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[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

at least with me, spelling really affects my view on a name. most names have alternate spellings and i was just curious as to which one you guys prefer out of the lists below?
note: i don't necessarily like all of these names..just want to know which spelling you like.

GIRLS:
aimee or amy:
alison, allison, allyson or alyson:
alyssa or elyssa:
ana or anna:
britany, britney or brittany:
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn:
cate or kate:
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn:
chelsea or chelsey:
eleanor or elinor:
hilarie, hilary or hillary:
jane or jayne:
keira, kira, or kyra:
kristen or kristin:
leah or lia:
madeleine, madeline or madelyn:
marcia or marsha:
michele or michelle:
sara or sarah:
sarina or serena:
sofia or sophia:
teresa or theresa:



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor:
eoin or owen:
marc or mark:
sean, shaun, or shawn:
stephen or steven:


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden:
ashlee or ashley:
darrell, darryl or daryl:
ehren or erin:
lee or leigh:
lindsay, lindsey or linzi:
reese or rhys:
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie:
schuyler, skylar or skyler:


my answers...

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: alyson
alyssa or elyssa: elyssa
ana or anna: anna
britany, britney or brittany: britney
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: katelyn
cate or kate: cate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: catherine
chelsea or chelsey: chelsea
eleanor or elinor: eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: hilarie
jane or jayne: jane
keira, kira, or kyra: kyra
kristen or kristin: kristin
leah or lia: lia
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: madeleine
marcia or marsha: marcia
michele or michelle: michelle
sara or sarah: sara
sarina or serena: sarina
sofia or sophia: sofia
teresa or theresa: teresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: connor
eoin or owen: owen
marc or mark: marc
sean, shaun, or shawn: sean
stephen or steven: stephen


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: aidan
ashlee or ashley: ashlee
darrell, darryl or daryl: daryl
ehren or erin: ehren
lee or leigh: leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: lindsey
reese or rhys: reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: reilly
schuyler, skylar or skyler: skyler

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[trissyd.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: aimee
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: allison
alyssa or elyssa: alyssa
ana or anna: ana
britany, britney or brittany: britney
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Catilin
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Katherine
chelsea or chelsey: chelsey
eleanor or elinor: eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: hilary
jane or jayne: jane
keira, kira, or kyra: keira
kristen or kristin: kristen
leah or lia: leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: madelyn
marcia or marsha: marcia
michele or michelle: michelle
sara or sarah: sara
sarina or serena: serena
sofia or sophia: sophia
teresa or theresa: theresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: connor
eoin or owen: owen... never even seen the other spelling
marc or mark: marc
sean, shaun, or shawn: shawn
stephen or steven: steven


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: aidan
ashlee or ashley: ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl: darryl
ehren or erin: erin for a girl, aaron for a boy
lee or leigh: lee
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: lindsey... that last one is terrible
reese or rhys: reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: riley... the others one all look terrible
schuyler, skylar or skyler: skylar

fun game :)

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

eoin is irish, i beleive. i grew up with a kid named eoin, who pronounced it owen.

[katie-oo7.livejournal.com]

Most of the time I chose based on the way people I connect with he name spell it.

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: allison
alyssa or elyssa: alyssa
ana or anna: anna
britany, britney or brittany: brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: kaitlin!
cate or kate: kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: katherine
chelsea or chelsey: chelsea
eleanor or elinor: eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: hilary
jane or jayne: jane
keira, kira, or kyra: kyra
kristen or kristin: kristin
leah or lia: Leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madeline
marcia or marsha: Marcia
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sarah
sarina or serena: Serena
sofia or sophia: Sophia
teresa or theresa: Theresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor
eoin or owen: Owen
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Sean
stephen or steven: Stephen


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aidan
ashlee or ashley: Ashlee
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darrell
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsay
reese or rhys: Reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley
schuyler, skylar or skyler:Skylar

