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How does the name Sealey sound?

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 11:36

It's for a boy. Pronounced Sea-Lay. Middle name Salvatore (Pronounced Salvatoray). Means Blessed Saviour.

TIA!!

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pointydog · 12/08/2009 13:52

gibbon! Did you blow in with colditz?

Sidge · 12/08/2009 13:54

If you would like it to be pronounced Sea-lay then you should have spelled it Sealay not Sealey. Be prepared for everyone to mispronounce it if you are in the UK.

GibbonInARibbon · 12/08/2009 13:56

Hello pointy how the devil are you?

I started lurking again recently and like any addiction, you think you can handle it...yet here I am posting away like a true MN fiend

pointydog · 12/08/2009 13:57

ha har!

I would like to leave one day

princessmel · 12/08/2009 13:59

How old is Sealey?

If he is still very new , it's not too late to change his name.

It sounds like you are saying 'sealions are like seals, they are seal-ey'

TiggerIsEisCat · 12/08/2009 14:01

nope...sealey is a mattress brand...

maybe shorten it to seal and teach him to sing 'kiss from a rose'

middle name is v.v cool BTW

call him sal he will be the envy of the playgroud
xx ei xx

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 14:06

LOL! I think now I know all the mean ways in which my son might be called in his school and I can be better prepared to comfort him!!

DS is 1 now ... Not thinking of changing his name ... who knows Sealey may love his name for not being one of the hundreds of Toms, Dicks and Harrys LOL ... Atleast thats how I am consoling myself!

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Paolosgirl · 12/08/2009 14:16

New to this post - do you mean your son is 1 and you're asking everyone what they think of his name? In the name of the wee man, woman - why???

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 14:20

What's wrong in asking for an opinion?

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AitchTwoOh · 12/08/2009 14:21

neel, you are utterly magnificent and game. i'm sure you and sealey will be a great pair, and his name will suit him wonderfully.

itburnsitburns · 12/08/2009 14:22

erm

I actually think it's a very nice name - really sweet and different but not silly at all

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 14:23

LOL! Thanks AitchTwoOh!! Fingers Crossed (till he can express his opinion i.e.)!!

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 14:29

Yippeeeee!!! I got atleast one person out of 60 who said the name is good!!! Thanks itburnsitburns! (Like ur username LOL!)

And Mrswoolf, I really like the name (yes, I know I have a very weird taste!) and so does my family. Won't want to change it ... and surely enough will bring up my LO to love his name probably explain him out the meaning and why we decided to name him that.

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MrsBadger · 12/08/2009 14:31

so what was the meaning of Sealey?

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Neel1411 · 12/08/2009 14:35

It means Blessed (Old English Origin).

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Lakota · 12/08/2009 14:47

D'ya know what? I kind of like it, especially with the middle name. It's not a name I would instantly think befits a baby, but when he's an adult it could be cool. I can see him in the celeb pages of the papers now - Sealey Salvatore pictured at the Oscars with girlfriend Suri Cruise...

AitchTwoOh · 12/08/2009 14:57

or suri doris cruise, to give her her full name...

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Paolosgirl · 12/08/2009 16:15

But why ask for an opinion? I mean, you obviously like it because you've named him that, the people that matter to you like it, and he's a year old fgs, so it's not as if you're going to change it. You know now that most of the posters on MN don't like it - now what?

MaggieBelleVirgo · 12/08/2009 16:19

I love the name Salvatore. I used to know a lovely Salvador when I lived in Spain which makes me partial to any form of the name. It's gorgeous.

Sealy Salvatore is terrible though, too much S. And instead of having a lovely name (Salvatore) it's like you just bunged in somthing beginning with S to get the lisps in.

Healy Salvatore?
Ismael Salvatore (smiley)

MaggieBelleVirgo · 12/08/2009 16:22

oh shiiiiiite. sorry.

Well, my dad is William Robert always known as Bobby. Never caused him any bother. It is really common in my family. You always know when telesales people want you or if it's a real friend or acquaintance! if somebody rings up looking for 'firstname' you just say she's out! forever

GrendelsMum · 12/08/2009 18:04

I kind of like it, actually. When it's clear it's pronounced 'See-lay' not Sealy like a sea-lion is sealy. And I think that reasonable people would work out that it can't be sealy like a sea-lion, and go for sea-lay.

And now I've said it twice more, I definitely like it.

For some reason, it sounds vaguely Jamaican to me - I think I'd expect Sealey Jones (or whatever his surname is) to be rather a cool Jamaican guy.

A colleague of mine has an Old English name of the sort that people here could slate (ooh, it sounds like a girl, etc) and in practice, no-one bats an eye (although new people do keep pulling me aside and asking me how to spell it).

itburnsitburns · 12/08/2009 18:08

it reminds me of Selkie

which is a beautiful old myth

the more I think about it the more I like it actually, Sealey

once there's an adorable little boy attached to it people will fall in love with it, you'll see

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