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Daine
WDYT of Daine for a girl?

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A lifetime of people assuming the name is typo, no thanks. Diane is fine but playing Scrabble with the letters doesn't work.
Grew up with a boy called Dane and that worked for him, but then he spelled it right.
That's funny, I almost posted about Dane yesterday (met a man named it). I think Daine for a girl is pleasant, although the main image it evokes for me is the the Tamara Pierce character Veralidaine "Daine" (not bad but sort of one-dimensional - naturey like Wren or Fern but in a more YA fantasy geek way). Beyond that it's slightly dated/retro seeming maybe, like Diane? An even-keeled, mid century minimalist type vibe. I prefer Dane for a guy because it seems like a relatively down-to-earth yet non-standard alternative to Blaine, Zane, Dana for guys, while there are more D*n names for girls I prefer (also I like Raine as fem at least as much as Daine).

This message was edited 7/11/2024, 12:10 PM

Diane is a pretty name, but I don’t really like Daine.
Oh I definitely thought this said Diane, lol whoops.I think I'd maybe go with Dayne as the spelling, to avoid that. But it's not an especially appealing sound to me anyway. Dana is so nice, and it's an often overlooked choice nowadays, I'd just go with that.
Don't like it, would have constant spelling and pronunciation issues
I didn’t misread it, but it seems like an alternate spelling of male Dane to me.
It would be misspelled and misread as Diane constantly.
I misread it as Diane.
I like the pronunciation, but it kind of looks like a misspelling of Diane.