A recent message said: "the Irish form of Helene is Eileen." There are a number of such name variants where the name is spelled with "H" in one variant and commences with a vowel in the other variant: Ellen / Helen (further variants of the original...) Esther / Hester Anna / Hannah There is also a situation in English where the diminutive (nickname) of certain names may be formed by prefixing an "N" to a contracted version of the name: Ned / Edward, Edmund, Edwin, etc. Nabby / Abigail Nan, Nancy / Anna, Hanna(h), etc. Nessa / Agnes (or other name ending in "es") Nell / Ellen, Eleanor Nora / Eleanor, Leonora, etc. You get the idea... Richard (solutions@solanobiz.net)