Marley

[Mogwai200]

For a girl.
Does it sound like an american old lady?

You've not seen/read Marley and Me then?

No, it sounds like a dog, Bob, or Jacob.

is that better than old lady ?

No. It sounds like a deceased Rastafarian singer.

Or a dog.

No, just dogs and Bob Marley.

I know a little girl called Marley (although not sure how they spell it), I thought it was cute and unusual when I first heard it. Old American lady never even crossed my mind :)

Do you really like reggae?

Bob or dog.

Marnie, Martha, Miranda, Miriam, Melissa, Lucy, Juliet?

Beautiful, sweet and unusual

doggie or reggae
not sweet at all
bitty try too hard

American, yes.
Old lady - I don't think so??

I think it's quite nice. The only time I've come across it in the UK was in Waterloo Road and that was on a boy. But in the US it's definitely a normal girl's name.

I have one, age 3. She is neither a Reggae artist, nor a dog. Sounds more like Molly when she says her name, but we've gotten far more enthusiastically positive responses to her name than negative.

Absolutely love it, would use it in a heartbeat if I didn't already have a DS called Harley!

I think it's quite nice sounding but I associate it with the ghost from A Christmas Carol.

Our cat is called Marley. Sweet, gentle and kind

I love the name Marley for a girl. I think a lot of people, when they hear it for the first time will think famous Labrador, or the famous Bob. BUT that will very quickly be forgotten, it would be your little girls name and it's lovely. Soft, uncommon and lovely.

It's a beautiful name, was on our list when pg with DD. It might have associations with book/film characters but people who know a child with a name like that quickly get over the associations & it just becomes the childs name & who they are :).

Sounds lovely for a dog.

Dogs in truly dreadful films. Over-rated singers. Plastic floor tiles. Nice enough name, but lousy associations. Sorry!

Your daughter would become the association of Marley to people that know her.

That is what I don't get, if the name sounds nice and it is the name of a nice little girl you know, you're not going to be thinking about a film made several years ago etc every time her name is mentioned.

As you say Welshguy, Marley & Me was not exactly an Oscar worthy film so when the OP's daughter is at school no one will have even heard of the film!

Nah. Chav boys name.

I have always linked it to the dog (which was very much like my dog so very sad), but have recently met a 'human marley' which was short for Amalia Rose (pronounced a-mar-leah) which is very pretty.

I know a Marley who's a boy. And a Barley who's a girl.

Sorry, no:
bob Marley
Marley and me
Jacob Marley

3 not very good options!