Blakely Rose

[cammylou]

Don’t be too harsh please. I have a very different taste to many of you on here... for example Elizabeth, Eleanor, Genevieve etc aren’t for me at all. If it’s horrendous please tell me, without the patronising comments.
Tia

I like it a lot!

Yuck

I’m feeling torn - but thank u everyone for giving your opinions not too harshly :)

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

It's horrendous

“I have a very different taste to many of you on here

Can you explain please?”

She means she’s an individual, not
like the mundanes.

I very nearly fell for that!
No more beer for me

I don’t like Blakely it sounds like Bleakly.
I know a Blayney which is similar but a bit softer? Not overly keen on it myself but might be similar to what you are looking for OP?

I’d think they’ve got the surname and Christian the wrong way round and the real name is Rose Blakely which has a nice ring to it

Blakely sounds like a rough housing estate or something.
But then I also don't like Blake.

Briar Rose is sweet for a girl I think.

Blakeley is the name of a village near to where I live. A definite no.

If you like more “unisex” names (sorry, might not be being very clear but I mean “not obviously girly/frilly”), how about Blaise?

I don't like it.
Blake as a unisex name is nice though.
I don't like Rose as a name

It's horrendous.

I immediately though it sounded like an estate agents!

I think it's quite difficult to say; it feels clumsy.

No, makes me think of that horrid druggy that was got Amy Winehouse addicted to drugs.

Sounds like an adjective. Not sure what a blakely rose would be though

I like the Rose bit.

Sorry but I don't think the child would thank you for saddling her with Blakeley for her first name.

Blakely looks like a combination of "blankly" "bleakly" and "blokey".

It's really awful, OP.

Rose as a middle name is perfectly fine but not very interesting.

Brooke, Blaise, Laine, Sian, Hayley, Sorrel, Bronwen?

It will be very hard for the child herself to pronounce and for other children to pronounce when they are young. It’s a name that she’s going to have to spell twice for people throughout her life when giving her details which will be annoying for her. I wonder whether she will wish you had called her something else when she’s older. If there are only six Blakelys in the UK this is obviously an indication that the name is not one that people particularly like. I personally don’t like it all as I prefer softer sounding names, but if you do, then follow your heart.

There is a less than desirable suburb of north Manchester with a similarly spelt name.

It’s very similar to my surname and I’m not a fan of it as a first name. If you’re really set on it what about Blake Leigh Rose?

I'm not keen on it. Rose is lovely though - and would be great as a first name. I think you can find something better without going to a style that doesn't suit you like the Eleanor, Genevieve type of name.
Paisley
Tanith
Tierney
Brooke
Raine
Juno
Blythe
Bronte
Cleo
Billie
Piper
Auburn
Tansy
Scout
Saffron
Tilden