Tayla

Okay, so my name is [name]Tayla[/name] - yes, spelt like that - and I was looking through this website and other similiar ones and realized that a lot of people dislike it. I was just wondering… why?
My dad suggested the name [name]Taylor[/name], and my mum changed the spelling to [name]Tayla[/name] to make it more girly.
I love my name, to be quite honest. It’s modern and unique. I know millions of Beckys, Katies and Sarahs at school - but not a single [name]Tayla[/name], not even a [name]Taylor[/name].
I get really annoyed when people say the spelling is silly. [name]How[/name] is it? It’s spelt phonetically. It justs looks a little bit more feminine, though it still has a bit of edge to it.
Why would anyone want a common name? Being different is a good thing, right? :slight_smile: x

A lot of people are getting tired of occupational last names as first names.

I wouldn’t consider this a phonetic spelling, as I clearly say the r at the end. Thus, I’d hardly think to associate the names.

Since [name]Taylor[/name] spelled that way is a common girls’ name, making it “more feminine” could be seen as unnecessary. Yes, I’m one of the people who sees it that way.

I don’t mind [name]Taylor[/name] on a girl, though I certainly didn’t realize how common it was. Incidentally, how old are you? From the other names, I expect you might be from before the peak of Taylors.

[name]Tayla[/name], where do you live? I’m from the northeastern U.S. and I definitely would not pronounce [name]Taylor[/name] and [name]Tayla[/name] the same way.

Yes, most berries think that “different” is a good quality in a name – but we don’t think it should totally override other qualities, and for a lot of us, an equally (or more) important criterion is that a name have history behind it, rather than being something the parents made up, spelled creatively, etc. This isn’t a magical objective standard or anything. It’s just an opinion that a lot of people on this site happen to share.

It sound ghetto-ish to me. No offense or anything I hear horrible things about my name too. Maybe its a regional thing? It could definitely be a lot worse though.

When I read this post, I assumed you were from Australia as I understand that [name]Tayla[/name] is a popular variation there? I think the problem is two-fold. [name]Taylor[/name] has become a bit low -rent as a result of it’s uber-popularity in the 80’s (don’t take it personally-this is coming from a [name]Haley[/name]!) and people generally look down on spelling variations. The whole “I changed it to make it more feminine” has led hundreds of perfectly lovely names to be compromised by extra y’s and a’s. Generally, it is just seen as a rather tacky trend. BUT, you love [name]Tayla[/name], so your mother obviously did her job in choosing a name that her child will love. That’s ultimately what is important.

I’m from [name]England[/name], so we pronounce [name]Tayla[/name] exactly the same as [name]Taylor[/name]. [name]Tayla[/name], [name]Taylor[/name], [name]Tayler[/name], and Taylah are pronounced basically identically. You don’t say, TayLORRRR Lautner, or TayLORRRR Swift - do you? British people don’t.
Also, I was born in the mid '90s, so I was born in the “peak” of Taylas. However, my parents hadn’t heard of it before.
People who I meet always compliment my name. I’ve never heard anyone say anything bad about it - apart from on the internet! Apparently, it sounds “trashy, ghetto, and like my parents are uneducated.” My parents are very much educated, actually. A name isn’t a word.
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[name]Hi[/name] [name]Tayla[/name]! My maiden name is [name]Taylor[/name]! I’m from the US and over here we definitely pronounce the R! I say it [name]Tay[/name]-ler. And yes, we say [name]Tay[/name]-LeR Lautner and [name]Tay[/name]-leR Swift! It’s difficult for me to say [name]Tayla[/name] and think of [name]Taylor[/name], it’s easier for me to say [name]Tayla[/name] and compare it to [name]Kayla[/name], if that makes any sense. But obviously it’s different in [name]England[/name]!

So I think it’s hard for an American to consider [name]Tayla[/name] a phoenetic spelling of [name]Taylor[/name], because for us it’s not! I would call it a variation of [name]Taylor[/name], or a combination of [name]Taylor[/name] and [name]Kayla[/name]. So maybe that is why you see a lot of hate for it, because it’s simply different in the US than it is in [name]England[/name]. I would imagine that it goes over better there. That said, I do think it is very pretty! And I think it’s a better name for a girl than [name]Taylor[/name]! I have always seen [name]Taylor[/name] (with the R pronounced, not so much otherwise) as very masculine and do not understand why people love it so much for girls, but I digress.

And let me tell you. I have always planned to name my first daughter after my great grandmother Lulette. Everyone I’ve ever told it to in real life has absolutely loved it (and i know they are telling the truth, I’ve seen how they react to names they don’t like!). But online, about 90% of people hate it and talk a lot of trash. That has always confused me! I guess my point it… [name]Don[/name]'t worry about what people say online.

:slight_smile: thank you. I guess it’s just different pronounciations. And by the way, I [name]LOVE[/name] the name Lulette. Never heard of it before, but it’s really nice. That’s one more positive comment you’ve heard about it online!

You can’t just ask for opinions and then get mad at them. No one was trying to offend you, they were just stating what they thought about the name. You love it, why are you bothering asking about it? I love being named [name]Tara[/name]–that said, I wouldn’t name my daughter that–we aren’t Irish, it is a dated name in the U.S., and I don’t care for the image [name]Tara[/name] makes in the U.S. [name]Tayla[/name] might make perfect sense in the UK, but it doesn’t here where we say [name]Tay[/name]-ler and it doesn’t carry an image I would want for my child.

I didn’t get mad at anyone. Sorry if it came across that way, but I was only wondering. I just wanted to know what people thought of it, and why. Lol. :slight_smile:

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the name [name]Tayla[/name]. To me it sounds like a cross between [name]Taylor[/name], [name]Kayla[/name] and [name]Tanya[/name]. Not knowing, intially, that you were from the UK made me question the name. You should keep in mind though that the majority of commenters on this site are American and therefore do pronounce the name [name]Taylor[/name] [name]TAY[/name]-ler or [name]TAY[/name]-lor. In the name [name]Taylor[/name] the “r” is clearly pronounced for us (Meaning, origin and history of the name Taylor - Behind the Name). If you lived in the US, I think people would view your name differently because it’s not actually a phonetic spelling HERE, but you don’t and of course that is what makes the world of naming so interesting and diverse.

And if we’re being technical, a name is a word… according to the [name]Oxford[/name] English Dictionary:

  1. a. A proper noun; a word or phrase constituting the individual designation by which a particular person or thing is known, referred to, or addressed.

[name]Just[/name] like there are rules of spelling and grammar, there are rules of naming, which are always being broken. It’s not necessarily a bad thing (though some think it is) but it is what diversifies naming, especially today.

Yeah, I see what you mean. I probably sound really stupid now because I’ve been like “OMG! THEY’RE PRONOUNCED THE SAME!” Sorry guys, I was talking about English accents. Thanks for the oppinions anyway :slight_smile: I’ll be asking for them again when I’m actually naming a baby for real and not just for fun! (I like [name]Annabell[/name], [name]Charlene[/name], [name]Asta[/name], [name]Max[/name], [name]Harvey[/name] and [name]Quinn[/name] at the moment). :smiley: