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Lee by itself is plain. Adding it to names does not necessarily make them less plain. I like most of these names a decent amount: Riley, Harley, Marley, Kayley, Mayley, Jaylee. But others sound weirder; Kinsley makes me want to say Kenzie. Henley makes me want to say Henley. Although Ainsley is an Irish name, I still really dislike the nasal sound. Paisley and Haisley have a similar sound and therefore a similar problem.

I don't mind trends in theory. The idea behind trends fascinates me. My problem is that I find most of them boring after a while. I remember when it was really exciting to come across a BA for a kid named Finley or Paisley. But then it became pretty stagnant. I guess the novelty of a trend is what it has going for it, and that wears off eventually because people don't really build on it.

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If I come across an interesting or surprising -ley or -lee name, I'm happy. I think it's great. Same goes with a surname name, place name, or a word name. As Mirfak put it, I just don't like the ones I don't like.

I like these names, to a certain extent; I love Cecily, Sally, Allie, Emily, Hailey, Cailey / Cayleigh / Kayleigh / Kaylee, Marley, and Harley. I don't care much for Oakley, Henley, Finley, or Kinsley at all. Funny thing...my middle name has a -ley ending; I usually hate it, but I'm trying to become neutral on it.

I can’t stand that trend at all. It’s the female equivalent of the -aden trend for boys. It got to the point where a customer at work who held her four-day-old baby announced that his name was Lucas, and it was like a breath of fresh air.

I love Harley, especially on a boy! I don’t mind Finley (boy), Oakley (boy) or Everly either, but Kinsley, Henley and Paisley aren’t my thing. In general I like the -Lee sound, especially for girls names :)

I'm feeling pretty okay with it. I just don't like ... well, ones that I don't like. I don't like them for some reason other than the -ley ending.
I don't really mind Henley, Paisley, or Harley ... I don't like the others you listed.
I think Tenley (not Tinley or Tinsley), Hailey, and Marley are alright. Not as favorites.
There are a lot of others I don't like. But it's not because of the -ley.
I notice there seems to be a trend for these consonant crashes. sht kst nsl ksl kst ntl ... It doesn't appeal to my taste. -sley and -nley don't either, but they don't seem as unappealing as the sounds in, say, Kinsley, Brantley, Bexley.

This message was edited 1/4/2024, 1:56 AM

Mostly I’m bored to death of this trend, when and where will it end??! Although I wouldn’t mind if Beverly made a comeback…Bev is really quite cute…

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I especially dislike any of the invented ones/the weird spellings but the ones from surnames aren’t so bad although I’m an old fashioned gal so I’d prefer most of them on boys, well, at least Ashley, Oakley, Finley and Harley and maybe a few others, considering surnames-as-1st-names were commonly given to sons back in the day.

Of the names that end in the -lee sound, I like Ashley, Emily, Hailey, Holly, Julie, Kelly, Kimberly, Leslie, Natalie, and Riley. I'm not a fan of the ones you listed except Harley.

Don't like it at all

I enjoy some classic -lee names like Natalie and Rosalie, but the fnln, made up and trendy ones like you listed are not my taste.

Ashleigh is the only Lee sounding name I like. I find it annoying with everyone adding the Lee to end of names. I work with a girl called Stellalee but everyone at work just calls her Stella.

Well, let's see here. Kinslee, Henlee, Oaklee, Finlee, Paislee, Harlee, Everlee... definitely not my cup of tea. The -ley and -leigh suffixes aren't much better. Of course, a name says nothing about who a person is, but I think they should be chosen with care, rather than yet another example of blindly following trends. They're still great names, not terrible, I just don't like them at all.