LOL

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I know, but the subtlety of pn is sometimes lost on me until others point it out:)

Thanks for the feedback!!