We’ve kind of decided... give me your brutally honest thoughts

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Elyse Rae for baby girl due 9th Sept.
We adore it but are open to your honest thoughts.

Thanks!

Initially reading it I am unsure of the correct pronunciation

Are you pronouncing it like Elise? I think she might have a lifetime of spelling it or correcting the spelling.

Looooove Elise but Elyse doesn’t scan very well for me.... looks more like ee-lice. As long as you like it though!!

Assuming it's pronounced like Elise, I'd go with that spelling. Elyse just looks like you've made it up.

Elise is nice. Elyse just looks awful (sorry) and a bit try hard.

Not keen on Rae at all - is it a middle name or part of the first name? I really don’t like hyphenated names but that’s only my personal preference.

Awful. You did ask.

I initially read it as Elsie for some reason. Ely is ‘Ee-lie’ so then read as ‘Ee-lice’ but then thought that would be crazy so must be Elise which, after all that, I don’t like as it sounds like Ellis sorry!

Elyse is not my taste. Ellis is nice.

I prefer the Elise spelling (if you are pronouncing it like that) but the name is very pretty. I also like Elissa.

If you have decided, I wouldn't ask for people's thoughts. You like it, no one else's opinion matters.

Hate the spelling and hate the Rae.

Elise is such a pretty and delicate name, Rae is the opposite. I wouldn't put them together.

Sounds like an ocular disease spelt that way. Other way with Rae is nice tho 👍

Agree it reads as Ee-lice
Definite teasing potential and a lifetime of spelling her name. Elise is lovely

Elise is nice, I don't like the spelling that you have chosen. I also don't think that Rae 'goes' with it.

Read it as Elsie and the Ee-lize.

I can't see the point of quirky spelling for the sake of it. Kid has to spend whole life spelling it out to people.

Rae I could read, but she(presuming girl but could be wrong) will have to spell that out too.

I read it as Elsie even after a second glance. So you might want to change the spelling...

I like Elise and am assuming that is the name you are intending? Don’t like the spelling you’ve chosen.

I don’t like Rae at all and I don’t think it goes with Elise either.

Sorry, you did ask!

Spelt properly it would be lovely. But lose the Rae. Very 2000s

Elyse is pronounced E-leece, same as Elise.
The y spelling although is much less common, is not made up by me and is a valid spelling.
My brother who sadly passed away last year was Ely so it’s a little tribute to him, plus I really like the spelling.

Thanks all for feedback so far, I’d say we’re still kinda ‘set’ on it but it hasn’t had the ‘click’ quite yet, as it did with my other daughter’s name.

I’m another who read it as Elsie at first for some reason. Then realised it wasn’t but wasn't sure how how to pronounce . Not at all keen on Rae either to be honest.

Yes I am worried that Rae is a ‘filler’ middle name although I like it

Lose the Rae on the end of it its so low class and common imho gives the entirely wrong impression

It isn’t to my taste. Tbh I would use Ely as a middle name and find another first name. I think to use his correct name is a lovely tribute. Sorry for your loss.

I think elyse is lovely. I'm not keen on Rae but that's just my taste. It's a perfectly acceptable name.

Have to agree, I don’t like the spelling. It seems very ‘chavvy’ . Elise however, is lovely.