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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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eileenslightlytotheleft · 03/03/2011 19:02

Another one for SKye

HopeCalvary · 03/03/2011 19:06

I know a cute little girl called Skyrah... maybe a thought?

Richlinn · 03/03/2011 19:11

Sorry, neither. Isla as suggested before.

seeker · 03/03/2011 19:16

Or you could choose a name?

cece · 03/03/2011 19:20

If I had to choose between the two I would go for Skye.

How about Kay?

I am not so sure about having siblings called Summer and Skye? Are you a hippy?

sum04 · 03/03/2011 19:24

No, im not a hippy... I just like names that are not so common and are a bit different.

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seeker · 03/03/2011 19:28

There are 5 Summers and 3 Dylans at ds's school. No Janes, no Elizabeths,no Peters, 1 John and 1 Patrick.

Notnowcato · 03/03/2011 19:32

I agree about names that are not so common: there are three Skyes in my son's school (about 200 children in the school: the Skyes are predominantly among the younger children, so 5/6/7). Does that help? I've never heard Skyla used where I live (south east).

cece · 03/03/2011 19:39

I know some Skyes too, so not that unusual. Also Dylans (know loads of those) and a few Summers.

I agree if you want something unusual then go for Jane - you never meet a child called that these days! I would have used it if I could have.

Notnowcato · 03/03/2011 19:41

Jane is a lovely name!!

sum04 · 03/03/2011 19:53

There is only one other Summer and one other Dylan at my kids school.
When i called my daughter Summer 6 years ago, hardly anyone else had heard of that name for a girl and it has only recently got quite common. Dylan isn't an unusual name and i didn't intend to choose an unusual name for my son. It's just the girls names that i find difficult, because i either don't like the names or the names i do like have already been used between friends and family and i don't want my daughter to have the same name as someone i know.

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Notnowcato · 03/03/2011 20:09

Sorry: I was just meaning to steer you towards Skyla as I've never heard it used so, where I am, it's more unusual. I agree totally about not wanting to use a name that you hear a lot. When I was at school there were seven girls with the same name as me in my class, and three of us had surnames beginning with the same letter!! I was always addressed using my full name.

sum04 · 04/03/2011 20:24

Looking more towards Skyla than Skye i think? :)

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Notnowcato · 05/03/2011 10:28

I think Skyla is a lovely name (as is Jane!) and it goes well with Summer and Dylan (which Jane doesn't!). I prefer the sound of Skyla to Skye and I think she'll be unlikely to find another Skyla in her class/school. Enjoy your lovely baby and good luck with the birth. (My third delivery was great. Epidurals with both one and two, just birthing pool and classical music with third!)

sum04 · 06/03/2011 19:46

Thankyou Notnowcato.
I think im pretty much set now on Skyla :) x

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MazzzaG · 07/03/2011 22:45

Call her skyla then her nickname would be Skye which is pretty nice compared to some x

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