Throughout this wiki, all names are spelled the way that is found in the Del Rey (now Kodansha) manga volumes (the North American distributors of Fairy Tail). These names are official as a note stated within the volumes explains that Hiro Mashima provided the spellings for them (the note can be found here). Although, from Volume 17 onward, that note has disappeared, and for the time being, the names found in Kodansha's volumes from that point on are not used. Below is a list of names and there alternative spellings that have appeared in current or previous scanlations unless otherwise stated.