Which spellings do you prefer? And, if you can, why?

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Allie or Ally? (as a nickname for any of the 5 girl names on my list that begin with Al)

Catherine or Katherine?

Elliot or Elliott? (m)

Haley or Hayley?

Jodi, Jodie, or Jody?

Kristen or Kristin?

Lesley or Leslie? (f)

Stefanie or Stephanie?

I like all of these, and I'm trying to decide which spellings I like better.

(edited for failing at alphabetical order)

Comments

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

Allie or Ally? Allie for the same reason as someone said above. Ally would be All-LIE to me.

Catherine or Katherine? Why just those spellings? Sorry. I'm a Kathryn, I can't pick either of those :D (OK I can. I prefer the K one)

Elliot or Elliott? (m) Elliot - Elliott ust looks wrong to me.

Haley or Hayley? Hayley, again to me Haley is either a boys name or looks like you can't spell (not saying it's not valid, just looks wrong to me)

Jodi, Jodie, or Jody? Jodie, although Jody is a boys name.

Kristen or Kristin? Kristen

Lesley or Leslie? (f) Well if you're looking for a girl's name then Lesley, since Leslie is a boys name.

Stefanie or Stephanie? Stephanie. Stefanie just looks like you're looking for an 'exotic' spelling (unless you're from a country like Germany where it's a perfectly valid spelling and Stephanie would be the 'exotic' one. I'm talking about for an English speaking country)