Vale

[fluentinsarcasm]

Apparently this is the new 'it' girls name to watch.

Yay or nay?

[nancy75]

Like port vale? Or is it said another way?

[RJnomore1]

Em

[Cavogirl]

Nay for me

[YokoUhOh]

Latin for 'goodbye'?

[OlennasWimple]

How are people saying that? "Veil"? "Var-ley"? "Valei"? Something else?

(Think it's a nay from me regardless though)

[MrsGsnow18]

From the title I thought it was a boys name suggestion.
I think it could unisex.
I'm just pronouncing it 'Vail'
It's not bad, I wouldn't really rate it that highly personally though. But certainly see nothing wrong with it!

[WhatKatyDidnt]

Short for Valentino/a?

[Lightbulbon]

There are worse names.

I assumed it was a boy though.

[fluentinsarcasm]

I think it sounds unisex too. Some celebs in America have used it so it will probably become popular soon.

[fluentinsarcasm]

I assumed it's pronounced Veil.

[heehaaw]

There's a pretty rough area called the Vale of Leven, usually referred to as the Vale- kind of negative connotations in the west of Scotland.

[EssentialHummus]

I'd assume it was pronounced like "Valley", as I've met Italian "Valli"s and would assume this was a variation.

It means "OK" in Spanish (Bal-lay). It's not briliant but it's, er, OK. Not keen on the Vale spelling.

[BertrandRussell]

I heard that Mary Beard has twin grand daughters called Ave and Vale.............

[fluentinsarcasm]

What other way would you spell it Essential if it is pronounced Veil?

[EssentialHummus]

fluent - If it's supposed to be pronounced Veil, I'd spell it "Veil". If the meaning behind the name is intended to be "vale" - as in "...of Glamorgan" - I'd spell it Vale. But I am not a fan of either - falls into the "words not names" category for me.

[Ham69]

Birth announcement cards could be Maida Vale

gets coat

[scrivette]

Ham

Not really keen on it, it's okay.

[RitesOfSpring]

Strange.

I don't like it.

[ageingrunner]

No, not keen

[Spaghettidog]

No, no. It screams Latin gravestone inscription, skulls and mourning cherubs.

[BertrandRussell]

Just can back to see if anyone appreciated my rather good (in my opinion) joke. Nobody did.

[Spaghettidog]

I appreciated it, Bertrand. Only I was rushing and misread 'Beard' for 'Berry', which gave it a note of utter weirdness.

[RitesOfSpring]

I didn't get the joke in the slightest, sorry Bertrand.

[ageingrunner]

The joke went right over my head, I suspect because I don't know any Latin? Would it survive an explanation?

[Optimist1]

FWIW I used to have a (female) friend whose name was Vail. Pronounced to rhyme with bail. Pretty and unusual.