[name]Hi[/name] berries! DH and I love the name [name]Halle[/name]/[name]Hallie[/name] ([name]HAL[/name]-lee), but we can’t decide on the spelling. Which do you prefer?
Also, I’m a bit of a stickler on giving my daughter a name that she doesn’t have to CONSTANTLY correct. I have a fairly common name that never (in my whole life!) has been mispronounced, and I love that. I don’t want my daughter to have to roll her eyes everytime someone says “[name]Hailey[/name]” and have to correct with “it’s [name]Hallie[/name] like [name]Sally[/name]!”
Am I dooming her to a lifetime of corrections, or is that just a normal part of life that I was spared with a ‘boring’ name? I appreciate your wisdom!!
[name]Halle[/name] is a pretty common name, i wouldn’t be worried about her name being misheard/constantly spelled wrong at all. That being said, i would definitely stick with the spelling “[name]Halle[/name]”, is to me “[name]Hallie[/name]” is more of a nickname then a full name. I guess names that end in -ie lend themselves more to being nicknames then full names. [name]Halle[/name] is simple, refined, and i’d even call it a classic. Plus, who can’t hear the name [name]Halle[/name] without picturing the adorable character from “The Parent Trap” (too bad what [name]Lindsay[/name] Lohan turned into in real life…she was so cute back then!), or [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name]!
I would go with [name]Hallie[/name]. If it wasn’t for [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name] I wouldn’t necessarily think [name]Halle[/name] was pronounced hal-lee.
I like [name]Halle[/name] better than [name]Hallie[/name]. I think the spelling [name]Hallie[/name] is more likely to be pronounced as HAY-[name]LEE[/name].
We were sooooooo close to naming our daughter [name]Halle[/name] – I love it! But we had the same reservations (regarding mispronunciation). What made us decide not to use it was after talking to someone we met at church. She is the mother of a 3 yr old named [name]Halle[/name], and we asked her if she had issues with pronunciation. Sadly, she said it was pronounced correctly about 20% of the time at best. Obviously your experience could be different, but she said the majority of the time people call her daughter “[name]Holly[/name]” or “[name]Hailey[/name]”. The mother said that people STILL mispronounce it even after being corrected (like at her pediatrician), so it gets frustrating. She also thought it was annoying that once she corrected people, the next thing everyone would say is “oh, you named her after [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name]?” Hearing all this was a big bummer for us, but I am glad she gave me honest feedback. I would HATE having to constantly correct people how to say my name, and I didn’t want my daughter to go through that. So, we ended up naming her [name]Ingrid[/name] instead…which certainly could be an issue for her because it is an uncommon name, BUT we take comfort in knowing that people will know how to say it and spell it, so she won’t have to deal with constantly correcting people! :mrgreen:
I like the name [name]HAL[/name]-lee but I think no matter how you spell it you will run into pronunciation and spelling problems. You will have to decide how much that bothers you. For me, I can’t even choose between your two options! [name]Halle[/name] because maybe it would be more familiar because of Ms [name]Berry[/name] - or is that bad because people only associate that with her and wonder if I’m a huge fan. [name]Hallie[/name] because it is clearly two syllables and doesn’t seem like it should be HAY-lee - or is that bad because it’s kind of subjective and is that even how most people would naturally spell it?
I guess I’d go with [name]Halle[/name] and prepare myself for the questions around [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name].
I have never posted on this site before, but I just had to reply to your post because my name is [name]Halley[/name] (pronounced like [name]Halle[/name] or [name]Hallie[/name]). First of all, let me say that my name is NOT common at all. I am 24 years old and have only met one other person with my name my entire life. However, I have met a few people that have said, “Oh my grandmother’s name is [name]Halley[/name]”. And I have heard of a few people naming their babies [name]Halley[/name]. So, maybe it’s becoming more popular (I don’t know too many young children), but all of my life it has been a name most people act like they have never heard of before.:roll: Here is a little background info on why my name is spelled the way it is: My parents thought for sure I was a boy (they did not find out the sex until birth), so when I was born they had no girl name picked out. I was born in 1986 when “[name]Halley[/name]'s” [name]Comet[/name] was visible in the sky so it was in the newspapers at the time of my birth. My mom saw it and said “oh, that’s a pretty name”, and that became my name. Most people think it is "[name]Hailey[/name]'s [name]Comet[/name], but that is incorrect pronunciation.
