Baby Girl Name
My husband and I have been discussing names, and for a girl, the name we mutually like most is Helaina.
However, I had self-imposed some rules like only using traditional spellings, which obviously Helaina is not; however, the traditional spelling, Helena, will only be read as Hel-ehn-uh locally and I'm aiming for Hel-AYN-uh. Plus, it makes the nickname Lainey lore clear. I also think it's like Elena vs. Elaina. Elaina is pretty normalized.
However, I won't be the one wearing it, so I want outside opinions of if this name would be extremely frustrating?
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We don’t know the gender yet but we chose the same name for a baby girl!
@Daisy same spelling?
We chose the Helena spelling but we’re having the same thoughts that it won’t be pronounced correctly.
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My names Elina and most people find it difficult to pronounce or spell cause it’s not spelled as Elaina or Alaina so I find it extremely annoying cause I really don’t think my name is that hard to pronounce or read. The real way to say my name is Eh-li-nah….. but most people pronounce it as Elaina. No matter how you spell that name I feel like someone is gonna have an issue with either spelling or pronouncing it. You picked a beautiful name, if you like how it’s pronounced then go for it.