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HelpPut These Trendy -Ley Names in Order of How Bad They Are
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I agree with you about Finley! I don't think it's necessarily a great name on boys, but it's much better on them than on girls.
Best to worst (I really can’t stand any of them but the first three I can at least tolerate…)
Finley
Wrenley (she can always go by Wren)
Oakley
Adley (potential nn Addy saves it a little…only a little)
Paisley
Brinley
Mckinley
Briley
Kinsley (just use Kinsey!)
Tinsley
Zailey
Henley
Ensley
Tenley
Ainsley (I was disappointed to read the positive comments on this name…but to each their own I guess 😔)
Finley
Wrenley (she can always go by Wren)
Oakley
Adley (potential nn Addy saves it a little…only a little)
Paisley
Brinley
Mckinley
Briley
Kinsley (just use Kinsey!)
Tinsley
Zailey
Henley
Ensley
Tenley
Ainsley (I was disappointed to read the positive comments on this name…but to each their own I guess 😔)
Kinsey is cute!
1st tier (okayish):
Oakley, Finley, Briley, Brinley, Wrenley, Zailey
2nd tier (meh, okayish);
Adley, Henley, Mckinley, Tenley, Paisley
3rd tier (annoying):
Ensley, Ainsley, Kinsley, Tinsley
I like Oakley, Zailey, Briley best; Brinley, Wrenley, Finley are only the same level because they could be shortened to the 1st syllable.
And I hate *sley, if you couldn't tell; Paisley is higher than the others because it's slightly more evocative, but the sound still annoys me.
Oakley, Finley, Briley, Brinley, Wrenley, Zailey
2nd tier (meh, okayish);
Adley, Henley, Mckinley, Tenley, Paisley
3rd tier (annoying):
Ensley, Ainsley, Kinsley, Tinsley
I like Oakley, Zailey, Briley best; Brinley, Wrenley, Finley are only the same level because they could be shortened to the 1st syllable.
And I hate *sley, if you couldn't tell; Paisley is higher than the others because it's slightly more evocative, but the sound still annoys me.
This message was edited 3/13/2024, 3:44 PM
Finley > Mckinley > Henley > Ensley > Adley > Briley > Tinsley > Tenley > Paisley > Oakley > Wrenley > Zailey > Kinsley > Brinley > Ainsley
This message was edited 3/13/2024, 1:31 PM
worst to least bad
Tinsley
Kinsley
McKinley
Ensley
Ainsley
Briley
Wrenley
Brinley
Henley
Finley
Oakley
Adley
Paisley: the only -zlee name I don't think is super irritating
Zailey: more of a nickname for Azalea spelled like a surname name.
Tenley: I don't even see it as trendy. I knew a Tenley who was born in the fifties.
Tinsley
Kinsley
McKinley
Ensley
Ainsley
Briley
Wrenley
Brinley
Henley
Finley
Oakley
Adley
Paisley: the only -zlee name I don't think is super irritating
Zailey: more of a nickname for Azalea spelled like a surname name.
Tenley: I don't even see it as trendy. I knew a Tenley who was born in the fifties.
This message was edited 3/13/2024, 11:39 AM
Fascinating!
Paisley is the only one I can face; not as a fn, but as a mn it would actually be fine. All the others dead-heat for the bottom spot. Although, maybe all except Tinsley can dead-heat for second last: Tinsley is nastily tinny and also too much like Christmas decorations.
Yeah, Tinsley just makes me think of tinsel.
1. Mckinley - i can't with the mc-surnames as first names
2. Henley - like chickens
3. Tenley - like the number
4. Tinsley
5. Kinsley
6. Ensley
7. Finley -not on girls
8. Adley - sounds incomplete
9. Wrenley
10. Brinley
11. Zailey
12. Briley
13. Oakley - i know adults name oakley, i wouldn't think of it as a recent thing
14. Ainsley - the ainsleys i know are named after a lake and are nice people, so i actually kinda like it
edit: realised i forgot paisley. id put it between oakley and briley
2. Henley - like chickens
3. Tenley - like the number
4. Tinsley
5. Kinsley
6. Ensley
7. Finley -not on girls
8. Adley - sounds incomplete
9. Wrenley
10. Brinley
11. Zailey
12. Briley
13. Oakley - i know adults name oakley, i wouldn't think of it as a recent thing
14. Ainsley - the ainsleys i know are named after a lake and are nice people, so i actually kinda like it
edit: realised i forgot paisley. id put it between oakley and briley
This message was edited 3/13/2024, 10:54 AM