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How do these sound as twins? (The sp. won't change, they're family names, that's not what I'm asking about.)
Haleigh-Grace Landley
Kelsie Royce-Lynn
Haleigh-Grace Landley
Kelsie Royce-Lynn
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I agree with Chrisell: take out the hyphens and change the
order of the names.
order of the names.
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I almost don't know where to start with these two, they're such mouthfuls! I've been a little harsh because they're so nms.
Haleigh - I hate the spelling, even Hayleigh would be better. I understand why you're using the 'leigh' ending but it looks awfully kre8ibh to me. And not entirely necessary, since -leigh, -lee and -ley are all different spellings of the same element.
Haleigh-Grace - a big long name which will get mercilessly shortened by everyone around her. What is she actually going to be called? If it'll be constantly shortened to just Haleigh or something, is there any point having a hyphenated name?
Grace - this itself is nice. Hayley Grace I would have no objection to whatsoever.
Landley - ugly on a girl, nothing feminine about it at all.
Kelsie - I don't mind this spelling too much although it's a "Barbie Doll" name (aka a "please-stay-a-baby" name).
Royce - bad on a girl, it has such an ugly sound and no-one wants to be nicknamed "Rolls Royce" particularly if they're a bit on the plump side.
Royce-Lynn - Another mouthfull, and an incongruous one at that. The names sit badly together and it's hard to get the emphasis right.
How I'd fix them:
The names are nms in their current form, but I won't attempt to pursuade you further over that. What I *would* do is: remove the hyphens. Instead of having one twin with a mouthful of a hyphened first name and one with a mouthfull of a hyphened middle name, have two twins with roughly equal first names and two middle names each:
Haleigh Grace Landley
Kelsie Royce Lynn
I would go one step further and give them the same pattern of cutesy-classic-male:
Haleigh Grace Landley
Kelsie Lynn Royce
That's my 2c!
:-)
Haleigh - I hate the spelling, even Hayleigh would be better. I understand why you're using the 'leigh' ending but it looks awfully kre8ibh to me. And not entirely necessary, since -leigh, -lee and -ley are all different spellings of the same element.
Haleigh-Grace - a big long name which will get mercilessly shortened by everyone around her. What is she actually going to be called? If it'll be constantly shortened to just Haleigh or something, is there any point having a hyphenated name?
Grace - this itself is nice. Hayley Grace I would have no objection to whatsoever.
Landley - ugly on a girl, nothing feminine about it at all.
Kelsie - I don't mind this spelling too much although it's a "Barbie Doll" name (aka a "please-stay-a-baby" name).
Royce - bad on a girl, it has such an ugly sound and no-one wants to be nicknamed "Rolls Royce" particularly if they're a bit on the plump side.
Royce-Lynn - Another mouthfull, and an incongruous one at that. The names sit badly together and it's hard to get the emphasis right.
How I'd fix them:
The names are nms in their current form, but I won't attempt to pursuade you further over that. What I *would* do is: remove the hyphens. Instead of having one twin with a mouthful of a hyphened first name and one with a mouthfull of a hyphened middle name, have two twins with roughly equal first names and two middle names each:
Haleigh Grace Landley
Kelsie Royce Lynn
I would go one step further and give them the same pattern of cutesy-classic-male:
Haleigh Grace Landley
Kelsie Lynn Royce
That's my 2c!
:-)
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The following are my honest opinions:
The only name I like is Grace. And Lynne, if spelled that way, for a girl. Lynn to me is a male name.
Haleigh and Kelsie are way too similar for twins imo. Imo, you can change the spellings to the orignals of Hayley and Kelsey; you'll still honour your family members, since the names are exactly the same except for the spelling. I will also say that I prefer both names for boys only, of course.
Royce and Landley are very masculine to me and don't suit girls at all well imo. But they're better because they're mns, so it doesn't matter quite so much.
Miranda
The only name I like is Grace. And Lynne, if spelled that way, for a girl. Lynn to me is a male name.
Haleigh and Kelsie are way too similar for twins imo. Imo, you can change the spellings to the orignals of Hayley and Kelsey; you'll still honour your family members, since the names are exactly the same except for the spelling. I will also say that I prefer both names for boys only, of course.
Royce and Landley are very masculine to me and don't suit girls at all well imo. But they're better because they're mns, so it doesn't matter quite so much.
Miranda
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I think she meant...
... that it's the sound that matters. You say a name more than you see a name so I think that's what Miranda was getting at. You can still name Kelsey after Elsie and Hayley after Leigh because it's the person's *name* or *identity* that you're doing the naming after... not the spelling.
But personally, I think you should just go for whatever spellings you like best. :)
*reyanna*
p.s. We'd like to name a daughter's fn or mn after hubby's mother, Clare, but neither of us like the spelling. We'd opt for Claire or even Clara, but it's still considered 'naming her after Clare'. :)
... that it's the sound that matters. You say a name more than you see a name so I think that's what Miranda was getting at. You can still name Kelsey after Elsie and Hayley after Leigh because it's the person's *name* or *identity* that you're doing the naming after... not the spelling.
But personally, I think you should just go for whatever spellings you like best. :)
*reyanna*
p.s. We'd like to name a daughter's fn or mn after hubby's mother, Clare, but neither of us like the spelling. We'd opt for Claire or even Clara, but it's still considered 'naming her after Clare'. :)
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Honestly I don't like them one bit!
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I think they sound too similar, and the double first name in the first is awkward.
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