Yes, I do have to correct people ALL. THE. TIME. But, I think a lot of that has to do with the spelling of my name. However, just for clarification, my name IS spelled how it is pronounced. A double consonant after a vowel always means the vowel is a long vowel. It’s the same reason Alley is pronounced like “Allee” and not “Ailey”. It’s also the reason we pronounce “later” one way and “latter” another way. The double consonants= long vowel. It is especially frustrating when teachers can not pronounce a name correctly. But, I think since “[name]Halley[/name]” looks so much like “[name]Haley[/name]” or “[name]Hailey[/name]” on paper people get confused and say “[name]Hailey[/name]/[name]Haley[/name]”. So, yes, my name was always pronounced incorrectly in school and I hated it when I was younger. But now I absolutely love my name. I get compliments on it all the time. When I was younger I just wanted to be named “[name]Jennifer[/name]” or “[name]Lauren[/name]” like everyone else, but now I am so glad that I have a name that is just mine, and not a name I share with every 5th girl I meet. When I first meet people and tell them my name, I often hear, “Oh wow, what a pretty name”.
As for which spelling you should use, I say [name]Hallie[/name] for sure. I used to always wish my name was spelled like [name]Hallie[/name] because I thought it would be easier for people to pronounce. I think [name]Hallie[/name] is the most “common” way to spell the name. I also would not want the [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name] association as that would just be annoying in itself and something she would have to constantly explain. I hope I helped! I think [name]Hallie[/name] is a GREAT name and I wouldn’t change my name for anything!
[name]Halle[/name]. Looks more refined where as [name]Hallie[/name] looks like nickname and has a rather tryndee feel for me. [name]Halle[/name] is lovely:)
Definitely go with [name]Hallie[/name]. I’ve never heard of [name]Halle[/name] anywhere but with [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name]; I think that’s the only reason that spelling was popularized. I’m quite sure [name]Hallie[/name] is the most popular spelling. And to those who say so, I honestly can’t see how people get “[name]Haley[/name]” out [name]Hallie[/name]…
My name is [name]Halli[/name] (pronounced like [name]Halle[/name] or [name]Hallie[/name]), except that no one can [name]EVER[/name] pronounce it correctly. I always get Hay-lee or, more occasionally [name]Holly[/name]. To be fair, once I correct people once, they can usually remember how to say it in the future. Although I did once have a teacher that called me Hay-lee the whole year despite constant corrections by every kid in the class. So if you want to avoid your daughter having to correct people all her life, you’d have to pick a different name.
But while that is annoying, I do like my name (now, although I didn’t up through high school), and it often gets compliments. I’ve only ever met one other [name]Hallie[/name] in my life (she spelled it like this) and I’m 24. I always wished my name was spelled [name]Hallie[/name], as my spelling feels incomplete, so my vote is for that version.
Personally I prefer the spelling [name]Halli[/name], but out of your choices i definently like [name]Hallie[/name] better. [name]Halle[/name] just looks strabge to me
I like [name]Halle[/name] best for avoiding the “[name]Hailey[/name]” pronunciations - I think at quick glance [name]Hallie[/name] can look like [name]Hailie[/name]. I also agree that [name]Halle[/name] looks more refined and like a full name vs. nickname-y.
That being said, I think you’ll run into pronunciation probs no matter which name you choose (unless it’s very common, like you said about your name!). When we chose the name [name]Gabriella[/name] for our first daughter, I never thought pronunciation would be an issue. However, we get [name]Gabriel[/name], [name]Gay[/name]-briella, [name]Gabrielle[/name], etc etc etc. Urgghh!! [name]Just[/name] FYI for you. so maybe just pick the spelling you like best!
I like [name]Halle[/name] better for a first name. [name]Hallie[/name] just seems like a nickname to me.
I love this name, but I prefer the spelling [name]Halley[/name] best of all.
[name_f]Hallie[/name_f]. For the same reason most Berries have already mentioned.
[name_u]Halle[/name_u] has an elegance to it, but it’s always going to come back to “Oh, like [name_u]Halle[/name_u] [name_u]Berry[/name_u]”. As a [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] who is CONSTANTLY called “[name_f]Jeannie[/name_f]” and “[name_f]Jeannine[/name_f]” and “Jee-[name_f]Anne[/name_f]” and has to correct people with, “No. [name_u]Jean[/name_u]. Like the pants”, ease of pronunciation would win over elegance of spelling for me any day!
I don’t think she will have any trouble with the way her name is pronounced. I personally like [name_f]Hallie[/name_f] best because [name_u]Halle[/name_u] looks to me like [name_m]Hale[/name_m] with an extra l shoved in the middle.
My best friend’s name is [name_u]Halley[/name_u], and I prefer that spelling best. Out of the two choices you have, I’d go with [name_f]Hallie[/name_f]. A word of warning, yes, my friend does have to constantly tell people that it’s hal-ee not hail-ee. That might have to do with her spelling - it’s closer to [name_f]Hailey[/name_f] than yours.
