Halle?

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Thoughts?

How would you pronounce it? Should be Hal -lay but I have heard some people confuse it with Hayley, which name is now very dated.
Halle is rather nice but you may get people who find the pronunciation confusing .

As above, only is pronunciation.
Is it Halle, as in Halle Berry?

That would be my assumption.

@AnnieMaul

As above, only is pronunciation. Is it Halle, as in Halle Berry?

That would be my assumption.

• Only issue is pronunciation I meant

Yes Halle as in Halle Berry.

Would spelling it Hallie be less confusing? Do you know of any other ways to spell.

Agreed, I'm not keen on Hayley so wouldn't want people getting it wrong.

Before I heard Halle Berry's name I had no idea how to say it. Hal-ay? Hall? Hail?
I'm not keen but would spell it Hally

I would spell it Hallie

I think Hallie/Hally would help with pronunciation.

Although at a glance "Hallie" could still be mistaken for "Hailie" (Hayley)
I've never seen it spelt that way in the UK, but know of a couple of American public figures who spell Hayley that way.

I do prefer the look of "Halle" though.

Halle (Berry) is named after a department store in her home town. Is it an actual name, apart from hers (middle name originally)?

It makes me think of Halle Berry but also the word halitosis, sorry.

Hayley might be due a revival?

First thing that comes to my mind is the Halle orchestra (with an acute accent, can't work it on my phone )

Hallé

Here you go Humphrey .

@WhereTheCrawdadsSing

Ah, thank you

Halle pronunced Hall-eh?

It means hall in German

I love it

Makes me think of the Halle Orchestra (not a bad thing!)

I really like it, reminds me of early 2000s parent trap.

I'm not keen, sorry OP

Makes me think of the Halley comet ! Also
Halle from The Parent Trap

I quite like it but I’m not surprised it’s not popular on MN.

My dd is named Hallie, pronounced Hal-ee. The other spelling we saw was Halleigh but preferred the first version.

She's only ever been called Hayley once in 6 years and that was by someone where English wasn't their first language.

I'd actually suggest the Halley spelling just like the comet. Seems to be the same sound and people might be more familiar with it (I hope?)

I like it. It’s the name of a character on the Big Bang Theory spellt like the comet, so it may be better known now.
As a child it would have been great to be named after the comet.

I know one, she's 15. She sometimes gets called Hall or Hall'ee, but most people say it right or only need telling once.

I don't really like it though, but my taste isn't important to anyone but me.

I have a Hallie She never gets called Hayley. We call her Hals a lot at home.

Halley and Hallie are different names to Halle.

I love it. More familiar with the ie spelling but Halle looks good too.
I think it's becoming more popular in the UK, I know of a couple of baby Hallies.