Baby names

[aimegrey1]

what are you guys thoughts on the name nyla-mae I love it but I don’t want people to class it as chavvy/trashy so if you get that vibe please say thankyou

Yup sorry, it sounds chavvy. Both Nyla and Mae and the hyphen.

I think chavvy, yes.

Ideas:
Nichola Mae
Alizee Mary
Noella May
Nola Marion

What about Twyla?

Nyla is very modern and the hyphenating names trend (especially with Mae) can be seen as quite down-market, so the two together does make for the vibe you're trying to avoid I'm afraid.

My advice would be to go for Nyla Mae (no hyphen) or even try to find a different middle name, avoiding Mae completely, if you don't want to creep into that category.

Ultimately though, it's your baby. Pick what you love. The label you fear describes personality traits rather than a name. A name alone does not make a personal chavvy, but I totally understand why you would want to avoid that association.

Chavvy. Stay away from anything hyphened with Mae if you don’t want trashy. Mae as a first name I love!

Nyla seems to be Arabic in origin, but it will sound like Isla and Lila.
-Mae is awful.

Nyla May isn't too bad but it looks and sounds a bit boring. May as a middle name is overused.

Nyla is ok but will get mixed up with Isla, myla, Lilah etc as they are more known. Afraid I’m not a fan of anything hyphened and think it doesn’t sound very classy! how about….

nola
nora
mila
lara
nella
orla
kaia
nina
maya
maeve
mabel

I'm not a fan of hyphenated names, I don't think a lot of people are and can imagine it will cause a lot of admin hassle for your child. It did for my husband who has a double-barreled surname which is a lot more common. The hyphen is not often an option in forms (even when booking flights for example).

If you don't like Nyla by itself some names that give similar sounds to Nyla-Mae: Naomi, Esme, Amy/Aimee, Salome, Paloma, Macey, Maeve, Mabel, Nancy, Natalia, Nadia

Nyla is fine on its own, but definitely do not hyphenate and especially not with mae.

Nyla Mae (without the hyphen) is lovely and not trashy sounding to me.

Yup it’s trashy. Mae has been done to death as middle name. Every girl is a something Mae/May/Mai. It’s so boring!

The -Mae automatically kicks it into chavdom.

Agree with the above posters. Alternatives to Nyla:

Layla Maya Skylar Skyla Suri Marlee Dana

Nuala, Nola, Nova?

Yes. Exactly this. Awful. Nyla is not a particularly name either. Nia is better.

Love Nyla

Adding the -Mae is the issue imo...it's dated and a bit downmarket.

Nyla is not so bad...but there are many more variations or similar names which are nicer imo.

Nora
Nina
Nova
Luna
Mya
Maya
Lyra
Ayla

It is chavvy sorry , I find anything with a hyphen chavvy

Nyla and Mae are pretty bad

May is pretty,

Or maybe something like:
Myla
Maya
Lola
Lyla
Layla
Maisie

Obviously it's each to their own, but whenever I hear a double first name my mind always jumps to tacky I'm afraid.

Phryne Margaret