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Regardless of the reason, I'm not crazy on the name

Hmmm. Night Vale fans? Originally I thought it sounded too masculine for a girl, but actually I think it works. A possible nickname could be Valey, which rhymes with Haley and that's a girls name...
It's almost a hippie name in disguise. Technically it's like naming your kid Meadow, but it doesn't have such an obvious feel to it.

It's such a non-name. It's supposed to be a nature name, I know, but nobody says vale in talking about the outdoors.

Is it possible Guthrie actually is a middle name, rather than a second last name? The caption under the video identifies the baby as "Vale Feldman."

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I think Vale is rather pretty, though not something I'd use myself. Vale works well enough as a name--better than something like North or Honey, anyway--and I like the place name connection between it and the mother's name.