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Delainey

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redlorry322 · 04/05/2014 20:47

Thinking of various names and like Delainey. What do you guys reckon? Any other names that are similar welcome please.

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soundsystem · 05/05/2014 10:36

I really like it! Not seen your spelling but Delaney for a girl I think is nice. Have also met one boy with Delaney as a first name and my reaction was "oh, like the song?". I think that would be a fairly niche response, though (and anyway it's a good song).

florascotia · 05/05/2014 09:29

In French, 'laine' = wool and 'de' = of

So De laine = 'of wool'. I don't want to be impolite but am afraid that's what I saw when I first read 'Delainey'.

As others have said, Delaney is a surname of Irish origin. I am not particularly keen on surnames as first names, but it's your choice. If you like it, then use it!

Only1scoop · 05/05/2014 09:05

It's a Surname .... Only one I know with Christian name is a horse.

Tenrec · 05/05/2014 08:49

I like it a lot, personally! My friend's kid is called Delaney (Laney).

wannabestressfree · 05/05/2014 08:29

It's in four weddings and a funeral!!! Rowan Atkinson is the nervous priest who says the mans name.... St. John Delaney...... :)

Costacoffeeplease · 05/05/2014 07:45

It's a sort of comic song sung by val doonican back in the dark ages

atypicalwotsit · 05/05/2014 07:01

Urigeller, your Elaine feels very real!!! I think its due for a come back.

atypicalwotsit · 05/05/2014 06:59

Will check out the song!

Costacoffeeplease · 05/05/2014 06:29

I can only think of the song 'Delaney had a donkey....' So wouldn't on that basis

UriGeller · 05/05/2014 06:18

Elaine would make a nice 'Laney'. But Elaine conjures up an image of an insipid blonde woman with a centre parting and frosted blue eyeshadow right up to her eyebrows. She was in the audience at a 1972 Top of the Pops, dancing in a brown polo neck and flares. She still talks about how Kid Jensen almost stood on her toe as he walked by.

madwomanbackintheattic · 05/05/2014 03:54

I know a few female Delaneys. (North America).

I don't know any Delaineys and would assume you had shoved in an extra vowel to be 'unique'. Which makes my teeth itch.

Nowitscleanugobshite · 05/05/2014 03:18

It makes me think of "de roady" and "de pathy" and "de streety". I know that's not helpful... But it's very late at night!! Sorry!!

LettertoHerms · 05/05/2014 03:06

Definitely a girl's first name in the US, and I like it. Do know it as a surname too, spelled differently.

manicinsomniac · 05/05/2014 02:50

It's known as a girls name in the US, spelt Delaney.

I quite like it.

MrsBungle · 04/05/2014 23:11

I quite like just laney.

wigglesrock · 04/05/2014 23:09

I went to school with lots of Delaneys - all surnames. I would assume if I heard it that you were using a family surname as a first name like Baxter, Cooper, Reid, Stirling, Anderson etc. I'm also not a fan of the Delainey spelling. I know a Lainey, she gets it from Elena.

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 04/05/2014 22:32

I had a teacher called Mr Delaney who smelt really bad. It's a surname, and not a particularly attractive one at that. Lainie without the De bit is quite pretty.

atypicalwotsit · 04/05/2014 22:31

Damaris, Coco, Saffron...

I also don't mind creative names!

KatieKaye · 04/05/2014 22:27

It's "Delaney".
And it's fine as a surname.
If you are thinking of changing your surname, I'd go with the normal spelling, without the "i".

squoosh · 04/05/2014 22:25

What other names are on your list?

squoosh · 04/05/2014 22:24

It's a really common surname in Ireland and always spelt Delaney.

'Delainey' is kre8ive.

atypicalwotsit · 04/05/2014 22:22

Girl and can be spelt various ways according to some baby name website or other!

namechangenumber5 · 04/05/2014 22:16

I like it, without the i!

squoosh · 04/05/2014 22:15

Surname spelt Delaney.

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