Shay or Shiloh?

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Which name for our baby girl?🌸

We ideally want an ‘L’ middle name but not 100% set on it. Also not sure on Shay or Shae spelling. Ideas so far:
Shay Louise
Shiloh Lucy
or
Shay Elizabeth
Shiloh Alice

Shiloh Alice.

anyone else?

Is Shiloh pronounced shay-la ? If so that one. But don’t think you can have it with an L as middle name as it’s to much of mouthful. A different short middle name might work.

Shay is cute. Not a fan of Shiloh (sorry!) Reminds me of 'silo!'

Shay Elizabeth is cute.

As I am not sure how to say Shiloh, I prefer Shay but not terribly keen on either myself . So I know, is it pronounced as Shy-lo,shee-loh, or Shee-loh bit like Sheila or something else?

How about Shayla?

Not a fan of Shay

Pronounced ‘Shy- low’

Do you particularly want a Hebrew name?

Of those two I would choose Shiloh. If you are based in the UK you may find that Shay is more commonly known as an Irish boys’ name.

I thought Shay was only used for boys. It’s okay though.
I think Shiloh Pitt has changed their name now, but I remember people saying Pile o S*. Awful. So, not if your name is Pitt.

How about Sheila? Very similar to Shiloh, everyone can pronounce it and she will be the only one in her school.

I like both, but I don't like the L middle name after Shiloh as it's difficult to say

@BrutusMcDogface Shayla Alice is nice 👌

Thanks OP.

I now have that Bob Dylan song Shilo in my head.
Of the two I couldn't chose one over the other. I never knew anybody by either of those names.

That's much nicer, Shayla Elizabeth would sound love!y

Shay to me is a boy’s name. Love Shiloh, but not sure about the repetition of the L with the middle name. Shiloh Alice is my favourite of the lot, but I would prefer a middle name that starts with a consonant, eg Shiloh Cerys.

I think they're both OK, and both have some history of being used for both girls and boys.

Shiloh is unisex, as a lot of Hebrew names are. This one feels a bit on trend with -o sound endings for both girls and boys, but feels grounded enough that I wouldn't worry too much about it becoming dated (via a spike in popularity and then falling out of favour). I like the combination of this with a more classic English-language name but maybe without a strong "l" sound.

For Shay, I do have the idea of it as a male Irish name in my head, but I also think of the Canadian actress Shay Mitchell and of a former colleague (American, female, and would be in her early 50s now). For what it's worth, the Shay I knew personally said that her name was sometimes confused with the pronoun "she", but I guess that depends on accents where you live.

I only know Shay as a boys name. Associate Shiloh with Shiloh Pitt. Personally, of girls 'Sh' names, I prefer Shona/Seona.

Not a fan of either.

I am another who has only ever come across Shay as a boy's name.

Neither - Shae/Shay makes me think of the Hooker in GOT or a not great Irish man’s named

Shiloh makes me think of Brangelina of the tribe of children, or a silo

Sorcha
Shona is quite nice
Sacha
Clio
Juno

Both are nice, but they're very different in style.

I'd call Shay a surfer girl name, and Shiloh has hippie vibes.

Depends on what you're looking for.

I think I prefer Shay (or Shae).
Any of your middle names would go well with it. Maybe Elizabeth to balance the shortness?

Fwiw, the only Shays I know are female, though it can be short for Seamus (Irish boy name).

I love Shay for a man so not sure how I feel for a girl. I like Shiloh.

Don't like Shayla at all because it makes me want to sing 'gin gan goolie'

Shiloh Alice.

Shiloh for me. I have met a shay but he was a boy.