Should we stay safe, or go for the name we love (that's seen as 'made-up' and 'chavvy')?

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What the title says! I'd rather not say what the unusual name is, as it's rare. I like 1 spelling of it.

Or Olivia

I like Olivia, but love the other name. Should we just go for it?

I think it's nice and don't really see the issue with it, except the difficult spelling. If you introduced her to me I'd think it's lovely.

There are other names around at the moment that I really struggle with, but amberleigh wouldn't be one of them.

What about Amelie? Similar sounding and not dreadful

They only record names with at least 3 per year/region so as to not release individual data but grouped.
Go for it, like you said you would regret it, spelling seems normal too. Either Amberleigh or Amberley is fine

Sorry, you've just said about the data base thing!

I agree with damediazapam personally,
I say name her what you'd like though.

When you google it, the first entry is a centre for males who exhibit sexually inappropriate behaviour. So, no, not a great association.

I prefer Olivia but Amberleigh is not too put there. Use it if you like it .

It sounds like the kind of thing a Deep South redneck Bible Belt cheerleader would be called in the 80s....

Amberley is a village in West Sussex... is Amber-Lee any better?

It reminds me of amberleaf ( rolling baccy!).
Olivia is nice, but popular.
Emerson is nice kind of similar?

Go with the one you envisage using as she grows. Be happy with YOUR decision, you'll only regret it.

I know an amberleigh! She's fab. Use it if you like it! Though amberley might be a better spelling?

If you want people to pronounce it Amber-Leigh you need to put the hyphen there. Otherwise people will most likely pronounce it Amberley if you get what I mean.

Sounds like amber leaf the tobacco

If you love it then go for it. If your DD dislikes it later in life she can always shorten it to Amber (which I love)

I found the link to young adults with inappropriate sexual behaviours too, made me chuckle. TBH, asking for opinions on names on mumsnet is just asking for trouble isn't it? For what it's worth, I think it sounds like an old persons home, but olivia is pretty much number one most popular name every year isn't it?

I actually quite like it. And I am about as solidly boringly unchavvy as it is possible to be. She can always shorten it to Amber if she wishes.

Or do Amber Leigh as first name and middle name?

There lots of awful names that are "approved of" by the mumsnet name police (Penelope; Enid; Agatha etc) so I wouldn't take the comments on here to heart

Sorry OP but Amberleigh makes me think of Amber Leaf,the tobacco!

Use the name you love! I like it and don't usually like 'out there' names. This is quite beautiful and can be shortened to Amber.

No need to aim for mediocrity!

Terrible terrible name.

Oh God, please don't do it!

We toyed with the idea of a popular (Irish) name 21 years ago for ds. We opted to play safe with a traditional name in the end, with the Irish one as a middle name. In the blink of an eye it became chavvy. Can't tell you how glad I am we can hide it.

Don't ever take a chance on your child's name. She/he and you are stuck with it for ever and I' sorry, but people WILL judge.

And shortening it to Amber is no better, to be honest!

I think people will always shorten it to Amber anyway tbh. It sounds like Emily....so how about Emily??

Olivia

Definitely Olivia.

Olivia is best.