Delainey

Probably classic ones. Since I am Scottish, classic to me means some traditional Scottish names as well as the usual English ones. Classic names are dignified and open-ended, if you see what I mean. They give a person who has them room to breathe and be themselves without the risk of others making assumptions. But names change all the time, and what we consider classic today may not be the same as classic names several hundred years ago. I do quite like some fairly out of the ordinary names, but mostly 'rediscovered' older ones - because I am interested in history- rather than newly-created ones. And, like everyone else, some names appeal to me simply because of their sound, or because they have good associations. Am not a fan of mock old names (eg Tolkien and later fantasy books or TV) or (as you will have gathered) 'creative' spellings. It annoys me when some baby name sites invent meanings for names, rather than investigating the actual, evidence-based information.

But all these are just my personal preferences. Of course parents have the absolute right to choose whatever name they like for their children, and good luck to them.

Is it for a boy or girl? Doesn't really make any difference as it's a terrible name in my opinion.

Like something silly and American

Not sure why the concept of a name being attractive or not is foreign, and I say this as the owner of a not particularly pleasant-sounding surname.

Delaney has "delay" as the first two syllables, which I don't think is ideal in a first name personally.

Florascotia... Do you prefer classic names, unusual or just plain bonkers dadaesque creations?

Gosh, atypical thank you very much indeed. We all use language. It's the MOST democratic art form. (Names are part of it.) We all take part in it /create it. Computers/texts etc mean that language is changing all the time. Yet it is not much considered, when compared with visual art/music etc (both of which are great). But language is also SO important. I wish that schools looked at the wider aspects of it, and explained why grammar, spelling etc are not just reactionary and boring and restrictive but are tools that actually help us all to understand and shape the worlds we live in.
Sorry to go on so ...

Ie endings became acceptable sometime around the 15th century. Perfectly normal. Delainey, not so much.

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2012/08/top-200-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-1900.html

I don't think Molly or Mollie are on that list, but it has Jenny and Jennie, Nelly and Nellie, Lily and Lillie, so yes, I think 'our foremothers' would at least have considered it.

Mollie isn't creative -- Molly and Mollie are equally acceptable versions of the name imo. But when a name is already a fairly common surname with a standard spelling, any change looks like someone trying to stand out.

I have a friend called 'Delaina', which I think is a much nicer given name than 'Delaney', however you want to spell it.

Flora, am impressed! Genuinely!

I have yet to actually meet someone with a creative name that is laughable. I wonder if most are urban myths.

Mollie is a perfectly acceptable, normal variant. Delainey is a misspelled surname. Totally different.

And of course there should be no apostrophe in 'its'. More haste, less speed...

sorry - in first line of above iy' should of course be 'y'

Mollie is not 'creative' in the same way as L-a because, in regular English spelling 'ie' and iy' at the end of a word signify the same sound. They are genuine alternatives.

Spelling has evolved over centuries and keeps on changing, but it does follow certain patterns or rules. It can't be entirely random, otherwise written communications would be extremely difficult - and word-based computer programs would be impossible to use.
In different languages, each letter has it's own sound. Which is why 'Aime' as a spelling for 'Amy' in English (or French) does not really work. Normally, in English, a final 'e' is silent or is a 'uh' sound or softens the consonant before it. So following normal English spelling, we read 'Aime' as 'Aim' or Aim-uh, not as Amy. That does make me tooth-itchy, I'm afraid.

The - (dash symbol) in L-a is a punctuation mark, not a letter. It has meanings (either to mark the sudden end of a phrase or to indicate a space between words) but it does not in normal spelling signal a sound. We don't write, for example, 'I -ed to the shop to buy some more bread....'

If people like the name Ladasha, then why not spell it Ladasha or even Ladacia...

I just think why saddle a child with an unusual spelling/pronunciation so they will spend their life correcting people who get it wrong. I know an 'Aime' why not just Amy a why make life more difficult than it needs to be?

I know a Delaney who goes by Laney. It's an Irish surname (spelled Delaney with no I) co-opted into use as a first name, like Flynn and Donovan and others..

As surnamey names go, I like it. But I would spell it 'Delaney' because the extraneous I would put it in Youneek territory.

I just thought of 4 Weddings straight away.

It's a surname, and not a particularly attractive one at that.

Huh

Why is it not 'attractive' MyNameis...

Don't like it sorry - especially with the unnecessary "i"

Laney on its own is nice.

Madison
Ashley
Megan
Aubrey
Jessica
Kaley (?sp)
Ava
Taylor

Pretty awful

I like it

But not with the "i"

I have a real hankering to watch Four Weddings and a Funeral now!

I like Delaney as a first name.
Don't like the i in it.