Opinions on Elaya Mae?

[diddy92]

What are your opinions on the name Elaya Mae please?
(Pronounced El-ay-ah)

I love it but just interested how other people see it

Thanks!

I like Elaya but feel like it's a bit too cutesy with Mae.

Thanks :) Mae would just be her middle name. She would just get called Elaya.

Anytime Mae sounds too cutesy. The Mae/May thing is so overused.

I like the sound of Elaya but she will spend her life spelling it out to people.

Don't mind Elaya but hate Mae.

No. It sounds like initials. L A R.

I know an Elia, always gets comments on lovely name. I prefer this spelling too

Not Mae. So over done.

Not keen on Mae but it’s ok as a middle name. Elaya is quite girly so not to my taste but it’s not unpleasant

I'm not a fan. It's just not my cup of tea but it's very inoffensive.

I'm sorry but I hate any name with May/Mae/Mai and the end of it.

I don't like it, sorry OP.

Elaya - Nice but there are so many El names out there, and I think it might end up being confusing to tell people how it's spelt or said.

Mae is hideous sorry. May is better but it is overused as a middle name.

It's ok... how about Alana or Arielle? and for alternative middle, how about Maya? Or Maisie? At the end of the day it's your choice go with the names you love and feel comfortable saying and you can picture your child growing up with.

It's gorgeous

Honesty, I'm sorry but Elaya just seems terribly made up and I feel sure you would forever be correcting pronunciation spelling, I know it sounds pretty but I'm sure you could find another name starting with El.

You couldn’t have Elaya Maya though! It rhymes.

I know you are not proposing to use the second name but Elaya Mae still doesn’t really trip off the tongue.

My DDs have names they have to spell to people but only because people don’t know the names because they are fairly unusual. There is a big plus in being different though.

I think I might use Elaya with a longer second name to sound chic rather than cute. Elaya Francesca, Elaya Harriet, Elaya Christabel, Elaya Annabelle etc. You get the idea.

I'm sorry but I'm still having difficulty with pronouncing it? Is is Isla? Or Aaliyah / Aleah. If i'm having difficulty then others will too. Sorry!

I don't think Elaya Maya rhymes. I'd pronounce Maya M-eye-uh. I know two and they're both pronounced like this. I've never heard of Elaya, though, so it does seem made up to me. Is it from a non-western culture? How about Alaya? Or Alaia?

I don't like it, sorry.

Not heard the name Elaya before, my first preconception is that its yoonique. I googled it & the first hit is a boy's name baby site section, second hit is in the girl's section but there's no name meaning or other info. So I don't know whether its made up or an established but underused name.

Mae would be a no for me, it seems to be the middle name of every girl aged between 3-6 round here along with Rae.

Elaya is ok but with Mae it just brings up a picture of a woman with a fag hanging out of her mouth, wearing a tracksuit yelling Elaya-Maeeeeeee across the supermarket.

Dreadful, sorry

Too many 'a's.

Elaya sounds like a made up name and your dd would always have to spell it out. Sorry I don't like it.

Is elaya a real name? Really don't like Mae as a middle name.

You might like;

Alicia
Aliya
Elise
Ellie

Not keen on Mae or the spelling – looks made up. How about Alaia?