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Bradley or Bailey...??

36 replies

Quiddi · 25/10/2016 15:36

hii,

we are keen on the names bradley and bailey, we obviously cannot use both.

which would you go for?

brother is mason.

thanks!!

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JosephineMaynard · 27/10/2016 00:09

Bradley.

Bailey makes me think of booze.

tararabumdeay · 27/10/2016 00:05

Brad is quite a macho name from the old westerns - like Scott in the 80s and Hunter nowadays.

Bailey and Mason sounds like a Castle restoration firm from Monty Python.

Scrumptiousbears · 26/10/2016 23:49

I prefer Bailey but it's getting very common round this area.

AskBasil · 26/10/2016 23:36

Both are awful but at least Bradley isn't a liqueur.

DixieWishbone · 26/10/2016 23:34

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rainbow99 · 26/10/2016 23:32

I don't like either - sorry, but think Bailey goes better with Mason

WanderingTrolley1 · 26/10/2016 23:31

Bailey.

villainousbroodmare · 26/10/2016 23:26

Bradley for me. I would expect Bailey to be a girl.

Lilly948 it's a simple plural, so Bradleys, Baileys etc.

CourtJester · 26/10/2016 16:06

Bradley is okay (but I don't like Brad)

Bailey is a very girly name in my opinion, I wouldn't use it for a boy

TwentyCups · 25/10/2016 20:51

I prefer Bradley - also has the option of Brad there too so depends if you don't mind that as a nickname.
I prefer Bailey as a girls name personally but it does go with mason.

DramaAlpaca · 25/10/2016 19:53

Of the two, Bradley.

clary · 25/10/2016 19:30

I'm a teacher and have quite a few of both. Got a Baillie whom I assumed was a boy but it"s a girl so it seems to be unisex if you mind that.

BadToTheBone · 25/10/2016 19:30

Don't like either but Bradley is infinitely better than Bailey. Always thinks of Bay Leaf, so if your surname is F in particular avoid avoid avoid.

sohackedoff · 25/10/2016 19:24

Don't like either.

cantstopeatingtoday · 25/10/2016 19:22

Bailey sounds cheap

god I sound like my mother Hmm

But it does!

Bertucci · 25/10/2016 19:19

Neither.

TheresAlwaysTimeForTea · 25/10/2016 19:18

Our Labrador is called Bailey so it would be Bradley for me although I don't like that name tbh

Stevefromstevenage · 25/10/2016 19:16

I know no recent Bradley but one Baylee. I prefer Bradley.

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Lilly948204 · 25/10/2016 18:53

I'm a teacher, loads of Bailey's in school. No Bradley's if that makes any difference.

OhFuds · 25/10/2016 18:52

I was going to suggest Brodie too. I'm not keen on the other 2 names.

MotherDuckSaid · 25/10/2016 18:50

Bradley is an Awful name!

AuntieStella · 25/10/2016 18:34

Bradley

ThisPasadenaHomemaker · 25/10/2016 18:33

Dislike both.

What about Brodie? Has a similar feel to Bailey but cooler imo.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 25/10/2016 18:32

Definitely Bradley.