I love the sound, love the lilt, love the nickname potential. I do worry about pronunciation and it being too similar to [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], my 5th child. It’s a family name (great-great-aunt) which is a plus. I feel like it goes well with my born childrens’ names… [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Willow[/name_f], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_f]Arielle[/name_f] (goes by [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]) [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] (goes by [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]) and [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f].
Is it usable? Too out there? [name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce it? (I’m saying [name_f]Eula[/name_f]-lee which is the most common pronunciation I’ve found.)
I would pronounce it U-[name_m]Lay[/name_m]-[name_u]Lee[/name_u] at least that was my first impression. I actually really like it especially with it being a family name. I’ve never heard it before. What nick names are you thinking for it?
That was honestly my first reaction too, but [name_f]EULA[/name_f]-lee seems to be the more common one… not sure I should care that much I have an [name_f]Arielle[/name_f] and the airy-[name_f]ELLE[/name_f] vs AIRY-ull thing has become second nature.
I like Laylie as a nickname (which lends itself better to the pronunciation you mentioned) or [name_f]Eula[/name_f].
I’ve only ever heard it pronounced you-[name_m]LAY[/name_m]-lee. I think it is usable, but I do find it rather close to [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]. For that reason it might work better as a middle for you. Still, a nice name and I could definitely see it being used today.
I have an [name_f]Arielle[/name_f] and the airy-[name_f]ELLE[/name_f] vs AIRY-ull thing has become second nature.
I’d pronounce it the same as above, u-lay-lee. It sounds very similar to ukulele but still gorgeous!