Spelling of name

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winkle2 · 31/03/2012 09:30

How would you spell the name pronounced A-lay-na?

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VegimalStyle · 31/03/2012 10:12

Stick with Alayna. It means 'in love' in Hawaiian!

wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_word_alayna_mean_in_hawaiian

CherryBlossom27 · 31/03/2012 10:12

I'd spell it Alanah but that's because I knew a girl at school who spelt it this way and pronounced it a-lay-nah.

I think some people pronounce it a-larr-nah if it's spelt as above though.

It's a love name though however you choose to spell it :)

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winkle2 · 31/03/2012 10:07

I love it but I don't like the spelling Alan with an a on the end and I was hoping it wasn't Elena cause I would pronounce that el-en-a. Ive got a thing about names being spelt the way they sound after years of my name being mispronounced.

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HettyKett · 31/03/2012 10:04

speak speech

HettyKett · 31/03/2012 10:04

Elena or Helena (a lot of people drop the H in speak).

Surf25 · 31/03/2012 09:54

Elena

because a friend has this name, and that's how it's pronounced. Before I knew her I would have said her name was pronounced Eh-len-ah, a bit like Eleanor without the 'or' ending iyswim

Lovely name, is this the name you were thinking of OP?

FondleWithCare · 31/03/2012 09:53

Alana.

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