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Opinions on Sorley?

168 replies

DoveDave · 25/04/2017 19:59

Thanks!

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Whatslovegottodo · 25/04/2017 20:00

No. It doesn't work well in English. Sore means painful.

OnlyEatsToast · 25/04/2017 20:01

Sounds like a foodstuff. Reminds me of barley

YNK · 25/04/2017 20:01

Love it! One of my favourite boys names!

MrsHughesCarson · 25/04/2017 20:02

For a girl or a boy?
Actually, no, it doesn't work for either imo.

GingerAndTheBiscuits · 25/04/2017 20:02

Nope.

YNK · 25/04/2017 20:03

If it sounds like sore you're mispronouncing it.

newroundhere · 25/04/2017 20:03

Sounds painful. Never heard it as a name before. I don't like it I'm afraid - is it for a girl or a boy?

NataliaOsipova · 25/04/2017 20:03

Sounds painful!

RoganJosh · 25/04/2017 20:03

What about Sorrel instead? If I've spelt it right.

Wolfiefan · 25/04/2017 20:03

Not heard of it. What's the origins?

MycatsaPirate · 25/04/2017 20:04

Sorley not!

NataliaOsipova · 25/04/2017 20:04

newroundhere X post!

DoveDave · 25/04/2017 20:04

For a boy...

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newroundhere · 25/04/2017 20:05

How should it be pronounced YNK ? I can't think of another way to say it Confused

oldbirdy · 25/04/2017 20:05

How do you pronounce it? In our family my DD used to say sorely (to rhyme with poorly) as a mistake when she had hurt herself "mummy I have a sorely finger" and it has stuck, so to me it means something is painful!

CrunchySeaweed · 25/04/2017 20:06

Don't think it works in English

PurpleDaisies · 25/04/2017 20:06

I don't like it at all.

vitaminC · 25/04/2017 20:07

My first thought was "sorely afraid". Not a pleasant connotation really.

It's a synonym of "painfully", or "uncomfortably" and doesn't sound like a name at all in English.

sexymuthafunker · 25/04/2017 20:08

Makes me think of "sorely missed"
Sorry. Where does it come from?

sexymuthafunker · 25/04/2017 20:08

Is it for a boy or a girl?

Unicorndreamer · 25/04/2017 20:09

Sounds like a herb . Not a nice name in my opinion.

fullyupholstered · 25/04/2017 20:09

Makes me think of Sorley Maclean. Great poet, great name.

sexymuthafunker · 25/04/2017 20:10

Sorcha or Sorrell are nice alternatives if it's a girl.

Or Sidney for a boy?

Rockspin · 25/04/2017 20:11

Sorely missed springs to mind here. Sorry OP but not keen.

Whatslovegottodo · 25/04/2017 20:11

It's an anglicised Irish name.

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