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Greylynn?

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loren986 · 04/11/2013 02:45

What do you think of the name Greylynn (pronounced grey-LYNN)for a girl? I've seen this name once or twice before and loved it. We will probably call her Grey for short. Also what middle names do you like for Greylynn?

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WowserBowser · 04/11/2013 09:35

I quite like Grey

JazzAnnNonMouse · 04/11/2013 09:32

I quite like sailor
Sailor rose grey ?

JazzAnnNonMouse · 04/11/2013 09:29

ConfusedSounds like a werewolf

thistlelicker · 04/11/2013 09:29

I would have thought gray was more a name for a boy ... As in Grayson ??

Imogen is lovely and feminine and classic :-)

Slippersocklover · 04/11/2013 09:24

Honestly, if you love the name Grey, then use it! I've heard names which sounded much stranger initially, but before long become completely associated with that person as their name, so much so that no one thinks to question it any longer. For what it's worth, my siblings and I have very unusual names and to my knowledge none of us have ever been bullied for them.

DropYourSword · 04/11/2013 09:21

I actually prefer octopus!

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RandomCitizen · 04/11/2013 09:13

Greyling?

I really object to the name Lynn, for my own reasons (there are some nice people with that name of course) but it is such a 1970s/1980s name, and it holds some bad associations for me.

Greyling is far better.

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 04/11/2013 09:12

Although I have to add, Grayling is a type of fish!

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 04/11/2013 09:09

I quite like Grey. I also like Grace and Igrayne. Graylynn not so much, although Grayling flows better.
Sailor is terrible!
There is so much room for piss taking, however you spell it.
All the nice girls love a sailor

RandomCitizen · 04/11/2013 09:09

Grey would be ok if it wasn't so descriptive.

Basically anything you put after it will MATTER.

Grey Elizabeth = someone called Elizabeth who is, erm, grey.

Grey [insert surname of choice] = potentially problematic

I don't mind Sailor too much, but I started out on the ovusoft forums and people had all sorts of names over there. Most of the babies were being called Skylar when I was a member.

I know what you mean about it being a nice colour (sometimes - there are good greys and bad ones) but honestly I would struggle with pushing it as far as a child's name.

If you love it then go with it, but be aware of the pitfalls.

kelda · 04/11/2013 08:59

I quite like the name Grey. Greylynn is ok, but I would go with Grey.

I like the colour too.

EirikurNoromaour · 04/11/2013 08:59

Fine, you're American. But she will grow up here right? So she will be British, culturally if not officially. And Grey is a word which is used in Britain to mean a colour, not a name. Anyway, you do what you like, it's your baby. Just bear in mind the reactions on this thread!

TheNunsOfGavarone · 04/11/2013 08:56

Go for Imogen. It's lovely with Rose too.

Sailor's popular in the US? I hope to goodness it doesn't catch on here. It's very nearly as bad spelt Saylor.

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EdithWeston · 04/11/2013 08:36

Greyling would normally be spelt Grayling and is an example of transferred surname tradition.

How about going for an older name like Ygraine?

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loren986 · 04/11/2013 08:31

Exactly! Grey can be gorgeous, it doesn't have to be dull. Thanks Cheerful, you're lovely! I think we are naming her Grey. I love it, DH loves it and that's what matters!

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CheerfulYank · 04/11/2013 08:28

Well, I personally love the color Grey and don't find it dull. I think it's lovely. :)

Have at it, OP. I don't think she'd be bullied, it's not like you're naming her DungHeap or something! If it's the name you picture then it's what you should use IMO.

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loren986 · 04/11/2013 08:28

Cookie, if I were having a boy his name would definitely be Greyson! Great minds think alike!

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loren986 · 04/11/2013 08:26

Kate, I just really love Grey, that's what I want to call my daughter every day. Elizabeth is a gorgeous first name, but when I think of my daughter, her name is Grey. And I don't think the name makes the girl, I think the girl makes the name. She will be the most colorful Grey you'd ever meet!

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cookielove · 04/11/2013 08:24

Op, I love the name the Grey we were set on Greyson nn grey for our lo until I actually got pregnant then dh changed his mind. So gutted! As I love the name Grey!

GlaikitFizzog · 04/11/2013 08:24

But Gray can be a name, it's not made up of just a word she's picked out the dictionary, like hedgehog. Now I would say hedgehog was an awful name, but gray/grey isn't.

ArbitraryUsername · 04/11/2013 08:23

The main problem with grey as a name is that it has huge connotation of dull and boring. Possibly not what you'd want people to associate with your DD.

KateCroydon · 04/11/2013 08:23

How about Elizabeth Grey Talbert? Sounds great to me.

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