Thoughts on Hadley for a girl?

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Love to hear your thoughts, pros and cons, etc. Thanks!

It's not a nice name for a boy or a girl.

Its lovely, use it.

As in Tony? No, give the kid a proper first name. You could maybe give your little girl Hadley as a surname if it has family significance. I hate surnames as first names, I don't understand it.

Lovely

Its actually quite silly

Very American sounding name.

I know a lovely little American "Hadley", so I like it now, andI'm quite a traditionalist!

I like it, it was on our list but for a boy

I think it's okay even though my first thought it the evil prison warden from Shawshank.

I like it - the only Hadley I know of is the journalist Hadley Freeman and that is a good association.

It's 'unique' without being ridiculous.

Makes me think of Tony Hadley but I don't like/unlike it.

I don't think it's a particularly pleasant sounding name, but it's not offensive or anything so if you are into those surname sounding first names, then why not!

Use it OP, it's GOLD!

You've got the power to know!

Hadley Freeman is a legend

I don’t like it. To me it feels a bit awkward

As in 'I had Lee' ? Go for it.

Awful for both a girl and boy

Quite harsh sounding name. It makes me think of a spoilt brat, top to toe in Louis Vitton, don’t know why.

It’s a nice surname.

This.

We have a Hadley and Paignton at the school I work at.
They are both just names

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I would think of Hadley Freeman too.
Great name.

Just to add a bit of balance, I personally find Hadley Freeman's columns to be irritating.

When we were thinking of a name for DS it came up on here and was associated with something I didn't exactly love.

We went with the name anyway and in ten years NO ONE has ever mentioned the association that came up here.

A lot of people have no idea who either Tony Hadley or Hadley Freeman are.