hugs thankuuuuuu for ur support! i really love the name with an E. Inaaya is sooooo commmon it makes me cringe.. plus m not v fond of the look of it. u made me feel better :)
Well obviously if the spelling "Inaaya" makes you "cringe", you're hardly going to use that spelling for your daughter's name!! I don't think you're going to want to "cringe" everytime you have to spell your daughter's name!!!
You don't need anyone here telling you how to spell your daughter's name or for them to give you the "go ahead" to use a variation in spelling Inaaya....
Just for the record, yes, it depends on the pronunciation of a word to change it's meaning ....but there are always exceptions.
for example: Inaaya means gift from God BUT Inaya or Inayah means concern / solicitude. Wonder what replacing "I" with an "E" will do??!!
HOWEVER, entirely your decision... you are the mother afterall... why argue on the meaning of the name if you've already decided to go with the more "innovative" way of spelling the name???
....and, when all's said and done.... does the spelling even MATTER??!!!!! Obviously not judging by this thread!!!!