Opinions on Sorley?

[DoveDave]

Thanks!

[Whatslovegottodo]

No. It doesn't work well in English. Sore means painful.

[OnlyEatsToast]

Sounds like a foodstuff. Reminds me of barley

[YNK]

Love it! One of my favourite boys names!

[MrsHughesCarson]

For a girl or a boy?
Actually, no, it doesn't work for either imo.

[GingerAndTheBiscuits]

Nope.

[YNK]

If it sounds like sore you're mispronouncing it.

[newroundhere]

Sounds painful. Never heard it as a name before. I don't like it I'm afraid - is it for a girl or a boy?

[NataliaOsipova]

Sounds painful!

[RoganJosh]

What about Sorrel instead? If I've spelt it right.

[Wolfiefan]

Not heard of it. What's the origins?

[MycatsaPirate]

Sorley not!

[NataliaOsipova]

newroundhere X post!

[DoveDave]

For a boy...

[newroundhere]

How should it be pronounced YNK ? I can't think of another way to say it

[oldbirdy]

How do you pronounce it? In our family my DD used to say sorely (to rhyme with poorly) as a mistake when she had hurt herself "mummy I have a sorely finger" and it has stuck, so to me it means something is painful!

[CrunchySeaweed]

Don't think it works in English

[PurpleDaisies]

I don't like it at all.

[vitaminC]

My first thought was "sorely afraid". Not a pleasant connotation really.

It's a synonym of "painfully", or "uncomfortably" and doesn't sound like a name at all in English.

[sexymuthafunker]

Makes me think of "sorely missed"
Sorry. Where does it come from?

[sexymuthafunker]

Is it for a boy or a girl?

[Unicorndreamer]

Sounds like a herb . Not a nice name in my opinion.

[fullyupholstered]

Makes me think of Sorley Maclean. Great poet, great name.

[sexymuthafunker]

Sorcha or Sorrell are nice alternatives if it's a girl.

Or Sidney for a boy?

[Rockspin]

Sorely missed springs to mind here. Sorry OP but not keen.

[Whatslovegottodo]

It's an anglicised Irish name.