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: Amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: i really dislike this name, but i'd go with Allyson
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: Britney
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Caitlyn
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Catherine
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hilary
jane or jayne: Jane
keira, kira, or kyra: Keira
kristen or kristin: Kristen
leah or lia: Lia (my cousins name =))
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madelyn
marcia or marsha: Marcia
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sarah
sarina or serena: Serena
sofia or sophia: Sophia (sofia reminds me of Sofa)
teresa or theresa: Teresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: my cousin's is spelt Conor but i think i like the Connor spelling more
eoin or owen: Eoin is the gaelic spelling..and im partly irish so im gonna go with that.
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Shaun..i think the Sean spelling is ugly, i don't know why lol.
stephen or steven: Steven


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Ayden. My cousin's is Aidan though but i just don't like the 'Aid' part =\
ashlee or ashley: Ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darrell
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Lee
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsey
reese or rhys: Reece?
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley
schuyler, skylar or skyler: Skylar

=)

My answers

[depeche810.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: Amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Allison
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: Brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Caitlin
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Catherine (I love this name!)
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hillary
jane or jayne: Jane
keira, kira, or kyra: Keira
kristen or kristin: Kristen
leah or lia: Leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madelyn
marcia or marsha: Marsha
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sarah
sarina or serena: Serena
sofia or sophia: Sofia
teresa or theresa: Teresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor
eoin or owen: Owen
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Sean
stephen or steven: Steven


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aiden
ashlee or ashley: Ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl: Daryl
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsay
reese or rhys: Reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley
schuyler, skylar or skyler: Skylar

[heyitsrebecca.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
Amy
Allison
Alyssa
Anna
Brittany:
Caitlyn
Kate
Catherine
Chelsea
Eleanor
Hillary
Jane
Keira
kristen
leah
madeleine
marsha:
michelle:
sarah:
serena:
sophia:
teresa



BOYS:
connor
owen:
mark:
shawn:
steven:


UNISEX:
Holy God.. Aidan is unisex? =(
aidan
ashley:
darryl
erin:
leigh:
lindsay
reese:
rylie:
schuyler

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

yea. aidan is unisex. what did you think it was?

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: Amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Alison
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: Britney
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Kaitlin
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Kathryn
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea
eleanor or elinor: Elinor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hillary
jane or jayne: Jane
keira, kira, or kyra: Keira (I consider Keira and Kira/Kyra different names altogether)
kristen or kristin: Kristin
leah or lia: Leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madeleine
marcia or marsha: Marcia
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sara (my name is Sarah; though I would spell it Sarrah)
sarina or serena: Serena
sofia or sophia: Sophia
teresa or theresa: Teresa


BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor
eoin or owen: Owen
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Shaun
stephen or steven: Steven


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aidan
ashlee or ashley: Ashley (though I would spell it Ashleigh)
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darryl
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsey (though I would spell it Linzee)
reese or rhys: Reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley
schuyler, skylar or skyler: Skylar (though I consider Schuyler and Skylar/Skyler different names altogether)

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

curious--why do you consider kira/kyra separate from keira & schuyler separate from skylar/er?

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
amy
allison
alyssa
anna
brittany
caitlin
cate or kate (no preference)
catherine
chelsea
eleanor
hillary
jane
keira
kristen
leah
madeleine
marcia
michelle
sara or sarah (no preference)
serena
sofia or sophia (no preference)
theresa

BOYS:
connor
eoin or owen [can't compare as those are totally seperate names]
mark
sean
stephen or steven (no preference)


UNISEX:
aidan
ashley
darrell or daryl [former for a boy, latter for a girl]
erin [Aaron for a boy ... but they're still totally seperate names]
lee or leigh [former for a boy, latter for a girl]
lindsey
reese or rhys [former for a girl, latter for a boy]
riley
schuyler, skylar [former for a boy, latter for a girl]

