Henley for a girl?

kmarie61689

I am not fond of common names so what do you think of Henley for a girl? Middle name Jean after her great grandma who passed away.

lola2bee

Henley is a type of men's shirt - not a child.

bbiutmcph

Dear god please no.  If you want something actually uncommon Henley isn't it.  It's trendy.  It's a brand new name that jumped like 300 spots in one year after it being used twice. It sounds like a bazillion other ley names being created and it's a shirt.  It's awful for a human and the Hen nn makes it even worse. 

bbiutmcph

Do you have any family history, heritage or other styles you like? I can assure you the regs here can give you a LOT of uncommon great girl names.

wassuphoes

I think Jean would be a lovely name for your child, 

Jean has not been in the top 1000 since before the year 2000. Meanwhile, Henley first showed up in 2013 at rank 832, and last year was 523. Henley is common and boring.

Jean Henley

Jean Clara

Jean Daphne

Jean Isolde

Jean Abigail

Jean Thea

LizWhiz87

Awful. Not a name. What about Holly, Heidi, Hillary, Helena?

bbiutmcph

Truly uncommon girl names

Bianca (ranked 360)

Rosa (ranked 607)

Dahlia (ranked 445)

Arden (not in top 1000)

Clarissa (764)

Miranda (238)

Linnea (not in top 1000)

LOretta (not in top 1000)

Marissa (472)

Helena (502)

Elin (733)

Tallulah (not in top 1000 in us)

Josette (not in top 1000)

With more ideas of your style I am sure there are a lot more options

nurse714

Henley is a shirt, not a name for a girl.

MamaWren919

I don't care for Henley or any of the Kenley, Tenley names. Just sounds made up and juvenile.

LoveIsOwlYouNeed

As others have said: Henley isn't a name.  I think there are plenty of uncommon names you could select from, depending on your style.  Nameberry even has  list of classic but uncommon names.

jsawicki

I kinda like it. I'm all for something different and I have never heard of anyone with this name. Although it did make me think of a shirt for what it's worth.

erinnlou

That's a trendy mess. Sounds very unattractive to me. I love the name Jean. What about Jeanette for a first name?

Elsa1984

Annoying.

A shirt.

Part of the Kenley, Tenley, Brinley, Finley, Lynley, crazy.....which reminds me of when the whole "-ayden" thing boomed for boys. 

Knottie1431899811

If you aren't fond of common, then definitely don't go with Henley. It hits just about every trendy (=common) fad out there. I like the suggestion Jean Daphne, but I think I would reverse it to Daphne Jean.

adecembermom2015

It's not my fav, but I love Jean for MN.

jsawicki

erinnlou said:

That's a trendy mess. Sounds very unattractive to me. I love the name Jean. What about Jeanette for a first name?

Great suggestion! Jeanie as a nn?

magsugar13

Head desk ^#(^

MixedBerries88

The perfect baby name for a super fan of The Eagles!

groovylocks

lola2bee said:

Henley is a type of men's shirt - not a child.

It really is a piece of clothing. You might as well call her Cardigan. 

Why not Hailey? It's at least a name. 

groovylocks

kmarie61689 said:

I am not fond of common names so what do you think of Henley for a girl? Middle name Jean after her great grandma who passed away.

What is it about people choosing trendy-sounding names because they don't want to choose trendy-sounding names? How are people not hearing just how trendoid these names actually are? Is this crazy irony the reason this keeps happening? 

Jean is fine though. Not my personal choice but pretty and sweet of you to honor your grandmother in such a way. 

4N6s

Ew.
Jean as the first name.

somewhereinafrica

Henley is a name of a town in England famous for its boat race. Being British the name Henley just makes me think regatta.

alpineevents

Maybe try Hadley? It's our DD's name. It's pretty, a real name, and not overly used.

Elsa1984

awhitehorn said:

If you aren't fond of common, then definitely don't go with Henley. It hits just about every trendy (=common) fad out there. I like the suggestion Jean Daphne, but I think I would reverse it to Daphne Jean.

Love Daphne Jean!!

2-Step

I knew a Henley in college and all I remember is that every time I heard her name I thought about a shirt. I do like Hadley and Daphne!

MrsValerieWood

I like Henley I really do! So much so that it was on the table for one of our middle names.

However, I don't like Henley Jean. Both those words together make me think of clothing items. I think alone both names are good, together not so much.