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How does the name Sealey sound?

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 11:36

It's for a boy. Pronounced Sea-Lay. Middle name Salvatore (Pronounced Salvatoray). Means Blessed Saviour.

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runnyhabbit · 15/08/2009 21:21

First thing it makes me think of is Special Agent Sealey Booth from Bones

Love it

TiggyR · 15/08/2009 21:21

Oh, and no-one will pronounce it Sea-lay. They will pronounce it Sealy - like the mattress.

TiggyR · 15/08/2009 21:19

Like a brand of mattress?

purepurple · 15/08/2009 11:06

children will find a way of changing any name a child is given
for example at nursery there is a little Jonah who gets called Jonah Boner by a little girl
while that's sweet from a 3 year old, comimg from a teenager it wouldn't sound quite so innocent

TwoHot · 15/08/2009 10:59

There is a character called Sealey (pron. ley) in Bones. Great character

pixiestix · 13/08/2009 10:45

No AitchTwoOh, I think this whole discussion is great!
People disagreeing in a really good-humoured way, no bitching or meanness. Thats all I meant!

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Neel1411 · 13/08/2009 10:15

Of course the name was made-up! I would call it invented rather!!! ;)

Thanks geekgirl for the insight! I too agree that I have met quite a lot of people with weird names and I remember them for their names now (never for the wrong reason though!)!

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BigGobMum · 13/08/2009 10:02

Its made-up and silly. Sorry - you asked.

geekgirl · 13/08/2009 10:02

anyway - even if people find the name weird, most of them will just do a double take, think 'oh, strange name' and then move on. They're not going to dwell on it and have long conversations about your ds and his name (speaking as someone who knows LOTS of children with much stranger names).
It's a real PITA that you/he will have to spell it for everyone though (again, speaking as someone who has saddled her child with a name that requires spelling out). But then dh is called Guy and I find myself having to spell his name , so I suppose you can't win!

duchesse · 13/08/2009 09:52

Sounds like a surname to me. In fact it was the surname of one of my tutors at university.

AitchTwoOh · 13/08/2009 09:48
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Neel1411 · 13/08/2009 09:45

And by the way ... didnt take anything as abuse. I would make fun of someone with a weird name too :D .. its all in the game ;) .. and if my DS is a fun lover he wud surely take it in his stride!

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Neel1411 · 13/08/2009 09:44

Hey thanks all for the fab advices and opinions! Atleast now I know what I am in for (the very reason why I asked!)

And of course thanks a ton for those who said they liked the name!! :D ... I am sooooo happy to hear that!

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TwoIfBySea · 12/08/2009 22:05

Sealey: is your surname Booth?

AitchTwoOh · 12/08/2009 19:09

well hang on a minute, pixiestix, what would you prefer people did? and neel asked the question.

pixiestix · 12/08/2009 18:20

pmsl at all the people slagging off the name and then hastily back-tracking when they realise he is already 1!!
Neel you are very good-humoured in the face of all this abuse. Fab attitude! I think I would be a right moody old cow in the same situation!

itburnsitburns · 12/08/2009 18:08

it reminds me of Selkie

which is a beautiful old myth

the more I think about it the more I like it actually, Sealey

once there's an adorable little boy attached to it people will fall in love with it, you'll see

GrendelsMum · 12/08/2009 18:04

I kind of like it, actually. When it's clear it's pronounced 'See-lay' not Sealy like a sea-lion is sealy. And I think that reasonable people would work out that it can't be sealy like a sea-lion, and go for sea-lay.

And now I've said it twice more, I definitely like it.

For some reason, it sounds vaguely Jamaican to me - I think I'd expect Sealey Jones (or whatever his surname is) to be rather a cool Jamaican guy.

A colleague of mine has an Old English name of the sort that people here could slate (ooh, it sounds like a girl, etc) and in practice, no-one bats an eye (although new people do keep pulling me aside and asking me how to spell it).

MaggieBelleVirgo · 12/08/2009 16:22

oh shiiiiiite. sorry.

Well, my dad is William Robert always known as Bobby. Never caused him any bother. It is really common in my family. You always know when telesales people want you or if it's a real friend or acquaintance! if somebody rings up looking for 'firstname' you just say she's out! forever

MaggieBelleVirgo · 12/08/2009 16:19

I love the name Salvatore. I used to know a lovely Salvador when I lived in Spain which makes me partial to any form of the name. It's gorgeous.

Sealy Salvatore is terrible though, too much S. And instead of having a lovely name (Salvatore) it's like you just bunged in somthing beginning with S to get the lisps in.

Healy Salvatore?
Ismael Salvatore (smiley)

Paolosgirl · 12/08/2009 16:15

But why ask for an opinion? I mean, you obviously like it because you've named him that, the people that matter to you like it, and he's a year old fgs, so it's not as if you're going to change it. You know now that most of the posters on MN don't like it - now what?

mrswoolf · 12/08/2009 15:05

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AitchTwoOh · 12/08/2009 14:57

or suri doris cruise, to give her her full name...

Lakota · 12/08/2009 14:47

D'ya know what? I kind of like it, especially with the middle name. It's not a name I would instantly think befits a baby, but when he's an adult it could be cool. I can see him in the celeb pages of the papers now - Sealey Salvatore pictured at the Oscars with girlfriend Suri Cruise...

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 14:35

It means Blessed (Old English Origin).

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