Carleyna?

[amandine07]

One of my good friends is currently PG with a girl, we were discussing baby names the other day & her top choice is Carleyna...a name I'd never heard of but rather like :)

Her OH is proving harder to convince! he says it sounds too made up and whisper chavvy-sounding. What do others think? I want to get some opinions as she was a bit crushed about his opinion, also she is a technophobe so will not become a MNetter!

I've never heard of it, but that isn't to say it doesn't exist. It isn't one I'd choose for my DD and does sound made up TBH.
Not a mispronounciation of Carolina by any chance?

it does sound like a name a teenager would choose. Where I work it would be teamed with Rae, May etc. Not to my taste.

Very similar to Carlien which is common in Belgium.

If her OH doesn't agree, then she needs to find another name.

Caroline and Carolyn are far prettier.

I can't even work out how to pronounce it!

Looks like a name that you would always be correcting people on and it is not very pretty really. A bit weird IMO.

Eek. It does look made up, it's not clear from the clumsy spelling how it should be pronounced.

I've been getting into the whole baby name discussion thanks to friends having babies recently, it's amazing the variation out there- it's true, just cos you've not heard of it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

I was told it's pronounced "car-leena" though looking at the spelling it could be "car-lane-a" as well. I think it sounds quite pretty but it's the seemingly awkward spelling that would put me off!

The name is fine. The spelling is awkward and a bit chavvy.

Maybe the spelling Carlina would be better? with it still pronounced "Car-leena"

I like the sound of the name, but the spelling does look made up.

How about Carolina?

Urg, no thanks. Carl and Carly are two of my least favourite names, so this just seems like a step over the edge of madness.

It looks like Car lane a to me. I agree with her dh though. How about Carlotta?

I once taught a Karleena.
I prefer Carolyn, always loved that name.

Made up, and yes to the poster who said it sounds like something a teenager would choose. Carlina is silly too.

Karolina is lovely though.

Carleyna sounds odd. Marlena would be nicer.

Dreadful and made up!

Ooh I love this name, I think it's going to be my new fav made-up Chav name. It must be good cos I giggled when I first saw it.

sorry but it's not great...

Carlena is a marginal improvement, it's the Y that makes it icky.

What about Carina, which is a real, though uncommon, name, or Carmela maybe.

How about Carlina, pronounced Carleena?