Chelsey or Chelsie?

[DreamyBerry]

Good evening!
So now DH and me are lingering between these two spellings, which we both love. We like Chelsey because it's kind of more mature and not that girly and cutesy. But the problem is, we feel like there's too many E's in this spelling, which sometimes really annoy us. And that leads us to our second choice: Chelsie. We love that how it ends in -ie, which will fit her as a little girl and a teenager for quite some time, and is still not that cutesy and childish when it comes to an adult.
So, that's basically our thought. What do you guys think? Which one should we go with? And why?
Thanks

No, if my 18 experience of working in primary schools is anything to go by, she’ll be called “Chels”.

Pimlico is quite a lovely name. Good call. No E's (horrifying wee bastards) and a nice area of Old Smoky. Both Chelsie and Chelsey have the same number of E's, both are fuckin awful. Unless you are in the US and you may get away with it. In the UK the sound of laughter will follow your daughter around wherever she goes.

Chelsey if you really have to

Eee, I'm loving this thread - had to check it wasn't in AIBU!

Is anyone else singing Ebeneezer Goode now?

I think either way, you are lumbering her with a lifetime of correcting people's spelling of her name, and she will be forever saying " no it's ey/ie not the usual spelling of the place. Therefore if you want to go with one of the incorrect spellings, I would go with the phonetically closer one, which to me is" ie" as in piece/ chief/ thief etc (although obviously it can also give an "eye" sound...)

Spell it the proper way or choose a different name.

Chelsie is hideous. Chelsey is better. Chelsea is the best.

yup

OP, if you don’t want girly and cutesy, don’t choose either variant of this name. Chelsey or Chelsie are the epitome of slightly sickly girliness.

FindPrimeLorca Naughty, naughty, very naughty

If you must name your daughter after a football team then maybe you should go for American football rather than soccer?

I quite like Seahawk but I think Patriot might be a good option.

BTW how do you feel about cousin marriage?

Reads the two names. Thinks ‘They both have 2 Es in them.’ Reads the names again. Wonders if missing something. Starts to question own ability to count to 2.

I’m very boring and grumpy OP, and it makes me when names that are nouns are ‘wrong’ in their spelling, for example Lilly or Hollie. But if I had to pick one it would be Chelsey. Names that end in ‘ie’ tend to look like they’re short for something to me, which this isn’t.

Chelsea,
Chelsey,
Chelsie

Do they not all have 2 Es each?

Regardless, I think you're bonkers to deliberately misspell the name so your child will have to go through her entire life correcting people and being sent post with the wrong spelling.

People will think you can't spell! I had a conversation with a social worker about a child I was referring.

"So the name is ........ spelt ....... but without the E"

"Without the E? Do you think that was a mistake do you think? You'd think the midwife or registry staff could have said something! How do you pronounce it? It looks like........

"Oh no the pronunciation is the same, only the spelling is different"

Please don't do this. I have a name that can be spelled multiple ways and I hate having to spell it all the time. People constantly get it wrong even when copying it from paper. Emails at work don't reach me, my name badge is spelled wrong. Birthday cards from friends get it wrong, even my DP has got it wrong before now. Use Chelsea or find another name.

Sorry they are both tacky, the sort of names other parents snigger about in the playground. You asked for an honest opinion and like so many others here my advice to to use the established spelling and seriously consider if it's a suitable name for a professional job - there was a thread yesterday about a man changing his name by deed poll because he felt his name wasn't compatible with being a teacher. It's such an American name.

This thread savage but funny! I'd go for Chelsey or Chelsy (even better if you want to avoid one of those pesky e's)

If i were forced I'd pick Chelsie because i hate Chelsey so much. i think it could grow on me.

I do think Michelle is due a revival if you reconsider.

Kids with creative names will struggle for the rest of their lives having to spell it an constantly correct pronunciation.

Also, however you spell it it's still the name of a football club (and quite chavvy) and the poor child will probably have the piss taken all the time because of that.

I prefer Chelsee.

Honestly it’s dreadful sorry OP.

Fulham? Brentford? Barnet?

Nonononono, grumble. I think what the OP is really looking for is... Millwall.

Sorry but Chelsey or Chelsie or Chelsea are all awful, I thought that name had died a death with Chardonnay.

Why why why would you want to give your child a purposefully mis-spelled name? I think that's a pretty cruel thing to do.

Is this a joke both are hideous and look like you can't spell.

I'd get rid of at least one of those pesky e's
and go for Chell-c