[magcnurserybaby.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: Aimee
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Allison
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: Brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Kaitlin
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Catherine
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hillary
jane or jayne: Jayne
keira, kira, or kyra: Kyra
kristen or kristin: Kristin
leah or lia: Leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madeleine
marcia or marsha: Marcia
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sarah
sarina or serena: Serena
sofia or sophia: Sophia
teresa or theresa: Theresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor
eoin or owen: Owen
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Shaun
stephen or steven: Stephen


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aiden
ashlee or ashley: Ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darryl
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsay
reese or rhys: Reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Rylie
schuyler, skylar or skyler: Skylar

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: Aimee
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Allison
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: Brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Caitlin
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Katherine
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor, but I prefer Eleanore
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hillary
jane or jayne: Jane
keira, kira, or kyra: Keira
kristen or kristin: Kristen
leah or lia: Leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madeleine
marcia or marsha: Marcia
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sara
sarina or serena: Sarina
sofia or sophia: Sofia
teresa or theresa: Theresa

BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor
eoin or owen: Owen
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Sean
stephen or steven: Steven

UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aidan
ashlee or ashley: Ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darryl
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsey
reese or rhys: Reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie Riley:
schuyler, skylar or skyler: Sylar

Some of these were tough to decide between! :)

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

aimee or amy: aimee.
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: allyson.
alyssa or elyssa: alyssa.
ana or anna: ana.
britany, britney or brittany: britany.
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: kaitlin.
cate or kate: cate.
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: katharine.
chelsea or chelsey: chelsea.
eleanor or elinor: elinor.
hilarie, hilary or hillary: hilarie.
jane or jayne: jane.
keira, kira, or kyra: keira.
kristen or kristin: kristin.
leah or lia: leah.
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: madelyn.
marcia or marsha: marcia.
michele or michelle: michele.
sara or sarah: sarah.
sarina or serena: serena.
sofia or sophia: sofia.
teresa or theresa: theresa.



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: conor.
eoin or owen: owen.
marc or mark: marc.
sean, shaun, or shawn: sean.
stephen or steven: stephen.


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: aidan.
ashlee or ashley: ashlee.
darrell, darryl or daryl: daryl.
ehren or erin: erin.
lee or leigh: leigh.
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: lindsey.
reese or rhys: rhys.
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: ryleigh.
schuyler, skylar or skyler: schuylar.

[swansong19.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: I like the way Allyson looks, but Allison makes more sense.
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: Brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn:Kaitlyn
cate or kate: Kat(i)e
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Katherine
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hilary
jane or jayne: Jane
keira, kira, or kyra: Keira
kristen or kristin: Kristin
leah or lia: Leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madeline
marcia or marsha: Marcia
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sarah
sarina or serena: Serena
sofia or sophia: Sophia
teresa or theresa: Theresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor
eoin or owen: Owen
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Sean
stephen or steven: Steven


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aidan, although I loathe this name
ashlee or ashley: Ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darryl (although I reeeeally don't like this, either.)
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Lee for a guy, Leigh for a girl
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsay
reese or rhys: Reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley for a guy, Rylie for a girl
schuyler, skylar or skyler: Skylar

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

aimee or amy: amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson:alison
alyssa or elyssa: alyssa
ana or anna: ana
britany, britney or brittany: britney
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: kaitlyn
cate or kate: cate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: kathryn
chelsea or chelsey: chelsea
eleanor or elinor: eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: hilary
jane or jayne: jayne
keira, kira, or kyra: keira
kristen or kristin: kristen
leah or lia: lia
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: madeline
marcia or marsha: marcia
michele or michelle: michelle
sara or sarah: sarah
sarina or serena: serena
sofia or sophia: sophia
teresa or theresa: teresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: connor
eoin or owen: owen
marc or mark: mark <3
sean, shaun, or shawn: sean
stephen or steven: stephen


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: aidan
ashlee or ashley: ashley (ashlee, to me, is purely female)
darrell, darryl or daryl: darryl
ehren or erin: erin
lee or leigh: lee
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: lindsey
reese or rhys: reece :P
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: riley
schuyler, skylar or skyler: skyler

