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I think it's awful, sorry. It's trendy, made up sounding, immature, rather trashy and yet another name with -lyn on the end (I even saw Faithlyn the other day) and will date her to this period in time.

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I don't know what spelling is best:
Shaelyn has the trendy -ae- in it
Shailyn is slightly better but as someone pointed out could be pronounced SHY-lin.
Shaylyn I'm not keen on the -yly- part, that is very immature/trendy IMO

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Probably Shailyn.

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~Louise x
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Charles Frederick & Isabel Primrose

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*WDYTO Shaelyn?
- I actually don't mind it. It's quite pretty, especially with the nn Shae.

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*How would you spell it?
- Shaelyn, nn Shae or Shaylyn, nn Shay. I think Shaelyn looks the best.

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It looks very made up and trashy too me. It just blends with all these -lyn names made up in an effort to be "unique". I personally don't like the "Shay" element either. Plus, I find it much too informal and cutesy. Children don't stay 5 years old forever. A 32 year old professional name Shaelyn or Shaeley is hard to take seriously to be honest.

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Thumbs down for me.

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It has a nice sound, but it seems so trendy like most of the other -lyn names. Shae / Shea would be less trendy. As for the spellings, I prefer the spelling Shaelyn over Shailyn.

This message was edited 7/9/2006, 4:38 PM

Sorry, it sounds trashy and made up...

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~~ Claire ~~

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I like Shaelyn, I love the name Shaye or Shae. My niece's name is Shayenne (prn like Cheyenne) and goes by Shay. ;)

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Cassie Anne (not Cassandra!)
Fiance to Grant Stephen
Mum to Hayley Anne :)
D.O.B: 8th October, 2004

I love that name

I've always loved the name Shaelynn. But I prefer spelling it Shaylyn or Shealyn. I love the nn Shay or Shea.

Shaelyn is a great name!!!!!!!! My friend's name is Shaelyn but everyone calls her Shay.If you name your child that she'll probably be a great person!

The addition of -lyn to any other syllable these days pretty much creates a name that is too cutesy, too precious, too flimsy, and too faddish.

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Just plain Shae / Shea / Shay is a nice name.

This message was edited 7/9/2006, 2:34 PM

I really, really don't like this name. If I HAD to use it, I would spell it Shaelyn because Shae is at least a real name. To me, it's trendy, meaningless, dated, ugly, and inappropriate for an adult. I couldn't picture Judge Shaelyn Smith or President Shaelyn. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but it's an honest opinion.

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I don't personally like it. It sounds trendy. Irish names are HUGE right now, and Shaelyn is the Irish name Shae paired with trendy -lyn. I prefer classic names to newly formed, trendy names.

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I'd spell it Shaelyn. Shailyn looks like "Shy-linn" as opposed to "Shay-linn" which I think is the sound you want.

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I like the nickname Shae with it, if you spell it Shaelyn.

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Julia Keelan

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