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

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

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

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

1. I would only use them with a name that begins with ALL, but Allie (my mother's nickname, her name is Allison). My friend's name is Allyson, and she goes by Ally, though.
2. Katherine.
3. Elliott.
4. I prefer Hailey, personally. Haley looks too much like HAL-ee to me, and Hayley.. just.. eh. I don't favor y. But I guess Haley over Hayley.
5. Depends. Male or female? Jody for a boy, Jodie for a girl.
6. Kristen.
7. Leslie (my cousin's name)
8. Stephanie.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Ally
Katherine
Elliot
Haley
Jodie
Kristen
Leslie
Stephanie

[florallove.livejournal.com]

1. I suppose I like Allie better. Ally seems like it was one of those names that's normally spelled with an "i" or "e" but was changed to "y."
2. I can't decide. I normally don't like "c" names, but I think I prefer Catherine.
3. hm. Elliot.
4. Haley, but I agree with the first person who commented.
5. Jodie.
6. Kristen.
7. Leslie.
8. Stephanie.

[xpaniic.livejournal.com]

Allie

Catherine.

Elliott

Hayley

Jodi

Kristin

Leslie

Stephanie

[washironfucketc.livejournal.com]

My name is Alexandra; I go by Alex, Lexi or Ally. Allie annoys me.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

1. Ally
2. Katherine
3. Elliott
4. Hayley
5. Jodie
6. Kristen
7. Leslie
8. Stephanie

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Allie
Catherine or Katherine - this one is tough, I like Catherine for a first name and Katherine as a middle name.
Elliot
Hayley
Jodie
Kristen
Leslie
Stephanie

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Ally
Catherine (but it's a tough one here!)
Elliott
Hayley (because it's the original spelling)
Jodie (love it!)
Kristin
Leslie
Stephanie or Stefania (respectively the proper english and italian spellings)

[scouty.livejournal.com]

Allie or Ally? - allie

Catherine or Katherine - katherine

Elliot or Elliott? - elliot

Haley or Hayley - haley

Jodi, Jodie, or Jody - jodie

Kristen or Kristin - kristin

Lesley or Leslie? - leslie

Stefanie or Stephanie - stephanie

[dreemerr.livejournal.com]

Allie or Ally? i prefer ally

Catherine or Katherine? actually, i like either or, but since i know more Katherines ,ill say K

Elliot or Elliott? (m) elliot

Haley or Hayley? haley

Jodi, Jodie, or Jody? jodie or jody, jodi looks incomplete to me

Kristen or Kristin? again,since i know more ENs,i say kristen

Lesley or Leslie? (f) i prefer leslie

Stefanie or Stephanie? stephanie

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Ally
Catherine
Elliott
Haley
Jody
Kristin
Leslie
Stephanie

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Allie
Katherine
Elliot
Haley
Jodie
Kristen
Leslie
Stephanie

[serenebean.livejournal.com]

Allie, because every time I see "Ally", I want to pronounce it like the word (al-AI) instead of the name. I prefer Ali to Allie, though.

No preference...I always switch between the two. >.<

Elliot

Hayley

Jodi

Kristen

Leslie

Stephanie

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Allie
Katherine
Elliot
Actually, I personally prefer Hailey. As for your spellings, I like Hayley better.
Jodi
Kristin
Leslie
Stefanie

[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)

[yukonsally]

Ally

Catherine

Elliott

Haley

Jodie

Kristin

Leslie

Stephanie

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Allie - I'm just not a fan of the ys.

Catherine - the C looks sooooooooo much more sophisticated and graceful.

Elliot - the extra t looks unnecessary.

Haley - Again, I'm just not a fan of the ys.

Jodi or Jody - either one is acceptable. Jodie looks overdone.

Kristen - I know Kristins who I hate, but one of my best friends is Kristen.

Leslie - Lesley looks more masculine to me.

Stefanie - Again, personal reasons.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

Catherine
Elliot
Hayley
Jodie
Kristen
Leslie
Stefanie

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

Ally
Catherine
Elliot
Haley
Jodie
Kristen
Leslie
Stefanie or Stephanie (either)

[applesnpairs.livejournal.com]

Allie- I knew a trashy girl that spelled it Ally
Catherine- It's my great-grandmother's name.
Elliot- I just think the extra t looks obnoxious
Haley- I don't like the extra y
Jodie- I guess I don't like y's lol
Kristin- This is my name!
Leslie- Again with the y
Stephanie- My friend spells it this way

[arbus.livejournal.com]

allie
catherine
elliot
i think i probably prefer hailey
jodie
kristen
leslie
stephanie

for the record, this was tough because the only ones i even like are catherine and elliot.

[christhiane.livejournal.com]

Allie/Ally - I'm not really fond of the name.

Catherine/Katherine - they're equal to me, becacause I'm used to both spellings.

Kristin - but they're two different names to me.

Leslie - it's the one I'm used to seing.

Stephanie - I've always felt like Stefanie misses an f.

[heather80.livejournal.com]

Ali
Katherine
Elliot
Hailey
Jodie
Kristen
Leslie
Stephanie

[mimiwrites.livejournal.com]

Allie

Catherine

Elliott?

