The Spelling Game

[nearlyalegume.livejournal.com]

Okay.  So after much discussion, stemming from the fact that his brother and sister-in-law had inordinate difficulty in choosing a name for their son (he doesn't have a middle name because they could only agree on [Poll #1125331]

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[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i only chose one from each category because those are the only ones i knew for sure how to pronounce, and i really dislike the name rory because it doesn't roll off the tongue at all. i like names that begin with e so i chose the e spelling for ailis/eilis, and i just think the h at the end makes the name look like more of an adjective than anything.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Myfanwy is the name of the pterodactyl on Torchwood so that is unfortunately all I think of when I see that name.

I really like Ailis, Cillian, Ciaran, and Rory (though, I'd probably use it as a nickname for something and not a name in its own right)!

[nearlyalegume.livejournal.com]

I don't watch Torchwood... so I didn't know that. Well, it's looking like that's the least-favourite of the girl names anyway :)

[hockeychick57.livejournal.com]

Is Gráinne pronounced like Grahn-yuh?..like the character in Tristan & Isolde? If so, I think it's really pretty.

And I ADORE Cillian. It's on my list. :) Though I can never decide between spelling it with a C or a K. I know C is more traditional, but I'd be afraid people would pronounce it "Sillian" his whole life. But on the other hand..Killian might look too hard with the "Kill".

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

In the minority but I actually really like the name Myfanwy... I know a really nice woman of that name though so I'm probably a bit biased :P They call her Miff. I think it's cute.

Anthea Violet has to be my favourite of them all though.

[nearlyalegume.livejournal.com]

Yes, Grahn-yuh.

I couldn't spell it Killian. I have a personal vendetta against the letter K :) Nah, it just doesn't look right with the K. I know (vaguely) a young lad, about ten years old, named Cillian (I babysat him about four years ago), and to my knowledge he's never had issues with the pronunciation.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Rory, Diarmid and Ciáran. I wish I had a valid reaon to use Irish names!
I also really like Ailis Maeve and Gráinne Siobhan!

[lelvani.livejournal.com]

I prefer Eilís.

I'd also love a reason to use an Irish name. The weirder the spelling, the better! :-D

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

My grandfather's name is Ciaran! And he has a brother Rory and a sister Siobhan.
I voted for Ailis Maeve (Maebhe is my aunts middle name).

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Irish names are great!
Anyway, I like both the spellings Ailis/Ailish, but I think the latter would cause less pronunciation problems (since it ends in -ish rather than -is).
I love love Ailis Maeve, but Anthea Violet is pretty too!

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I love your taste in names :D I'd spell Ailis - Eilish but that is only because that is how I first heard of the name. I don't think it matters if there are other A names in the family, I'd just spell it how I wanted to.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

Ciaran is such a great name without the accent.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I love love love the spelling Eilish! I have a friend named Eilish and I think that spelling is so pretty.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce, all of them?

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

I love Ciáran, that's what I named my computer because it's a black dell laptop, haha.

Mm, I prefer the Eilis spelling, just.. I d'no, seems easier to figure the pronunciation that way.

I am really in love with Anthea Violet for a girls name, however.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

Also, because I can't edit my comments. :(

My family is alliterate, except my sister.

Albert.
Allison.
Alicia.
Kearstyn. Lol.

[nearlyalegume.livejournal.com]

Ailis Maeve (AIEL-ish MAY-v)
Gráinne Siobhan (GRAHN-yuh Shiv-ON)
Anthea Violet (Self explanatory)
Myfanwy Elizabeth (Mi-FAN-wie)

Cillian (KILL-ee-an)
Ciáran (KEER-an)
Diarmid (DER-mid)
Rory (ROAR-ee)

EDITED to delete the bits I forgot to delete after copy-paste.