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How would you pronounce the name 'Maelie'?

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San1991 · 28/12/2023 23:39

How would you pronounce Maelie?

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DrFoxtrot · 28/12/2023 23:40

May-lie

spartanrunnergirl · 28/12/2023 23:40

Maylee

DrFoxtrot · 28/12/2023 23:40

Or May-ley would be more accurate

Dragonsandcats · 28/12/2023 23:40

May-lee

TheYearOfSmallThings · 28/12/2023 23:42

Male-ey

2chocolateoranges · 28/12/2023 23:42

May- Lay

Scutterbug · 28/12/2023 23:43

May-Lee

pinkdelight · 28/12/2023 23:44

May-lie. Not keen on it though, too many vowels, feels a bit vague.

Damnyoureyesman · 28/12/2023 23:45

male-y

JingleSnowmanTree · 28/12/2023 23:47

May Lee

OhChristmassTree · 28/12/2023 23:49

Mayl-y

merrymelodies · 28/12/2023 23:49

May-lee

HeddaGarbled · 28/12/2023 23:49

Not a clue.

Aydel · 28/12/2023 23:50

May-ellee

Teenagersscarethelivinshitoutofme · 28/12/2023 23:51

Maylee

WhamBamThankU · 28/12/2023 23:53

Mylie

Saschka · 29/12/2023 00:01

Rhymes with “Hayley”

AmazingDayz · 29/12/2023 00:02

May Lee, horrible name

MolkosTeenageAngst · 29/12/2023 00:03

Mayley, to rhyme with Hayley or Kayleigh.

Psychonabike · 29/12/2023 00:05

Mylie, like Mylie Cyrus, I assume...since Mael (for boys, think its Welsh?) is usually said Mile?

HerMammy · 29/12/2023 00:11

Rhyming with Daily

HeddaGarbled · 29/12/2023 00:12

See, nobody knows, because it’s a jumble of letters pretending to be a name.

idontlikealdi · 29/12/2023 00:16

Maily

MirandaBlu · 29/12/2023 00:21

Like Maëlie - closer to MY-lee than MAY-lee, but with a kind of fast pause in the middle >> MY-(uh)-lee - almost in between two and three syllables.

etmoiandme · 29/12/2023 00:27

MirandaBlu · 29/12/2023 00:21

Like Maëlie - closer to MY-lee than MAY-lee, but with a kind of fast pause in the middle >> MY-(uh)-lee - almost in between two and three syllables.

This is how I would pronounce it.

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