to Y, or not to Y.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I am friends with a Jeremie, and I also know a Justyn (no, this is not a sibset). Both of whom are around twenty, so they're not new trendy spellings. So community, I want to know which you think is worse: the unneeded, randomly thrown in Y, which is obviously growing in popularity, or the replacing of a perfectly good Y with an IE?

Does your opinion change based on whether it's a boy or girl with the new spelling? In these cases, I think both of the spellings make the names look like they're supposed to be some trendy form of feminizing the name, but they are both boys. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with just plain ole Jeremy and Justin.

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[daydream11.livejournal.com]

They're both horrible, and equally so. It looks unprofessional, especially since they are obviously already in the work force or at least in college. The names look like they belong on somebody under five, not someone emerging into the adult world. How depressing. Even if the alternate spelling is legit (as in another language, for example) and completely excusable on a valid reason, I wouldn't go for it if it isn't a mainstream/common/fairly well-known spelling.

It really depends on the name. I would think Jaidynn is a girl before Jaden is, even though they're a same name. Charlie is clearly unisex, so who knows? Alys is the Welsh form of Alice, but in the USA it'd make the parents seem illegitimate, IMO.