Haley (I like it best spelled Hailey)

Jody

Kristen

Leslie

Stephanie

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

Allie or Ally? Allie.

Catherine or Katherine? I'm torn. I like the spelling with a K better, but my grandmother's middle name is with a C, so if I was going to use that name to honor her, I'd use the C spelling

Elliot or Elliott? (m) Elliott.

Haley or Hayley? Haley

Jodi, Jodie, or Jody? Jodie

Kristen or Kristin? Kristin

Lesley or Leslie? (f) Leslie

Stefanie or Stephanie? Stephanie

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Allie. I don't know why.

I like the look of Katherine more, but I'd probably use Catherine.

Elliott looks more balanced to me.

I hate this name, but probably Hayley, because Haley makes me think of a hated book character.

Jodie, I guess, it's another name I don't like.

I prefer Kristen, I guess, but I like them equally.

Leslie, although I like Lesley too.

Stephanie, because "Stefanie" doesn't look right to me.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Aww, Jen and Violet! I haven't seen that pic before..so much CUTENESS!

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

either or.
catherine.
elliott.
haley.
jodie.
kristin.
leslie.
stephanie.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Ally - Cause I know someone called Ally, so it looks 'right'.

Katherine - Cause I prefer K's being a Kate myself! I also prefer Kathryn over any other spelling!

Elliot - Too many letters with t'other one!

Hayley - Haley looks like you missed a letter out!

Jodie - Don't know why. But I really hate the name

Kristen - Don't like the repeating 'i'.

Leslie

Stephanie - Not enough letters in the other one, and this is what i'm used to!

:D

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

Allie or Ally? (as a nickname for any of the 5 girl names on my list that begin with Al) - I don't love the name with any spelling, but I like Ali best and Alli least.

Catherine or Katherine? - Love both, probably Catherine though.

Elliot or Elliott? (m) - Elliott

Haley or Hayley? - Definitely Hayley

Jodi, Jodie, or Jody? - I dislike this name, but Jodi is the best of them.

Kristen or Kristin? - I used to think Kristen was the only good way to spell it, but now I definitely prefer Kristin.

Lesley or Leslie? (f) - Definitely Leslie, but I don't like the name.

Stefanie or Stephanie? - Stefanie.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Catherine or Katherine - both, prefer Katherine a little more.

Elliot - two ls and two ts is too much.

Haley - extra y looks a little kre88tive

Jodi, Jodie, or Jody - Pass

Kristen or Kristin - either

Leslie

Stephanie

[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

Catherine
Haley
Jodi
Kristin
Leslie
Stephanie

Allie

[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

oops, and Elliott

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Allie because Ally makes me think of countries that we like.

Katherine. There's something about the K.

Hayley or Hailey. I feel like Haley is missing letters.

Jodi, and I do not know why. I usually hate names ending in just i.

Kristen

Leslie

Stephanie

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

1. Allie. I think Ally looks incomplete, and Allie seems to be more fitting when used as a nickname for Allison.

2. Catherine, when only between those two. I actually prefer Katharine though, due to Katharine Hepburn.

3. Elliott, as in Smith :)

4. Hayley. Haley seems like it's missing a letter. I like Hailey best though.

5. Jodi. Don't know why.

6. Kristen. Kristin always makes me want to emphasis the TIN part.

7. Leslie. Something about Lesley looks awkward to me.

8. Stefanie. My middle name is spelled like that.

[jerseygrits.livejournal.com]

Allie

Katherine

Elliott

Haley

Jodie

Kristen

Leslie

Stephanie

[singhappy02.livejournal.com]

1. Allie
2. Catherine
3. Neither. Eliot. But if I had to choose? Elliot.
4. Hayley, but Haley isn't Hayley to me if that makes any sense. It's more like Hal-Lee in my brain.
5. Jodi
6. Kristin, ftw (my name...hehe)
7. Leslie
8. Stephanie

[thedaytheystop.livejournal.com]

1. Allie
2. Catherine (K names are usually trendy-ized spellings, and I don't like that)
3. Either...I guess Elliot? They're about the same to me.
4. Either one, but I HATE Hailey - it looks horrendously disgusting. Yuck. I've never met a Haley/Hayley that spelled it Hailey, so Hailey seems totally fake to me too.
5. Jody
6. Kristen
7. Leslie
8. Stephanie

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Allie, Catherine, Elliot, Haley, Jody, Kristen, Leslie, Stephanie.

Elliott looks like a surname to me, and Lesley looks more masculine than Leslie.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Allie or Ally? Allie, as Ally is closer to the word "alley," imo.
Catherine or Katherine? Catherine. I'm not fond of "k"s.
Elliot or Elliott? (m) Elliot. Elliott is more the surname spelling to me.
Haley or Hayley? Hayley, although not fond of the name, I think Haley looks incomplete.
Jodi, Jodie, or Jody? Jodie. Dunno. Don't really like any of them.
Kristen or Kristin? Kristen. Looks more aesthetically pleasing.
Lesley or Leslie? (f) Lesley for a girl. Leslie for a boy.
Stefanie or Stephanie? Stephanie. Looks better.