Tinley or Tenley?

draeray

What is the proper spelling or are they two different names?

Also, thoughts?

NerdyLucy

Gut reaction: I don't recognize either of these as names.  If they are, I'm just unfamiliar with them.  Also, while BehindTheName doesn't necessarily have the final word, neither of them are found on there, so I don't have anything to go by regarding meaning or history.

draeray

I'm not sure I like either of them for me but I heard someone talking about it the other day and thought I would see what the masses thought.

capulet

Since they're both random surnames as first names, there's no "proper" spelling.  If you pronounce them differently (not everyone does, but I do), choose the pronunciation you prefer.  I associate Tenley with the Tenleytown neighborhood in Washington DC.  I find them both cutesy, juvenile, and trendy-sounding on a girl.

SmileyJay

I know you want a chose a really pretty and upbeat name for your baby girl. Unfortunately, the current trend is to just sort of mash letters together and claim it spells something it doesn't. It is confusing, especially if you live in the south where a lot of words are pronounced differently than they should be. It's always funny to me that in a lot of current naming trends, the letters i, e, and y are practically interchangeable. They are not, or we would only have one of them instead of all 3. 

The number ten is not pronounced the same as the metal tin. Just as a writing pen is not pronounced the same as a safety pin. Tinley and Tenley would not be pronounced the same IF they were pronounced correctly... but we all have seen this trend enough to know that the parents are intending us to say "tin-lee" with a sort of twang on the first syllable. 

If you chose this name, I would spell it Tinley. This is the most appropriate spelling and also looks nicer than Tenley with the repeated e. I have also seen Tinleigh before but it seems overly complicated. I don't personally like this name because I prefer classic names and this seems like it would not age well. I can't imagine a 30 year old Tinley, only a 4 year old, but that is relative to the time I grew up. 

Please consider these instead. They all have the pretty spirit of Tinley but are more widely recognized and will age better with her:

Tessa

Trista

Hailey

Holly

Fiona

Gemma

Annaleise 

Lindsey

Natalie

You can also google "names like _____" with any of these options to get hundreds more.

Another GREAT option would be a nice classic name with a sweet nickname. It gives a little more flexibility as she grows and you still get a more cutesy name like Tinley.

Amelia nn "Millie"

Cristina nn "Crissy"

Camille/Camilla nn "Cami"

Madeleine nn "Maddie"

Lillian nn "Lilly"

Best of luck and just know that no one here is trying to be cruel, but they are just saying the things that everyone you know in real life will be thinking but not say to you

SmileyJay

Just saw your reply that you aren't pg and this is not a name you are considering. So I guess disregard everything I said? 

Helenahhandbasket

Two different names.

 

Scarlett&Gatsby

Yeah, I don't think they're "made-up" necessarily. They're LNs that have been repurposed as FNs, so....there's like a million of those right now.

I'd pronounce them differently, but I guess depending on the accent of the speaker I wouldn't necessarily know which name was being used if I heard it shouted at a playground.

allardr

Never heard it before but I say them differently:

(Tin-lee) & (Ten-lee)

Katieblue552

I've heard of Tinsley before from the ny socialite Tinsley Mortimer but never Tinley or Tenley. Makes me think "tiny Tim" for some reason. Ha.

Ceridwen21

The masses say NO.

Ceridwen21

The masses say NO.

Mego04

I guess no one watched the bachelor during jakes season. The runner up was a very sweet girl named tinley and I had never heard it before.  Now I am hearing it a lot. Personally I think that is where the trend started. 

missesru

Ugh, Tenley from the Bachelor was annoying and fake.  If I didn't hate the name already I would have after that season, lol.

MichelleMarie85

I think Tenley sounds a little better than Tinley.

WashingtonQueen

Horrible, both of them.

brooksidebride

Darbie914 said:

I think both spellings are correct but they are two different (and trendy) names.  TIN-lee, like tin foil, and TEN-lee, like ten fingers.  

NMS at all.

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Agree. Never actually seen Tinley though. I've seen Tenley.

SunshineDaisy7

A girl I know has a daughter named Tinley…I had never heard of it before her.  I definitely think it is a cool name and the spelling I think is whatever you would feel comfortable with or you like.  I like unique/different spellings. :-)

WestIsleFlower

I don't like either of them..... at all. The only time I have seen it was on 16 & Pregnant and she spelled it Tinleigh, I honestly thought she made it up until now.

emilyray14

Neither.