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Skyla or Skye, still can't decide???

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sum04 · 02/03/2011 19:27

Please help me decide on either Skyla or Skye, it's getting close to my due date and id like to have a choosen name before the baby arrives.x

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exoticfruits · 02/03/2011 19:34

Neither!
If you can't be talked out of it, then Skye.(is Skyla even a name?!)

PepsiPopcorn · 02/03/2011 19:37

Skye is lovely :) Simple and pretty.

I know Skyla is a real name but people might think you couldn't decide between Skye and Isla.

exoticfruits · 02/03/2011 19:39

Isla is nicer.

TheGoddessBlossom · 02/03/2011 19:40

I like Skyla. very much. More than Skye. And yes it very much is a name. Grin

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sum04 · 02/03/2011 19:41

Isla is my first daughters middle name, but we spelt it Ayla.x

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mrsravelstein · 02/03/2011 19:41

like 'em both, but skyla could well end up being spelled 15 different ways which may be annoying, whereas i would imagine with skye you'd be safer.

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sum04 · 02/03/2011 19:42

Im more with Skyla, than Skye and my sister said she'd probably be nicknamed Skye anyway, so to just choose Skyla, but i've had such a bad reaction to the name Skyla :(

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meditrina · 02/03/2011 19:58

I prefer Skye by a long way.

apricotears · 02/03/2011 20:28

Personally I think Skye sounds much nicer than Skyla; seems more of a classic name to me.

tuggy · 02/03/2011 20:31

Is there a vote for 'neither'? If not, then Skye is the lesser of two evils... BUT its YOUR baby! :)

PorcelinaOfTheVastOceans · 02/03/2011 20:34

another vote for skye i'm afraid! skyla just sounds too trendy to me, something that will date quickly.

Ephiny · 02/03/2011 20:41

I prefer Skye, really love it in fact. Skyla is OK but don't like it as much as Skye.

Nospringflower · 02/03/2011 20:59

Not that keen on either but if it has to be one then Skye is much better.

worldgonemad72 · 02/03/2011 21:01

Not keen on either sorry, i prefer skyla of the 2, i always think people watch too much sky tv when choosing the name skye...sorry

grumpywitch · 02/03/2011 21:03

um, if I had to choose, Skye

HighlandTea · 02/03/2011 21:08

I think Isla/Ayla and Skyla are far too similar for sisters.

Sklya is very American whereas Skye is Scottish.

Though Skye and Islay (pronounced the same as Isla) are both Scottish Islands, not sure how you'd feel about that?

eviscerateyourmemory · 02/03/2011 21:10

Skye is nicer IMO.

Ephiny · 02/03/2011 21:23

I definitely wouldn't have Skyla as a sister to Ayla, rhyming names not a good way to go! I think the Scottish Islands connection is fine though, and Skye is a really beautiful name IMO.

BigChiefOrganiser · 02/03/2011 21:23

Skye

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sum04 · 02/03/2011 21:51

My first daughter is called summer and her middle name is ayla. So i will have a summer, dylan and skyla if i decide on the name.x

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sum04 · 02/03/2011 21:53

I think a couple of you have read wrong in my postings.
I don't have a daughter called Ayla... Her middle name is Ayla, but her first name is Summer.
So if i choose Skyla, she'd have a sister Summer and a brother Dylan.x

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Onion1968 · 02/03/2011 21:55

Skyla sounds like the name of a car. Nissan Skyla, Mitsubishi Skyla etc. Don't do it.

Ephiny · 02/03/2011 22:01

Oh I see, they wouldn't actually have rhyming first names then Blush, that's a relief! Still prefer Skye personally, and I think it would fit really nicely with your other children's names (which I like a lot as well!)

HighlandTea · 03/03/2011 10:09

Oops, sorry that was my fault, obviously didn't read properly

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sum04 · 03/03/2011 18:57

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