Yaribely
The name I'm searching for is Yaribely. Feminine, Spanish, Caribbean, most likely Dominican Republic. Pronounced Yatti-Bailey. I've had no luck searching the internet other than one hit in NYC for someone with that name but totally unrelated.
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This is probably a recently invented name. Parents in Latin America -- especially in the Caribbean countries like the Dominican Republic -- are fond of creating new names by blending syllables from other names, similarly to African-Americans in the USA. Yaribely looks like it's a blend of previously common names like Yaritza and Isabel, with -y added. Hispanic parents will often add -y to multiple syllable names, unlike English speaking parents. It's not unusual to see forms like Joanny in Hispanic or Brazilian cultures.
I've known several Brazilians with such names.
Sometimes people here use -y as a replacement for -i or -ie. I know at least two girls named Nathaly.
Sometimes people here use -y as a replacement for -i or -ie. I know at least two girls named Nathaly.
This message was edited 1/25/2016, 4:39 AM
Just a little bit of info to add to this: Googling around to find something about Yaribely I saw that there is the name Yaribel (without "y" at the end) as well, and seemingly dozens of times more popular than Yaribely.
Jaribel exists as well, with a number of Google hits somewhere between Yaribely and Yaribel...
Jaribel exists as well, with a number of Google hits somewhere between Yaribely and Yaribel...