Hallie

[titanicbelfast]

What are your thoughts on Hallie?
It's very different to my other top name which is currently Athena.
But in honour of my Dad there was a boys name he loved that is Scandinavian Norse with a very similar meaning and I'm tied between using that and a name personal to me for the middle name. But thought it would honour him - he disliked his name so don't really want to use that and think he'd approve more of this.
Hallie is Scandinavian Norse and a very similar meaning to the boys name (they are completely different names), but I wondered if this would be a nice way to honour name Dad if baby is a girl.
What do you think?
Just to add one son has middle name Harry. So not sure if too close to use?

How will you pronounce it? Ha-lee or Hay-lee?

I love it!

This^???

It sounds like a diminutive of something.

Not a fan. Athena is nicer.

Don't like it. Surely with 2 Ls it would rhyme with valley.

Hallie doesn't seem Scandinavian to me. It wirks ok as a first name for a girl.

I have met girls called Hallie so don't think it's strange or unusual.

https://nameberry.com/b/girl-baby-name-hallie#famous-people

Hallie is pretty. Quite popular at the moment, I’ve met a few at baby groups etc. I wouldn’t think of it as a Scandinavian name.

Pronunciation would be Hal-eee.

It's currently 227 in the top 1,000 baby names in the USA for 2023. It's having a resurgence of popularity with similar names Hailey and Hadley both ranked higher. I could see this name shooting into the top 20 in the USA at least.
https://www.whattoexpect.com/baby-names/list/top-baby-names-for-girls/

In fact, look who wrote the article: Haley 😂😂

I always think of Halitosis when I hear this name sorry

I think it’s a pretty name. It’s shot up in popularity in recent years, so it sounds quite trendy to me and it’s hard to know how well it will date. I don’t associate it as Scandinavian, more with Halle Berry. I still like it though, just a few things you might (or might not) want to consider.

A lovely name, and I would think she had been named after the comet. I think it is great

So would I. But I've read so many name pronunciation threads I can never be sure!

I love it.

I prefer the spelling Halley, and like Hadley.

Is Halley with an -ey even an established first name though?

I like Hallie, and with that spelling it has been around for a good while, if not very common. Like, Hallie Flanagan was a well-known early 20c US theatre person I remember studying at uni. And currently I can think of the author Hallie Rubenhold. But I’ve never come across a “Halley” so I would read that as a pointlessly yoo-nique spelling of a perfectly good name.

Of the two Hallie for sure

Nameberry isn't a reliable site when it comes to name meanings.
Hallie (given name) - Wikipedia has a different meaning for it

I'm not keen on Hallie but I love Harriet. It doesn't matter if one child is something like George Harry and the other is Harriet Rose or Hallie Grace (substitute the actual middle name).

I think it’s pretty. Isn’t it the name of Bernadette’s child in the Big Bang Theory? So maybe quite popular in the US.

@KirstenBlest Wikipedia is information collated from public contribution so isn't reliable either

@titanicbelfast , but Nameberry is known for being unreliable wheras Wiki isn't foolproof.

Meaning, origin and history of the name Hallie - Behind the Name This site is usually reliable

I like it, reminds me of Big Bang Theory which I love

I definitely don’t think Hallie is too close to Henry to use, so don’t worry about that. I personally much prefer Athena though & im not sure choosing a name with a similar meaning is the best way to honour a relative? But if it means something to you then just ignore everyone else’s opinion. I wonder is there a name that sounds like the one your dad liked or a female version of it that might be more of an obvious connection? Lots of people don’t look at name meanings and wouldn’t put two and two together.. if that’s important to you. I think there would be nicer names out there than Hallie but it’s not bad and if you love it then go for it