I think it's cute, but I don't love it. I taught a Delaney once and she was very sweet, I just felt after saying her name over and over again it was a little too clunky.
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It generally doesn't get a lot of love on this board, but I really like it. And I love the nn Laney. I don't think it's too cutesy to where it wouldn't age well. Goes really great with Addison too!
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I don't but that's because there's a store near me named that this is a cheap second hand store and very run down. I can't get past that when I hear the name.
I like it. And I hear it more often these days. My friend's DD spells it Delanie though I've seen it Delaney more.
I came across somebody with this spelling, and I had to keep correcting it in my head not to make it rhyme with Melanie.
Delaney is kind of a GP name for me. I think it's very cute but wouldn't use it.
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I like it for a boy or a girl. I think Laney sounds like a little girl and she would have the option to go by her full name as an adult. It's a nice name.
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I like it. I know a girl named Delaney and her NN is Laney. If it were my name I would probably go by Lane as I got older..or maybe Delaney..But not Laney/Lanie. Just my thoughts. But I like it generally. It's not my taste in terms of a name I'd pick...but its pretty and not weird which are my main things I look for.
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I think it's a great name...and I don't see any problem with it aging. Any form of the name you mentioned could fit an adult...as well as be adorable for a child.
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Love it! It sounds great with Addison.
BTW- the only Delaney I know is an adult and a doctor, so I think it ages just fine.
I don't but that's because there's a store near me named that this is a cheap second hand store and very run down. I can't get past that when I hear the name.
I came across somebody with this spelling, and I had to keep correcting it in my head not to make it rhyme with Melanie.
Delaney is kind of a GP name for me. I think it's very cute but wouldn't use it.
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