Thoughts on this name and pronunciation

[thegirwithacurl]

The name is spelt "Shelley" but the intended pronciation would be "Shell Lee".
I don't like it, makes me cringe and screams pretentious.
Thoughts?

I think it would be difficult to get that pronunciation for Shelley to stick.

I've said the name over and over, and I don't understand how Shelley is different to Shell Lee...

Do you mean you'd want a pause between Shell and Lee? I think you'd have to double barrel it to make it stick but it's a weird name.

Oh dear

Horrible. I have heard it used as a nn for Michelle.

@minitwister me too. Everyone with my accent would say shell lee - but with no pause between the syllables or stress on the second L.

That name is a lot of things but pretentious it isn't.

I'd say it to rhyme with "jelly" (RP accent).

I find it awkward to say with equal emphasis on each syllable, and therefore a bit irritating; I'd try to not let that show to the person, but I'd secretly judge their parents

How is it different than Shelly? A pause? Like Michelle Lee without the Mi bit?

It’s weird. If the parents want it pronounced Shell-Lee then they need to spell it as such. It’s an awful name though, sorry!

Shelly is nice. Shell-Lee is stupid and doesn't flow, but Each to their own.

They could spell it Sheleigh

I don’t think Shelly is pretentious, however you pronounce it.

I hope it’s Shelley as one word rather than Shell-Lee as a double barrelled name

I mean, Shelley to me, is pronounced like Michelle without the Mi and an e on the end so it makes sense if it’s the former

I don’t really understand OP. Is this an existing child? To me Shelley and Shelly would be said the same? I don’t think it’s a pretentious name at all.

No one is going to get it right.

I'm Michelle. My future MIL, who was horrible, said" Do people call you Shelley?".
I said " Not twice"

Shell lee bears no connection to Shelley. No one will use your preferred pronunciation

Not quite sure what you are trying to say.

Areyou saying it’s to be pronounced as two separate words, ie Shell. Lee, or are you saying it’s being pronounced as Shellee, as one word. If the former, the poor lass will spend a lifetime of correcting people. If the latter, then that’s the only way I know it’s pronounced.

Do you mean it's pronounced Shell..pause..Lee?

And who wants to use this name? If it’s someone else, then their choice.

StAndrew explained it better.

If she wanted a pause between the syllables, I would have assumed it was spelt with a hyphen. Because Percy Bysshe Shelley was so famous, I think most people would automatically say Shelley like Kelly or Jelly - it will be hard to get another pronunciation to stick imo.