Entry#2 I love you

I have always been a huge fan of name origin and meaning, so I decided I would do some research on my own name. Although I like to go by Nelly, I looked up the meaning of my real name, which is Nayelly. A lot of times, the name gets spelled differently than what it is. Since it is very common in Mexico, it is technically pronounced Nah-yeh-yee. Why? In Mexico, double L makes the Y sound, but for some reason that is the way my parents chose to spell it. It would of made more sense if it was Nayeli, or even Nalleli (in Spanish). I was able to find my own names meaning and origin, and it is similar to all the other spellings there is. According to babynamepedia.com, the name is Native American-Zapotec and means "I love you".

In 2012, it was ranked outside of the top 1000 names. However, Nayeli ranked #369 the same year. My name itself isn't super rare, but the spelling definitely is more uncommon than some of its relatives.

I encourage everyone to go and research their own name to see where is comes from, and what it means!