Opinions needed on our possible girl's name - do your worst!

First thought was that it was pronounced Kayleigh which I don't particularly like. However, now upon reading how Caley is going to be pronounced it just reminds me of that teenage lottery winner who blew her £2million on cocaine. Also, I really don't like hyphenated names and ones that particularly include May/Rose etc as there are so many of them around. And I'd put Luna in the same mould as Lola/Lexi etc.

I do like Rose as a first name though.

Maybe - although I can hear it in lots of other similar words. Can't think of any off the top of my head, but words that sound the same in my accent and very distinct in my MILs, or vice versa.

Anyway, sorry for sidetracking your thread OP.

Perhaps you genuinely can't hear the difference - some people can't.
No-one would pronounce 'cah' with an 'r', so it can't be that.

There is a very big difference though - it's like the way Americans pronounce 'r' at the end of a syllable. Read about rhoticity here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotic_and_non-rhotic_accents

I still disagree actually. I do know how 'car' would sound. Maybe it is to do with a differing interpretation on how we think cah-lee would sound. But it's obviously not worth arguing over since it's not even the pronunciation the OP wants.

I said 'the relevant accents' because I didn't want to detail too much personal information about what accents we all have.

Ribena, if you know people with 'the relevant accents', you must have noticed that 'cah-lee' and 'car-lee' (say) would sound very different. The letter 'r' is pronounced at the end of syllables in most Scottish and Ulster accents, in contrast to most English accents.

I agree about losing the hyphen and going for a less ambiguous spelling. Your boys name come across as solid and traditional (and nice). Your girls name comes across very differently. Are you sure about Luna?

Team yellow means you don't know the sex of the baby (so you're not in team pink or team blue...)

Badtime - Did you mean me? I think I am the only person who mentioned Carly. And I did so in the context of the pronunciation Cah-Lee. I wasn't suggesting that would ever be the right pronunciation for a Cally pronunciation. And a good chunk of mine and my husband's families have the relevant accents.

Great name without the hyphen, but terrible with it!

Also prefer Callie.

The girl in the Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman is called Callie Rose.

I would also spell it Callie as I would think Caley was pronounced Kayleigh, and it is a PITA having to correct people on how to pronounce your name all the time.

I would have pronounced Caley as Kayleigh. I'd go with Callie Rose Luna, no hyphen. Callie is lovely :)

Also wondering what team yellow is

Dropping the horn???

hyphen

Stupid iPad!

What does team yellow mean?

I think both your names are lovely but agree with you that dropping the horn would let her choose for herself.

Auley is adorable but also a good grown up name.

I think spelling 'Caley' with a double-l will make the pronunciation clearer, so Cally, Calley or Callie (I prefer Callie of these). I also think that it would look better without the hyphen - you can still call her 'Callie Rose'.

Also whoever said 'Carly' was pronounced the right way, have a wee think about how Scottish and Northern Irish people pronounce the letter 'r'.

I love that your names hold so much meaning to you as a couple and think that your child will love being told (probably over and over) how you chose them and why. It's so much better than being told 'it sounded nice' etc.

Go for it!

All the names are lovely, but don't hyphenate.

Aulay and Callie with Nathan Angus and Rose Luna as middle names sound lovely; unusual but not off the wall and completely pronounceable the world over. (You said Aulay sounds a little like Ollie, depending on the accent of the person saying it?)

I'm envious of you for finding names that resonate with meaning to your family and history, and also sound nice!

I like Luna very much; I presume J K Rowling chose it for a character in Harry Potter as she too lives in Scotland? Nevertheless, Luna is a minor character - and a positive one - so I wouldn't worry about that.

Luna is also Greek, isn't it, or Latin? Either way, very classical, and a great reference to yours and your DH's livelihoods on the sea.

I really like Callie-Rose actually, but it's been kind of ruined by the fact that hyphenated names have become so popular and often with a ridiculous/made up first name (I'm thinking Daizee-Lee, Milleey-Roze, Charley-Soo etc.)

I don't personally like Luna, it's a bit slebby I think.

I think you should use it though because it something you and DH love and it has meaning for you.

Aulay looks great written down but I don't like the sound, but that may be my accent, it's probably really nice in your accent. As long as you don't plan to move to London, I think use it.

Callie is better.
Not the rose part, hyphens are a pain in the arse.

Three names is too much forgone child.

Save some names for the next child/goldfish/gerbil/tarantula.

Aulay is lovely, new on me.

Could you not use Caledonia as the name? (A bit like India)

I like Rose and Luna, but not the first name.

Sorry meant odd not off

Yes, Callie is probably a better spelling. Still don't like Aulay, sorry.

Aulay is lovely in that case .

Good call on the hyphen. If it is between Calley and Caley I would probably go with Cally just because of the lack of ambiguity on the pronunciation (although I think Caley actually looks prettier written down).

Love it but not sure about Luna. Isn't there a slightly off Harry potter character with that name?