To ask if this is an actual name?

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Someone I know is calling their new born Treylon..is that a name? I've never heard it before.

Fwiw the grandmother's on both sides are telling everyone that asks that the name hasn't been chosen yet while trying to get the parents to pick something else.

It sounds made up

It is just dreadful.

I wouldn't say that to the parent obviously, but that doesn't mean I don't think it.

Its not anyone else's business.
And Kai isn't a modern name, its an old Norse name. Or the spelling Cai is a welsh name going back to Arthurian legend.

"sounds like a West Country name"

Treloyhan Manor Hotel:-

... begun the practice of calling Hain vessels after Cornish place names continuing the prefix “Tre”meaning “town” or “hamlet”. One of them, built in 1882, was actually called “Trelyon” a variant spelling of “Treloyhan”. Other ”Tre” names from the St Ives area which have been borne by the Hain vessels include “Tregenna”, “Trevethoe”, “Trevarrack”, “Trevalgan”, “Tremeadow” and “Treveal”.

Noble history!

There's also a very small place near Truro called Treylon.

And I found a few contemporary Americans called Treylon. At least one is some sort of shit-hot sportsman.

On reflection, I prefer Trelyon to Treylon. Although Trelyon sounds a bit like one of those effete rich kids in The Great Gatsby (or possibly a Wooster story) - like Jolyon, you know?

Treylon® ~ A breathable, all-natural fibre that resists stains & creases.

Pamela is a made up name as well.Though i suppose all names are made up.

Treylon sounds like the names off Maury who has 40 kids and wonders if hes the Daddy.

dustarrFiona is also a made up.name apparently too.

I hope your friend isn't on here because ridiculing her baby's name is pretty low.

People say that Wendy was made up by JM Barrie, but it appeared in The name is found in United States records from the 19th century; the name Wendy appeared over twenty times in the U.S. Census of 1880. In Britain, Wendy appeared as a boy's name in the 1881 census of England, and was occasionally used as a diminutive for the Welsh Gwendolyn

(i was going to put that he made it up, but then thought i should google)

Other peoples children names are not a cue to be rude.
in the same way we judge the way people look, where they work, the cars they drive, the pets they have, where they shop, we will judge the names they give their children - thats human nature

If you dont want your child to get the look, then dont give them a daft name - yeah I'm looking at you mum-of-Khaleesi

Op you have absolutely identified yourself in this thread with your exact relationship with the parents. Let's hope nobody them know is reading this eh?

I assume parents are not white?

I don't really get why it is thread worthy. It's a name because they have called their child Treylon. It could be shortened to Trey which is lovely. It isn't abusive, or ridiculous, they haven't named him Underpants or Stinker.

Yes, it is a name. No, it isn't one i would chose, but there are many many names out there I wouldn't choose.

Fwiw it would fit in beautifully with the kids in my class at the moment, we are often joking about how we would be shocked if we got an Emma or a Daniel lol

"Other peoples children names are not a cue to be rude."

This is absolutely true.

There is a Baby Names forum on MN where people ask for thoughts on names, and I do comment there, because a) by making a thread you have invited comment (even though you cannot control where it goes) and b) the baby hasn't yet been born.

The only possible response when a baby has been named is to find something to compliment.

I got a lot of stunned silences when people asked ds's name but although it made me a bit sad, I didn't mind too much because I liked his name and so does he, now - I felt a bit sorry that more people weren't aware of the cultural reference I was making iyswim?

I think Treylon is a sort of mixture of 'Trey' which possibly originates in America and the trend for 'lon' or 'den' or whatever at the end of names over here.

Cayden, Caylon, Kylon, pylon

Not my cup of tea, but then my kids' names aren't anyone else's cup of tea either! It depends how popular you want it to be, really - what sort of reaction you might be hoping for. And whether youre trying to fit in with a trend. That sort of thing.

The names I liked had been used by close friends so I didn't feel able to claim them for my own child, too - it seemed like treading on toes. So I had to find something different.

I quite like it

I know a 4 year old little boy called this, his sister is called Tulissa.

I quite like Tulissa

It doesn't sound quite so much like a man made fabric.

Trey = tea tray, ashtray, other trays etc. Drip tray.

VocationalGoat yes! The Reuben thing! I always hear it and think, why do you want to give your baby an elderly Jewish grandparent name?
Then again, I'm Jewish and didn't really want to mark out my son as such with his name. I imagine the parents who give the stereotypically Jewish names are either fairly orthodox or have never had to consider the implications of antisemitism.
(Sorry for derail.)

Makes me think of that poor American kid Trayvon Martin.

That's why I would feel sorry for any kid saddled with such a "name"!