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like your icon. :)

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

I like:
aimee
alyson
alyssa
anna
britany
kaitlyn
kate
katherine
chelsea
eleanor
hillary
jane and jayne
kira and kyra
kristen
leah
madeline
marsha
michelle
sarah
serena
sophia
teresa



BOYS:
connor
owen
mark
sean
steven


UNISEX:
aiden
ashley
darryl
erin
lee
lindsay
reese
riley
skylar

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: Amy.
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Allison.
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa, but there'd be a slight difference in pronounciation for me.
ana or anna: They're two different names to me, Ana is pronounced AH-na. I like Anna better.
britany, britney or brittany: Britney.
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Caitlin.
cate or kate: Kate.
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Katherine.
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea.
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor.
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hillary.
jane or jayne: Jane.
keira, kira, or kyra: Keira.
kristen or kristin: Again, they'd be pronounced differently to me. Kri-sten and Kree-steen. I like Kristin better.
leah or lia: Leah.
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madeleine.
marcia or marsha: Marcia.
michele or michelle: Michelle.
sara or sarah: Sarah.
sarina or serena: Serena.
sofia or sophia: Sophia.
teresa or theresa: Theresa.



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor.
eoin or owen: Owen.
marc or mark: Mark.
sean, shaun, or shawn: Sean. Shaun is strictly a girls name for me
stephen or steven: Steven.


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aiden. It's sad to me that this has become unisex, it's very masculine to me.
ashlee or ashley: Ashley.
darrell, darryl or daryl: Daryl.
ehren or erin: Erin. This is strictly a girls name for me. For a boy, it'd be Aaron.
lee or leigh: Leigh.
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsay
reese or rhys: I like Reese better for a girl, Rhys for a boy.
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley
chuyler, skylar or skyler: Skylar.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I bolded my choices. If I didn't bold, I either like both or neither or just couldn't decide.

GIRLS:
aimee or amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson
alyssa or elyssa
ana or anna
britany, britney or brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn
cate or kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn
chelsea or chelsey
eleanor or elinor
hilarie, hilary or hillary
jane or jayne
keira, kira, or kyra
kristen or kristin
leah or lia
madeleine, madeline or madelyn
marcia or marsha
michele or michelle
sara or sarah
sarina or serena
sofia or sophia
teresa or theresa

BOYS:
conner, connor, conor
eoin or owen
marc or mark
sean, shaun, or shawn
stephen or steven

UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden
ashlee or ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl
ehren or erin
lee or leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi
reese or rhys
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie:
schuyler, skylar or skyler

[colin-chaotic.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
Amy
Allison
Alyssa
Anna
Britney
Caitlin
Kate
Catherine
Chelsea
Eleanor
Hillary
Jane - Jayne is a boy's name!
keira, kira, or kyra: None, dear lord.
Kristen
Leah
Madeline
Marcia
Michelle
Sara
Serena
Sofia
Theresa

BOYS:
Connor
Owen
Mark
Sean
Stephen

UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aidan is NOT unisex, jeez.
Ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl:
ehren or erin: Erin is also not unisex. Erin is feminine, Aaron is male.
lee or leigh: Lee, although I'd probably choose Leigh for a girl, despite me being a girl named Lee.
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: LINZI, ARE YOU EFFING SERIOUS? People actually spell it like that? What the hell is wrong with them? Anyway. I lean towards -ey for boys, and -ay for girls.
reese or rhys: Again, depends on gender. Reese for girls, Rhys for boys.
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley, no matter what.
schuyler, skylar or skyler: NONE OF THE ABOVE. Sorry. I meant Skyler.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

jayne is a boy's name?
if aidan isn't unisex, then what is it?
& yea, i've seen people spell it linzi.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson
alyssa or elyssa
ana or anna
britany, britney or brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn
cate or kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn
chelsea or chelsey
eleanor or elinor:
hilarie, hilary or hillary
jane or jayne
keira, kira, or kyra
kristen or kristin
leah or lia
madeleine, madeline or madelyn
marcia or marsha
michele or michelle
sara or sarah
sarina or serena
sofia or sophia
teresa or theresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor
eoin or owen
marc or mark
sean, shaun, or shawn
stephen or steven


