How I Became Angel Reborn

At some point before I was born, my mother found my name in a novel. "It means Angel reborn," she tells me, "it's French." The spelling and pronunciation is still a mystery to me to this day, Angle' Ronay.

Angle' Ronay is not the French spelling, mom got creative with that. The little ' above the e is supposed to be an accent aigu. Unfortunately in my world computers never print the accents, so all of my important legal documents read Angle and it is the legal spelling of my name. I have often wished my name were spelled differently, but how would I spell it?

Angel ? -the nickname
Angele ? - looks more like it sounds, with or without accent
Anglee' ? - keep the accent, loose the angle
Ange ? - the true French spelling -Nah, worse than angle
Rene' ?- true French spelling, and another accent
Renee ?- more like a first name, with or without the accent

Everyone calls me Angel. Occasionally my parents or close loved ones will speak my "real" name, each pronouncing it differently. I have never been able to discern which is the correct pronunciation, or which I prefer.

ann-gel-lee?
anglee
on-ja-lee
on-gel-lay?
ann-ja-lay?
row-nay ?
rah-nay ?

I'm confused. But so long as you say it with a fake French accent it sounds pretty nice.

What would you do? Would you change the spelling and to what? How would you pronounce it?

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