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Blakely Rose

118 replies

cammylou · 25/09/2019 18:14

Don’t be too harsh please. I have a very different taste to many of you on here... for example Elizabeth, Eleanor, Genevieve etc aren’t for me at all. If it’s horrendous please tell me, without the patronising comments.
Tia

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DramaAlpaca · 25/09/2019 23:32

I like the Rose bit.

gnushoes · 25/09/2019 23:27

Sounds like an adjective. Not sure what a blakely rose would be though

mclover · 25/09/2019 22:57

No, makes me think of that horrid druggy that was got Amy Winehouse addicted to drugs.

ashtrayheart · 25/09/2019 22:43

I think it's quite difficult to say; it feels clumsy.

confusednorthner · 25/09/2019 22:39

I immediately though it sounded like an estate agents!

user1493494961 · 25/09/2019 22:37

It's horrendous.

LolaSmiles · 25/09/2019 22:30

I don't like it.
Blake as a unisex name is nice though.
I don't like Rose as a name

PushkinTheCat · 25/09/2019 22:27

If you like more “unisex” names (sorry, might not be being very clear but I mean “not obviously girly/frilly”), how about Blaise?

percheron67 · 25/09/2019 22:19

Blakeley is the name of a village near to where I live. A definite no.

AloneLonelyLoner · 25/09/2019 22:17

Blakely sounds like a rough housing estate or something.
But then I also don't like Blake.

Briar Rose is sweet for a girl I think.

AndromedaPerseus · 25/09/2019 22:15

I’d think they’ve got the surname and Christian the wrong way round and the real name is Rose Blakely which has a nice ring to it

OverByYer · 25/09/2019 22:11

I don’t like Blakely it sounds like Bleakly.
I know a Blayney which is similar but a bit softer? Not overly keen on it myself but might be similar to what you are looking for OP?

IHaveBrilloHair · 25/09/2019 22:10

I very nearly fell for that!
No more beer for meGrin

BertrandRussell · 25/09/2019 22:06

“I have a very different taste to many of you on here

Can you explain please?”

She means she’s an individual, not
like the mundanes.

IHaveBrilloHair · 25/09/2019 22:04

It's horrendous

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cammylou · 25/09/2019 22:01

I’m feeling torn - but thank u everyone for giving your opinions not too harshly :)

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

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BanditoShipman · 25/09/2019 21:31

Yuck

jennylouisaa · 25/09/2019 21:20

I like it a lot! Smile

Milkstick · 25/09/2019 21:15

I love it. I do think it depends where you're from - in my home town it would have a bleh sound at the start and in Sheff it would be that plus the leh at the end. If it's going to have an ay sound in the first syllable i think it's ace. It really lifts Rose too, not usually a fan of Rose. I am an unfan of those names you mentioned too. Do it, OP, if you love it.

FizzyGreenWater · 25/09/2019 20:07

No, try saying it out loud! It sounds like you're trying to say the more logical 'Blakey' but tongue-twisting it. It's a hard word to say, it sounds made up and it really isn't a name.

I think you can get the same feel with several other choices.

Brooke
Blythe
Blair

Maybe look at some American baby name sites?

Rose is fine, but ultra boring as a middle name.

Briar, as suggested upthread, is a rose-type name - how about that?

MissLadyM · 25/09/2019 20:04

Get that bus out!

Bringonspring · 25/09/2019 20:01

Blakely-no

Bouffalant · 25/09/2019 19:58

No, it's ugly. The 2 L sounds don't work.

Rose is lovely.

NoSauce · 25/09/2019 19:50

Grim

FrancisCrawford · 25/09/2019 19:49

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