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden
ashlee or ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl
ehren or erin
lee or leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi
reese or rhys
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie
schuyler, skylar or skyler

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: amy
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: alison
alyssa or elyssa: alyssa
ana or anna: erm, they're two different names...
britany, britney or brittany: brittany
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: caitlin
cate or kate: kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: catherine
chelsea or chelsey: chelsea
eleanor or elinor: eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: hilary
jane or jayne: jane
keira, kira, or kyra: kyra
kristen or kristin: kristin
leah or lia: leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: madelyn
marcia or marsha: marcia
michele or michelle: michelle
sara or sarah: sara
sarina or serena: serena
sofia or sophia: sophia
teresa or theresa: theresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: connor
eoin or owen: owen
marc or mark: mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: sean
stephen or steven: steven


i think for the unisex names, the spelling determines whether it's for a boy or girl...like darryl/daryl would most likely be used for a girl. and leigh probably wouldn't be for a boy either. JMO.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i've heard ana pronounced like anna, as well as AH-nuh.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

aimee
allison
alyssa or elyssa:
anna
britney
kaitlyn
kate
catherine
chelsea
eleanor
hilary
jane
keira (hottest woman alive!!)
kristen
leah
madeleine
marcia
michelle
sarah
serena
sophia
theresa

connor
owen
marc
sean
stephen

aidan
ashley
darrell
erin
lee
lindsay
reese
reilly
skyler

[iwanttobemyself.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: Aimee
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Allison
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: Britney
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Caitlin
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Kathryn
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsey
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hilary
jane or jayne: Jane
keira, kira, or kyra: Keira
kristen or kristin: Kristen
leah or lia: Leah
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: Madelyn
marcia or marsha: Marsha
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sara
sarina or serena: Serena
sofia or sophia: Sophia
teresa or theresa: Teresa



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Conner
eoin or owen: Owen
marc or mark: Marc
sean, shaun, or shawn: Shaun
stephen or steven: Steven


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aiden
ashlee or ashley: Ashlee (for girls)
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darryl
ehren or erin: Erin
lee or leigh: Leigh
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsay
reese or rhys: Reese
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: Riley
schuyler, skylar or skyler: Skylar

[composure.livejournal.com]

aimee or amy: I like the double 'e'.
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Either of the 2.
alyssa or elyssa:
ana or anna: The first sounds like a short form for 'anorexia.'
britany, britney or brittany:
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: caitlyn.
cate or kate: Cait.
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn:
chelsea or chelsey:
eleanor or elinor: Don't care for either.
hilarie, hilary or hillary:
jane or jayne:
keira, kira, or kyra: I love this name and spelling.
kristen or kristin:
leah or lia: Isn't the first one pronounced like "Lee?"
madeleine, madeline or madelyn:
marcia or marsha:
michele or michelle: My good friend spells it with 1 'l'.
sara or sarah:
sarina or serena: Neither.
sofia or sophia: The other reminds me of a sofa.
teresa or theresa:



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor:
eoin or owen:
marc or mark:
sean, shaun, or shawn:
stephen or steven:

I'm sick of bolding.
UNISEX:
aidan, **aiden, or ayden:
**ashlee or ashley:
**darrell, darryl or daryl:
ehren or **erin: Although, I believe the male form is Aaron, I've never met a female Erin.
lee or **leigh:
lindsay, **lindsey or linzi:
**reese or rhys:
reilly, **riley, ryleigh, rylie:
schuyler, **skylar or skyler:

[kaleido-scope.livejournal.com]

leah or lia: Isn't the first one pronounced like "Lee?"

