Haylee

“Hey Lee!”

I prefer Hailey.

Looks like parents can't write Kaylee correctly...

So childish and awful. I hate it.

My name is Breathe (and yes, it is my real name), and my middle name is Hayleyann. For as long as I can remember, I have always adored names (especially unique names, if you can't already tell, haha), as they've always been a treasured part of my life. I have close to 400 baby names written in “Notes” on my phone, and I even wrote an (unpublished, haha) baby name book. Anyways, the point is that I'm pretty much obsessed with names. Growing up, I received a lot of compliments and strong (sometimes odd) reactions to my name. Most people really liked it, some thought it was very unusual, and although I'm very used to annoying puns (just “breathe”, etc.), I've never been flat-out made fun of or even insulted for my name. It's the same way for my middle name; both parts of my middle name (Hayley and Ann) aren't spelt the “normal” way, however nobody has ever commented on the “oddness” or “trashiness” (or whatever) spellings. That's probably at least partly because there are so many different ways to spell many names, including Hayley, such as Hailey, Hailie, Hailee, Haley, Haleigh, Haylee, Haylie, etc. Just because it's spelt differently doesn't mean it's “incorrect”. Think of different shades of colors, for example: there are so many different shades of, say, blue, but they're all still the same color. In the same way, there are several variations of name spellings, but that doesn't take anything away from the name. If what I said about the shades of colors didn't make sense, you could also try to think about it like the differences in the spellings (of the same words) in Britain and America. For example, in the British vocabulary, it would be “mum”, whereas in America it would "mom”, “favour” would be “favor”, “colour” would be “color” and “honour” would be “honor”. Even though mom/mum are spelt differently, they're both still referring to a motherly figure. It's the same with the other words, and it's also still the same with names. In fact, a different/unusual spelling just makes the name even more creative and unique than the original spelling! Now, I can understand how, especially if it's a word name, like Chastity, for example, some people might feel that, because it's an English word, if you take the first “t” out of it (which would make it Chasity), then it wouldn't have the same meaning. Personally, though, I don't believe that's true, because like I mentioned above, even if a word is spelt differently, that doesn't take away from the meaning of it. The word “chastity” means “pure” and “to abstain from premarital sex”. In my opinion, “Chasity” means the same thing as “Chastity”. In-fact, you can search it up on the internet and it will tell you the same thing, that's because “Chasity” is derived from “Chastity”, so it still has the same meaning. Besides, you shouldn't judge a name/a certain spelling, especially without knowing the reasoning behind it. Having an opinion is one thing, but unfairly judging someone for their name (or anything) is unjust, and it says something about you, rather than the person with the name. Overall, whether you have a retro/vintage, common, trendy, uncommon, biblical, family, religious, cultural or any other kind of name, if you truly love and take pride in your name, then cherish that and don't be afraid to let others know it! It's true that a name doesn't define a person, but it's also true that a person has ownership of their name, so they're free and have every right to wear it however they please, because, at the end of the day, all that matters is how you feel about yourself and what you believe about yourself.

Juvenile spelling.

This is my favorite way to spell Hailey.

It's a cute name but all of its variations are so common. I personally think it's better as a middle name.

Hayley is fine but I dislike all of the creative spelling, especially Haylee and Hailie.

This is my cousin's name, and even though I love the name, I think it's become a bit "old", very overused. And Haylee just sounds so unintelligent, like they sounded it out to know the spelling.

If you're going to use such a youthful, cutesy name, at least you should spell it in a more mature way. This looks like something a 13-year-old girl would name her kid.

I'll be blunt about this: if you're going to use the name Hayley (which is a tired name for me), at least spell it correctly. These names ending with "-ee" are so obnoxious; would somebody please tell me why "e" is pronounced "ay" in other languages but "ee" in English? It gets old.

I think HAYLEE is one of the WORST spellings for this name! I like it spelled HALI! HALI is my name!

This is TRULY the best spelling of Haley (Hayleigh, Haleigh, Hailey, Hailie, Hayley) that there is.