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in reply to a message by LMS (nsi)
I prefer Riley. I don't think there's anything wrong with Ryleigh, though. It looks fine. It's no Khaytelynne.
I think people should choose whatever names they like. I'm pretty open when it comes to the boys names on girls thing. Names change over time and so do the genders of names. Julian and Christian used to be girls names and I can still see them on girls. Ashley is common for girls yet I can still see it on a boy. I feel people should respect other peoples tastes a bit more. There's nothing wrong with a girl names Casey or Riley, in my opinion. Those names work on girls and apparently quite a few people think so. I like them for both genders.
Well, Rylee is about to enter the top 100 and Rylie isn't that far behind so I think in a few years it'll be one of those names where no one will know how to spell it anymore and all spellings will be accepted equally (think Kaylee or Kaylynn). So a Ryleigh wouldn't have more problems than a Riley. It could make her life easier because Ryleigh does indeed LOOK or feminine written down. Of course it can't sound more feminine because it sounds exactly the same as Riley.
Personally if I'd give my daughter a unisex name I wouldn't change the spelling to make it more feminine. I kind of like Casey and Finley for girls. However instead of spelling them Kacie and Finleigh I'd rather have their middle names listed everywhere (e.g. Casey Sophia and Finley Grace).
So I don't have anything against girly spellings as long as they don't make the child's life unnecessarily difficult. Kelleigh for example I wouldn't use and I wouldn't like to see it used simply because Kelly is by far the most common spelling so people would always misspell it. Same with Emmah, Annah, Sharlott, Djulia or Morgynn because in these cases there's a standard spelling which is way more common so people would always assume an EM-ma was spelled Emma and not Emmah. But in the case of names like Caitlin, Riley, Kaylynn or Hayley it simply doesn't matter because there are so many common spellings that people won't assume, they'll just ask how it's spelled anyway. So a Caitlin would have the same problems as a Khaytelynn.
Personally I like the look of the -eigh ending in Kayleigh but no other name I can think of right now. I also like the -ee ending for Kaylee. In most cases I prefer the -ey ending: Hayley, Riley, Casey...and I also like Kayley.
Oh and as far as I know Riley is more common for girls now anyway so she won't have any problems.
And sorry but I dislike the "why didn't she choose a feminine name" argument. I think people should be allowed to choose whatever names they like. Just my opinion, though ;)
I think people should choose whatever names they like. I'm pretty open when it comes to the boys names on girls thing. Names change over time and so do the genders of names. Julian and Christian used to be girls names and I can still see them on girls. Ashley is common for girls yet I can still see it on a boy. I feel people should respect other peoples tastes a bit more. There's nothing wrong with a girl names Casey or Riley, in my opinion. Those names work on girls and apparently quite a few people think so. I like them for both genders.
Well, Rylee is about to enter the top 100 and Rylie isn't that far behind so I think in a few years it'll be one of those names where no one will know how to spell it anymore and all spellings will be accepted equally (think Kaylee or Kaylynn). So a Ryleigh wouldn't have more problems than a Riley. It could make her life easier because Ryleigh does indeed LOOK or feminine written down. Of course it can't sound more feminine because it sounds exactly the same as Riley.
Personally if I'd give my daughter a unisex name I wouldn't change the spelling to make it more feminine. I kind of like Casey and Finley for girls. However instead of spelling them Kacie and Finleigh I'd rather have their middle names listed everywhere (e.g. Casey Sophia and Finley Grace).
So I don't have anything against girly spellings as long as they don't make the child's life unnecessarily difficult. Kelleigh for example I wouldn't use and I wouldn't like to see it used simply because Kelly is by far the most common spelling so people would always misspell it. Same with Emmah, Annah, Sharlott, Djulia or Morgynn because in these cases there's a standard spelling which is way more common so people would always assume an EM-ma was spelled Emma and not Emmah. But in the case of names like Caitlin, Riley, Kaylynn or Hayley it simply doesn't matter because there are so many common spellings that people won't assume, they'll just ask how it's spelled anyway. So a Caitlin would have the same problems as a Khaytelynn.
Personally I like the look of the -eigh ending in Kayleigh but no other name I can think of right now. I also like the -ee ending for Kaylee. In most cases I prefer the -ey ending: Hayley, Riley, Casey...and I also like Kayley.
Oh and as far as I know Riley is more common for girls now anyway so she won't have any problems.
And sorry but I dislike the "why didn't she choose a feminine name" argument. I think people should be allowed to choose whatever names they like. Just my opinion, though ;)
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People can choose whatever name they like, but if you want a name to look feminine then just choose a feminine name in the first place. To me, it just sounded like she liked the name but was trying to make excuses for spelling it the way she did. Personally, I just think it makes look people look illiterate and downgrade.
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I understand what you mean and respect your opinion. I still think that some spellings looked terribly weird when they were first used but are now accepted and I think that this might continue in the future. For example: Kaitlyn looks perfectly fine to most people nowadays as do Kathryn and Allison and they are all not the original form of the name and were thought of at one point. Still I agree with you somewhat as I dislike most creative spellings ;)
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