Hating one spelling but loving another?

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

Do any of you absolutely the way a name is spelled, but absolutely love it when it is spelled differently? I don't mean Kr8tve spellings, I am thinking of stephanie vs Stefanie, or Steven vs Stephen, etc.

Personally I hate Stephanie and love Stefanie because of the cultural connotations for me.

How about you?

Comments

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

i like:
norah but not nora
lilah but not lila
lily but not lilly
eleanor but not elinor
stefanie but not stephanie
...
and many many others.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really like Stefan but not any other spelling of it.

I like Norah but not Nora, and Eleanor but not Elinor. That's about all I can think of.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

sarah but not sara
anne but not ann
allison but not alyson
isobel but not isabelle/a

stefanie makes me want to say it like baby mama.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Wow I almost completely disagree with you, except for Anne. I hate Isobel, Allison and Sarah!

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Gyah, I am really drawing a blank now, but I know there are several names like that for me. One I could think of is the name Sara/Sarah. I like Sara, but I really don't like that H at the end. I don't know why, really, I just don't.
Oh yeah also, my mom's name, Janice, is imo much nicer looking that Janis.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on Janice vs Janis. I think Janis looks strangely incomplete.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Carey and Carrie but not Keri, Kerry, and Kerri
Caitlin, Kaitlin, and Katelynn, but not Kaitlyn, Caitlyn, and Katelyn
Stacey and Stacy but not Staci and Stacie
Haley and Hayley but not Hailey
Amy but not Aimee
Laurie but not Lori
Emilie but not Emily
Allison and Allyson but not Alison and Alyson
Brian but not Bryan
Dylan but not Dillon

There are a lot more.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

Carey and Carrie but not Keri, Kerry, and Kerri

woot! :)

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like:

Elinor but not Eleanor
Cassidy but not Kassidy
Cassandra but not Kassandra
Rhys but not Reese
Sebastien but not Sebastian
Dillon but not Dylan
Beau but not Bo

And there was another one that crossed my mind but now I can't remember it. Oh well.

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

I like:

Isobel but not Isabelle/Isabel
Catharine/Katharine but not Catherine/Katherine
Elanor but not Eleanor
Sara but not Sarah
Stephen but not Steven
Amy/Amie but not Aimee

I'm sure there's others but I can't think of them.

[eeangel44.livejournal.com]

Katherine/Kathryn but not Catherine
Caitlin but not Katelyn, Caitlyn or whatever else
Brittany but not Britney
Anne not Ann
Sean but not Shawn
Jacob not Jakob
Leslie not Lesley
Kristen not Christin
Rachel not Rachael
Aidan not Ayden

I don't really care for any of the names.. just spellings..

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say I *hate* one spelling and love another, but I definitely have my preferred spellings for pretty much any name. Or I may like them essentially equally, but I think they give very different connotations.

For instance, I see Sophie/Sophia as being shyer and quieter somehow than Sofie/Sofia. Same with Sara vs. Sarah.

I actually prefer Stephanie over Stefanie, because Stephanie is *my* name hehe.

[applesnpairs.livejournal.com]

Kristin instead of Kristen, Christen, etc. Of course, this is my name so I was born biased on this name, lol!
Eleanor instead of Elanor
Norah instead of Nora
Lilah or Lyla instead of Lila
Anne instead of Ann
Sean or Shaun instead of Shawn
Catherine instead of Katherine, Kathryn, or Catharine
Thomas instead of Tomas
Ciara or Keira instead of Kira, Kyra, etc.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I know that there are names like this for me but I am drawing a complete blank right now. For the record though I like STephanie over Stefanie but that's because my best friend's name is Stephanie.

[let-letitbe.livejournal.com]

I like:
Eleanor not Elinor
Christen not Kristen
Allyson not Alyson, Alison
Norah not Norah
Anne not Ann
Kailey not Kaylee
Katherine not Catherine, Cathryn Kathryn
Laura not Lora
Lori not Laurie
Lea Ann not Leanne
Emily not Emili, Emmalee
Kate not Cate

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

I can't stand any variant/creative spellings of word names; because either way it's still the word, so it looks wrong and surely people will spell it like the word anyway.
Saige in particular makes my teeth itch.

I like ...
Clair not Claire/Clare (mostly by personal association)
Esme not Esmee
Bronwen not Bronwyn (well the -wen vs. -wyn trend in general)
Kiran not Kieran/Kyran

In general if there are K vs. C variations of a name (e.g. Casey, Callie), then I prefer them with a C. Unless it's Kate.

[talonsage.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair to Bronwen/Bronwyn the "wyn" generally indicates a Welsh heritage rather than a Scot heritage.

For example, Rhys is a traditional spelling of Reece and Reese, and not Kry8tive.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm aware of that. You really don't need to tell me about traditional spellings on that score; I'm a great advocate of those (as it is I have Welsh & Scottish heritage, so maybe that's it).

[esilva7.livejournal.com]

Keira not Kira
Stephen not Steven
Michaela not Mikayla
Laurie not Lori
Sean not Shawn
Caitlin not Katelyn

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Elliott but not Elliot (looks unbalanced to me)
Kate but not Cate
Eleanor but not Elinor
Sean but not Shawn

[compulsivelyme.livejournal.com]

Kyra not Keira
Amelia not Emilia
Katherine not Kathryn or Catherine
Kelsea not Kelsey
Meredith not Merideth, Meredyth, or any other spelling
Anna and Anne, not Ana or Ann
Stephen not Steven
Myra not Moira (though slightly different)
Margot not Margo
Theresa not Teresa

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

I generally dislike all names that start with K. I'm pleading insanity on that one.

Yes. I dislike a number of differently spelled names. *shrugs* preference.

[talonsage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hate Ann, but Love Anne.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i have a similar issue with the sophia set...

love sofia
do NOT care for sophia

LOVE sophie
HATE sofie/sofi

[wizened-cynic.livejournal.com]

Claire, but not Clare
Cayley, but not any other variation (Cayley would be after John Cayley, mathematician and physicist)
Sarah, but not Sara
Sophia/Sophie, but not Sofia/Sofie
Emily, but not Emilie
Allison, not Allyson or Alison (Alyson is acceptable)

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I love Emilie but hate Emily, Love Meghan but hate Megan, love Caomihe but hate Keeva (and all other irish names, like Ciara vs Keira. They need to have traditional spellings), love Cate hate Kate. Most names for me depend on the spelling.