Poppy Rae or Isla Rae ?

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At first we really liked Isla but as we have chosen Rae as a middle name from my Partners grandad was Ray. Everyone was saying is sounded like ira and it really put us off! The only other name we liked was Poppy Rae plus we know 3 babies been born called Isla recently! What do you think? Thanks

I prefer Poppy.

I worked with a brilliant lovely Lisa Rae. I am not a fan of Poppy so Isla if you must.

Think Poppy Rae sounds lovely.

Thank you Gambia plus it's quite respectful to me my great grandad fought in the war and always wore a poppy when he was alive :)

Both are very popular names now. Poppy is my fave tho!

Poppy Rae. Poppy is a fantastic tribute to all our brave men who fought in the war.

Poppy Rae

Thank you I feel a whole lot better about the decision I made now:)

Definitely Poppy

I know a couple of Isla-Rae's...and I've got to admit that it always sounds a bit like 'IRA' to my ears. Not the best connection!

I remember your IRA thread. Poppy is a better fit with Rae.

Poppy Rae is better, it does sound like IRA.

They are both very over used now so I would think of something different if I were you personally.

Thank you yes I couldn't et the ira out of my head once I was told it lol

What about Rae as a first name?
Not too many of those running about.

Also posting to say I would go with Rae, lovely name and less popular

Isla Rae doesn't sound remotely like IRA unless you have a speech defect.

I quite like Rae as a first name, but I think as a middle name it sounds double-barrelled and a bit hillbilly. What comes immediately to mind is Billy-Ray Cyrus whinging on about his heart.

There are an awful lot of small Islas and Poppys around, if that influences you one way or another. It would rule them out for me, having been the child with four other CastaDivas in my class all through primary school, which is grim.

I do like Rae as a first name but my partner is Ray his uncle and grandad also Ray didn't want it to look like she was copying her dads name so would rather it as a middle name where I live there aren't many young Poppy's about but an awful lot of Islas but only recently

Poppy

my girl is called PoppyRae also she was born 2010

Poppy Rae

Lovely tribute

Love Poppy! And sounds great with Rae as middle name

I like Poppy Rae. Isla Rae is nice too but does sound a little bit like IRA. It wouldn't necessarily put me off using it though if I really loved the name.

I prefer Poppy - never heard of Rae but it sounds nice.

I love the name Ray/Rae. Really gorgeous.
I think Poppy Rae is loveky.

What's to stop you calling her Poppy Ray?

I mean that seriously. It's a middle name, she's not going to use it a lot; and Rae isn't like a feminine equivalent to Ray, it's a different name (I mean like Joseph/Josephina which would be a clear tribute, not just a handy homophone).

...Or if you were going to hyphen it (not sure?) Poppy-Ray sounds like a sunny flower anyway!

Isla