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Middle name for Anya?

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denndenns · 21/09/2020 15:41

Hi everyone, I’ve been told people on Mumsnet are quite honest with their opinions on names. Our first name option was Hailee, well, mine was, then we got a Hazel in the family and we had to go away from it. We chose to go with Anya instead if we ever had a girl, now we’re expecting one. We’re thinking about middle names and my husband suggested Bailey, which then made me thing I could try to use Hailee again, maybe as a middle it wouldn’t annoy me much that she’ll have a second cousin named Hazel because it’ll be Anya & Hazel instead of Hailee & Hazel. But, the point is, can Anya Hailee work? Would you go for another spelling? Do you have any other suggestions you think might work instead? We’re currently just looking at Bailey, Hailee, Ray and Lee. Our last name is a long, 2 syllable but 10 letters long name starting with C so A?C as initials.

Thanks in advance.

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Glitters100 · 21/09/2020 15:43

Anya Hayley looks nice on paper (I don’t like the Hailee spelling)

FluffyEggsontoast · 21/09/2020 15:47

Just wanted to say love the name Anya
Excellent choice
So much nicer than Haliee which is really awful and just not to my taste at all

lemorella · 21/09/2020 15:50

Anya is very pretty.

Agree about the spelling of Hailee it's not to my taste, prefer Hayley. I find Ray and Lee a bit billy-Bob.

Anya Bailey is nice.
If you really love Hayley then use it, I think it's far enough away from Hazel to be fine.

There is something about Anya though, it sounds very classic and beautiful.

Morechocmorechoc · 21/09/2020 15:52

Like pp hayley idea. Is better spelling.
Also like Lucy as a middle name but maybe to boring for you

denndenns · 21/09/2020 16:12

Thank you everyone! I really like Hayley too, I just wonder if that won’t break too many Y’s considering Anya has one as well? Maybe Hailey? Haley? Not sure, but not at all against the idea of Hayley! I also really like Lucy, not boring at all!

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MumW · 21/09/2020 18:40

I think Anya Hayley is fine and worrying about too many y's is over thinking it

Personally, I wouldn't have been bothered by Hayley with a Hazel.

Firebird83 · 21/09/2020 18:47

I would go with Anya Hayley, spelled that way.

user1493494961 · 21/09/2020 19:32

Anya Lucy is a lovely name, much nicer than Hailee or Bailey.

Swingbin · 22/09/2020 21:00

I don’t think that Hayley and Hazel too similar. Maybe for sisters but certainly ok for cousins. From your names I like Lucy and Anya, don’t like Bailey.

Kanaloa · 22/09/2020 21:06

Anya Bailey sounds better than Anya Hailee to me for some reason. Anya is a really nice name.

Auto · 23/09/2020 01:19

Anya Hayley is nice and I like the Hayley spelling.

Bailey is too surnamey for my taste and I think of Ray and Lee as boys names. For a girl I'd spell them Rae and Leigh.

Anya Rae would be nice, but Anya Leigh/Lee sounds like annually.

Anya Scarlett
Anya Poppy
Anya Megan
Anya Juliette
Anya Ruby
Anya Phoebe
Anya Melissa

bridgetreilly · 23/09/2020 20:03

I don't understand why you can't call her Hailee because her second cousin is called Hazel?

I don't even know my second cousins. There would be literally no confusion even if they had the same name, but you are talking about giving her a completely different name. This is bonkers. Just call her Hailee if that's what you want.

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