Yes [name]Whitleigh[/name] not [name]Whitney[/name]. My husband loves it. I’m on the fence. I love that it’s different but hmmm? Not sure.
I had a class with a girl named [name]Whitley[/name] my junior year. She was an extremely nice girl, so while the name isn’t my style at all, I have positive associations. I hate the [name]Whitleigh[/name] spelling though. It’s overly trendeigh and completely unnecessareigh.
[name]Whitley[/name] isn’t too bad, although it kind of sounds like a department store. I prefer [name]Whitney[/name].
[name]Whitleigh[/name] looks a little tortured.
I’m not sure about the -leigh ending. It feels like an affected way to spell -ley like [name]Hayley[/name] vs. [name]Hayleigh[/name]. The first time I ran into the name [name]Whitley[/name] was on the 80s spinoff of the “Cosby Show”, “A Different World”. It’s a less popular variation of [name]Whitney[/name]. I wonder why your husband likes it so much.
I kinda like it! I think many people, especially older ones would always hear [name]Whitney[/name] first,and that might become tiresome. Like the others, I prefer the whitley spelling.
I, too, recall the [name]Whitley[/name] character from ‘A Different World’. It’s a little princess-y, especially w/the -leigh spelling. That might be the appeal for your husband. I don’t hate it…it just frightens me a little.
What do I think of [name]Whitleigh[/name]?
Not too much. No, not much at all.
I knew a [name]Whitley[/name] as a child, and my dad secretly nicknamed her Witless, so that’s all I think of at any [name]Whit[/name]-names.
It feels dated to me, I would expect a [name]Whitley[/name]/leigh to be mid-20s at the youngest
I think I like the name [name]Whitley[/name] itself, which seems to me to be a slightly more modern and surname-y twist on [name]Whitney[/name], but I really do not like the -leigh spelling at all. It just seems unnecessarily complicated and looks like it’s trying too hard.
I don’t care for [name]Whitleigh[/name], the name or the spelling. I think it’s a name you’ll get mixed reviews on in real life. For me, it’s almost hard to say. Like it doesn’t roll off the tongue very easily.
I don’t care for it. I’m a big fan of [name]Whitney[/name] though. Unfortunately, anything that ends with -lee or -leigh sounds very Teen Mom to me. Very young parents these days are tacking that onto the ends of everything. [name]Whitleigh[/name] fits right in with Kenleigh, Tenleigh, Brynleigh, Braeleigh, Branleigh and [name]Ryleigh[/name].
[name]Whitley[/name] isn’t as bad, I suppose. It’s certainly a much better spelling. However, the sound is the same: Teen Mom. If I heard you call your kid this on a playground, I certainly wouldn’t look down on you, but I would assume you were a teenager. As someone who grew up with a name uniquely popular amongst children of young/poor/uneducated parents, I think you should know this assumption of social position may follow your child for her entire life. I will be changing my name soon to something I feel looks better on a business card.
[name]Whitleigh[/name] is horribly trendy, [name]Whitley[/name] looks much better. Personally, I’d just go with [name]Whitney[/name], haha.
But don’t let what people say sway your opinion if you’re in love or set on this name!
A solid ‘meh’. I prefer [name]Whitney[/name], although I don’t really like either
I’m sorry to say it but I have to echo the pp’s. My first thought was the character from A Different World - and she wasn’t great. She was a spoiled, air-headed princess and I can’t stand that. [name]Whitley[/name] is definitely better than [name]Whitleigh[/name] tho - the “leigh” part is just entirely too trendy and trying too hard (Teen Mom, like someone said above). [name]Whitney[/name] is better than [name]Whitley[/name] but neither is my style.
I’ll be the odd ball out. I like [name]Whitley[/name] in direct comparison to [name]Whitney[/name] and the fact that your husband loves it is a huge plus. I agree with keeping the ley instead of the leigh, it is just a bit simpler and more intuitive.
The social class thing is something to consider. I myself don’t see [name]Whitley[/name] as being a poverty stricken name or an uneducated choice. In all honesty I think [name]Whitney[/name], associated with [name]Whitney[/name] [name]Houston[/name] is a much more obvious peg for a lower class citizen. But you should listen to your peers. Although this is a group of people with a heightened awareness of names and most people won’t make the same direct associations, many of them are going to do it on an unconscious level. I might suggest putting [name]Whitley[/name] in the middle name spot.
Highly unattractive. [name]Whitley[/name] isn’t much better either.
Yeah. I honestly don’t understand the infatuation with -leigh endings. [name]Whitley[/name]'s a lovely name though and I prefer it to [name]Whitney[/name] due to [name]Keith[/name] [name]Whitley[/name].
I find the -leigh ending very trendy. I can deal with [name]Kayleigh[/name], as that’s the most popular variation of the name in the UK, but when I’m seeing it applied to -ley ending names to “try and make it more feminine” (I’ve seen that as a justification of [name]Bayleigh[/name] before) it just feels horribly wrong. Not saying that’s your case, but I think [name]Whitley[/name] is an overall nicer, less trendy spelling. I’m not massively a fan, I think you’ll get it mistaken for [name]Whitney[/name] quite a bit but it does seem to fit in with modern trends - the -ley sound ending, the surname/place name feel of it (there’s a town called [name]Whitley[/name] [name]Bay[/name] in the north of [name]England[/name], near Newcastle) and the fact it sounds familiar but is different at the same time.
I honestly kind of like it. But definitely only if it’s spelled [name]Whitley[/name].
Very trendeigh. I really don’t like it.