Maelie opinions

[EmmaLouise19]

We love the name Maelie (May-lee). We feel it's pretty and unique and are fully aware she will need to spell out her name.

We don't usually share our names with anyone so I would like honest opinions on here before we finally settle. I don't want to regret it but we have loved this name for over a decade and we can't seem to settle on anything else!! This is our first girl after two boys. Thank you

Oh that's different I like it 😊 not too out there but not boring either.

I would imagine she will spend a lot of time saying "no, not Amelia/Amelie". I like the sound of it though.

I don’t like it

Not a fan.

Sorry I really don’t like it

It makes me think of Mealie (worm!). So anyone who has heard of Mealie worms may think they've misheard the name. And Mealie worms are disgusting. Sorry. I couldn't do it because of that alone.

I love it! Really cute.

Although she might spend some time correcting people who think her name is Hayley!

It makes me think of Mealie

I knew it reminded me of something and I couldn’t think what!

Never heard it before but I really like it! Really sweet

It’s a French name of Breton origin. It’s a nice name.

It's French. Are there any connections to France or French-speaking countries in the family?

Wouldn’t work up here in Scotland, everyone would be thinking of Mealie puddings.

Thank you everyone. Yes we like it because it's French - other options were Maylie and Mailea but we liked the French version. Yes we do have French relatives.

I used to know someone with a similar name (but hyphenated: Mae-lee). She was half Chinese. I always thought it was a lovely, feminine name.

I've never heard it but I like it. It's sweet and pretty. Would work for a little girl and a woman.

I'd read it as My-lee and think it was a 'unique' spelling.

Don’t like it at all.

Love Maëlys though.

Nope. Not for me.

I don’t really like it but it’s not terrible to me
I know a sweet little Marnie - does that appeal?

Mailie to me would be pronounced like Miley Cyprus because of the ai.

I don't mind Maelie but agree it sounds/looks like Mealie.

It's grim. Mealy-mouthed, mealy-worms.

Maelie is pronounced very differently from "mealy" but of course many English speakers won't know that and will mangle the pronunciation and associate the two things.

It mimics a French spelling, so I think you might find people pronounce it the French way as 'may-ellie'

Would you be OK with explaining that it's not the French way? I know I wouldn't have the patience to have a multiple or pronunciation name, but you might not mind

I actually really like it.

Maelie, Mealie, Male-y? Female-y?

Nah, don't like it - sorry. No one is going to know how to spell or pronounce it, so she'll forever be correcting people and that would annoy the hell out of me if it was my name. If you're British and will be living in Britain I'd choose something that you won't have that issue with.