Adley

mallorynelson

I think we've agreed on a name. We don't know the sex yet, but we find out shortly and wanted to have a name for each sex ready to go so we can start calling him/her by their name right away.

We love the name Adley and went back and forth about whether it was better for a boy or girl, and finally decided, that's our name for either! Maybe.

 So your opinion...

Adley Grace for a girl

Adley James for a boy

Open and honest please.

sugarpumpkin716

to me it just sounds like saying hadley with an accent.

karleegirl

Like it for a girl but not for a boy.

KleanFreak

I like it for a girl. But that might be like PP said, because it reminds me of Hadley.

janjag

I picture so many people repeating back, "Hadley?"  

I like Hadley for a girl.  Like pp's suggestion of Adelaide.

NellaJ

sugarpumpkin716:

to me it just sounds like saying hadley with an accent.

Agree, first thing I thought was that it sounds like a Newfie trying to say Hadley.

ubermoose

I agree that people are going to think "Hadley?" when they see/hear it.

I think that Adelaide and Adlai come off as much more "finished."

I like Grace and James as middle names. Do keep in mind that these are among the most common middle names out there--perhaps because they complement so many names really well!

ambs21

I think that if you love Adley you should use it.  It's NMS, and I agree that people will think Hadley, but go with the name you love!  The middle names are great!

HannahO28

I don't like Adley. I think it is kind of bizarre to like the same name for a girl and a boy. I just can't imagine choosing one name that I thought was pretty enough for a little girl and masculine enough for a 40 year old man trying to make a career for himself. 

Also...did you make that name and spelling up? Because it seems made up. THUMBS DOWN.  

elemar

Adley looks like you mis-typed and left out the H.  It sounds like a person with an accent trying to say Hadley.  It's like naming your child ennifer or essica. 

 

Allie30

why do people keep saying it sounds like hadley? is hadley even a name? and a unisex one? wow, that's terrible. i have never in my life met someone named hadley. so ugly! a little girl named hadley? do the call her "had?"

adley's awful too. for a girl, adele is pretty. for a boy, try adam.

HappyMrsK

I agree with pp for a boy I would go with Adlai. I don't like it for a girl. I woud consider Adele, Adelaide, or Ada for a girl.

I'm not really sure why you posted though since you said this is the name you are going with regardless. GL!

theatrekid

thats my baby nieces name spelt Adleigh but her middle name is brooke. however my sister was between brooke and grace. i obviously love the name for a girl!

theatrekid

Allie30:

why do people keep saying it sounds like hadley? is hadley even a name? and a unisex one? wow, that's terrible. i have never in my life met someone named hadley. so ugly! a little girl named hadley? do the call her "had?"

adley's awful too. for a girl, adele is pretty. for a boy, try adam.

i went to high school with a girl named Hadley and she was absolutely beautiful. 

theatrekid

Also nobody to this day has thought that her name was "Hadley" although some have repeated it adAleigh

MrsThompson910

I like Adley for girl and the MN you have picked out is great

happyin10

I like it for a girl, but not for a boy- it seems feminine to me.  How about Alden for a boy?

ames71

I'm not a fan (for a boy or a girl, regardless of spelling). Sorry.  I love pp suggestion of Adele. Both of your mn's are great.

Here are some other options (just in case): 

Girls: Ada, Adair, Adalia, Adeline, Adina, Audrey, Adriana, Abigail

Boys: Adam, Abram, Adrian, Andrew, Aidan,  Aaron

alliejo725

NMS, but you definitely can't name a boy that.

catahoulatte

Sorry, seems a little silly to me-for either a boy or girl. Looks like a made-up name.

forensicmama

Definitely sounds like a girl name. Do I like it? No way.

forensicmama

mj.reilly:

Considering it is a boy name ? correctly spelled Adlai ... I only like it for a BOY. And only spelled this way.

https://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Adley

https://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Adlai

ADLAI

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew

Other Scripts: ??????? (Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: AD-lay (English), AD-lie (English)  [key]

Contracted form of ADALIA. This was the name of the father of one of King David's herdsmen in the Old Testament.

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The spelling Adley just looks like you misspelled Hadley (unisex). Also not a fan.

What about Hadley or Adele or Adelaide for a girl?

 

Hadley Grace

Adelaide Grace

Adele Grace

 

Adlai James

Abel James

Aldric James

Bradley James

Adler James

I'm a big fan of Adlai, however!