S/O name spelling... Nickname Ali? Aly? Allie? Ally?

saturdaynightdoubletree

With all the weird spellings around these days I don't know what is the traditional way anymore. We have been thinking about Alessandra as a girls name... How would you spell her nickname?

PnkDingo

I took care of a little boy named Ali (ah-lee, like Mohammed Ali or Prince Ali [Aladdin]) so I can never see the name without associating it with that. Aly/Ally makes me think Al-eye, like someone you'd form an alliance with... So I guess I'd personally go with Allie, but you see my weird train of thought, lol.

TiaS16

I would say Allie...but I have no idea why. 

jobiann

If her name is Alessandra...I wouldn't put two "L's" in her NN since there is only one "L" in her full name. But the name is NMS so I hate to offer any more advice...

Regne

I like both Allie and Ally and IMO those are the traditional nn spellings.

ReeceFamily

I think Ali is adorable, but as PPs have said, people may pronounce it as in "Mohammed Ali"!!  Maybe Allie?  I also love "Lexi" as a nickname for Alexandra/Alessandra.

MrsCarroll.6-10-07

I have a friend her daughter's name is Alison and calls her Ali. If I had a daughter and named her Allison and we would call her Allie. ;-)

caladpi02

The Alessandra I know goes by Ale. She pronounces it with a long "a" sound, "All-lay-sandra" and "All-lay"

this decaf life

I'm an Allison, went by Allie until high school so that's definitely the spelling I vote for!

[I do not like either of the options with a y - Ali is fine but very unisex]

ObLaDi

I'd go with either Ali or Allie. My friend Alexandra is an Allie.

Both y variants look misspelled to me.

PatsyGK21

TiaS16:

I would say Allie...but I have no idea why. 

same.

PatsyGK21

TiaS16:

I would say Allie...but I have no idea why. 

same.

Raeily

I like to spell it Allie for a girl. I called my older brother, Alexander, Ali. 

I don't really like Aly or Ally.  

ahollo02

Allie!

Todd&Laura

Allie

MrsCarroll.6-10-07

You also could go different for the nickname and do Essie or Sandy or something.

ateach

I am an Allie- Allison. That was has always looked the most correct to me, but I have known an Ali and Ally as well.

Kingston54

Allie

meansbaby2013

I think Allie is pretty.

 

WiscoMom67

PnkDingo:

I took care of a little boy named Ali (ah-lee, like Mohammed Ali or Prince Ali [Aladdin]) so I can never see the name without associating it with that. Aly/Ally makes me think Al-eye, like someone you'd form an alliance with... So I guess I'd personally go with Allie, but you see my weird train of thought, lol.

 

All of this!

saturdaynightdoubletree

Thanks. I was leaning more toward Allie, if that's the name we choose, but who knows!?! Both my other kids weren't named until 24hrs after birth and nothing is really popping out at me for a girls name.

emd79

This is a tough one!  Our little girl is going to be named Alyssa and we plan to use the nn Allie.  DH thinks we should spell it Aly or Ally because of the y in Alyssa but I don't care, I like the spelling Allie the best so that is what we will go with ;-)  LOL.  There really is no right or wrong, just go with what you prefer!

BLPL101

I am friends with an Alli (short for Allison) and Ali (short for Alexandra). Both seem normal to me. I don't know any Aly/Allie/Ally.

Mrs.DeliaMarieP

I would spell it Allie.

I pronounce Ali the same way as Muhammed Ali

Aly, I would say the same as Ally- Al-lye

Allie is just...Al-lee

jvdavisbaby

My younger sisters name is Alexandra and we call her Ali I've seen it spelled Ally for Allyson. Never seen Aly but Allie is usually what people mistake her speling for