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

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MissMummy1 · 11/08/2012 22:03

DH and I are team yellow. We've had a definite boy's name agreed almost from day 1 (Aulay Nathan Angus) -Nathan after his dad and Angus after my grandad and the area of scotland we had our first home in.

BUT we've been racking our brains for weeks and months trying to think of a girl's name that suited us. DH is an ulsterman and I'm a scot so would ideally love an ulsterscots name that reflects us, and DH came up with one tonight that I think I love, so here goes:

Caley-Rose Luna

Caley as in Caledonia, Rose after his late mum and Luna short for Lunanhead (town in Angus we had our cottage) and after the moon which plays a huge role in both of our lives being sailors.

Do your worst with opinions (on both biys and girls names) and any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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MissMummy1 · 11/08/2012 22:16

Caledonia is a special song for us too. Caley/Cally however we spell it is a name in Scotland although not very common. I don't think I'd put the hyphen in actually and then that way it leaves the choice entirely with her!

Aulay is pronounced aw-lee (like Olly but as in MacAulay). Again it's another fairly uncommon ulsterscots name. One of the first ever kids I taught was an Aulay and he was adorable - probably one of the only kids I have taught I wouldn't mind my own child sharing a name with!

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RibenaHasLeftTheBuilding · 11/08/2012 22:13

Cross posted with others again. I like Callie.

RibenaHasLeftTheBuilding · 11/08/2012 22:12

Sorry, cross posted. You would spell it Cally? That I would pronounce Cal-E. If you want the pronunciation Cah-Lee isn't it just spelt Carly?

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 11/08/2012 22:12

Not overfond of hyphens, so would prefer the Caley and Rose to be separate but other than that I think it's nice.

Don't like Aulay though, sorry.

toobreathless · 11/08/2012 22:11

Caley-Rose Luna:

Personally, I don't like hyphenated names. I also don't like Caley-sounds made up, sorry. What about Calista? Luna is very cool. If you must use Caley I would definitely spell it Callie.

Calista Rose Luna
Cassandra Rose Luna (Cassie-Rose is quite cute)

Aulay Nathan Angus:

Not 100% sure about Aulay, is it made up? (excuse my ignorance!) LOVE Nathan & Angus.

RibenaHasLeftTheBuilding · 11/08/2012 22:11

Is Caley a known name, or have you created it from Caledonia? I only ask because I think people who don't know the origins might not pronounce in Cal-E (which I presume is how you want it pronounced?). I would guess you would get Kay-lee or Cal-lee a lot. Would it bother you correcting them? Would you mind your daughter having to?

I think Cal-E is quite cute. I'm not a big fan of the hyphen though. I think any hyphen with -Rose or -May/Mae is rather overdone at the moment and will date badly. I would just leave the separate - she can always be known by both even without a hyphen.

I love Angus. How do you pronounce Aulay?

0lympia · 11/08/2012 22:10

I love that song Caledonia! I like the full name. Is it like Callay ?

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MissMummy1 · 11/08/2012 22:09

Cah-lee

Personally I'd spell it Cally I think.

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KosherBacon · 11/08/2012 22:08

It seems that you and DH have made up your minds and have chosen thoughtful names that mean a lot to you and your family. Use them and forget what other people think.

The only thing I'd ask is how is Caley pronounced? Is it Cay-ley or Ca-ley?