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Opinions on Elaya Mae?

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diddy92 · 31/01/2018 13:25

What are your opinions on the name Elaya Mae please?
(Pronounced El-ay-ah)

I love it but just interested how other people see it

Thanks! Smile

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Meemzinha · 04/02/2018 17:54

Honestly I can't see the issue! I think it's beautiful with Mae...

Also i don't understand why people can't pronounce it.. It looks so simple to me! But I'm pretty good at pronunciations.

HappyLollipop · 02/02/2018 20:59

I like it Elaya, I've never heard it before but it's very pretty but hate mae/may add on.

GinIsIn · 02/02/2018 20:51

It just sounds like someone trying to say ‘a liar’ with a bad Yorkshire accent - it’s dreadful!

Only1scoop · 02/02/2018 07:49

Awful

Sounds like a tacky AI hotel somewhere grim

BWatchWatcher · 02/02/2018 07:47

El-ay-yah
Quickly becomes 'a liar' if you are a small child.
I'd rethink.

ronniebarkersauntie · 02/02/2018 07:44

I still can’t work out how you want it pronounced...
El-lay-ah
El-ly-ah

Your “ay” pronoinciation could be either depending on where in the country you’re from Grin

ZenNudist · 02/02/2018 07:36

I know a little Ellia Mai. Im actuslly not sure if shes got 1 or 2 L in her name. I thought it sounded like a fancy twist on Ellie May. Its bad but your spelling is even more made up.

Not a fan of Elaya. Its made up.

How about Layla? / Leila
Elena?
Lena (like Denham)
Leia??!!! Grin

BedtimeTea · 02/02/2018 07:30

It is ok, new to me, I have never heard of Elaya before. I would end up calling her Ell (or Elly Mae or Ellie Mae, I think that is kind of cute as a nickname) .

People like differant names, go for what you want for your child. The only "Mae's" that I do know are people in my family/familytree who stuck it in to honour our mutual ancestor. Mae is a perfectly good name, it is used a lot because people do like it.

greendale17 · 02/02/2018 07:15

Elaya sounds made up

Mae is just awful

TheDowagerCuntess · 02/02/2018 07:05

Not a fan of Elaya. In the words of Marian Keyes, it feels a bit cobbled together.

Lacks substance and I hate to use the 'c' word, but feels a bit common. I would never voice that opinion in real life. I'm only saying it here since opinions are being sought.

Couldn't agree more with everyone else re Mae. The world does not need another Someone Mae/May.

Newmanwannabe · 02/02/2018 03:48

I quite like it when you wrote how you say it, but I don’t think the spelling and pronounciation match. I read it as E-Lay-ah, which I didn’t love. Can the spelling be different somehow?

chewiecat · 02/02/2018 03:40

Sorry don't like it

Sprinklestar · 02/02/2018 03:03

Makes me think of Elijah. Mae is nice.

Joeybee · 02/02/2018 02:36

It's a bit too cutesy for me. Plus it's not obvious how you'd pronounce it. You'd have to put up with correcting peoples pronunciation and spelling for it all the time.

BackforGood · 01/02/2018 23:40

I would hate to be saddled with a name that wasn't obvious how it was pronounced - so every time someone calls your name from a list, you'd be getting it said wrongly - or that wasn't obvious how to spell it, when you hear it, so every time you give someone your name, you have to spell it for them.

rachrach2 · 01/02/2018 23:29

I like Elaya and Mae but not together with the two A sounds. She will be spelling it forever and repeating it as it's unusual but pretty.

TheCraicDealer · 01/02/2018 23:22

I usually have a very low threshold for yoonique names but I think Elaya is ok. I'd never choose it myself but it's the kind of name someone would mention a few times and I'd stop thinking "made up name" quite quickly.

Please do not use Mae- that "Rose" and "Grace" are filler names. So many people eople use them because they do roll off the tongue and are pretty and inoffensive, but they're just so unoriginal. Unless you're dying about Mae I'd pick something else that you are really keen on.

Tringingle · 01/02/2018 23:08

There's a kid in playschool called elayna,I think it's fab Smile not the same but one more to throw into the pot

Sittinonthefloor · 01/02/2018 22:53

Awful

SuperBeagle · 01/02/2018 22:14

Elaya is definitely not a "real" name.

Alaïa is a real name, pronounced Ah-LIE-ah, which is similar.

Patienceisvirtuous · 01/02/2018 22:03

No, awful.

Elia is better. And Maya.

EfficiencyDeficiency · 01/02/2018 21:57

Sorry but the Mae is so tacky.

It's the default middle name.

Xeneth88 · 01/02/2018 21:54

Oh no. That's awful.

AdalindSchade · 01/02/2018 21:50

Too many vowels and not enough substance. Elaya is just meh. Mae is just horrible now, sorry.

TurquoiseDress · 01/02/2018 19:47

It sounds bit of a mouthful and too much rhyming going on.

I think you'd be forever correcting people how to spell it and maybe pronounce it too.