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HelpRe: A name pronounced eye-lee (Islie, Isley?) - need some help :)
in reply to a message by Amandine
Eily and yes I like it.
Second choice I guess would be Islie, which doesn't make me read "iz-lee" or "eyes-lee" because it looks vaguely Scottish (sim. to Leslie) and at the same time reminds of Isla / Islay.
Isley looks like a surname to me, nms - the Isley Brothers (so I read it as "eyes-lee" because that's how their name is pronounced).
Eiley also has a surnamey look to me but I would say it "eye-lee."
-ley in general gives me a less feminine vibe, which is fine, but if I'm naming it's usually a bit less appealing than -y.
I would say Eilidh as "ay-lee" and anyway would not use it unless that final phoneme felt natural to me.
- mirfak
Second choice I guess would be Islie, which doesn't make me read "iz-lee" or "eyes-lee" because it looks vaguely Scottish (sim. to Leslie) and at the same time reminds of Isla / Islay.
Isley looks like a surname to me, nms - the Isley Brothers (so I read it as "eyes-lee" because that's how their name is pronounced).
Eiley also has a surnamey look to me but I would say it "eye-lee."
-ley in general gives me a less feminine vibe, which is fine, but if I'm naming it's usually a bit less appealing than -y.
I would say Eilidh as "ay-lee" and anyway would not use it unless that final phoneme felt natural to me.
- mirfak
This message was edited 10/31/2024, 10:56 AM
