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Ellora or Paisleigh?

181 replies

98gigs · 26/09/2021 20:39

Ellora and Paisleigh are the top two me and DH have chosen but not sure of which one to choose as we like them both equally. We both prefer spelling them differently than having them as Elora and paisley if anyone's wondering. DD is due in December so we've got time to have a think and we'd love to hear your opinions thanks.

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SoftSheen · 26/09/2021 21:47

Elora is OK, though I prefer Eleanora.

The other name is truly dreadful.

Salmonpinkcords · 26/09/2021 21:46

Paisley as a place is a fairly dire….agree with caddydawg

CaddieDawg · 26/09/2021 21:44

Elora is quite nice. Paisley is the correct spelling if you want to use it, but tbh it's not a very nice place nor pattern so it's not somewhere I'd choose to name my child after (no matter the spelling).

CarryOnNurse20 · 26/09/2021 21:43

Paisleigh is honestly one of the worst name ideas I’ve ever heard. I do not get the idea of giving your child a name with essentially the wrong spelling. You’re setting them for a lifetime of irritation ‘yes jasmine but with a z and two mms’. Why.

MrsBungle · 26/09/2021 21:40

Elora is ok. Don’t lumber her with paisleigh

Brightbluebell · 26/09/2021 21:40

@IndecentCakes

I heard Hue and Cry too when I saw Paisleigh too!

LaLaLouella · 26/09/2021 21:39

Elora is ok - but sounds a bit like a name Aldi would give to one of their knock off foods

Paisleigh is just utterly terrible, you have to look twice to figure out how to pronounce it... and then you wish you hadn't.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 26/09/2021 21:39

Why are so many people determined to condemn their child to a lifetime of a silly name and constant explanation in a bid to be considered original by their own peers?

IndecentCakes · 26/09/2021 21:36

Is this one for Paiiiiisley? Oh, you got to help me Grin
(for those of a certain age)

tickledtiger · 26/09/2021 21:35

Ellora is better.

Paisleigh is probably going to be a spelling nightmare for her forever so I wouldn’t pick that.

Sarah2384 · 26/09/2021 21:34

Ellora is ok - at least it looks like a name.
Paisleigh is awful; sorry, really awful.

Flufferty · 26/09/2021 21:34

Do you have any other names you like OP? I really hope you're not too upset with the responses on here, although I do agree with everyone that Paisleigh is beyond dreadful. Nobody deserves to be lumbered with a name like that.

Skyla2005 · 26/09/2021 21:33

I don't like either. There's so many nice names how have you got down to these two poor baby

ChrissyPlummer · 26/09/2021 21:32

Neither, echoing pp, they’re really not nice

GemmaRuby · 26/09/2021 21:31

Sorry OP I have nothing positive to say other than Elora is inoffensive. But will often be mistaken for Laura, which is a nice name. Lorna is also nice.

DunderMifflinSalesRep · 26/09/2021 21:29

I know a poor kid called Paisleigh with that spelling. Mum is called Paige, Dad is called Lee. They probably thought they were being unique as well. I'm afraid it's a "Neverrrr, Neverrrr, Neverrrrr!" from me.

Ellora is pretty meh in my opinion.

Pallisers · 26/09/2021 21:28

@daisypond

Ellora is a million times better than Paisleigh. But are you pronouncing it like eh-lora? Or more like Ella-ra?
this. I'd pronounce Elora as eh-lora but if I saw the name Ellora would say Ella-ra.

Paisleigh reminds me of a kid in my daughter's class here in the US- Ryleigh. no excuse either as her father was irish and should have known better.

Suitcaseseverywhere · 26/09/2021 21:28

Paisleigh looks like parsley.

PattyPan · 26/09/2021 21:26

Ellora is ok but she will have a lifetime of being asked how to spell it. I also don’t know where to put the emphasis - is it ELL-or-uh or El-OR-uh?
Paisleigh is so bad I initially thought this was a troll thread. Please remember you’re naming a human who has to live with the name as an adult.

MKCH · 26/09/2021 21:26

Paisleigh - I actually read Pashleigh at first and then thought oh, like the pattern, and then oh no, like the place in Scotland, and then remembered it was familiar as it's what my niece calls her comforter.
Ellora - will never be able to go to Italy without confusion with allora.

Neither to my taste, sorry.

Seesawmummadaw · 26/09/2021 21:25

Both awful.

Have you thought of using srfsrgye?

easterholidays · 26/09/2021 21:25

Elora is pretty but she'll have a lifetime of correcting people who think she's called Laura. I'm afraid I agree that Paisley/Paisleigh is not a good name, however you spell it.

I like the suggestions above from @Puffalicious.

NotMyDayJob · 26/09/2021 21:25

Paisleigh is really dreadful

nopenotplaying · 26/09/2021 21:24

Ellora is an Indian name 'the name given to the cave temples of India' it is not a funny spelling as others have said.

Elora has a lovely meaning and is a pretty name.

Personally I'm not keen on the other.

Good luck with your baby c

carbuncleonapigsposterior · 26/09/2021 21:23

Ellora mildly awful, Paisleigh truly shocking!

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