Paisley?

[HumDumMum]

For a girl.. opinions?

I’ve come across a few girls Paisley over the past few years and my 14 year old has a friend called Paisley names after the town where her grandmother was born.

It's awful and not a town I'd care to be named after either.

Before opening I had assumed it was a boy's name, I don't know why. Maybe because it makes me think of Paisley Park and Prince. Also the pattern.
It is not my cup of tea but I am quite old fashioned when it comes to names. I do like the sound it makes though. If there was a female character called Paisley in a book I would think of her as quirky and go-getting.

A classic fabric pattern, a town in Scotland, a ranting N. Irish politician (Reverend Ian Paisley, think he might be dead now).

Not nice as a girl's name.

Suggest visiting Paisley ( the place). Then decide.

No. Just think of Ian Paisley - Snr and Jnr. Neither are good associations.

Hmm, I like it BUT it just makes me think of Ian Paisley, which isn't a great association.

How about Hadley? Everly?

I think it’s a lovely girls name. But in Liverpool there are quite a few paisleys after Bob Paisley

It’s quite a rough town, not somewhere I’d want to be named after.

Big Ian…Ulster will never surrender.

I dislike it as a name, it doesn't sound right. Then a few years ago I knew a Paisley who was impossible and unlikable which further made me view it in a bad light.

My first thought was Big Ian too.😂 Then the rather depressing town in Scotland. Then the fabric.

No

It's a no from me. I took a wrong turn and ended up in Paisley. Didn't go back.

I mean I’m from there so it’s a giant nope. It’s not the nicest town in the world. In Scotland it has quite the reputation. Maybe not so bad if you are no where near there.

Not keen sorry.
Paige is nicer.

I've also heard the place is not that pleasant - def worth considering

@Thecurtainsofdestiny

Suggest visiting Paisley ( the place). Then decide.

This!

I think it’s a lovely girls name. But in Liverpool there are quite a few paisleys after Bob Paisley
I'm in Liverpool and in all my years here have never heard of anyone called Paisley. It's a truly awful name to give a child.

I know a Paisley and a Paislie. Not my cup of tea.

To my ear it sounds -
A made up usage as a first name
Thin and hard (think Ian paisleys voice is influencing that)
Rough

Funny that because I like the cloth pattern a lot but as a name it doesn’t sound good.

Ignore or not. Congrats.

Only someone who had never been to Paisley would consider it as a name!

Ulster Mumsnet says NO

Yous have nae way bin tae Paisley, hen.

Heard quite often in Liverpool because of Bob Paisley. I don't like it, to be honest.