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

Just reminds me of this (which is mocked throughout the internet) sorry OP

It makes me think of Mealie (worm!)

It's meal, they are meal worms. Mealies is slang.

The French pronunciation is My a lee not May a lee.

I think if use a French name for a child you should pronounce it correctly otherwise you just look ignorant.

And what @TatianaLarina said.

I had Mailie on my list (I know one in real life) and it got completely slated on here when I asked so I got put off

Mealie

It's like Amelie in that's it's nice pronounced the French way, but not otherwise.

I think it sounds a bit 'made up' if you see what I mean, it may just be me as I've never heard it before! Would you like Molly? but I think if you like Maelie you should go for it x

It makes me think of melee
And I don't like it

I think it’s really lovely. Makes me think of the author Maile Meloy.

It's more my-ay-lee in French, actually.

No, another horrible mealy mealy sounding name like Amelia.

I'd pronounce it M-ale-ee

Mailys/ Maëlys in French is pronounced My - lease. I have about three in each class I teach ( primary). Also Maëlle, Maylou and Maylyn. But I have never encountered this one.

Don't like it - don't really like any names (usually for girls) made up of more vowels than consonants.

Worms!!!!!

I quite like it but also think most French names lose all their charm when pronounced by someone who isn't French.

I also thought of worms

@AnchorDownDeepBreath that's irrelevant and the point still stands (slang or not) it reminds me, and others on here of worms.

Sounds sort of trailer-trashy (sorry), not French at all.

The fact that people on this thread are disagreeing about how to pronounce it just proves my earlier point that many English people will mangle the pronunciation.

What fiddle said, too.

It sounds wrong' when it's pronounced like mail-y, male-y. Like it's meant to be an adjective or something.

Mailys/ Maëlys in French is pronounced My - lease

My a lease.

People will struggle with pronouncing it.

Will it sound as nice when said by an English person as opposed to french?

It does seem a bit made up?

Maylee is a much clearer spelling.

I don’t like the name but obviously you love it but do consider a few of those concerns