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How would you pronounce the name 'Maelie'?

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San1991 · 28/12/2023 23:39

How would you pronounce Maelie?

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AuxArmesCitoyens · 06/09/2024 18:29

Commonsense22 · 06/09/2024 13:58

No, it's a normal French name and there's no dierisis.
You're getting confused with Maëlle.

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It's a recent trendy name based on a Breton root and it should have a tréma.

BobbyBiscuits · 06/09/2024 14:51

It sounds french. Like Azelie. So may-eh-lee. But with little emphasis on the eh sound.

MerryMarys · 06/09/2024 14:50

Mayuhlee

Why Mayuhlee and not Mayehlee? Confused

LoveRosesClimbing · 06/09/2024 14:49

Mylee like Kylie
or like Myleen Klass with no ‘n’ on the end.
looks pretty how it’s written but I wouldn’t be confident how to say it.

Mikunia · 06/09/2024 14:48

Mayuhlee

It feels clumsy to say, in my south British accent

MerryMarys · 06/09/2024 14:46

Ma eh lie where the last syllable is pronounced ee

MerryMarys · 06/09/2024 14:45

I know a German girl called this and she pronounces it Ma eh lie.

Commonsense22 · 06/09/2024 13:58

KnickerlessParsons · 06/09/2024 11:50

It looks as if it should have a dieresis - Maëlie. So My-el-ee.
But without the dieresis who knows? 🤷🏼‍♀️

No, it's a normal French name and there's no dierisis.
You're getting confused with Maëlle.

PiggieWig · 06/09/2024 13:57

Mayley, to rhyme with Hayley

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 06/09/2024 13:56

Something like "parents were trying too hard to be unique."

MerryMarys · 06/09/2024 13:55

Mah-eh-lee

3 syllables

Berlinlover · 06/09/2024 11:52

To be honest I wouldn’t even bother.

KnickerlessParsons · 06/09/2024 11:50

It looks as if it should have a dieresis - Maëlie. So My-el-ee.
But without the dieresis who knows? 🤷🏼‍♀️

HeyPrestoAlakazam · 06/09/2024 10:21

I know one! She's MAY-lee. Scottish parents.

AuxArmesCitoyens · 06/09/2024 10:12

etmoiandme · 29/12/2023 00:27

This is how I would pronounce it.

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Me too. it's not random letters, it's just not an English name.

Commonsense22 · 06/09/2024 08:44

I'm surprised at all the suggestions! It's a French name, Ma-eh-lee

ChickenandaCanofCoke · 05/09/2024 17:44

Maley

BasketOfBubbles · 05/09/2024 17:43

I'd pronounce it like the vacuum cleaner,...

Commonsense22 · 05/09/2024 17:43

Ma-eh-lee.

TheCultureHusks · 05/09/2024 16:05

Barbara

AuntieStella · 29/12/2023 18:42

With no diacritic, I’d assume Mae-lie, so would (unless instructed otherwise ) say may-lee. I think may-lie is also possible but that sounds like a warning in truthfulness and would hope no one would saddle a child with that. I wouldn’t pronounce Mae as anything other than may

If with diacritic Maëlie, then I’s assume something like may-ullie (where the middle syllable is swallowed a bit and the ‘e’ (like ellie) becomes a schwa (or near schwa))

MerryChristmasToYou · 29/12/2023 18:35

Maëlys. Pronounced approx Mah-el-lees (not Mah-uh-lees)

MalcolmTuckersDisdainfulSneer · 29/12/2023 18:21

I can see how it could be either, but I think I'd assume May-Lee

nameXname · 29/12/2023 18:12

As previous poster says, it should have a diaresis (two dots above adjoinng vowels) and a 'y' ending (Maelys)). It's a fairly popular French name of Breton origins. Pronounced approx Mah-ul-lees.

UsingChangeofName · 29/12/2023 13:44

May-Lee (to rhyme with Hayley), except I'd do it with a question mark in my voice, to ask if I'd got it right.

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