Can we really name our baby girl this?

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Hi all,

I am currently 8 and a half months pregnant, myself and DP have been going back and forth on names for a while until we agreed on this around 2 months ago.

The name we would like to use for our girl is Halo.

Our baby's surname will be Raye

Is it too out there? We both love the name but would love to know what others think.

It would be a really bad idea to do this. Her school days would be a misery.

I quite like it.

A good question to ‘test’ the name is, Would you like to be called that?

My husband is Japanese but we live in the UK so we decided on quite biblical names with Japanese inspired middle names. Perhaps you could do similar?

or some other suggestions;

Hiro
Luna
Celeste
Halle
Aya
Ever
Lei

Halo is polishing her halo. Please don't do this.

It sort of sounds ok in full, but how often do people use full names? A lot less than just first name so imagine the poor child having to say 'Hi, I'm Halo'

Is this inspired by Molly Mae? If it’s not Halo will you be disappointed….

I love it. Or Eden Halo Raye.

It’s a nice sentiment but I wouldn’t name her that. I also thought if the game Halo when I read it and can also hear Hello Ray too when I said it out loud.

It will be very cute for her while she is teeny tiny but she will one day be a grown adult. It doesn’t age well. I echo pp and think definitely as a middle name and a different first name.

Personally I think Nora Raye has a lovely ring to it! But again all down to preference!! I also thought of Hero as another option but Hero Raye sounds like you’re offering a chap named Ray a sweetie from a box of Heroes!

Is Mollie-Mae really naming the baby Halo? So it will be Halo Fury?? Sounds like an action figure or console game!

No. You shouldn’t have that.

Goodness me no.

If it's the association with light and brightness you want, use Lucy, Zoe or Helen(a).

If it's a kick-ass name, Hero (as per pp) or perhaps Hera (Zeus' wife IIRC) or Athena.

There are times in life for self-indulgence. Naming a new human being is not one of them.

Is she from a computer game or something? No, it's too much. Halo is bad enough, let alone with Raye. The expectations of her being angelic, being teased for it. You know what she'll be in nativity plays I suppose.

Did you get this from molly mae?
Halo isn't awful, Halo Raye is a stripper.

I actually quite like it. I do think it might be a bit ironic if she turns out to be a tearaway with a name that means something angelic but I do like the sound. Unfortunately I don't think it works well with your surname.

Maybe try out Hallie/Halle or Harlow and see if how they feel for a few days.

I agree with this!

Once worked with someone called Starbreeze……

I think it's lovely. It's not a made up jumble of letters, or a random noise. I think you should go for it.

Angela? I also like Paloma

No, sorry. She would sound like a film character, not in a good way.

Or like you can’t spell Hilary.

Made me think of the computer game and it's the name of the driver protection system in formula one. No

I think it doesn't go with your surname.

She is in for a lifetime of Hello Rays.

Hello Ray 🤣 is this a joke ? Your kid will be called Ray by bully's

Nellie, my thoughts exactly. When I say it out loud, its sound like you can't pronounce Hillary. I do think Hayley Raye sounds lovely though.

Halo Raye sounds like a video game.

Yes. Or an Indie band.

Love it! Call her Lo for short which is lovely too

How about Hallie? Halo just sounds very slebby/try hard. The kind of name the Beckhams might choose.