Names where one letter makes all the difference.

[Legionofboom]

Prompted by a comment on another thread, I wonder if there are names that you like, but change one letter and you can't stand it?

I love Juliet but I don't like Julie at all.
I love Louisa while Louise does nothing for me.

OK/ Prefer:
Laura/ Lara
Jane/ Jayne
Aaron/ Arran - cheating here
Cora/ Nora
Rachael/ Rachel
Julianne/ Julianna
Amelia/ Emilia
Elodie / Melody
Catherine/ Katherine but I really prefer Kathryn
Sophia/ Sofia
Madeline/ Madeleine
Brandon/ Brendan - cheating again here

I find Alice dull but love Alicia

Sara more classy than Sarah

Anna prettier than Anne which is old lady and boring

Agree with PP re Ella v Ellie

Like Jane, dislike June
Like Harry, dislike Larry
Like Polly, dislike Molly
Like Beth, dislike Bet
Like Helen, dislike Ellen (ok, 2 letter difference, but only 1 in pronunciation)

momb

your point does come up on a lot of threads so here's the counter point: Amelia originally means "beloved"

I'd never heard about the other meaning in RL, only here on the baby bane threads.
I presume a lot of people don't have the association you mentioned.
I don't know why Amelia has that meaning you mentioned - as in why it was chosen or who decided on it.
it's a shame I think that an originally perfectly nice name is ruined for many

To my ear, Amelia sounds as if it's in the same family as amoeba.

A lot of zoological names or medical terms have Greek or Latin origins. In addition, many prefixes and suffixes from Greek or Latin are tacked onto words that are now in the English family. For example ment or anti.

A-melia comes from Greek A meaning without/not and melos meaning limb.

Sorry, strikeout unintentional there

The original meaning was probably the Greek medical term.

Amelia is a corruption or variant of the Germanic Amalia and also possibly a corruption or variant of the Latin family name Aemilia.

ha! I have only known it as a French name.
so do you reckon the latin meaning was there first math?

I mean the greek medical term.
(gosh I'm tired)

Re Helena, here in Ireland it's always pronounced Heleena which I hate, but I think Helen-a is really lovely.

I knew both a Heleena and a Helen-a in school. The Helen-a used a circumflex on the second e just for the heck of it.

(at school in Ireland)

Zing: i get that. I hadn't come across it in 'real life' but only through my job. Really put me off. A- means absent, hence Amelia, Acrania, Agnathia etc. Brachy- means shortened, hence brachymelia, brachygnathia etc.