What do you think of Mailie?

[dysonyoung]

What do you think of the name Mailie for a girl?

Do you have any other suggestions I may like?

Thanks everyone 😊

Scottish name I think. Google tells me it was Burns’s pet sheep!
www.robertburns.org/works/28.shtml

Nice, but I think I prefer Mallie

Is that the Daily Mailie?

So far as I know, it's a version of Mary/Molly.

The Scottish Gaelic for Molly (as a variation of Mary) is usually said to be Maili. www.oxfordreference.com/abstract/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-7007?rskey=maua9T&result=4696

The poor widow in Chaucer's version of Chanticleer and the Fox (Nun's Priests's Tale) had a pet sheep called Malle. That's usually translated (from Middle English) as 'Molly'.

Singlenotsingle wins

It's not good OP.

"Is that the Daily Mailie?"*
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Terrible non-name. Why inflict this on your child?

First thing it reminds me of is the french mustard company Maille, even though that is pronounced ‘my’.

Goodness, there’s asking for an opinion and then there’s absolutely unnecessary nastiness.

If you’re all so uncultured as to not recognise this as a true name, skip along and say you’re not a fan.

It’s a really pretty NAME- yes, folks, you imbeciles, it is a NAME, and french babies across the world are given it! It is certainly a reprieve from the millions of samey Olivias and Amelias

I’d never heard of it in France or elsewhere but I just checked my French baby name book and it’s listed as Maïly, with alternative spellings Maïli, Maïlie, Maylie and Mayli. It’s not common but not unheard of, it’s top 400 and there are 1500 of them in the whole of France. (My book is a couple of years old though.)

I see that PPs have said it’s also a Scottish name. Personally I would only use it if there were French or Scottish connections in the family.

I’m not a big fan and I did think it sounded made up (sorry) but I don’t think there’s any need to be rude about it.

It's absolutely beautiful. One of my favourites. I can't quite believe how ignorant all the replies I've read so far are. Just because a name isn't English doesn't mean it's 'made up' . I've only ever met one Mailie (but clearly that's one more than the other posters here...).

PS Other spellings are Maélie (top 200, 3000 of them in France) and Maylie (top 500, 750 of them).

There is also Maëlys which is more popular - top 50 and it gets a whole page in the book.

Sorry it's a veto from me.

Also a word of advice if you really like a name don't share it with anyone before the baby is born - people have a habit of ruining it!

If you like it then call her that.

It looks like you can't spell Millie. Sorry.

Oof the irony of complaining about unnecessary “nastiness” whilst calling everyone imbeciles at the same time

I haven't heard it before but think it's pretty. I like it.

It is a sort of backwards e-mail though, if that bothers you.

Mailie - 'little male'
Mailie - post jokes
Mailie - mustard jokes

No.

What a shame about some of these replies.

I think it's lovely 😊

It being French doesn’t make it beautiful, nor does it necessarily travel well, the responses here more than slightly suggest it does not.

Lots of names don’t.

I think Maile is the correct way to spelt it and it is a Hawaiian name? Rhymes with Hayley?

It's ok, I think the spelling looks a bit cluttered but I like the Hawaiian version pp suggested. It sounds nice.

I know a Malley (mah-lee), which I think is lovely.

It's the sort of name that makes me think did anybody really call a child that. It's beyond dire with that weird spelling.

How about:-

Hayley
Eilidh
Molly
Millie
Maisie
Ally
Amelia
Amalia