Ryleigh

BananaLettuce · January 2015

I see it every time I open pinterest and want to gouge out my eyeballs.

My friend has chosen this name for her little girl. We went to college together and both earned English degrees (hers should be revoked).

I don't feel close enough to her to say "wtf is this shit?" but I lose a little bit of my tact every time I see it.

It's truly horrible.

I need help.

Helenahhandbasket · January 2015

I have mixed feelings.

Riley is really a surname, right? To me, surnames are genderless. I do usually eyeroll at them in general on either sex-- because they are SO trendy.

The other thing though is that there are multiple spellings of surnames-- including this one. I know a family who spells it Riley, and one that spells it Reilly. Both are accepted alternate spellings.

The "leigh" is bad though, you have me there.

BananaLettuce · January 2015

According to BTN, this spelling didn't exist until like 98 and skyrocketed around 2010.

TheWop · January 2015

Ew.

I have a good friend who is a highly respected physician, and when she was pregnant with #2 she said she was considering Braxton. I told her (jokingly) that we couldn't be friends anymore. Her and her H eventually decided on Evan. Thank God. Sadly education does not always equal good naming ideas.

Renisra+2 · January 2015

My sister recently told me her favorite girl name was Riley, but that her current boyfriend hates it. I was so relieved not to have to tell her it was icky.

Renisra+2 · January 2015

Speaking of Pinterest, is that not just a collection of terrible names? Every time I go into the kids board, 4/5 names you see are just atrocious. Yesterday, I saw Bexley. What is that??

emmy236 · January 2015

I have a friend with a Reilly but it's a family name. It's NMS style but at least there is some meaning behind it.

Helenahhandbasket · January 2015

BananaLettuce said:

According to BTN, this spelling didn't exist until like 98 and skyrocketed around 2010.

Right, this is clearly an invented spelling. Just wanted to point out that I don't think we can assign a gender to a surname, and there are many surnames with several "accepted" alternate spellings that depend on where your family originated from.