[name_u]Bailey[/name_u] or [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]? Which is better and why? The last name is [name_m]Johnston[/name_m].
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I like [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] much better. It’s much more feminine. [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is not my style - to me it just reminds me of a boy dog’s name. Not sure why, but it does.
I agree with the pp… [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is a boy or a pet name in my head. So I would choose [name_f]Valerie[/name_f].
You may get people who tell you that [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] is “dated” (it was most popular from the 1950’s to 1980’s period). I like the name much better than [name_u]Bailey[/name_u]. [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] has a long history (from [name_m]Valerius[/name_m]/[name_f]Valeria[/name_f] which has been around since [name_m]Roman[/name_m] times) so it has more depth than the trendy occupational name of [name_u]Bailey[/name_u]. I also like the meaning: to be strong. [name_f]Valeri[/name_f]/[name_u]Valery[/name_u] is also a unisex name because in [name_f]Russia[/name_f] and [name_f]France[/name_f] it is chosen for males as well (only name nerds would probably know that fact). Since your surname contains the male name of “[name_m]John[/name_m]”, I would be more inclined to choose [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] because [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] [name_m]Johnston[/name_m] sounds like the name of a NFL football player.
I love [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
I think that [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] [name_m]Johnston[/name_m] is a beautiful name.
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is jaunty and [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] is more feminine, but strong too.
Nice choices.
I prefer [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]. [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is nms.
I much prefer [name_f]Valerie[/name_f], that one is a very nice name. I know a male [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] and don’t think he likes his name very much (goes by initials) [name_m]Just[/name_m] not a fan of very many unisex names.
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f].
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u] skews much more masculine for me, and is also pretty trendy at the moment. [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] seems more classic and unusual.
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]! It’s gorgeous. I’m not a huge fan of [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] on a girl. It seems masculine to me. I would totally add [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] to my list if it wasn’t taken already in my family. I love it. 
I prefer [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] because I don’t like unisex names.
To be honest, I don’t like [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] on either gender, at all. The closest I can come is unrelated [name_f]Bayla[/name_f]/[name_f]Baila[/name_f] on girls.
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f] is not as much my thing as [name_f]Valeria[/name_f]/Valeriya, but I definitely prefer it to [name_u]Bailey[/name_u].
I think [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] is so beautiful. I have a hard time picturing a grown-up [name_u]Bailey[/name_u]. It seems too young to me.
I prefer [name_u]Bailey[/name_u]…it’s a bit trendy, but [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] is just so dated. Perhaps [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Valeska[/name_f], [name_f]Veronique[/name_f]?
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is awful, so [name_f]Valerie[/name_f] wins by default. I do like:
[name_f]Valencia[/name_f]
Valyria
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
I am totally the opposite of the above census but [name_f]Valarie[/name_f] is such a tight brusque name. [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] just makes you smile to say it, I do agree that they are equally powerful names but when you say [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] [name_m]Johnston[/name_m] it rolls off the tongue much smoother than [name_f]Valarie[/name_f] does.
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