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[blitzgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm not preg, but we are currently ttc.
I think I've found a girl's name I like, Mikayla Grace. So what do you think?
(I realize that many people don't like any spelling but Michaela, but I really don't like that spelling.)

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[anapology.livejournal.com]

Well, then that's the ignorance of her parents really not knowing how to pronounce a perfectly normally spelt name.

[mymouthblooms.livejournal.com]

I'm leaning towards personal decision. Ann-uh vs. Aw-nuh situation.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking that has more to do with with where you live.
Ana pronounced one way is very Spanish. It's the same with Anne/Anna. They are pronounced the same if you live in Germany..

Michaela as Michael-uh is not, as far as i'm aware.. legitimate anywhere.

[tigermilk.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was me logged in somewhere else.

Anyway, I have other reasons to believe that it was a preference situation. Her name was Jaime Michaela. Her parents gave her original name of Jaime Michael, banking on that she was a boy. When she turned out to be a girl, they added the 'a' to Michael to make it Michaela. Both parents crinkled their nose at 'Mi-kay-la' pronunciation.

Her parents were not ignorant people. They didn't like 'Mi-kay-la', and didn't like Michelle as an alternative.

Since I grew up with 'Michael-uh', I had no idea that the pronunciation of Michaela was different.

This isn't the first time I've run into this (the boy name transformed by an 'a' to a girl name). A staff member I knew was named Johna. Her father really wanted a boy to name John.