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Spellings for this middle name

26 replies

ExhaustedAndHormonal · 15/02/2018 00:12

So we have chosen a first and middle name for out girl but I want to have a diff spelling. So we decided middle name Taylor. But wanted it less unisex if that makes sense so thinking either

Tayla
Taylah

Dp likes it as standard Taylor tho so this will take some convincing hahaha

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LilaBlue · 15/02/2018 00:19

What's the first name?

Taylor is just like that I think. Tayla isn't quite as bad as Taylah.

SuperBeagle · 15/02/2018 01:08

Tayla was dirt common in the 1980s and 1990s here in Australia. I know loads, all with that spelling, none with the correct spelling (Taylor).

It's considered low class here, in general, but the spelling Tayla just takes it to a whole new level.

If you must use the name, spell it Taylor.

missmorleyme · 15/02/2018 01:24

My daughters first name is Taylor, i never once thought of using a different spelling. But niw after numerous s from the doctors(reminders for needles and such) and school last week telling me that 'he' has a place in nursery in September. What realygrinds my gears is that her full fisrt name is Taylor May, how many boy Taylors have the name may in the first name? I think its either ignorance or plain stupidity. But i like either, mainly the one without the h.

missmorleyme · 15/02/2018 01:25

*numerous calls from

EleanorXx · 15/02/2018 02:00

Personally, I'd use Taylor, but of your two choices Tayla is better

Sophronia · 15/02/2018 08:33

Taylor

MammieBear · 15/02/2018 08:58

Just use Taylor spelling to avoid miss spelling and a life of correcting people.

Redpramlady · 15/02/2018 09:00

Taylor, as it's a middle name is less likely to be confused anyways?

LadyPug · 15/02/2018 09:14

Taylor is really nice, don’t like all of these alternative spellings

happytobemrsg · 15/02/2018 09:19

Agree with PPs - I prefer the original spelling Taylor

fearfultrill · 15/02/2018 09:19

Definitely just Taylor. The other two are awful, sorry.

PinkAvocado · 15/02/2018 09:20

I prefer Tayla to Taylah. Taylah makes me want to pronounce it Taylarrrrrr

MikeUniformMike · 15/02/2018 09:28

Taylor. The other 2 are awful. As it's a surname, it will look like a mother's maiden name used as a middle name similar to Elsie Naylor Smith... . Surely with all the names available you could find something prettier.
You could use Tala, I guess.

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 15/02/2018 09:31

Like Taylor Swift?

MikeUniformMike · 15/02/2018 10:17

James May, Brian May and Philip May are men.

Taylor May Morleyme sounds like an accountancy firm.

Queenofthedrivensnow · 15/02/2018 11:41

Taylor.

GummyGoddess · 15/02/2018 11:59

For a middle name it would be fine. If it was a first name you might have issues with the pronunciation, I would probably say tay-LA instead of the usual pronunciation.

I am biased against unique spellings as I have a unique spelling of my (very normal) first name. It is an absolute PITA having to constantly spell it to people. Even work emails which have my name in them still have people typing it incorrectly. I really hate it and would change it if my DM wouldn't get upset.

PuppyMonkey · 15/02/2018 12:02

I think you need Teilagh Grin

sycamore54321 · 15/02/2018 12:15

It's a very specific accent thing. For the way I speak, Taylor and Tayla are completely different names, with only the first syllable in common. i haven't come across Tayla before but it sounds quite nice the way I would say it. For me, your choice is not which way to spell Taylor, but rather whether you want name 1 or name 2.

FogCutter · 15/02/2018 12:21

My DC have a Tayla in their class, she is often asked why her name isn't spelled correctly and is always having to correct the spelling for people.

SummerRoberts · 15/02/2018 12:27

I'd personally use Taylor. The other spellings are really ugly.

ExhaustedAndHormonal · 15/02/2018 12:40

It was just fob a middle name, but yeah the more I think of it the more I think the original is best.
I just didn't want it to look like a double barrelled surname that was all. Xx as Taylor is a common surname.
Dp wins haha

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MrsMarigold · 15/02/2018 12:47

How about Thalia? it has fewer negative class connotations.

TulipsInABlueVase · 15/02/2018 15:10

Taylor or Tayla are both fine. As it's a middle name, I would go with Taylor. Taylor is the more usual spelling.

TatianaLarina · 15/02/2018 20:54

They’re all ghastly Essex American. But I suppose Taylor has the plus of being correctly spelt.