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Haley or Halley?

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AlyTab · 20/02/2018 23:05

Premature thread considering me and my fiance are still TTC (still dreading to take a pregnancy test!) We are still very excited to be trying and we are talking about baby names. We have decided on a boys name, but we both like Haley or Halley for a girl. We would really love some opinions on which name you prefer of the two :)

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SuperBeagle · 20/02/2018 23:12

Halley, but I would either spell it Halle (as in Berry) or Hallie.

Haley is very outdated, IMO and I knew a horrendous Hayley who threatened to punch me in the face a decade after I last saw her

ShiftyMcGifty · 20/02/2018 23:14

Haley will be mispronounced as Hai-ley. Halley can only be pronounced as Hal-ley.

ShiftyMcGifty · 20/02/2018 23:16

Oh see, I wouldn’t pronounce either spelling as Halle (berry) because you’ve got a “y” in there!

QuietNinjaTardis · 20/02/2018 23:17

How do you want it pronounced? Ha-Lee or hay-Lee? Halle or Halley for first, Hayley for the second.

DramaAlpaca · 20/02/2018 23:17

I think of Haley as a surname & Halley as a comet. I don't think they are pronounced the same and neither spelling looks right for a girl's name, to be honest.

I'd spell it Hayley or Halle/Hallie depending on the pronunciation you want.

ShiftyMcGifty · 20/02/2018 23:17

Ok. I had wine. Blush

Anotherdayanotherdollar · 20/02/2018 23:18

Are you after Hayley or Hallie? Or is that the question? I prefer Hallie

peachypetite · 20/02/2018 23:20

They are two different names...

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AlyTab · 20/02/2018 23:21

Sorry! I meant as two different names. Haley pronounced like Hay-Lee and Halley pronounced like Halle Berry

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AlyTab · 20/02/2018 23:22

@peachypetite i know

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GlitterGlue · 20/02/2018 23:27

I think they'll both be pronounced at Hayley.

peachypetite · 20/02/2018 23:29

I would spell it Hayley unless you're American

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AlyTab · 20/02/2018 23:30

I knew as soon as I posted the question that I forgot to mention that I meant which name do you prefer, we can't seem to decide. I prefer Haley and he prefers Halley as in Halley's comet (he is big on astronomy).

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dinosaurkisses · 20/02/2018 23:32

What about Hallie? I think the Halley/ Haley spellings might be confusing and you’d get some varied pronounciations!

dinosaurkisses · 20/02/2018 23:33

Definitely prefer Halle/ Haley- Hayley/Halley is a bit early 90s

PaperdollCartoon · 20/02/2018 23:33

What’s wrong with Hayley?

PaperdollCartoon · 20/02/2018 23:34

Or even Hailey if you want to be interesting.

AfterSchoolWorry · 20/02/2018 23:34

Hallie

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AlyTab · 20/02/2018 23:39

Nothing at all wrong with Hayley, I just think Haley looks more "neat"?. Hailey looks nicer though.

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Emandjem · 20/02/2018 23:44

I prefer Haley to Halley.
Although, I do think if you go for this name you'll forever get people spelling it Hayley, as that's the most usual way it's spelt.

coconutlimesmoosh · 20/02/2018 23:47

Nothing at all wrong with Hayley, I just think Haley looks more "neat"?. Hailey looks nicer though

only one of those is an actual spelling of the name Hmm

Mistoffelees · 20/02/2018 23:50

I would pronounce both of those as Halle, go for the more traditional spelling of either so she doesn't get a lifetime of "Is it Halle or Hayley?"

LemonysSnicket · 21/02/2018 00:32

Both awful tbh

Failingat40 · 21/02/2018 00:38

Haley isn't pronounced Hay-lee though.

If you want people to call her Hay-lee you'd need to spell it traditionally as Hayley.

Cosmoa · 21/02/2018 07:02

Halley is my favourite and I like the connection to Halley's comet. I think it's nice that there would be a story/reason that it was picked!

Good luck with everything! Super exciting times for you Smile Flowers