Help with the spelling of Rylee/Riley/Ryeley/Rhyley

I currently don’t have any children but hopefully planning on trying soon. We are only wanting 2 maybe 3 children and we have our set boy and girl name but I have a worry that I am only going to have boys (I would be happy about this) but I absolutely love our girls name which is Rylee Paige and I LOVE the spelling of Rylee like this, but do you think that it is more of a feminine spelling or do you think it could work for a boy?
If not what do you think about the spelling Ryeley or Rhyley? I like the more unusual spelling as my name is an unusual spelling. Thank you for your help.
EDIT- I’m not a massive fan of the spelling Riley, i think that it is too common so I might have to take the hit on the name and just hope that I get my little girl. Thank you everyone.

Usually “ee” spellings are used on girls (e.g. [name_f]Aimee[/name_f], [name_f]Bree[/name_f], [name_f]Ashlee[/name_f], Emilee) so I’d probably stick to [name_f]Riley[/name_f] for a boy. I don’t like the look of Ryeley or [name_m]Rhyley[/name_m], to me they look a bit too busy, I think the more compact look of [name_f]Riley[/name_f] is more handsome.

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I think [name_f]Rylee[/name_f] looks very much like a girl spelling. The standard [name_f]Riley[/name_f] would be perfect for a boy or a girl, so you can’t go wrong there :slight_smile: Ryeley and [name_m]Rhyley[/name_m] seem hard to read, and would probably result in frequent mispronunciations or misspellings

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I like the [name_f]Riley[/name_f] spelling! [name_f]Rylee[/name_f] is fine as well, although it is indeed a bit more feminine.
Ryeley and [name_m]Rhyley[/name_m] just look messy to me.
I think [name_f]Rylie[/name_f] could be a good alternative option.

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The boy Riley I know that spells it Riley. The girl I know is Rylee. I’d avoid the unusu spellings personally. They’ll likely always be correcting people. And it comes off kind of trying too hard to stand out in a sense. Like Isabella can’t just be Isabella anymore but turns into Iszabellah

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I’ll suggest [name_m]Reilly[/name_m] as another option! I would expect this more to be a boy’s name than a girl’s.

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I think [name_f]Rylee[/name_f] could be used on a boy. I know a male [name_f]Bailey[/name_f] spelled [name_f]Bailee[/name_f] :person_shrugging: It looks better than Ryeley and [name_m]Rhyley[/name_m] imo too.

There is [name_m]Reilly[/name_m] too, which is my favourite spelling.

[name_f]Ryley[/name_f] maybe? Like [name_f]Rylee[/name_f] but a bit ore ‘standardly’ masculine.

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I really like the suggestion of [name_m]Reilly[/name_m]! that looks masculine to me.

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I know a boy [name_f]Rylee[/name_f], so it works :woman_shrugging: but it does read more feminine.
I prefer [name_m]Reilly[/name_m] or [name_f]Riley[/name_f] on a boy.

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite spelling for a girl is [name_f]Rylie[/name_f] but [name_f]Rylee[/name_f] is a close second.

[name_f]Rylee[/name_f] qnd [name_f]Riley[/name_f] are my favorites, as I love the name. However, Ryheley is going to be a very interesting name later in life, one that probably teachers will struggle to pronounce and she will have a hard time spelling. Honestly, if you like the name, I personally feel no reason to go with a fancy spelling over the normal one. It’s still said the same and chances are, people who meet her are going to spell her name [name_f]Riley[/name_f].

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Hm [name_m]Rhyley[/name_m] could work I think

What about [name_m]Reilly[/name_m]? I know someone from school (so going back like 11 years lol) with this surname and I think it fits the bill for the spelling plus not looking feminine. [name_f]Rylie[/name_f] as well.

I do prefer [name_f]Riley[/name_f] though. Maybe it is the common spelling, but for good reason.

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I’m a believer that an untraditional spelling doesn’t really negate the cons of overlapping that come with a more common name. Much of the time when we met someone we first interact with their name as it is heard. In a classroom, if there is a [name_f]Riley[/name_f] and a [name_m]Rhyley[/name_m], they’ll still be referred to by everyone as [name_f]Riley[/name_f] S. and [name_m]Rhyley[/name_m] F., or with their last names. Same with any other sorts of interactions where there is someone else with a name that is pronounced the exact same way.