NO!!! Haha. My name is Leah, and it's pronounced "Lee-uh". I hate when people call me "Lee". :(

[babyalligator.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
amy:
allison
alyssa
anna:
brittany:
caitlin, kaitlin
cate or kate: either
catherine, katherine
chelsea
eleanor
hillary:
jane
keira, kira, or kyra: none!
kristen
leah
madeline or madelyn: either
marcia or marsha: either
michele or michelle: if one "L" is used, it must have the french accent: Michèle
sarah:
serena:
sophia:
teresa or theresa: either


BOYS:
connor
owen:
mark:
sean, shawn: either
stephen or steven: either

UNISEX:

aidan
ashley: NOT for boys
darryl
erin: NOT for boys
leigh: NOT for boys
lindsay, lindsey either NOT for boys
reese or rhys: either
reilly, riley either
skyler: NOT for girls, IMO

[arbus.livejournal.com]

ashley and lindsey are old school boys names, they actually originated as male names.

[namegirl.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
amy
allison
alyssa
anna:
brittany:
caitlin or katelyn
kate
catherine
chelsea
eleanor
hilary
jane
keira
kristen
leah
madeline
marsha
michele
sarah
serena
sophia
teresa



BOYS:
connor
owen
mark
sean
steven


UNISEX:
aidan
ashley
darryl
erin
lee
lindsay
reese
riley
schuyler

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

amy
Alison or allison
alyssa
anna
britney
chelsey
eleanor
hilary or hillary:
jane
keira
kristin
leah
madeleine
marsha
michelle
sophia
teresa


BOYS:
conner or connor
owen
sean
steven

UNISEX:
aidan
ashley
daryl
erin
lee
Lindsay or lindsey
reese
riley
skyler

I like all of these spellings:
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn)
cate or kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn
sara or sarah
sarina or serena
marc or mark

[krosp.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
aimee or amy: I'd use Amy because it's less confusing, but I like Aimee
alison, allison, allyson or alyson: Alison
alyssa or elyssa: Alyssa
ana or anna: Anna
britany, britney or brittany: I think they're pronounced differently, and I don't have a preferred spelling
caitlin, caitlyn, kaitlin, kaitlyn or katelyn: Caitlin
cate or kate: Kate
catherine, cathryn, katherine or kathryn: Catherine or Katherine
chelsea or chelsey: Chelsea
eleanor or elinor: Eleanor
hilarie, hilary or hillary: Hillary
jane or jayne: Jane (I don't like unnecessary Ys)
keira, kira, or kyra: I wouldn't pronounce Keira the same as the other two. If it's pronounced kie-ra I'd spell it Kyra.
kristen or kristin: Hmm I don't know.
leah or lia: Leah but I don't like it because it's confusing
madeleine, madeline or madelyn: again I'd think madelyn was pronounced differently from the first two. I'd probably go Madeline but I don't know
marcia or marsha: Marcia
michele or michelle: Michelle
sara or sarah: Sarah
sarina or serena: Serena - don't these have different origins/meanings?
sofia or sophia: Sophia
teresa or theresa: I don't know, no preference. I guess Teresa is simpler



BOYS:
conner, connor, conor: Connor
eoin or owen: I don't like this name at all
marc or mark: Mark
sean, shaun, or shawn: Sean
stephen or steven: Steven, but not much of a preference


UNISEX:
aidan, aiden, or ayden: Aidan, but I don't consider this unisex
ashlee or ashley: Ashley
darrell, darryl or daryl: Darryl, although the first one if it was a girl
ehren or erin: Erin, and I thought this was a girl's name
lee or leigh: Lee
lindsay, lindsey or linzi: Lindsay
reese or rhys: I don't know
reilly, riley, ryleigh, rylie: I haven't got a favourite spelling of this yet, but I don't like Ryleigh. Maybe Riley
schuyler, skylar or skyler: I am not familiar with this name

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

don't these have different origins/meanings?
they might, but they're still pronounced the same.
erin is usually used for girls. i've known some male ehrens/erins though. it's considered unisex.